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11/15/2007, 11:49AM
About: 2004 Toyota RAV4
Rav4 gallops

While sitting for warm-up stage, my daughters' 2004 Rav4 "gallops". How come?

Jack Palmer

11/15/2007, 8:02PM

is check engine on sounds like throtle position sensor or map sensor,may want toalso check temp control sensor maby have a scan done autozone will do this for free,

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11/15/2007, 11:05PM

It could be due to the kickdown from high to low idle.  I have had similar things happen with other vehicles.  Have the codes read and see if any stored codes are there that have not tripped the Check Engine light on.

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