2.0 Valvematic 3ZR-FAE
The bigger Valvematic four, and the pick of the Avensis engines. Port injection keeps the valves clean, the chain is durable, and the only thing worth knowing is that the CVT it's usually paired with wants its fluid changed despite what the book says.
Overview
The 2.0 Valvematic is the 3ZR-FAE petrol version of the Toyota RAV4 SUV (XA30), sold 2010–2012 with 158 PS and manual or automatic. Manageable at level 2. No expensive failure recorded, and the CVT is the only item worth a fluid history. 2 failure modes are recorded against its engine, gearbox, chassis and shared components. Prices on this page are illustrative placeholders rather than a sourced market sample. See the methodology for how the bands are derived.
Toyota RAV4 SUV (XA30) · photo Toyota RAV4 2.5 4WD Limited XA30 FL Black (3) by Damian B Oh · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ranked by probability × repair cost. 2 recorded in total.
Risk level −11 · Likely spend vs price −8 · all issues →
Known issues, ranked by expected cost
Faults recorded against this engine, its components and its chassis, ranked by likelihood × repair cost. Costs are indicative ranges with a stated labour basis.
Ranked by probability × repair cost, not by how loudly a failure is discussed. Inherited from the engine, gearbox, chassis and shared components, each written once.
Pre-purchase inspection
The same issue records, reordered into the sequence you can actually check them in: cold start, static, drive, paperwork.
1On the driveInclude low-speed manoeuvring, not just an open road.
2PaperworkOn these cars the folder is most of the value.
Mileage and servicing
What the odometer does and doesn't tell you here, plus the service items whose neglect causes the expensive failures above.
There's no particulate filter and no high-pressure fuel system here, so a high-mileage example with a full record is a sound buy. These are usually the cars that get kept.
| Service item | Interval | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Engine oil and filter The Valvematic unit and chain depend on clean oil. | 15,000 km or annually | €90–140 |
| CVT fluid, if fitted The only item on this car with a large failure cost. | every 60,000–80,000 km | €180–300 |
What to pay
What this engine sells for, against the median of every engine in the chassis. All figures are illustrative placeholders. See the basis chips.
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United States vs Europe
1 EUR = 1.08 USD ·US figures are the EU band converted at a stated rate. No US market differential is modelled: we hold no sourced US asking prices, and inventing one would be worse than saying so. What the comparison does show for real is availability. Most of this range was never sold in the US.
- ModelToyota RAV4 2.0 Valvematic
- ChassisXA30
- Engine3ZR-FAE
- Years2010–2012
- MarketCentral EU
- Windowrolling 12 months to 2026-07
Good buy isn't the same as cheapest. The good-buy figure assumes the known failure items are either done with receipts or verifiably not yet due. Full breakdown by facelift phase →
Buyer notes
Our judgement, kept separate from the records it's built on.
Everything above this line comes from the issue and specification records. This paragraph is our judgement on top of them. See how we reach it.
Full specification
Manufacturer figures for this engine and body, as recorded in the variant and engine data.
| Engine code | 3ZR-FAE 2.0 Valvematic |
| Configuration | I4, naturally aspirated · 1987 cc |
| Fuel / injection | petrol · port |
| Model years | 2010–2012 |
| Facelift phase | Facelift (LCI) only, from 2010 |
| Power / torque | 158 PS · 198 Nm |
| Transmissions | 6-speed manual · CVT (Multidrive S) |
| Gearbox families | Toyota Multidrive S CVT · Getrag six-speed manual |
| Drivetrain | FWD · AWD |
| Economy (real-world) | 8–9.5 l/100 km mixed |
| Markets | EU |