Airconditioningsystem -> Instrument panel vents for Your Toyota 4 Runner SUV Third Generation (1996-2002)

’01 4Runner_U (L/O 0008)  
Instrument panel vents  
—The outside of the windshield  
For best results, set controls to:  
For automatic operation—  
To turn off the air conditioning alone,  
press the “A/C” button once again.  
When the “A/C” button is not pressed in,  
pressing another air flow button turns off  
the air conditioning.  
Temperature—Towards WARM  
(to the right)  
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)  
Air flow—WINDSHIELD  
Lower vent—CLOSED  
D To heat the vehicle interior while de-  
windshield,  
frosting the  
floor/windshield air flow.  
choose  
For manual operation—  
Fan speed—To the desired fan speed  
Temperature—Towards WARM  
(to the right)  
Side vents  
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)  
Air flow—WINDSHIELD  
Lower vent—CLOSED  
When pressing the windshield air flow but-  
ton, the air intake selects FRESH auto-  
matically. This is to clean up the front  
view more quickly.  
If you want to return the setting to RE-  
CIRCULATE mode, press the air intake  
selector button once again.  
Pressing the windshield button turns on  
the defroster−linked air conditioning. At  
this time, the “A/C” button indicator comes  
on regardless of whether or not the “A/C”  
button is pressed in. This is to clean up  
the front view more quickly.  
Lower vent  
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’01 4Runner_U (L/O 0008)  
If air flow control is not satisfactory, check  
the instrument panel vents. The instrument  
panel vents may be opened or closed as  
shown.  
For removing frost or fog, it is recom-  
mended to close the lower vent when you  
push the windshield air flow button or us-  
ing the “Floor”, “Floor/windshield” or  
“Windshield” mode.  
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