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’01 4Runner_U (L/O 0008)

Manual air conditioning system—

—Controls

1. “A/C” Button (on some models)

2. Air Intake Selector

3. Air Flow Selector

4. Temperature Selector

5. Fan Speed Selector

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Fan speed selector

4. Floor/Windshield—Air

flows

mainly

from the floor vents and windshield

vents.

Move the knob to adjust the fan speed—to

the right to increase, to the left to de-

crease.

Turning the air flow selector to the

floor/windshield position turns on the

defogging function with the purpose of

clearing the front view.

Temperature selector

Move the knob to adjust the tempera-

ture—to the right to warm, to the left to

cool.

This position allows the air intake to

select FRESH automatically. This is to

clean up the front view more quickly.

If you want to return the setting to

RECIRCULATE mode, press the air in-

take selector button once again.

Air flow selector

Vehicle with “A/C” button—

Move the knob to select the vents used

for air flow.

Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified

heating or cooling. This setting clears

the front view more quickly.

1. Panel—Air flows mainly from the

instrument panel vents.

It is recommended to close the lower

vent. For details about it, see “Instru-

ment panel vents” in this section.

2. Bi−level—Air flows from both the floor

vents and the instrument panel vents.

5. Windshield—Air flows mainly from the

windshield vents.

3. Floor—Air flows mainly from the floor

vents.

Turning the air flow selector to the

windshield position turns on the defog-

ging function with the purpose of clear-

ing the front view.

It is recommended to close the lower

vent. For details about it, see “Instru-

ment panel vents” in this section.

This position allows the air intake to

select FRESH automatically. This is to

clean up the front view more quickly.

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If you want to return the setting to

RECIRCULATE mode, press the air in-

take selector button once again.

“A/C” button

To turn on the air conditioning, press the

“A/C” button. The “A/C” button indicator

will come on. To turn the air conditioning

off, press the button again.

Vehicle with “A/C” button—

Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified

heating or cooling. This setting clears

the front view more quickly.

If the “A/C” button indicator flashes, there

is a problem in the air conditioning system

and the air conditioning automatically

shuts off. If this happens, take your ve-

hicle to a Toyota dealer for service.

It is recommended to close the lower

vent. For details about it, see “Instru-

ment panel vents” in this section.

For details about air flow selector settings,

see the illustration after “A/C” button.

Air intake selector

Press the button to select the air source.

1. Recirculate—Recirculates the air inside

the vehicle.

2. Fresh—Draws outside air into the sys-

tem.

To prevent fogging up of the windshield,

the air intake mode may change automati-

cally to FRESH depending on the condi-

tion of the air conditioning system.

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—Air flow selector settings

—Operating tips

D To cool off your Toyota after it has

been parked in the hot sun, drive with

the windows open for a few minutes.

This vents the hot air, allowing the air

conditioning to cool the interior more

quickly.

D Make sure the air intake grilles in front

of the windshield are not blocked (by

leaves or snow, for example).

D On humid days, do not blow cold air

on the windshield. The windshield could

fog up because of the difference in air

temperature on the inside and outside

of the windshield.

D Keep the area under the front seats

clear to allow air to circulate through-

out the vehicle.

D On cold days, turn the fan speed se-

lector to “HI” for a minute to help clear

the intake ducts of snow or moisture.

This can reduce the amount of fogging

on the windows.

D When driving on dusty roads, close all

windows. If dust thrown up by the ve-

hicle is still drawn into the vehicle after

closing the windows, it is recommended

that the air intake selector be set to

FRESH and the fan speed selector to

any setting except “OFF”.

: See “Instrument panel vents” in this section.

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D If following another vehicle on a dusty

road, or driving in windy and dusty

conditions, it is recommended that the

air intake selector be temporarily set to

RECIRCULATE, which will close off the

outside passage and prevent outside

air and dust from entering the vehicle

interior.

Heating

Air conditioning

For best results, set controls to:

Fan speed—Any setting except “OFF”

Temperature—Towards WARM

(red zone)

Air intake—FRESH (outside air)

Air flow—FLOOR

Lower vent—CLOSED

Fan speed—Any setting except “OFF”

Temperature—Towards COLD

(blue zone)

Air intake—FRESH (outside air)

Air flow—PANEL

Air conditioning—ON

Air conditioning—OFF

D For quick cooling, move the air intake

selector to recirculate for a few min-

utes.

D For quick heating, select recirculated

air for

a

few minutes. To keep the

windows from fogging, select fresh af-

ter the vehicle interior has been

warmed.

Ventilation

For best results, set controls to:

D Press the “A/C” button on for dehumidi-

fied heating.

Fan speed—Any setting except “OFF”

Temperature—Towards COLD

(blue zone)

Air intake—FRESH (outside air)

Air flow—PANEL

Air conditioning—OFF

D Choose floor/windshield air flow to heat

the vehicle interior while defrosting or

defogging the windshield.

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Defogging

D On humid days, do not blow cold air

Vehicles with “A/C” button—

on the windshield—the difference be-

tween the outside and inside tempera-

tures could make the fogging worse.

The inside of the windshield

For best results, set controls to:

Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified

heating. This setting clears the front view

more quickly.

Fan speed—Any setting except “OFF”

Temperature—Towards WARM

(red zone) to heat;

COLD (blue zone)

to cool

Air intake—FRESH (outside air)

Air flow—WINDSHIELD

Lower vent—CLOSED

Defrosting

D To heat the vehicle interior while de-

frosting the windshield, choose floor/

windshield air flow.

The outside of the windshield

For best results, set controls to:

Fan speed—Any setting except “OFF”

Temperature—Towards WARM

(red zone)

Air intake—FRESH (outside air)

Air flow—WINDSHIELD

Lower vent—CLOSED

Turning the air flow selector to the wind-

shield or floor/windshield position turns on

the defogging function with the purpose of

clearing the front view.

Turning the air flow selector to the wind-

shield or floor/windshield position turns on

the defrosting function with the purpose of

clearing the front view.

When turning the air flow selector to wind-

shield or floor/windshield position, the air

intake selects FRESH automatically. This

is to clean up the front view more quickly.

When turning the air flow selector to wind-

shield or floor/windshield position, the air

intake selects FRESH automatically. 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.

If you want to return the setting to RE-

CIRCULATE mode, press the air intake

selector button once again.

Vehicles with “A/C” button—

Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified

heating or cooling. This setting clears the

front view more quickly.

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