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Manual air conditioning system—

—Controls

1. Temperature selector

(mainly for driver and secondarily for

front passenger)

2. Air intake selector

3. “A/C” button

4. Temperature selector

(mainly for front passenger and

secondarily for driver)

5. Air flow selector

6. Fan speed selector

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Fan speed selector

D There are cases where one or both of

the airflow temperatures may not accu-

rately correlate with the set tempera-

ture according to circumstances, when

the airflow temperature settings on the

left and right are substantially different.

For example, if the left controller is set

at central or neutral temperature while

the right one is set at maximum heat-

ing or maximum cooling, or vice versa.

If this situation occurs, use the fine

tune operation to adjust the air temper-

ature on each side.

Turn the knob to adjust the fan speed—to

the right to increase, to the left to de-

crease.

Temperature selector

Turn the knob to adjust the temperature—

to the right to warm, to the left to cool.

Knowledge for the two−temperature se-

lector operation

This air conditioning system has two inde-

pendent temperature selectors: left and

right (for the use of driver and front pas-

senger respectively).

Air flow selector

D There are cases where the temperature

of the airflow may not accurately corre-

late on the driver and front passenger

side according to circumstances, even

if the left and right temperature selec-

tors are set at the same temperature.

If this situation occurs, use the fine

tune operation to adjust the air temper-

ature on one side.

Turn the knob to select the vents used for

air flow.

1. Panel—Air flows mainly from the

instrument panel vents.

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

vents and the instrument panel vents.

When you set the temperature selector

setting at about the center, warm air

flows out of the floor vents and rela-

tively low−temperature air flows out of

the center and side vents.

Note: This manual dual temperature se-

lectors should generally only be used

as independent temperature settings for

the left and right.

3. Floor—Air flows mainly from the floor

vents.

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4. Floor/Windshield—Air

flows

mainly

Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified

heating or cooling. This setting clears

the front view more quickly.

from the floor vents and windshield

vents.

Turning the air flow selector to the

floor/windshield position turns on the

defogging function with the purpose of

clearing the front view.

For details about air flow selector settings,

see “—Air flow selector settings” de-

scribed below.

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 intake selector

Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified

heating or cooling. This setting clears

the front view more quickly.

Press the button to select the air source.

An indicator light will illuminate to show

which air intake mode is being selected.

5. Windshield—Air flows mainly from the

windshield vents.

1. Recirculate—Recirculates the air inside

the vehicle.

Turning the air flow selector to the

windshield position turns on the defog-

ging function with the purpose of clear-

ing the front view.

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.

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.

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“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.

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 your Toyota dealer for service.

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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, set the fan speed to

high 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”.

On some models

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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

Air conditioning—OFF

Fan speed—Any setting except “OFF”

Temperature—Towards COLD

(blue zone)

Air intake—FRESH (outside air)

Air flow—PANEL

Air conditioning—ON

D For quick heating, select recirculated

D For quick cooling, select recirculated

air for a few minutes.

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

Defrosting

The inside of the windshield

For best results, set controls to:

The outside of the windshield

For best results, set controls to:

Fan speed—Any setting except “OFF”

Temperature—Towards WARM

(red zone) to heat;

Fan speed—Any setting except “OFF”

Temperature—Towards WARM

(red zone)

COLD (blue zone) to

cool

Air intake—FRESH (outside air)

Air flow—WINDSHIELD

Air intake—FRESH (outside air)

Air flow—WINDSHIELD

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.

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.

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

RECIRCULATE mode, press the air intake

selector button once again.

If you want to return the setting to

RECIRCULATE mode, press the air intake

selector button once again.

Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified

heating or cooling. This setting clears the

front view more quickly.

Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified

heating or cooling. This setting clears the

front view more quickly.

D To heat the vehicle interior while de-

frosting

floor/windshield air flow.

the

windshield,

choose

D On humid days, do not blow cold air

on the windshield—the difference be-

tween the outside and inside tempera-

tures could make the fogging worse.

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