2001-2005 Toyota Rav4 SUV Air conditioning system -> Controls User Manual
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’03 Rav4_U (L/O 0208)  
Controls  
1. “A/C” button (on some models)  
2. Air intake selector  
3. Air flow selector  
4. Fan speed selector  
5. Temperature selector  
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Fan speed selector  
This position allows the air intake to  
select FRESH automatically. This is to  
clean up the front view more quickly.  
Turn the knob to adjust the fan speed—to  
the right to increase, to the left to de-  
crease.  
If you want to return the setting to  
RECIRCULATE mode, press the air in-  
take selector button once again.  
Temperature selector  
Turn the knob to adjust the temperatu-  
re—to the right to warm, to the left to  
cool.  
Vehicles with “A/C” button—  
Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified  
heating or cooling. This setting clears  
the front view more quickly.  
5. Windshield—Air flows mainly from the  
windshield 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.  
Air flow selector  
Turn the knob to select the vents used for  
air flow.  
1. Panel—Air flows mainly from the  
This position allows the air intake to  
select FRESH automatically. This is to  
clean up the front view more quickly.  
instrument panel vents.  
2. Bi−level—Air flows from both the floor  
vents and the instrument panel vents.  
If you want to return the setting to  
RECIRCULATE mode, press the air in-  
take selector button once again.  
3. Floor—Air flows mainly from the floor  
vents.  
Vehicles with “A/C” button—  
4. Floor/Windshield—Air  
flows  
mainly  
from the floor vents and windshield  
vents.  
Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified  
heating or cooling. This setting clears  
the front view more quickly.  
Turning the air flow selector to the  
floor/windshield position turns on the  
defogging function with the purpose of  
clearing the front view.  
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For details about air flow selector settings,  
see “Air flow selector settings” described  
below.  
“A/C” button (on some models)  
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 a Toyota dealer for service.  
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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