Air conditioning system -> Automatic air conditioning system - Controls for Your Toyota Rav4 SUV Third Generation (2006-2012)

’07 Rav4_U (L/O 0701)  
Automatic air conditioning system—  
—Controls  
1. “TEMP” (driver side temperature  
control) button  
2. Air intake selector  
3. Air flow selector  
4. Air conditioning display  
5. “A/C” button  
6. “DUAL” button  
7. “PASS TEMP” (front passenger side  
temperature control) button  
8. Micro dust and pollen filter button  
9. Fan speed selector  
10. Windshield air flow button  
11. “OFF” button  
12. “AUTO” button  
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“AUTO” button  
“DUAL” button  
PASS TEMP” (front passenger side  
temperature control) button  
Push the button to change the mode of  
the temperature setting.  
For automatic operation of the air condi-  
tioning, push the “AUTO” button. An indi-  
cator light will illuminate to show that the  
automatic operation mode has been se-  
lected.  
To increase the temperature, press the  
Ɯ” side. To decrease it, press the “Ɲ”  
side.  
With the indicator on—Individual temper-  
ature setting  
With the indicator off—Simultaneous  
temperature setting  
“LO” appears when you adjust to maxi-  
mum cooling, and “HI” appears when you  
adjust to maximum warming.  
In the automatic operation mode, the air  
conditioning selects the most suitable fan  
speed, air flow, air intake and onoff of  
the air conditioning according to the tem-  
perature. As a result, the following may  
occur.  
“TEMP” (driver side temperature con-  
trol) button  
This button changes the temperature on  
the front passenger side only.  
To increase the temperature, press the  
Ɯ” side. To decrease it, press the “Ɲ”  
side.  
“OFF” button  
Push the “OFF” button to turn off the air  
conditioning system.  
D The system may switch automatically  
to recirculated mode when the coolest  
temperature setting is selected in sum-  
mer.  
“LO” appears when you adjust to maxi-  
mum cooling, and “HI” appears when you  
adjust to maximum warming.  
With the “DUAL” button indicator on—This  
button changes the temperature on the  
driver side only.  
D Immediately  
after  
the  
switch  
is  
pressed, the fan may stop for a while  
until warm or cool air is ready to flow.  
With the “DUAL” button indicator off—This  
button changes the temperature on the  
driver side and front passenger side si-  
multaneously.  
D Cool air may flow to the area around  
the upper body when the heater is on.  
You may use manual controls if you want  
to select your own settings.  
This function will be cancelled when the  
PASS TEMP” button is pushed.  
Fan speed selector  
Push the “Ɯ” (increase) or “Ɲ” (decrease)  
side of the button to adjust the fan speed.  
In automatic operation, you do not have  
to adjust the fan speed unless you desire  
another fan speed mode.  
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4. Floor/Windshield—Air  
flows  
mainly  
Windshield air flow button  
from the floor vents and windshield  
vents.  
When this button is pressed, air flows  
mainly from the windshield vents and  
turns on the defogging function with the  
purpose of clearing the front view.  
This position allows the air intake to  
select FRESH automatically. This is to  
clean up the front view more quickly. It  
Pressing this button once again returns  
the air flow mode to the last one used.  
is  
not  
possible  
to  
return  
to  
RECIRCULATE in this position.  
In this position, the air intake selector  
mode changes to FRESH automatically to  
clean up the front view quickly. It is not  
possible to return to RECIRCULATE in  
this position.  
Pushing this button turns on the  
defrosterlinked air conditioning. This is  
to clean up the front view more quickly.  
For details about air flow selector settings,  
see “—Air flow selector settings” on page  
278.  
Pressing the windshield air flow button  
turns on the defrosterlinked air condition-  
ing. This is to clean up the front view  
more quickly.  
Air flow selector  
Push one of the buttons to select the  
vents used for air flow.  
To turn off the air conditioning alone,  
press the “A/C” button once again.  
In automatic operation, you do not have  
to select the air flow unless you desire  
another air flow mode.  
When the “A/C” button is not pressed in,  
pressing another air flow button turns off  
the air conditioning.  
1. Panel—Air flows mainly from the  
instrument panel vents.  
For details about air flow selector settings,  
see “—Air flow selector settings” on page  
278.  
2. Bi−level—Air flows from both the floor  
vents and the instrument panel vents.  
3. Floor—Air flows mainly from the floor  
vents.  
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“A/C” button  
When the ambient temperature is low, the  
following may occur:  
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.  
D Air intake mode does not switch to  
RECIRCULATE.  
D The air conditioning system operates  
Micro dust and pollen filter button  
automatically.  
Push the button to remove the airborne  
pollen and micro dust from the cabin as  
soon as possible. An indicator will come  
on.  
D The operation is cancelled after 1 min-  
ute.  
In rainy weather, the windows may fog up.  
Press the windshield air flow button.  
The air intake mode will switch to  
RECIRCULATE mode. The air will flow to  
the upper part of the body of the  
occupants and pollen and micro dust will  
be removed. After about 3 minutes have  
elapsed, the operation stops, and the air  
conditioning system automatically returns  
to the settings prior to the button being  
pushed.  
Air intake selector  
Press the button to select the air source.  
1. RECIRCULATE  
(indicator  
light  
is  
on)—Recirculates the air inside the ve-  
hicle.  
2. FRESH (indicator light is off)—Draws  
To stop the operation, do one of the fol-  
lowing:  
outside air into the system.  
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.  
D Press the pollen removal mode button  
again.  
D Press the “AUTO” button.  
D Press one of the air flow selector but-  
tons or the windshield air flow button.  
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