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

’07 Rav4_U (L/O 0701)  
Manual air conditioning system—  
—Controls  
1. Air flow selector  
2. Fan speed selector  
3. Temperature selector  
4. “A/C” button  
5. Air intake selector  
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Fan speed selector  
In this position, 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.  
Turn the dial to adjust the fan speed—to  
the right to increase, to the left to de-  
crease.  
Temperature selector  
Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified  
heating or cooling. This setting clears  
the front view more quickly.  
Turn the dial to adjust the temperature—to  
the right to warm, to the left to cool.  
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  
In this position, 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.  
Turn the dial 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  
Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified  
heating or cooling. This setting clears  
the front view more quickly.  
vents and the instrument panel vents.  
3. Floor—Air flows mainly from the floor  
vents.  
For details about air flow selector settings,  
see “—Air flow selector settings” on page  
271.  
4. Floor/Windshield—Air  
flows  
mainly  
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.  
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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.  
Air intake selector  
Press the button to select the air source.  
1. RECIRCULATE—Recirculates the air in-  
side the vehicle.  
2. FRESH—Draws 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.  
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