Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: Driving procedures

Dinghy towing

Your vehicle is not designed to be dinghy towed (with 4 wheels on the ground) behind a motor home. Notice To avoid serious damage to your vehicle Do not tow your vehicle with 4 wheels on the grou ...

Engine (ignition) switch (vehicles without a smart key system)

Starting the engine Check that the parking brake is set. Check that the shift lever is set in p. Firmly depress the brake pedal. Turn the engine switch to the “start” position to start t ...

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Precaution
Handling precaution for cruise control system Turn the cruise control main switch off when not using the cruise control system. Be careful as the vehicle speed increases when driving downhill with the cruise control system on. The resume/accel operation changes according to the cr ...

Check mode procedure
Panel diagnosis (indicator check) Turn the ignition switch to lock. Turn the ignition switch on while simultaneously pressing the a/c control auto switch and the rec/ frs switch. Check that all indicators and the display area are turned on and off 4 times in succession at 1 second ...

Emergency flashers
The emergency flashers are used to warn other drivers when the vehicle has to be stopped in the road to a breakdown, etc. Press the switch. All the turn signals will flash. To turn them off, press the switch once again. Emergency flashers If the emergency flashers are used for a long ...