WARNING
â– To prevent minor burn injuries
Care should be taken if anyone in the following categories comes in contact with the steering wheel or seats when the heater is on:
NOTICE
â– To prevent damage to the seat heaters and seat ventilators
Do not put heavy objects that have an uneven surface on the seat and do not stick sharp objects (needles, nails, etc.) into the seat.
â– To prevent battery discharge
Do not use the functions when the engine is not running.
Heated steering wheel
Turns the heated steering wheel on/off The indicator light comes on when the heated steering wheel is operating.

â– Operation condition
The engine switch is in ON.
Operating the seat heaters
Front
Turns the seat heaters on/off

When the seat heater is on, the indicator illuminates on the seat heater switch.
When not in use, put the switch in the neutral position. The indicator will turn off.
Rear
Turns the seat heaters on/off The indicator light comes on when the seat heater is operating.

â– Operation condition
The engine switch is in ON.
WARNING
â– To prevent causes of overheating and minor burn injuries
Observe the following precautions when using a seat heater:
Seat heaters and ventilators
Turns the seat heaters and ventilators on/off
The level indicators A come on during operation.
Each time the switch is pressed, the operation condition changes as follows.
Hi (3 segments lit)
Mid (2
segments
lit)
Lo (1 segment lit)
Off

â– Operation condition
The engine switch is in ON.
â– Air conditioning system-linked control mode
When a seat ventilator is set to Hi, the fan speed of the seat ventilator may increase according to the fan speed of the air conditioning system.
WARNING
â– To prevent causes of overheating and minor burn injuries
Observe the following precautions when using a seat heater:
Front seat concentrated
airflow mode (S-FLOW)Seat position sensor
Components
On-vehicle inspection
Check seat position sensor (vehicle not
involved in collision)
Perform a diagnostic system check (see page rs-
49).
Check seat position sensor (vehicle
involved in collision)
Perform a diagnostic system check (see page rs-
49).
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When servicing active torque control 4wd vehicles
The active torque control 4wd rav4 is equipped
with the 4 wheel drive control system.
If incorrect preparations or test procedures are
used, the test will not only be unsuccessful, but may
be dangerous as well.
Caution:
Never accelerate or decelerate the vehicle
suddenly.
Obs ...
Driving in vehicle-to-vehicle distance control mode
This mode employs a radar to detect the presence of vehicles up to
approximately 328 ft. (100 m) ahead, determines the current vehicle-to-
vehicle following distance, and operates to maintain a suitable following
distance from the vehicle ahead. The desired vehicle-to-vehicle
distance can also be se ...