Toyota RAV4 Owners Manual: For your information

Main owner’s manual

Please note that this manual applies to all models and all equipment, including options. Therefore, you may find some explanations for equipment not installed on your vehicle.

All specifications provided in this manual are current at the time of printing.

However, because of the toyota policy of continual product improvement, we reserve the right to make changes at any time without notice.

Depending on specifications, the vehicle shown in the illustrations may differ from your vehicle in terms of equipment.

Noise from under vehicle after turning off the engine

Approximately five hours after the engine is turned off, you may hear sound coming from under the vehicle for several minutes. This is the sound of a fuel evaporation leakage check and, it does not indicate a malfunction.

Accessories, spare parts and modification of your toyota

A wide variety of non-genuine spare parts and accessories for toyota vehicles are currently available on the market. You should know that toyota does not warrant these products and is not responsible for their performance, repair, or replacement, or for any damage they may cause to, or adverse effect they may have on, your toyota vehicle.

This vehicle should not be modified with non-genuine toyota products. Modification with non-genuine toyota products could affect its performance, safety or durability, and may even violate governmental regulations. In addition, damage or performance problems resulting from the modification may not be covered under warranty.

Installation of a mobile two-way radio system

The installation of a mobile two-way radio system in your vehicle could affect electronic systems such as:

• Multiport fuel injection system/sequential multiport fuel injection system
• Cruise control system
• Anti-lock brake system
• Srs airbag system
• Seat belt pretensioner system

Be sure to check with your toyota dealer for precautionary measures or special instructions regarding installation of a mobile two-way radio system.

Vehicle data recordings

Your toyota is equipped with several sophisticated computers that will record certain data, such as:

• Engine speed
• Accelerator status
• Brake status
• Vehicle speed
• Shift position

The recorded data varies according to the vehicle grade level and options with which it is equipped. Furthermore, these computers do not record conversations, sounds or pictures.

Data usage

Toyota may use the data recorded in these computers to diagnose malfunctions, conduct research and development, and improve quality.

Toyota will not disclose the recorded data to a third party except:

• With the consent of the vehicle owner or with the consent of the lessee if the vehicle is leased
• In response to an official request by the police, a court of law or a government agency
• For use by toyota in a lawsuit
• For research purposes where the data is not tied to a specific vehicle or vehicle owner

Event data recorder

This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (edr). The main purpose of an edr is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like situations, such as an air bag deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in understanding how a vehicle’s systems performed. The edr is designed to record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less.

The edr in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:

• How various systems in your vehicle were operating;
• Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buckled/fastened;
• How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
• How fast the vehicle was traveling.

These data can help provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur.

Note: edr data are recorded by your vehicle only if a nontrivial crash situation occurs; no data are recorded by the edr under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.G., Name, gender, age, and crash location) are recorded. However, other parties, such as law enforcement, could combine the edr data with the type of personally identifying data routinely acquired during a crash investigation.

To read data recorded by an edr, special equipment is required, and access to the vehicle or the edr is needed. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law enforcement, that have the special equipment, can read the information if they have access to the vehicle or the edr.

Disclosure of the edr data

Toyota will not disclose the data recorded in an edr to a third party except when:

• An agreement from the vehicle’s owner (or the lessee for a leased vehicle) is obtained
• In response to an official request by the police, a court of law or a government agency
• For use by toyota in a lawsuit

However, if necessary, toyota may:

• Use the data for research on vehicle safety performance
• Disclose the data to a third party for research purposes without disclosing information about the specific vehicle or vehicle owner

Scrapping of your toyota

The srs airbag and seat belt pretensioner devices in your toyota contain explosive chemicals. If the vehicle is scrapped with the airbags and seat belt pretensioners left as they are, this may cause an accident such as fire. Be sure to have the systems of the srs airbag and seat belt pretensioner removed and disposed of by a qualified service shop or by your toyota dealer before you scrap your vehicle.

Perchlorate material

Special handling may apply, see www.Dtsc.Ca.Gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate.

Your vehicle has components that may contain perchlorate. These components may include airbag, seat belt pretensioners, and wireless remote control batteries.

Caution

?General precautions while driving

Driving under the influence: never drive your vehicle when under the influence of alcohol or drugs that have impaired your ability to operate your vehicle.

Alcohol and certain drugs delay reaction time, impair judgment and reduce coordination, which could lead to an accident that could result in death or serious injury.

Defensive driving: always drive defensively. Anticipate mistakes that other drivers or pedestrians might make and be ready to avoid accidents.

Driver distraction: always give your full attention to driving. Anything that distracts the driver, such as adjusting controls, talking on a cellular phone or reading can result in a collision with resulting death or serious injury to you, your occupants or others.

General precaution regarding children’s safety

Never leave children unattended in the vehicle, and never allow children to have or use the key.

Children may be able to start the vehicle or shift the vehicle into neutral.

There is also a danger that children may injure themselves by playing with the windows, the moon roof, or other features of the vehicle. In addition, heat build-up or extremely cold temperatures inside the vehicle can be fatal to children.

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Exterior

1. Side doors

• Locking/unlocking
• Opening/closing the door glasses
• Locking/unlocking by using the mechanical key*
• Warning lights

2. Back door

• Opening from inside the cabin
• Opening from outside
• Warning lights

3. Outside rear view mirrors

• Adjusting the mirror angle
• Folding the mirrors
• Driving position memory*
• Defogging the mirrors*

4. Windshield wipers

• Precautions against winter season
• To prevent freezing (windshield wiper de-icer)*

5. Fuel filler door

• Refueling method
• Fuel type/fuel tank capacity

6. Tires

• Tire size/inflation pressure
• Winter tires/tire chain
• Checking/rotation/tire pressure warning system*
• Coping with flat tires

7. Hood

• Opening
• Engine oil
• Coping with overheat

8. Camera*

Light bulbs of the exterior lights for driving (replacing method: p. 584, Watts: p. 670)

9. Headlights/daytime running lights

10. Parking lights

11. Fog lights*

12. Turn signal lights*

13. Tail lights

14. Stop/tail lights

15. License plate lights

16. Back-up lights shifting the shift lever to r .

17. Side marker lights

Instrument panel

1. Engine switch

• Starting the engine/changing the modes
• Emergency stop of the engine
• When the engine will not start

2. Shift lever

• Changing the shift position
• Precautions against towing
• When the shift lever does not move

3. Meters

• Reading the meters/adjusting the instrument panel light
• Warning lights/indicator lights
• When the warning lights come on

4. Multi-information display

5. Parking brake lever

• Applying/releasing
• Precautions against winter season

6. Turn signal lever

• Headlight switch
• Headlights/parking lights/tail lights/daytime running lights
• Fog lights*1

7. Windshield wiper and washer switch

• Usage
• Adding washer fluid
• Warning light

8. Hood lock release lever.

9. Manual air conditioning system*1

• Automatic air conditioning system*1
• Usage
• Rear window defogger.

10. Audio system*1

• Entune audio*1
• Entune audio plus/entune premium audio with navigation*1, 2

11. Clock

12. Power back door main switch*1

13. Fuel filler door opener

Switches

1. Outside rear view mirror switches

2. Instrument panel light control dial

3. Vsc off switch

4. Bsm (blind spot monitor) main switch*1

5. All-wheel drive lock switch*1

6. Power back door switch*1

7. Driving position memory switches*1

8. Power window switches

9. Door lock switch

10. Window lock switch

11. Tire pressure warning reset switch*1

1. Audio remote control switches*2.

2. Telephone switches*1, 2

3. Talk switch*1, 2

4. “Disp” button

5. Cruise control switch

6. Tilt and telescopic steering lock release lever

7. Back switch*1, 2

1. Emergency flasher switch

2. Intuitive parking assist switch*1

3. Lda (lane departure alert) switch*1 .

4. Driving mode select switches

5. Seat heater switches*1

6. Windshield wiper de-icer switch*1

7. Aux port/usb port*2

8. Power outlets

Interior

1. Srs airbags
2. Floor mats
3. Front seats
4. Rear seats
5. Head restraints
6. Seat belts
7. Console box
8. Inside lock buttons
9. Cup holders
10. Bottle holders
11. Assist grips

1. Inside rear view mirror
2. Sun visors
3. Vanity mirrors
4. Interior lights*2
5. Personal lights
6. Moon roof switches*1