Air conditioning system—

—Controls
1. “OFF” Button
2. “AUTO” Button
3. Air Intake Selector
4. Temperature Selector
5. Fan Speed Selector
6. “A/C” Button
7. Windshield Air Flow Button
8. Air Flow Selector

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“AUTO” button 5. Windshield—Air flows mainly from
For automatic operation of the air condi- the windshield vents.
tioning, press the “AUTO” button. An indi- Pressing the button once again returns
cator light will illuminate to show that the the air flow mode to the last one used.
automatic operation mode has been se- Pressing the windshield air flow button
lected. turns on the defroster-linked air condi-
In the automatic operation mode, the air tioning. At this time, the “A/C” button indi-
conditioning selects the most suitable air cator comes on regardless of whether or
intake, fan speed and air flow according to not the “A/C” button is pressed in. This is
the temperature. to clean up front view more quickly.
You may use manual controls if you want For details about air flow selector settings,
to select your own settings. see the illustration after “A/C” button.
To turn off the automatic operation, press
the “OFF” button. Air flow selector
Fan speed selector Press the buttons to select the vents used
Turn the knob to adjust the fan speed—to for air flow.
the right to increase, to the left to de- In automatic operation, you do not have to
crease. select the air flow unless you desire
In automatic operation, you do not have to another air flow mode.
adjust the fan speed unless you desire 1. Panel—Air flows mainly from the in-
another fan speed mode. strument panel vents.
Temperature selector 2. Bi-level— Air flows from both the floor
vents and the instrument panel vents.
Turn the knob to adjust the temperature— 3. Floor—Air flows mainly from the floor
to the right to warm, to the left to cool. vents.
“OFF” button 4. Floor/Windshield— Air flows mainly
Push the button to turn off the air condi- from the floor vents and windshield
tioning system. vents.

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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.
If the “A/C” button indicator flashes, there
is a problem in the air conditioning system
and the air conditioning automatically
shuts off. If this happens, take your ve-
hicle to a Toyota dealer for service.

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 sys-
tem.
In automatic operation, you do not have to
select the air intake unless you desire
another air intake mode.

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—Air flow selector settings —Operating tips

To cool off your Toyota after it has been
parked in the hot sun, drive with the
windows open for a few minutes. This
vents the hot air, allowing the air condi-
tioning to cool the interior more quickly.

Make sure the air intake grilles in front
of the windshield are not blocked (by
leaves or snow, for example).

On humid days, do not blow cold air on
the windshield. The windshield could
fog up because of the difference in air
temperature on the inside and outside
of the windshield.

Keep the area under the front seats
clear to allow air to circulate through-
out the vehicle.

On cold days, move the fan speed to
“HI” for a minute to help clear the in-
take ducts of snow or moisture. This
can reduce the amount of fogging on
the windows.

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Heating Air conditioning Ventilation
For best results, set controls to: For best results, set controls to: For best results, set controls to:
For automatic operation— For automatic operation— For automatic operation—
Press in the “AUTO” button. Press in the “AUTO” button. Press in the “AUTO” button.
Temperature— To the desired Temperature— To the desired Temperature— Towards low
temperature temperature temperature
Air conditioning—OFF Air conditioning—ON Air conditioning—OFF
For manual operation— For manual operation— For manual operation—
Fan speed—To the desired fan speed Fan speed—To the desired fan speed Fan speed—To the desired fan speed
Temperature— To the desired Temperature— To the desired Temperature— Towards low
temperature temperature temperature
Air intake—FRESH (outside air) Air intake—FRESH (outside air) Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—FLOOR Air flow—PANEL Air flow—PANEL
Air conditioning—OFF Air conditioning—ON Air conditioning—OFF

For quick heating, select recirculated
For quick cooling, move the air intake
air for a few minutes. To keep the win- selector to recirculate for a few min-
dows from fogging, select fresh after utes.
the vehicle interior has been warmed.

Press the “A/C” button on for dehumid-
ified heating.

Choose floor/windshield air flow to
heat the vehicle interior while defrost-
ing the windshield.

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 —Instrument panel vents
Defogging and defrosting —The outside of the windshield
—The inside of the windshield For best results, set controls to:
For best results, set controls to: Temperature— Towards high
Temperature— Towards high temperature
temperature to heat; Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
low temperature to Air flow—WINDSHIELD
cool
Air intake—FRESH (outside air) Pressing the windshield air flow button
Air flow—WINDSHIELD turns on the defroster-linked air condi-
tioning. At this time, the “A/C” button indi-
Pressing the windshield air flow button cator comes on regardless of whether or
turns on the defroster-linked air condi- not the “A/C” button is pressed in. This is
tioning. At this time, the “A/C” button indi- to clean up front view more quickly.
cator comes on regardless of whether or
To heat the vehicle interior while de-
not the “A/C” button is pressed in. This is
frosting the windshield, choose floor/
to clean up front view more quickly.
windshield air flow.

On humid days, do not blow cold air on
the windshield—the difference be-
tween the outside and inside tempera-
tures could make the fogging worse.

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If air flow control is not satisfactory, check
the instrument panel vents. The instru-
ment panel vents may be opened or
closed as shown.

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