ect TOYOTA 4RUNNER 2001 Owners Manual

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—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
conditioning 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, push the fan speed se-
lector to adjust the fan speed high for
a minute to help clear the intake ducts
of snow or moisture. This can reduce
the amount of fogging on the windows.
When driving on dusty roads, close all
windows. If dust thrown up by the ve-
hicle is still drawn into the vehicle after
closing the windows, it is recommended
that the air intake selector be set to
FRESH and the fan speed to any set-
ting except “OFF”.
—Air flow selector settings
: See “Instrument panel vents” in this section.
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If following another vehicle on a dusty
road, or driving in windy and dusty
conditions, it is recommended that the
air intake selector be temporarily set to
RECIRCULATE, which will close off the
outside passage and prevent outside
air and dust from entering the vehicle
interior.Heating
For best results, set controls to:
—For automatic operation
Press in the “AUTO” button.
Temperature—To the desired
temperature
Air conditioning—OFF
—For manual operation
Fan speed—To the desired fan speed
Temperature—To w a r d s WARM
(to the right)
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—FLOOR
Lower vent—CLOSED
Air conditioning—OFF
For quick heating, select recirculated
air for a few minutes. To keep the
windows from fogging, select fresh af-
ter the vehicle interior has been
warmed.
Press the “A/C” button on for dehumidi-
fied heating.
Choose floor/windshield air flow to heat
the vehicle interior while defrosting or
defogging the windshield.Air conditioning
For best results, set controls to:
—For automatic operation
Press in the “AUTO” button.
Temperature—To the desired
temperature
Air conditioning—ON
—For manual operation
Fan speed—To the desired fan speed
Temperature—To w a r d s COLD
(to the left)
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—PANEL
Air conditioning—ON
For quick cooling, select recirculated
air for a few minutes.
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Ventilation
For best results, set controls to:
—For automatic operation
Press in the “AUTO” button.
Temperature—To w a r d s COLD
(to the left)
Air conditioning—OFF
—For manual operation
Fan speed—To the desired fan speed
Temperature—To w a r d s COLD
(to the left)
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—PANEL
Air conditioning—OFF
Defogging and defrosting
—The inside of the windshield
For best results, set controls to:
For automatic operation—
Temperature—To w a r d s WARM
(to the right) to heat;
COLD (to the left)
to cool
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—WINDSHIELD
Lower vent—CLOSED
For manual operation—
Fan speed—To the desired fan speed
Temperature—To w a r d s WARM
(to the right) to heat;
COLD (to the left)
to cool
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—WINDSHIELD
Lower vent—CLOSED
When pressing the windshield air flow but-
ton, the air intake selects FRESH auto-
matically. This is to clean up the front
view more quickly.
If you want to return the setting to RE-
CIRCULATE mode, press the air intake
selector button once again.Pressing the windshield air flow button
turns on the defrosterlinked air condition-
ing. At this time, the “A/C” button indicator
comes on regardless of whether or not the
“A/C” button is pressed in. This is to
clean up the front view more quickly.
To turn off the air conditioning alone,
press the “A/C” button once again.
When the “A/C” button is not pressed in,
pressing another air flow button turns off
the air conditioning.
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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—The outside of the windshield
For best results, set controls to:
For automatic operation—
Temperature—To w a r d s WARM
(to the right)
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—WINDSHIELD
Lower vent—CLOSED
For manual operation—
Fan speed—To the desired fan speed
Temperature—To w a r d s WARM
(to the right)
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—WINDSHIELD
Lower vent—CLOSED
When pressing the windshield air flow but-
ton, the air intake selects FRESH auto-
matically. This is to clean up the front
view more quickly.
If you want to return the setting to RE-
CIRCULATE mode, press the air intake
selector button once again.
Pressing the windshield button turns on
the defrosterlinked air conditioning. At
this time, the “A/C” button indicator comes
on regardless of whether or not the “A/C”
button is pressed in. This is to clean up
the front view more quickly.To turn off the air conditioning alone,
press the “A/C” button once again.
When the “A/C” button is not pressed in,
pressing another air flow button turns off
the air conditioning.
To heat the vehicle interior while de-
frosting the windshield, choose
floor/windshield air flow.
Instrument panel vents
Side vents
Lower vent
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Rear heater system
1. Fan Speed Selector
2. Temperature Selector
Fan speed selector
Push the switch toward “HI” or “LO”.
Temperature selector
Place the lever anywhere except the
“OFF” position.
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OPERATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND
CONTROLS
Other equipment
Clock174 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thermometer174 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cigarette lighter and ashtrays175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power outlets176 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Glove box176 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Garage door opener177 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Garage door opener box180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Auxiliary box182 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Warning reflector holder183 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear console box184 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Card holder185 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Front cup holders185 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear cup holders186 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tiedown hooks187 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Luggage cover187 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Floor mat188 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Clock
The digital clock indicates the time.
The key must be in the “ACC” or “ON”
position.
To reset the hour: Push the “H” button.
To reset the minutes: Push the “M” button.
If quick adjustment to a full hour is de-
sired, push the “:00” button.
For example, if the “:00” button is de-
pressed when the time is between
1:01—1:29, the time will change to 1:00.
If the time is between 1:30—1:59, the
time will change to 2:00.If the electrical power source has been
disconnected from the clock, the time dis-
play will automatically be set to 1:00 (one
o’clock).
When the instrument panel lights are
turned on, the brightness of the time in-
dication will be reduced.
Thermometer
The thermometer indicates the outside
air temperature when you push the
“OUT/T” button.
The key must be in the “ON” position.
Pushing the button once again or turning
the temperature selector will turn off the
display.
When the air conditioning system is on,
pushing the button once indicates the out-
side temperature and a second time
changes the display back to the air condi-
tioning temperature.
Also, turning the temperature selector
while the outside temperature is indicated
changes the display to the air conditioning
temperature.
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Power outlets
Instrument panel
Luggage compartment
The power outlets are designed for
power supply for car accessories.
The key must be in the “ACC” or “ON”
position for the power outlet to be used.
NOTICE
To prevent the fuse from being
blown, do not use the electricity
over the total vehicle capacity of
12V/120W.
To prevent the battery from being
discharged, do not use the power
outlets longer than necessary when
the engine is not running.
Close the power outlet lids when
the power outlets are not in use.
Inserting a foreign object other than
the appropriate plug that fits the
outlet, or allowing any liquid into
the outlet may cause electrical fail-
ure or short circuits.
Glove box
To use the glove box, do this.
To open: Pull the lever.
On some models, the glove box light will
come on when the glove box is open with
the instrument panel lights on.
To lock: Insert the master key and turn it
clockwise.
CAUTION
To reduce the chance of injury in
case of an accident or a sudden stop,
always keep the glove box door
closed while driving.
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Garage door opener
The garage door opener (HomeLink
Universal Transceiver) is manufactured
under license from HomeLink and can
be programmed to operate garage
doors, gates, entry doors, door locks,
home lighting systems, and security
systems, etc.(a) Programming the HomeLink

The HomeLink in your vehicle has 3
buttons and you can store one program
for each button.
To ensure correct programming into the
HomeLink, install a new battery in the
handheld transmitter prior to program-
ming.
The battery side of the handheld trans-
mitter must be pointed away from the
HomeLink
 during the programming pro-
cess.
For Canadian users, follow the procedure
in “Programming an entrance gate/Pro-
gramming all devices in the Canadian
market”.
1. Decide which of 3 HomeLink
 buttons
you want to program.
2. Place your handheld garage transmit-
ter 25 to 75 mm (1 to 3 in.) away from
the surface of the HomeLink
.
Keep the indicator light on the HomeLink

in view while programming.3. Simultaneously press and hold the
handheld garage transmitter button
along with the selected HomeLink
 but-
ton.
4. When the indicator light on the
HomeLink
 changes from a slow to a
rapid flash after 20 seconds, you can
release both buttons.
5. Test the operation of the HomeLink
 by
pressing the newly programmed button.
If programming a garage door opener,
check to see if the garage door opens
and closes.
If the garage door does not operate, iden-
tify if your garage transmitter is of the
“Rolling Code” type. Press and hold the
programmed HomeLink
 button. The ga-
rage door has the rolling code feature if
the indicator light (on the HomeLink
)
flashes rapidly and then remains lit after
2 seconds. If your garage transmitter is
the “Rolling Code” type, proceed to the
heading “Programming a rolling code sys-
tem”.
6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for each re-
maining HomeLink
 button to program
another device.
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Programming a rolling code system
If your device is “Rolling Code”
equipped, it is necessary to follow
steps 1 through 4 under the heading
“Programming the HomeLink
” before
proceeding with the steps listed below.
1. Locate the “training” button on the ceil-
ing mounted garage door opener motor.
The exact location and color of the
button may vary by brand of garage
door opener. Refer to the owner ’s
guide supplied by the garage door
opener manufacturer for the location of
this “training” button.
2. Press the “training” button on the ceil-
ing mounted garage door opener motor.
Following this step, you have 30 seconds
in which to initiate step 3 below.
3. Press and release the vehicle’s pro-
grammed HomeLink
 button twice. The
garage door may open. If the door
does open, the programming process is
complete. If the door does not open,
press and release the button a third
time. This third press and release will
complete the programming process by
opening the garage door.The ceiling mounted garage door opener
motor should now recognize the
HomeLink
 unit and be able activate the
garage door up/down.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each re-
maining HomeLink
 button to program
another rolling code system.
Programming an entrance gate/Program-
ming all devices in the Canadian market
1. Decide which of the 3 HomeLink
 but-
tons you want to program.
2. Place your handheld gate/device
transmitter 25 to 75 mm (1 to 3 in.)
away from the surface of the
HomeLink
.
Keep the indicator light on the HomeLink

in view while programming.
3. Press and hold the selected
HomeLink
 button.
4. Continuously press and release (cycle)
the handheld gate/device transmitter
button every two seconds until step 5
is complete.
5. When the indicator light on the
HomeLink
 changes from a slow to a
rapid flash after 20 seconds, you can
release both buttons.6. Test the operation of the HomeLink
 by
pressing the newly programmed button.
Check to see if the gate/device oper-
ates correctly.
7. Repeat steps 1 through 6 for each re-
maining HomeLink
 button to program
another device.
Programming other devices
To program other devices such as home
security systems, home door locks or
lighting, contact your authorized Toyota
dealer for assistance.
Reprogramming a button
Individual HomeLink

buttons cannot be
erased, however, to reprogram a single
button, follow the procedure “Programming
the HomeLink
”.
(b) Operating the HomeLink

To operate the HomeLink, press the
appropriate HomeLink button to activate
the programmed device. The HomeLink
indicator light should come on. The
HomeLink continues to send the signal
for up to 20 seconds as long as the
button is pressed.
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