driver seat adjustment TOYOTA RAV4 PRIME 2021 Owners Manual (in English)
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281-1. For safe use
Make sure that all occupants are 
wearing their seat belts before 
driving the vehicle. (P.30)
Use a child restraint system 
appropriate for the child until the 
child becomes large enough to  properly wear the vehicle’s seat 
belt. (
P.51)
Make sure that you can see 
backward clearly by adjusting 
the inside rear view mirror (if 
equipped), Digital Rear-view 
Mirror (if equipped) and outside 
rear view mirrors properly. 
( P.233, 234, 244)
WARNING
Observe the following precau-
tions.
Failure to do so m ay result in 
death or serious injury.
●Do not adjust the position of the 
driver’s seat while driving. 
Doing so could cause the driver 
to lose control of the vehicle.
●Do not place a cushion between 
the driver or passenger and the 
seatback. A cushion may pre-
vent correct pos ture from being 
achieved, and reduce the effec-
tiveness of the seat belt and 
head restraint.
●Do not place anything under the 
front seats.
Objects placed under the front 
seats may become jammed in 
the seat tracks and stop the 
seat from locking in place. This 
may lead to an accident and the 
adjustment mechanism may 
also be damaged.
●Always observe the legal speed 
limit when driving on public 
roads.
●When driving over long dis-
tances, take regular breaks 
before you start to feel tired.
Also, if you feel tired or sleepy 
while driving, do not force your-
self to continue driving and take 
a break immediately.
Correct use of the seat 
belts
Adjusting the mirrors 
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2244-3. Adjusting the seats
4-3.Adjusting the seats
Manual seat
1 Seat position adjustment 
lever
2 Seatback angle adjustment 
lever
Power seat
1 Seat position adjustment 
switch
2 Seatback angle adjustment 
switch
3 Seat cushion (front) angle 
adjustment switch (driver’s 
side only)
4 Vertical height adjustment 
switch (driver’s side only)
5 Lumbar support adjustment 
switch (driver’s side only)
■When adjusting the seat
Take care when adjusting the seat 
so that the head restraint does not 
touch the ceiling.
Front seats
The seats can be adjusted 
(longitudinally, vertically, 
etc.). Adjust the seat to 
ensure the correct driving 
posture.
Adjustment procedure
WARNING
■When adjusting the seat posi-
tion
●Take care when adjusting the 
seat position to ensure that 
other passengers are not 
injured by the moving seat. 
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2254-3. Adjusting the seats
4
Before driving
Pull the seatback angle adjust-
ment lever  , and adjust the 
seatback angle.
WARNING
●Do not put your hands under the 
seat or near the moving parts to 
avoid injury.
Fingers or hands may become 
jammed in the seat mechanism.
●Make sure to leave enough 
space around the feet so they 
do not get stuck.
●Manual seat only: After adjust-
ing the seat, make sure that the 
seat is locked in position.
■Seat adjustment
To reduce the risk of sliding under 
the lap belt during a collision, do 
not recline the seat more than 
necessary.
If the seat is too reclined, the lap 
belt may slide past the hips and 
apply restraint forces directly to 
the abdomen, or your neck may 
contact the shoulder belt, increas-
ing the risk of death or serious 
injury in the event of an accident.
Adjustments should not be made 
while driving as the seat may 
unexpectedly move and cause 
the driver to lose control of the 
vehicle.
Rear seats
Reclining adjustments and 
folding the seatbacks can 
be done with lever opera-
tion.
Adjustment procedure
WARNING
■When operating the seatback
Observe the following precau-
tions.
Failure to do so may cause death 
or serious injury.
●Keep other passengers from 
being hit with the seatback.
●Do not bring your hands close 
to the moving parts or between 
the seats, as we ll as do not let 
any part of your body get 
caught.
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2284-3. Adjusting the seats
ten.
■Recall procedure
1 Check that the shift lever is in 
P.
2 Turn the power switch to ON.
3 Press one of the buttons for 
the driving position you want 
to recall until the buzzer 
sounds.
■To stop the position recall oper-
ation part-way through
Perform any of the following:
●Press the “SET” button.
●Press button “1” or “2”.
●Operate any of the seat adjust-
ment switches.
■Seat positions that can be 
memorized ( P.224)
The adjusted positions other than 
the position adjusted by lumbar sup-
port switch can be recorded.
■Operating the driving position 
memory after turning the power 
switch to OFF
Recorded seat positions can be 
activated up to 180 seconds after 
the driver’s door is opened and 
another 60 seconds after it is closed 
again.
■In order to correctly use the 
driving position memory func-
tion
If a seat position is already in the 
furthest possible position and the 
seat is operated in the same direc-
tion, the recorded position may be 
slightly different w hen it is recalled.
■When recalling the driving posi-
tion
Take care when recalling the driving 
position so that the head restraint 
does not touch the ceiling.
■If the 12-volt b attery is discon-
nected
The memorized positions are 
erased.
■Registering procedure
Record your driving position to 
button “1” or “2” before perform-
ing the following:
Carry only the key you want to 
WARNING
■Seat adjustment caution
Take care during seat adjustment 
so that the seat does not strike 
the rear passenger or squeeze 
your body against the steering 
wheel.
Registering/recall/cancel-
ing a driving position to 
an electronic key (mem-
ory recall function)