216 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2022 Owners Manual

3TABLE OF CONTENTS
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3
4
5
6
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Brake Hold .........................213
4-3. Operating the lights and wip- ers
Headlight switch ................. 216
Automatic High Beam ........ 219
Fog light switch .................. 222
Windshield wipers and washer ......................................... 222
Rear windshield wiper and washer ............................. 225
4-4. Refueling Opening the fuel tank cap .. 227
4-5. Using the driving support sys- tems
Toyota Safety Sense 2.5 +......................................... 229
PCS (Pre-Collision System) ......................................... 235
LTA (Lane Tracing Assist)... 246
Dynamic radar cruise control with full-speed range ........ 257
RSA (Road Sign Assist) ..... 269
Stop & Start system ........... 272
BSM (Blind Spot Monitor)... 278
Intuitive parking assist ........ 284
RCTA (Rear Cross Traffic Alert) function ............................ 293
PKSB (Parking Support Brake) ......................................... 300
Parking Support Brake function (static objects) .................. 307
Parking Support Brake function (rear-crossing vehicles).... 310
Driving mode select switch ......................................... 311
Multi-terrain Select ............. 312
Snow mode switch ............. 315
Downhill assist control system ......................................... 316
Driving assist systems........ 318
4-6. Driving tips Winter driving tips............... 324Utility vehicle precautions ..
327
5-1. Toyota multi-operation touch Toyota multi-operation touch......................................... 332
5-2. Using the air conditioning system and defogger
Front manual air conditioning system ............................. 334
Front automatic air conditioning system ............................. 339
Rear manual air conditioning system ............................. 352
Rear automatic air conditioning system ............................. 354
Heated steering wheel/seat heaters/seat ventilators.... 358
5-3. Using the interior lights Interior lights list ................. 361
5-4. Using the storage features List of storage features ...... 364
Luggage compartment features ......................................... 369
5-5. Using the other interior fea- tures
Other interior features ........ 37
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Garage do or opener

...........385
6-1. Maintenance and care Cleaning and protecting the vehicle exterior................. 394
Cleaning and protecting the vehicle interior.................. 397
6-2. Maintenance Maintenance requirements......................................... 400
General maintenance......... 402
5Interior features
6Maintenance and care

14Pictorial index
Precautions for winter season.............................................. P.324
To prevent freezing (windshiel d wiper de-icer) ............. P.336, 341
Precautions for car wash
*.................................................... P.395
Fuel filler door ............................................... ..................... P.227
Refueling method ............................................... .................. P.227
Fuel type/fuel tan k capacity ................................... .............. P.501
Tires.......................................................... ........................... P.417
Tire size/inflation pressure ................................... ........ P.417, 505
Winter tires/tire chains ....................................... .................. P.324
Checking/rotation/tire pressur e warning system ..................P.417
Coping with flat tires......................................... .................... P.471
Hood ........................................................... ......................... P.408
Opening ............................................................................... P.408
Engine oil ..................................................... ........................ P.502
Coping with overheating ...................................................... P.494
Warning messages ............................................... ............... P.467
Front turn signal lights/parking lights
*................... P.209P.216
Parking lights
*............................................................... ..... P.216
Headlights/daytime running lights
*.................................. P.216
Headlights..................................................... ...................... P.216
Daytime running lights .. .................................................... P.216
Front side marker lights ....................................... ............. P.216
Parking lights
*/daytime running lights*........................... P.216
Front fog lights
*............................................................... ... P.222
Stop/tail lights ............................................... ..................... P.216
Tail lights.................................................... ......................... P.216
Back-up lights
Shifting the shift lever to R ................................................... P.206
Light bulbs of the exterior lights for driving
(Replacing method: P.439, Watts: P.507)

15Pictorial index
License plate lights............................................................ P.216
Rear turn signal lights ........................................ ............... P.209
Rear side marker lights ........................................ ............. P.216
Side turn signal lights ........................................ ............... P.209
*: If equipped

17Pictorial index
Turn signal lever................................................................. P.209
Headlight switch ............................................... ................. P.216
Headlights/side marker lights/pa rking lights/tail lights/license plate
lights/daytime running lights .................................. ............... P.216
Front fog lights
*1............................................................... .... P.222
Windshield wiper and washer sw itch....................... P.222, 225
Usage.......................................................... ................. P.222, 225
Adding washer fluid .............................................................. P.416
Warning messages ............................................... ............... P.467
Emergency flasher switch ....................................... .......... P.448
Hood lock release lever ........................................ ............. P.408
Tilt and telescopic steering lock release lever ................P. 1 5 3
Adjustment ..................................................... ...................... P.153
Air conditioning system ............................. ............... P.334, 339
Usage.......................................................... ................. P.334, 339
Rear window defogger ........................................... ...... P.335, 341
Windshield wiper de-icer
*1........................................... P.336, 341
Audio system
*2
Fuel filler door opener swi tch ........................................... P.227
*1: If equipped
*2: Refer to “NAVIGATION AND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM OWNER’S MAN-
UAL”.

792-1. Instrument cluster
2
Vehicle status information and indicators
vehicle’s various systems.
Turn signal indicator
( P.209)
(U.S.A.)
Headlight indicator
( P.216)
(Canada)
Tail light indicator
( P.216)
Headlight high beam indi-
cator ( P.218)
Automatic High Beam indi-
cator
*1 (  P.219)
Front fog light indicator
*1
(if equipped) ( P.222)
PCS warning light
*3, 4
(  P.238)
Cruise control indicator
*2
(  P.265)
Dynamic radar cruise con-
trol indicator
*2 (  P.257)
Cruise control “SET” indi-
cator
*2 (  P.257)
(white)
LTA i n d i c a t o r*2 ( P.252)
(green)
LTA i n d i c a t o r*2 ( P.235,
252)
(orange)
(flashes)LTA i n d i c a t o r*2 (  P.252)
BSM outside rear view
mirror indicators
*5, 6 (if
equipped) (P.278, 293)
BSM OFF indicator
*2, 3 (if
equipped) (P.278)
Intuitive parking assist
OFF indicator
*3, 4, 10(if
equipped) (P.285)
RCTA OFF indicator*2, 3 (if
equipped) ( P.293)
PKSB OFF indicator
*3, 4,
10
(if equipped) ( P.301)
Stop & Start indicator
*1, 9
(if equipped) ( P.272)
Stop & Start cancel indica-
tor
*1, 3, 9 (if equipped)
(  P.273)
(flashes)
Slip indicator*4 ( P.319)
VSC OFF indicator
*3, 4
(  P.320)
Smart key system indica-
tor
*2 (  P.202)
(U.S.A.)
Parking brake indicator*4
(  P.210)
(Canada)
Parking brake indicator*4
(  P.210)
Brake hold standby indica-
tor
*4 (  P.213)
Brake hold operated indi-
cator
*4 (  P.213)
Snow mode indicator
*2
(  P.315)
Downhill assist control
system indicator
*1, 9 (if
equipped) ( P.316)
Eco Driving Indicator
Light
*4 (  P. 8 6 , 9 5 )
Low outside temperature
indicator
*2, 7 (  P. 8 1 )
Security indicator
*8
(  P.71, 73)
“PASS AIR BAG ON/OFF”
indicator
*4, 8 (  P. 4 3 )

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Driving
Driving
.4-1. Before drivingDriving the vehicle....... 179
Cargo and luggage ..... 186
Vehicle load limits ....... 189
Trailer towing............... 190
Dinghy towing ............. 201
4-2. Driving procedures Engine (ignition) switch.................................. 202
Automatic transmission .................................. 206
Turn signal lever.......... 209
Parking brake .............. 210
Brake Hold .................. 213
4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Headlight switch .......... 216
Automatic High Beam . 219
Fog light switch ........... 222
Windshield wipers and washer....................... 222
Rear windshield wiper and washer....................... 225
4-4. Refueling Opening the fuel tank cap.................................. 227
4-5. Using the driving support
systems
Toyota Safety Sense 2.5 + .................................. 229PCS (Pre-Collision System)
.................................. 235
LTA (Lane Tracing Assist) .................................. 246
Dynamic radar cruise con- trol with full-speed range
.................................. 257
RSA (Road Sign Assist) .................................. 269
Stop & Start system .... 272
BSM (Blind Spot Monitor) .................................. 278
Intuitive parking assist . 284
RCTA (Rear Cross Traffic Alert) function ............ 293
PKSB (Parking Support Brake) ........................ 300
Parking Support Brake func- tion (static objects) .... 307
Parking Support Brake func- tion (rear-crossing vehi-
cles) ........................... 310
Driving mode select switch .................................. 311
Multi-terrain Select ...... 312
Snow mode switch ...... 315
Downhill assist control sys- tem ............................ 316
Driving assist systems .................................. 318
4-6. Driving tips Winter driving tips........ 324

2164-3. Operating the lights and wipers
4-3.Operating the lights and wipers
Operating the switch
turns on the lights as follows:U.S.A.
Canada
1 The headlights, daytime
running lights ( P.216) and
all the lights listed below turn
on and off automatically.
(When the engine switch is in
ON.)
2 The side marker, park-
ing, tail, license plate, instru-
ment panel lights, and
daytime running lights
( P.216) turn on.
3 The headlights and all lights listed above (except
daytime running lights) turn
on.
4 (U.S.A.) Off
■Daytime running light system
●Vehicles without projector head-
lights: The daytime running lights
illuminate using the same lights as
the low beam headlights and illu-
minate dimmer than the low beam
headlights.
●Vehicles with projector head-
lights: The daytime running lights
illuminate using the same lights as
the parking light s and illuminate
brighter than the parking lights.
●To make your vehicle more visible
to other drivers during daytime
driving, the daytime running lights
turn on automatically when all of
the following conditions are met.
(The daytime running lights are
not designed for use at night.)
• The engine is running
• The parking brake is released
• The headlight switch is in the
or
* position
*: When the surroundings are bright
The daytime running lights remain
on after they illumi nate, even if the
parking brake is set again.
●For the U.S.A.: Daytime running
lights can be turned off by operat-
ing the switch.
●Compared to turning on the head-
lights, the daytime running light
system offers greater durability
and consumes less electricity, so
it can help improve fuel economy.
Headlight switch
The headlights can be oper-
ated manually or automati-
cally.
Operating instructions

4216-3. Do-it-yourself maintenance
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Maintenance and care
operate properly.
• If non-genuine Toyota wheels are used.
• A tire has been replaced with a tire that is not an OE (Original
Equipment) tire.
• A tire has been replaced with a tire that is not of the specified size.
• Tire chains, etc. are equipped.
• An auxiliary-supported run-flat tire
is equipped.
• If a window tint that affects the
radio wave signals is installed.
• If there is a lot of snow or ice on the vehicle, particularly around the
wheels or wheel housings.
• If the tire inflation pressure is extremely higher than the speci-
fied level.
• If the spare tire is in a location subject to poor radio wave signal
reception.
*
• If wheel without the tire pressure
warning valve and transmitter is
used.
• If the ID code on the tire pressure warning valves and transmitters is
not registered in the tire pressure
warning computer.
*: Vehicles with full-size spare tire
only
●Performance may be affected in
the following situations.
• Near a TV tower, electric power plant, gas station, radio station,
large display, airpo rt or other facil-
ity that generates strong radio
waves or electrical noise
• When carrying a portable radio, cellular phone, cordless phone or
other wireless communication
device
●If tire position information is not
correctly displayed due to the
radio wave conditions, the display
may be corrected by driving and
changing the radio wave condi-
tions.
●When the vehicle is parked, the
time taken for the warning to start
or go off could be extended.
●When tire inflation pressure
declines rapidly for example when
a tire has burst, the warning may
not function.
■Warning performance of the tire
pressure warning system
The warning of the tire pressure
warning system w ill change in
accordance with the conditions
under which it was initialized. For
this reason, the system may give a
warning even if th e tire pressure
does not reach a low enough level,
or if the pressure is higher than the
pressure that was adjusted to when
the system was initialized.

5288-2. Customization
■Moon roof* ( P.170)
*: If equipped
■Automatic light control system ( P.216)
■Lights ( P.216)
*1: Except for Canada
*2: If equipped
FunctionDefault settingCustomized setting
Linked operation of com-
ponents when mechani-
cal key is u sed (open
only)
Slide onlyTilt only——O
Linked operation of com-
ponents when wireless
remote control is used
Slide onlyTilt only——O
FunctionDefault settingCustomized setting
Light sensor sensitivityStandard-2 to 2O—O
Time elapsed before
headlights automatically
turn off after doors are
closed
30 seconds
Off
O—O60 seconds
90 seconds
Windshield wiper linked
headlight illuminationOnOff——O
FunctionDefault settingCustomized setting
Daytime running lightsOnOff*1O—O
Welcome lightingOnOff——O
AFS (Adaptive
Front-lighting System)
*2OnOff——O

553Alphabetical Index
Clock ................................... 81, 84
Coat hooks .............................. 382
Condenser .............................. 414
Console box ............................ 365
Consumption screen.............. 108
Conversation mirror ............... 384
Cooling system ...................... 413Engine overheating .............. 494
Cruise control Dynamic radar cruise control with full-speed range .......... 257
Cup holders ............................ 366
Current fuel consumption . 86, 94
Curtain shield airbags ............. 34
Customizable features ........... 521
D
Daytime running light system216 Replacing light bulbs ............ 439
Defogger Outside rear view mirrors ... 335, 341, 345
Rear window ........ 335, 341, 345
Windshield............ 335, 341, 344
Differential Rear differential oil ............... 504
Digital Rearview Mirror .......... 155
Dimension ............................... 500
Dinghy towing ........................ 201
Display Dynamic radar cruise control with full-speed range .......... 257
Head-up display ................... 103
Intuitive parking assist .......... 284
LTA (Lane Tracing Assist) ..... 252
Multi-information display .. 84, 93
RCTA .................................... 293
Toyota Multi-operation touch 332
Warning message ................ 467
Distance until next engine oil change..................................... 83
Do-it-yourself maintenance ... 401 Door courtesy lights...............361
Door lock
Back door .............................121
Side doors ............................ 117
Smart key system .................133
Wireless remote control........ 115
Doors Automatic door locking and unlocking system ................120
Back door .............................121
Door glasses ........................167
Door lock ..............................121
Open door warning buzzer . 118, 120
Outside rear view mirrors .....165
Rear door child-protectors ....120
Downhill assist control system ...............................................316
Drive distance .....................88, 97
Drive information .. ..............88, 97
Driver’s seat position memory Driving position memory .......147
Memory recall function .........149
Drive-start control ..................180
Driving Break-in tips .........................180
Correct driving posture ...........25
Driving mode select switch ... 311
Procedures ...........................179
Winter drive tips....................324
Driving information display85, 94
Driving mode select switch ... 311
Driving position memory .......147 Memory recall function .........149
Driving range ................86, 94, 95
Driving support system informa- tion display........................87, 97
Dynamic radar cruise control with full-speed range............257Warning message.................267
Dynamic Torque Control AWD system ...................................319