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When parking, firmly apply the park- 
ing brake to avoid inadvertent creep- ing. 
To set: Pull up the lever. 
To release: Pull up the lever slightly, press 
the thumb button, and lower. 
To remind you that the parking brake is 
set, the parking brake reminder  light in the
instrument panel remains on until you re-lease the parking brake.
Before driving, be sure the parking brake is fully released and the park- 
ing brake reminder light is off. CAUTION
! The cruise control allows you to cruise 
the vehicle at a desired speed over 40 km/h (25 mph) even with your foot offthe accelerator pedal. 
Your cruising speed can be maintained up 
or down grades within the limits of engine 
performance, although a slight speed 
change may occur when driving up or
down the grades. On steeper hills, a greater speed change will occur so it is 
better to drive without the cruise control.
 
To help maintain maximum con- 
trol of your vehicle, do not use the 
cruise control when driving in heavy or varying traffic, or on slip- 
pery (rainy, icy or snow-covered)
or winding roads.
  Avoid vehicle speed increases 
when driving downhill.  If the ve- 
hicle  speed is too fast in relation to
the cruise control set speed, can-
cel the cruise control then down-
shift the transmission to use en- 
gine braking to slow down. CAUTION
!TURNING ON THE SYSTEM 
To operate the cruise control, press the 
CRUISE ON-OFFº button. This turns thesystem on. The indicator light in the instru- 
ment panel shows that you can now set 
the vehicle at a desired cruising speed.
Another press will turn the system com- 
pletely off.
To avoid accidental cruise control 
engagement, keep the CRUISE 
ON-OFFº  
switch off when not using
the cruise control. CAUTION
!
Parking brake Cruise control   

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SETTING  AT A DESIRED SPEED 
On vehicles with automatic transmission, 
the transmission must be in Dº beforeyou set the cruise control speed. 
Bring your vehicle to the desired speed, push the lever down in the SET/COASTº
direction and release it. This sets the ve- 
hicle at that speed. If the speed is not sat-
isfactory, tap the lever up for a faster 
speed, or tap it down for a slower speed. 
Each tap changes the set speed by 1.6 
km/h (1.0 mph). You can now take your
foot off the accelerator pedal. If you need accelerationÐfor example, 
when passingÐdepress the accelerator 
pedal 
enough for the vehicle to exceed the
set speed. When you release it, the ve- 
hicle  will return to the speed set prior to the
acceleration.
For manual transmission: 
While  driving with the cruise control
on, do not shift to neutral without 
depressing the clutch pedal, as this
may cause engine racing or overrev-ving. CAUTION
!
CANCELLING THE PRESET SPEED 
You can cancel the preset speed by: 
a. Pulling  the lever in the CANCELº di- rection and releasing it. 
b. Depressing the brake pedal. 
c. Depressing the clutch pedal (manual transmission). 
If the vehicle speed falls below about 40 
km/h  (25 mph), the preset speed will auto-
matically cancel out. 
If the vehicle speed drops 16 km/h (10 mph) below the preset speed, the presetspeed will also automatically cancel out. If the preset speed automatically cancels 
out other than for the above cases, have your 
vehicle checked by your Toyota deal-
er at the earliest opportunity. 
RESETTING AT A FASTER SPEED Push  the lever up in the RES/ACCº direc-
tion and hold it. Release the lever when 
the desired speed is attained. While the 
lever is held up, the vehicle will graduallygain speed. 
However, a  faster way to reset is to accel-
erate the vehicle and then push the lever down in the SET/COASTº direction. 
RESETTING AT A SLOWER SPEED Push  the lever down in the SET/COASTº
direction and hold it. Release the lever 
when  the desired speed is attained. While
the lever is held down, the vehicle speedwill gradually decrease. 
However, a faster way to reset is to de- press the brake pedal and then push the 
lever  down in the SET/COASTº direction.  

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On vehicles with automatic transmission, 
even if you turn off the overdrive switch with the cruise control on, engine braking
will 
not be applied because the cruise con-
trol is not cancelled. To decrease the ve-
hicle speed, reset to a slower speed with
the cruise control lever or depress the brake pedal. If you use the brake pedal, cruise control is cancelled. RESUMING THE PRESET SPEED 
If the preset speed is cancelled by pulling 
the control lever or by depressing the
brake pedal or clutch pedal, pushing the 
lever up in the RES/ACCº direction will 
restore  the speed set prior to cancellation.
However,  once the vehicle speed falls be-
low about 40 km/h (25 mph), the preset
speed will not be resumed. 
CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE WARN- ING 
If the CRUISEº indicator light in the in- 
strument cluster flashes when using the
cruise control, press the CRUISE  ON- 
OFFº button to turn the system off and then press it again to turn it on. If any of the following conditions then oc- 
curs, there is some trouble in the cruise control system.  
The indicator light does not come on.
  The indicator light flashes again.
  The indicator light goes out after it 
comes on.
If this is the case, contact your Toyota 
dealer and have your vehicle inspected.
To crank the engine  without depress- ing the clutch pedal, push the switch 
with the ignition on. 
The switch stays on as long as the ignition 
is on. And it will automatically turn off 
when the ignition is off. 
This switch cancels the clutch start sys- 
tem, which is designed to keep the starter 
motor from operating if  the clutch pedal is
not depressed all the way down. 
The switch allows the vehicle to be driven 
out of difficult situations by cranking the 
engine with the clutch engaged.
Clutch start cancel switch (four-wheel drive modelswith manual transmission)