1998 TOYOTA 4RUNNER steering

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Instrument panel overview 1. Side vent
2. Tilt steering lock release le-ver
3. Instrument cluster
4. Center vents
5. Personal lights
6. Electric moon roof switch
7. Glovebox
8. Power door lock switch
9. Power window switches
10. Automatic transmission se- lector lever or manual trans-
mission gear shift lever
11. Parking brake lever
12. Driving pattern selector but- ton
13. Power back window switch
14. Front drive control lever
15. Lower vent
16. Hood lock release lever
17. Fuel filler door o pener
18. Power rear view mirror con- trol switch (with power win-
dows)

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Part 1
OPERATION OF
INSTRUMENTS
AND CONTROLSÐ
Chapter 1- 3
Seats, Seat belts,
Steering wheel
and Mirrors
Seat
Front seats
Fold- down rear seats
Head restraints
Seat belts
SRS driver and front
passenger airbags
Child restraint
Tilt steering wheel
Outside rear view mirrors
Anti- glare inside rear view
mirror
Sun visors
Seats
While the vehicle is being driven, all
vehicle occupants should have the
seatback upright, sit well back in the
seat and properly wear the seat belts
provided.
CAUTION
Do not drive the vehicle unless
the occupants are not properly
seated. Do not allow sitting on
top of a folded- down seatback,
or in the luggage compartment.
Persons not properly seated
and not properly restrained by
seat belts can be severely in-
jured in the event of emergency
braking or a collision.
During driving, do not allow
passengers to stand up or
move around between seats. Se-
vere injuries can occur in the
event of emergency braking or
a collision.

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Adjust the driver's seat so that the
foot pedals, steering wheel and instru-
ment panel controls are within easy
reach of the driver.
CAUTION
Adjustments should not be
made while the vehicle is mov-
ing, as the seat may unexpect-
edly move and cause the driver
to lose control of the vehicle.
When adjusting the seat, be
careful not to hit the seat
against a passenger or luggage.
After adjusting the seat posi-
tion, try sliding it forward and
backward to make sure it is
locked in position.
After adjusting the seatback, ex-
ert body pressure to make sure
it is locked in position.
Do not put objects under the
seats as they may interfere with
the seat- lock mechanism or un-
expectedly push up the seat
position adjusting lever; the
seat may suddenly move, caus-
ing the driver to lose control of
the vehicle.
While adjusting the seat, do not
put your hands under the seat
or near the moving parts. You
may catch and injure your
hands or fingers.
ÐAdjusting front seats
Front seatsÐ
ÐSeat adjustment precaution

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The SRS (Supplemental Restraint
System) airbags are designed to
provide further protection for the
driver and front passenger when
added to the primary protection
provided by the seat belts.
In response to a severe frontal im-
pact, the SRS airbags work together
with the seat belts to help prevent or
reduce injury by inflating, in order to
decrease the likelihood of the driver 's
or front passenger 's head or chest
directly hitting the steering wheel or
dashboard. The passenger airbag is
activated even with no passenger in
the front seat.
Be sure to wear your seat belt.CAUTION
A driver or front passenger too
close to the steering wheel or
dashboard during airbag deploy-
ment can be killed or seriously
injured. Toyota strongly recom-
mends that: The driver sit as far back as
possible from the steering
wheel while still maintaining
control of the vehicle.
The front passenger sit as far
back as possible from the dash-
board.
All vehicle occupants be proper-
ly restrained using the available
seat belts.

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The SRS airbag system mainly con-
sists of the following components and
their locations are shown in the il-
lustration.
1 SRS airbag warning light
2 Airbag module for driver (airbag
and inflator)
3 Airbag module for passenger (air-
bag
and inflator)
4 Airbag sensor assembly
The airbag sensor assembly consists
of a safing sensor and airbag sensor. In a severe frontal impact, sensors
detect deceleration and the system
triggers the airbag inflators. Then a
chemical reaction in the inflators mo-
mentarily fills the air
bags with non-
toxic gas to help restrain the forward
motion of the occupants.
When the airbags inflate, they produce
a fairly loud noise and release some
smoke along with non- toxic gas. This
does not indicate a fire. Be sure to
wash off any residue as soon as pos-
sible to prevent minor skin irritation.
Deployment of the airbags happen in
a fraction of a second, so the airbags
must inflate with considerable force.
While the system is designed to re-
duce serious injuries, it may also
cause minor burns or abrasions and
swellings.
Parts of the airbag module (steering
wheel hub, dashboard) may be hot for
several minutes, but the airbags them-
selves will not be hot. The airbags are
designed to inflate only once.
A crash severe enough to inflate the
airbags may break the windshield as
the vehicle buckles. In vehicles with
a passenger airbag the windshield
may also be damaged by absorbing
some of the force of the inflating air- bag.
CAUTION
The SRS airbag system is de-
signed only as a supplement to
the primary protection of the
driver side and front passenger
side seat belt systems. The
front seat occupants can be
killed or seriously injured by an
inflating airbag if they do not
wear the available seat belts.
During sudden braking just be-
fore a collision, an unrestrained
driver or front passenger can
move forward into direct con-
tact with or close proximity to
the airbag which may then
deploy during the collision. To
obtain maximum protection in
an accident, the driver and all
passengers in the vehicle must
wear their seat belts. Wearing a
seat belt during an accident re-
duces the chances of death or
serious injuries or being thrown
out of the vehicle. For instruc-
tions and precautions concern-
ing the seat belt system, see
Seat beltsº in this chapter.

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Do not put objects or your pets
on or in front of the dashboard
or steering wheel pad that
houses the airbag system. They
might restrict inflation or cause
death or serious injury as they
are projected rearward by the
force of deploying airbags. Like-
wise, the driver and front pas-
senger should not hold things
in their arms or on their knees.
Do not modify or remove any
wiring. Do not modify, remove,
strike or open any components
such as the steering wheel col-
umn cover, front passenger air-
bag cover, front passenger air-
bag, airbag sensor assembly.
Doing any of these may cause
sudden SRS airbag inflation or
disable the system, which could
result in death or serious injury.
Failure to follow these instruc-
tions can result in death or seri-
ous injuries.

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NOTICE
Do not perform any of the follow-
ing changes without consultingyourToyota dealer. Such changes can
interfere with proper operation ofthe SRS airbag system in somecases.
Installation of electronic itemssuch as a mobile two- way ra- dio, cassette tape player or
compact disc player
Modification of the suspensionsystem
Modification of the front endstructure
Attachment of a grille guard(bull bar, kangaroo bar, etc.),
snowplow, winches or any otherequipment to the front end
Repairs made on or near thefront end structure, console, steering column, steering wheel
or dashboard near the frontpassenger airbag

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In the following cases, contact your
Toyota dealer as soon as possible:
The SRS airbags have been in-
flated.
The front part of the vehicle
(shaded in the illustration) were in-
volved in an accident that did not
cause the SRS airbags to inflate.
The pad section of the steering
wheel or front passenger airbag
cover (shaded in the illustration) is
scratched, cracked, or otherwise
damaged.
NOTICE
Do not disconnect the battery
cables before contacting your To-yota dealer.
Toyota strongly urges the use of
child restraint systems for children
small enough to use them.
The laws of all fifty states in the
U.S.A. and Canada now require the
use of a child restraint system.
Your vehicle conforms to SAE J1819.
If a child is too large for a child re-
straint system, the child should sit in
the rear seat and must be restrained
using the vehicle's seat belt. See
ºSeat beltsº for details.CAUTION
For effective protection in auto-
mobile accidents and sudden
stops, children must be proper-
ly restrained using a seat belt
or child restraint system de-
pending on the age and size of
the child. Holding a child in
your arms is not a substitute
for a child restraint system. In
an accident, the child can be
crushed against the windshield,
or between you and the ve-
hicle's interior.
Child restraintÐ
ÐChild restraint precaution