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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 operationPress 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
Pressing the windshield air flow button
turns on the defogging function with the
purpose of clearing the front view.
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.
Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified
heating or cooling. This setting clears the
front view more quickly.
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.
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
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Pressing the windshield air flow button
turns on the defrosting function with the
purpose of clearing the front view.
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.
Press the “A/C” button for dehumidified
heating or cooling. This setting clears the
front view more quickly.
To heat the vehicle interior while de-
frosting the windshield, choose
floor/windshield air flow.Side vents
Lower vent
If air flow control is not satisfactory, check
the instrument panel vents. The instrument
panel vents may be opened or closed as
shown.
For removing frost or fog, it is recom-
mended that you close the lower vent
when you push the windshield air flow
button or using the “Floor” or the “Floor/
windshield” mode.
Instrument panel vents
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1. “AUTO” button
2. Air flow selector buttons
3. Temperature selector
4. Fan speed selector buttons
5. “OFF” button
6. “REAR” button
7. “FRT+RR” button
Rear air conditioning system
—Controls
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“AUTO” button
For automatic operation of the rear air
conditioning, press the “AUTO” button. An
indicator light will illuminate to show that
the automatic operation mode has been
selected.
In the automatic operation mode, the air
conditioning selects the most suitable fan
speed and air flow according to the tem-
perature.
You may use manual controls if you want
to select your own settings.
Fan speed selector
Select the mode button you desire to ad-
just the fan speed and push it.
In automatic operation, the fan speed is
adjusted automatically unless you desire
another fan speed mode.
Temperature selector
To increase the temperature, press the
“ ” side, to decrease it, press the “ ”
side.
The temperature display changes between
“ C” and “ F” when the unit of the outside
temperature display is changed. (For de-
tails, see “Multi −information display” on
page 256 in Section 1 −10.) “REAR” button
You can turn on or off the rear air condi-
tioning system by pushing the button.
“FRT+RR” button
You can cancel the operations from the
rear control panel by pushing this button.
While the operation from the rear control
panel are stopped, the front and rear air
conditioning systems can be set simulta-
neously from the front control panel.
“OFF” button
Push the “OFF” button to turn off the air
conditioning system.
Air flow selector
Push the button to select the vents used
for air flow.
1. Panel— Air flows mainly from the roof
panel vents.
2. Bi level— Air flows from both the roof
panel vents and floor vents.
3. Floor— Air flows mainly from the floor
vents.
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—Air flow selector settings
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OPERATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND
CONTROLS
Other equipment
Multi−information display 256
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clock 267
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cigarette lighter and ashtrays 267
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power outlets 268
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . . . .
Power outlet 269
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . . . . .
Glove box 270
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Garage door opener box 271
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
Auxiliary boxes 273
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . . .
Rear console box 275
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . .
Note pad holder 276
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . .
Coin holder 277
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Compact disc and cassette tape holder 278
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cup holders 279
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Tie −down hooks 280
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . .
Grocery bag hooks 280
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . .
Cargo net hooks 280
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . .
Roof luggage carrier 281
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . .
Floor mat 282
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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1. “E/M” button
2. Garage door opener buttons
3. “MODE” button
4. Garage door opener indicator
5. Outside temperature and cruiseinformation display
6. Compass
Multi information display—