2005 TOYOTA AVALON interior lights

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1. Side vents
2. Side defroster outlets
3. Instrument cluster
4. Center cluster
5. Garage door opener switches
6. Auxiliary boxes
7. Front personal lights, interior lightand/or electric moon roof switches
8. Center vents
9. Glove box
10. Power door lock switches
11. Power window switches
12. Trunk opener main switch
13. Rear console box
14. Rear vents
15. Power outlets
16. Seat ventilator/heater switches
17. Cup holder
18. Automatic transmission selector lever
19. Hood lock release lever
20. Parking brake pedal
21. Window lock switch
22. Driving position memory switches
Instrument panel overview
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To lock or unlock all the doors, push
the switches slowly and securely.
To lock: Push the lock switch. All the
doors are locked simultaneously. At this
time one beep will sound and turn signal
lights flash once.
Vehicles with smart key system—For three
seconds after the doors have been locked,
the doors cannot be re−unlocked via the
smart key system.
Check to see that the doors are securely
locked.
If any of the doors is not securely closed,
or if the key is in the ignition switch (ve-
hicles with key cylinder −type ignition
switch) or key left in the vehicle (vehicles
with smart key system), locking cannot be
performed by the lock switch and a beep
will sound continuously for 10 seconds.
To stop the beep, take out the key from
the vehicle or push the unlock switch.
The buzzer can be disabled. For details,
contact your Toyota dealer.
To unlock: Push the unlock switch once to
unlock the driver ’s door alone. Pushing
the switch twice within 3 seconds unlocks
all the doors simultaneously. Each time
the unlock switch is pushed, two beeps
will sound and turn signal lights flash
twice. This double switch operation to unlock all
doors can be changed to a single switch
operation. For details, contact your Toyota
dealer.
If the key is in the ignition (vehicles with
key cylinder
−type ignition switch) or the
ignition switch is set to ACC or ON (ve-
hicles with smart key system), the vehicle
cannot be unlocked via the unlock switch.
When all the doors are unlocked simulta-
neously with a key, wireless remote con-
trol or entry function, the following lights
come on for about 15 seconds and then
fade out, even if the door is not opened.
Vehicles with key cylinder −type ignition
switch—Ignition switch light, interior light,
front personal lights and rear personal
lights
Vehicles with smart key system—Ignition
switch light, interior light, front personal
lights, rear personal lights and exterior
foot lights
(For further information, see “Illuminated
entry system” on page 134 in Section
1 −5.) You have 30 seconds to open a door after
using the wireless remote unlock feature.
If a door is not opened by then, all the
doors will be automatically locked again.
If the wireless remote control is used to
lock the doors near the window or door
handle, there is a possibility that the door
may not unlocked by entry function of
smart key system. Under these circum-
stances, use the wireless remote control
to unlock the doors.
The time before automatic door lock func-
tion can be changed. For details, contact
your Toyota dealer.
If the lock or unlock switch is kept
pressed in, the locking or unlocking opera-
tion is not repeated. Release the switch
and then push again.

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Pushing the switch blows the horn in-
termittently and flashes the headlights,
tail lights and interior light.
Vehicles with smart key system only—
When pushing the switch, the indicator
light flashes.
The alarm switch is used to deter vehicle
theft when you witness anyone attempting
to break into or damage your vehicle.
The alarm will last for one minute. To stop
the alarm midway, push the switch once
again, unlock a door with the transmitter,
or set the ignition switch to ON.
The alarm does not work when the ignition
switch is set at ON.
This alarm function can be disabled. For
details, contact your Toyota dealer.You can switch the beep sound on and
off. (The beep sound is on initially and
after battery replacement.)
To switch the beep sound on and off:
With the driver ’s door opened—
1. Insert the ignition key and remove it.
2. Within 5 seconds, set the ignition switch to ON.
3. After 10 seconds, push any switch on the transmitter twice within 10 seconds.
Two beep sounds inform you that the
program has been switched on or off.
If this procedure is not followed exactly,
the beep sound will not operate as ex-
pected.
Check the beep sound on/off operation by
pushing the transmitter switch after you
finish this procedure. If the beep does not
operate as expected, repeat this proce-
dure from step 1. For replacement, use a CR2016 lithium
battery or equivalent.
CAUTION
Special care should be taken to pre-
vent small children from swallowing
the removed transmitter battery or
components.
NOTICE

When replacing the transmitter bat-
tery, be careful not to lose the com-
ponents.
 Replace only with the same or
equivalent type recommended by a
Toyota dealer.
 Dispose of used batteries according
to the local laws.
Replace the transmitter battery by follow-
ing these procedures:
—Switching beep sound
(with key cylindertype ignition
switch only)
—Replacing battery
(with key cylindertype
ignition switch)

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Insert the key into the keyhole and turn
it.
To lock: Turn the key forward.
To unlock: Turn the key backward.
All the doors lock and unlock simulta-
neously with the driver ’s door. In the driv-
er’s door lock, turning the key once will
unlock the driver’s door and twice in suc-
cession will unlock all the doors simulta-
neously.
This double key turning operation to un-
lock all the doors can be changed to a
single key turning operation. For details,
contact your Toyota dealer.
Vehicles with smart key system—For three
seconds after the doors have been locked,
the doors cannot be re−unlocked via the
smart key system. When you unlock the doors, the interior
light, ignition switch light, front personal
lights and rear personal lights come on for
about 15 seconds and then fade out, even
if the door is not opened. (For further
information, see “Illuminated entry system”
on page 134 in Section 1
−5.) When you carry the registered key with
smart key system into the actuation area,
you can lock and unlock the side doors
without using the key. For further informa-
tion of actuation area, see “Smart key
system” on page 27 in this Section.
—Locking and unlocking with
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When you enter the entry function actua-
tion area, the interior and exterior lights
come on for about 15 seconds. After the
lights come on, all the side doors can be
unlocked by grasping the outside door
handle.
You have 30 seconds to open a door after
using the unlocking function. If a door is
not opened by then, all the doors will be
automatically locked again.SELECTING DOORS TO BE UNLOCKED
WITH ENTRY FUNCTION
The unlock operation has 2 modes. To
change the mode, press the lock switch
and either the alarm switch or the trunk
opener switch simultaneously for five
seconds.
In order to change unlock modes, the igni-
tion switch must be turned off.
Repeating this procedure allows you to
toggle between the following 2 modes:
1. Driver ’s door only (default)—In this mode, only the driver ’s door unlocks
when the driver ’s door handle is
grasped. All the doors unlock when any
door handle other than the driver ’s
door handle is grasped. At this time
the vehicle will beep two times.
2. All doors—In this mode, all doors (ex- cept the trunk) unlocks when any of
the door handles is grasped. At this
time the vehicle will beep three times.
After the mode change operation is com-
plete, wait 5 seconds before repeating the
operation. When you unlock the doors, the interior
lights, ignition switch light, front personal
lights, rear personal lights and exterior
foot lights come on for about 15 seconds
and then fade out, even if the door is not
opened. (For further information, see “Illu-
minated entry system” on page 134 in
Section 1
−5.)

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To open the hood:1. Pull the hood lock release lever. The hood will spring up slightly.
CAUTION
Before driving, be sure that the hood
is closed and securely locked. Other-
wise, the hood may open unexpected-
ly while driving and an accident may
occur.
2. In front of the vehicle, pull up theauxiliary catch l ever and lift the
hood.
Before closing the hood, check to see that
you have not forgotten any tools, rags,
etc. Then lower the hood and make sure
it locks into place. If necessary, press
down gently on the front edge to lock it.To deter vehicle theft, the system is
designed to sound an alarm if any of
the doors, trunk or hood is forcibly un-
locked or the battery terminal is discon-
nected and then reconnected when the
vehicle is locked.
The alarm also sounds, when someone
attempts to break the side windows.
The alarm blows the horn intermittently
and flashes the headlights, tail lights and
interior light.
Hood Theft deterrent system

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OPERATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND
CONTROLS
Lights, Wipers and Defogger
Headlights and turn signals126
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Emergency flashers 131
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Instrument panel light control 132
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Front fog lights 132
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Interior light 132
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Front personal lights 133
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Rear personal lights 133
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Illuminated entry system 134
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Windshield wipers and washer 135
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Rear window and outside rear view mirror defoggers 138
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To adjust the brightness of the instru-
ment panel lights, turn the knob.
With the knob turned fully clockwise, the
intensity of the instrument panel lights will
not be reduced even when the tail lights/
headlights are turned on.To turn on the front fog lights, twist
the band of the headlight and turn sig-
nal switch lever. They will come on
only when the headlights are on low
beam.To turn on the interior light, push the
switch.
The interior light switch has the following
positions:
“ON”—Keeps the light on all the time.
“OFF”—Turns the light off.
“DOOR”—Turns the light on when any
door is opened. The light goes off when
all the doors are closed. For details, see
“Illuminated entry system” on page 134 in
this Section.
Interior light and rear personal
lights—The rear personal lights can be
turned on or off by the interior light
switch.
Instrument panel light control Front fog lights Interior light