2007 TOYOTA RAV4 Owners Manual

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To block out glare, move the sun visor.
To block out glare from the front—Swing
down the main sun visor (position 1).
To block out glare from the side—Swing
down the main sun visor, remove it from
the hook and swing it to the lateral side
(position 2).
If glare comes from obliquely behind you,
extend the plate at the end of the visor
(to position 3).
CAUTION
Do not extend the plate at the end of
the sun visor when the visor is in the
position 1. It can cover the antiglare
inside rear view mirror and obstruct
the rear view.
To use the vanity mirrors, swing down
the main sun visor and slide the cover.
The vanity light comes on when you slide
the cover.
Sun visors——Vanity mirrors

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OPERATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND
CONTROLS
Lights, Wipers and Defogger
Headlights and turn signals11 4
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Emergency flashers 11 5
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Instrument panel light control 11 6
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Front fog lights 11 6
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Interior light 11 7
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Personal lights 11 7
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Luggage compartment light 11 8
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Illuminated entry system 11 9
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Windshield wipers and washer 120
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Rear window wiper and washer 121
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Windshield wiper de −icer 121
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Rear window and outside rear view mirror defoggers 122
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For the U.S.A.
For Canada
HEADLIGHTS
To turn on the following lights: Twist
the headlight/turn signal lever knob.
Position 1—Parking, tail, license plate,
side marker and instrument panel lights
For Canada—The tail light indicator lights
up in the instrument cluster.
Position 2—Headlights and all of the
above
For the U.S.A.—The headlight indicator
lights up in the instrument cluster.
Automatic light cut off system
If the driver ’s door is opened and closed
with the engine turned off, the lights will
automatically turn off after 30 seconds. If
all the doors are locked with the wireless
remote control, the lights will turn off im-
mediately.
To turn on the lights again, turn the igni-
tion key to the “ON” position or turn the
headlight switch on. If you are going to
park for over one week, make sure the
headlight switch is off.NOTICE
To prevent the battery from being dis-
charged, do not leave the lights on
for a long period when the engine is
not running.
Daytime running light system
(on some models)
The headlights turn on at reduced intensi-
ty when the parking brake is released with
the engine started, even with the light
switch in the “OFF” position. They will not
go off until the ignition switch is turned
off.
To turn on the other exterior lights and
instrument panel lights, twist the knob to
the position 1.
Twist the knob to the position 2 to turn
the headlights to full intensity for driving
at night.
Headlights and turn signals

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HighLow beams—For high beams, turn
the headlights on and push the lever away
from you (position 1). Pull the lever to-
ward you (position 2) for low beams.
The headlight high beam indicator light
(blue light) on the instrument panel will
tell you that the high beams are on.
Flashing the high beam headlights
(position 3)—Pull the lever all the way
back. The high beam headlights turn off
when you release the lever.
You can flash the high beam headlights
with the knob turned to “OFF”.TURN SIGNALS
To signal a turn, push the headlight/
turn signal lever up or down to position
1.
The key must be in the “ON” position.
The lever automatically returns after you
make a turn, but you may have to return
it by hand after you change lanes.
To signal a lane change, move the lever
up or down to the pressure point (position
2) and hold it.
If the turn signal indicator lights (green
lights) on the instrument panel flash faster
than normal, a front or rear turn signal
bulb is burned out. See “Replacing light
bulbs” on page 416 in Section 7 −3.To turn on the emergency flashers,
push the switch.
All the turn signal lights will flash. To turn
them off, push the switch once again.
Turn on the emergency flashers to warn
other drivers if your vehicle must be
stopped where it might be a traffic hazard.
Always pull as far off the road as pos-
sible.
The turn signal light switch will not work
when the emergency flashers are operat-
ing.
Emergency flashers

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NOTICE
To prevent the battery from being dis-
charged, do not leave the switch on
longer than necessary when the en-
gine is not running.
To adjust the brightness of the instru-
ment panel lights, turn the dial.
With the dial turned fully up, the intensity
of the instrument panel lights will not be
reduced even when the tail lights/head-
lights 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.
Front fog light indicator light on the instru-
ment panel will tell you that the front fog
lights are on.
Instrument panel light control Front fog lights

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To turn on the interior light, slide 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 of
the side doors are opened. For details,
see “Illuminated entry system” on page
119 in this Section.INTERIOR LIGHT CUT OFF OPERATION
To prevent the battery being discharged,
the light will automatically turn off when
the ignition switch is in the “LOCK” posi-
tion and the door is left opened with the
switch at “DOOR” position for 20 minutes
or more.Without electric moon roof
With electric moon roof
Interior light
Personal lights

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The personal lights operate separately
with each lens.
To turn on the light, push the lens on your
side. To turn the light off, push the lens
once again.
The personal light switch has the following
positions:
“DOOR”—Turns the lights on when any of
the side doors is opened. For details, see
“Illuminated entry system” on page 119 in
this Section.
“OFF”—Turn the lights on only when you
push the lens.
INTERIOR LIGHT CUT OFF OPERATION
To prevent the battery being discharged,
the light will automatically turn off when
the ignition switch is in the “LOCK” posi-
tion and the door is left opened with the
switch at “DOOR” position for 20 minutes
or more.To turn on the luggage compartment
light, push the luggage compartment
light switch upwards. The light turn on
when the back door is opened. The
light goes off when the back door is
closed.
Luggage compartment light