!A word about safe vehicle operations
This 
Quick Reference Guide is a summary of basic vehicle
operations. It contains brief descriptions of fundamental operations
so you can locate and use the vehicle’s main equipment quickly
and easily.
The  Quick Reference Guide is not intended as a substitute for the
Owner’s Manual  located in your vehicle’s glove box. We  strongly
encourage you to review the Owner’s Manual and supplementary
manuals so you will have a better understanding of your vehicle’s
capabilities and limitations.
Your dealership and the entire staff of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.,
Inc. wish you many years of satisfied driving in your new Tacoma.
This  Quick  Reference  Guideis not a  full description of Tacoma
operations.  Every Tacoma owner should  review the Owner’s
Manual that accompanies  this vehicle.
Pay  special  attention to the boxed  information highlighted in
color  throughout  the Owner’s Manual . Each box  contains safe
operating  instructions to help you  avoid injury or equipment
malfunction.
All information in this  Quick Reference  Guideis current at  the
time of  printing. Toyota  reserves the right to make changes at any
time without  notice.
2012
Tacoma
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FEATURES/OPERATIONS
Lights & turn signals
Turn signals
Headlights
High beam flasher
Low beam
Front fog lights (if equipped)
Headlights
-Daytime Running Light system (if equipped) 
Automatically turns on the front  
turn signal lights upon starting engine and releasing parking brake.
-Automatic light cutoff system  Automatically turns lights off when driver’s door
is opened with the ignition switch in the “ACC” or “LOCK” po\
sition.
Front fog lights come on only when the
headlights are on low beam.
Parking lights
Right turn
Lane change
Lane change Left turn
High beam
Windows-Power (if equipped)
Up
Down
Driver sideWindow lock switch
Automatic down operation (driver side only) 
Push the switch completely down and release to fully open. To stop window
midway, lightly pull up on the switch.
Window lock switch Deactivates all passenger windows. Driver’s window remains
operable. 
Type AType B
Headlights
Parking lights
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