2013 TOYOTA RAV4 Owners Manual

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Operation of each component
Front seats
Manual seat
Power seat (driver’s side only)
Adjustment procedure
Seat position adjustment lever
Seatback angle adjustment
lever Vertical height adjustment
lever (driver’s side only)1
2
3
Seat position adjustment switch
Seatback angle adjustment
switch
Seat cushion (front) angle
adjustment switchVertical height adjustment
switch
Lumbar support adjustment
switch1
2
3
4
5

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CAUTION
■When adjusting the seat position
●Take care when adjusting the seat position to ensure that other passen-
gers are not injured by the moving seat.
● Do not put your hands under the seat or near the moving parts to avoid
injury.
Fingers or hands may become jammed in the seat mechanism.
■ Seat adjustment
●To reduce the risk of sliding under the lap belt during a collision, do not
recline the seat more than necessary.
If the seat is too reclined, the lap belt may slide past the hips and apply
restraint forces directly to the abdomen, or your neck may contact the
shoulder belt, increasing the risk of death or serious injury in the event of
an accident.
Adjustments should not be made while driving as the seat may unexpect-
edly move and cause the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
● After adjusting the seat, make sure that the seat is locked in position.
(manual seat only)

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Rear seats
Pull up the lever. Then lean back to the desired angle and release the
lever.
When a person sits in the rear center position, align all seatbacks at the
same angle.
Adjustment procedure

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■Before folding down the rear seatbacksStow the rear center seat belt. ( P. 3 2 )
Stow the rear seat belt buck-
les.
Lower the head restraint to the lowest position. (P. 147)
■Folding down rear seatbacks
Pull the seatback angle adjust-
ment lever and fold down the
seatback.
Folding down the rear seatbacks
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2
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CAUTION
■When folding the rear seatbacks down
Observe the following precautions. Failure to do so may result in death or
serious injury.
●Do not fold the seatbacks down while driving.
● Stop the vehicle on level ground, set the parking brake and shift the shift
lever to P.
● Do not allow anyone to sit on a folded seatback or in the luggage compart-
ment while driving.
● Do not allow children to enter the luggage compartment.
■ Seat adjustment
●To reduce the risk of sliding under the lap belt during a collision, do not
recline the seat more than necessary.
If the seat is too reclined, the lap belt may slide past the hips and apply
restraint forces directly to the abdomen, or your neck may contact the
shoulder belt, increasing the risk of death or serious injury in the event of
an accident.
Adjustments should not be made while driving as the seat may unexpect-
edly move and cause the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
● Be careful not to get hands or feet pinched between the rear console box\
and the rear seat when folding down the rear seatback.

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CAUTION
■After returning the rear seatback to the upright position
Observe the following precautions. Failure to do so may result in death or
serious injury.
●Make sure the seatback is securely locked by pushing it forward and rear-
ward on the top.
● Check that the seat belts are not twisted or caught in the seatback.
NOTICE
■Stowing the seat belts
The seat belts and the buckles must be stowed before you fold down the
rear seatbacks.

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Driving position memor y
Check that the shift lever is in P.
Turn the engine switch to the “ON” position (vehicles without a
smart key system) or IGNITION ON mode (vehicles with a smart
key system).
Adjust the driver’s seat position.
While pressing the “SET” but-
ton, press button “1” or “2” until
the signal beeps.
If the selected button has already
been preset, the previously
recorded position will be overwrit-
ten.
: If equipped
Your preferred driving position (th e position of the driver’s seat)
can be memorized and recalled by pressing a button. It is also
possible to set this function to activate automatically when the
doors are unlocked.
Two different driving positions can be entered into memory.
Entering a position to memory
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Check that the shift lever is in P.
Turn the engine switch to the “ON” position (vehicles without a
smart key system) or IGNITION ON mode (vehicles with a smart
key system).
Press button “1” or “2” to recall
the desired position.
Recalling the memorized position
1
2
3