2021 TOYOTA RAV4 PHEV sensor

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3-1. Instrument cluster
Vehicle status information and indicators
■ (Toyota parking assist-
sensor) (if equipped) ( →P.414)
Select to set up t he following items.
 Toyota parking assist-sensor
on/off
Select to enable/disable the Toyota
parking assist-sensor.
 “Volume”
Select to set the volume of the buzzer
which sounds when the Toyota parking
assist-sensor is operated.
■RCTA (Rear Crossing Traffic
Alert) (if equipped) ( →P.393)
 RCTA (Rear Crossing Traffic
Alert) on/off
Select to enable/disable the RCTA sys -
tem.
 “Volume”
Select to change the RCTA buzzer vol-
ume.
■ PKSB (Parking Support
Brake System) (if equipped)
( →P.420)
Select to enable/disable the Park -
ing Support Brake function.
■“HUD Main” (if equipped)
( →P.191)
 HUD on/off
Select to enable/disable the head-up
display.
 “HUD Brightness/Position”
Select to adjust the brightness or verti-
cal position of t he head-up display.
“HUD Driving Support”
Select to change the items displayed
on the head-up display.
 “HUD Rotation”
Select to adjust the angle of the head-
up display.
■ RSA (Road Sign Assist)
(if equipped) ( →P.372)
Select to set up t he following items.
 Road Sign Assist on/off
Select to enable/disable the RSA sys-
tem.
 “Notification Method”
Select to change each notification
method used to notif y the driver when
the system recogni zes excess speed,
no overtaking and no-entry sign.
 “Notification Level”
Select to change each notification level
used to notify the driver when the sys -
tem recognizes a speed limit sign.
■DRCC (RSA) (if equipped)
( →P.384)
Select to enable/disable the
Dynamic Radar Cruise Control with
Road Sign Assist.
■Vehicle Settings
 “Charging Settings”
Select to set up the following items.
• “Charging Schedule”
Select to register or change the
charging schedule. ( →P.144)
• “Charging Current”
Select to change the charging current.
( →P.125)
• “Battery Heater”
Select to enable/disable the battery
heater. ( →P.128)
• “Battery Cooler”

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Select to enable/disable the battery
cooler. ( →P.129)
 PBD (Power Back Door) (if
equipped) ( →P.213)
Select to set up the following items.
• System settings
Select to enable/disable the power
back door system.
•“Hands Free”*
Select to enable/disable the Hands
Free Power Back Door.
• “Opening Adjustment”
Select the open posi tion when power
back door is fully open.
•“Volume”
Select to set the vo lume of the buzzer
which sounds when the power back
door system operates.
*: Vehicles with Hands Free Power
Back Door
 “TPWS” (Tire Pressure Warning
System) ( →P.511)
• “Setting Pressure”
Select to initialize the tire pressure
warning system.
• “Identifying Each Wheel & Position”
Select to register t he ID codes of the
tire pressure sensors to the tire pres -
sure warning system.
• “Setting Unit”
Select to change t he units of measure
displayed.
 “Rear Seat Reminder” (→P.207)
Select to enable/disable the rear seat
reminder.
■ Settings
 “Language”
Select to change the language on the
multi-information display.
 “Units”
Select to change the units of measure
displayed.
 “Meter Type”
Select to change the speedometer dis-
play.
 (EV indicator) (→P.90)
Select to enable/disable the EV indica-
tor.
 (Driving information display
settings)
Select to set up th e following items.
• “Hybrid System”
Select to enable/disable the ECO
Accelerator Guidance ( →P.182).
• “Fuel Economy”
Select to change th e display on Fuel
Economy ( →P.181).
• “Power Consumption”
Select to change the display on Power
Consumption ( →P.181).
 (Audio settings)
Select to enable/disable screen.
 (Vehicle information dis-
play settings)
• “Display Contents”
Select to set up th e following items.
“Energy monitor”:
Select to enable/disable the Energy
monitor ( →P.195)
AWD:
Select to enable/disable the AWD sys -
tem display ( →P.185).

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4-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
Before driving
4-2.Opening, closing and locking the doors
■Using the entry function
Carry the electronic key to enable
this function.
1 Grip the front door handle to
unlock the doors.
Make sure to touch the sensor on the
back of the handle.
The doors cannot be unlocked for 3
seconds after the doors are locked.
2 Touch the lock sensor (the
indentation on the upper part of
the door handl e) to lock the
doors.
Check that the door is securely locked.
■Using the wireless remote
control
1 Locks all the doors
Check that the door is securely locked.
Press and hold to close the side win-
dows and panoram ic moon roof (if
equipped).*
2 Unlocks all the doors
Press and hold to open the side win-
dows and panoram ic moon roof (if
equipped).*
*: These settings must be customized
at any authorized Toyota retailer or
Toyota authorized repairer, or any
reliable repairer.
■Switching the door unlock function
It is possible to set which doors the entry function unlocks us ing the wireless
remote control. Ope rate the switching
operation in the vehicle or within approx - imately 1 m (3.2 f t.) of the vehicle.
1 Turn the power switch to OFF.
2 Cancel the intrusion sensor and tilt
sensor of the alarm system to pre -
vent unintended triggering of the
alarm while changing the settings. (if equipped) ( →P.79)
3 When the indicator light on the key
surface is not on, press and hold
or for approximately
5 seconds while pressing and hold -
ing .
Side doors
The vehicle can be locked and
unlocked using the entry func -
tion, wireless remote control,
door lock switches or inside
lock buttons.
Charging port lid and charging
connector will also be locked and
unlocked. ( →P.121)
Unlocking and locking the
doors from the outside

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The setting changes each time an oper -
ation is performed, as shown below.
(When changing the setting continu-
ously, release the buttons, wait for at
least 5 seconds, and repeat step 3.)
Vehicles with alarm: To prevent unin - tended triggering of the alarm, unlock
the doors using the wireless remote
control and open and close a door once after the settings have been changed. (If
a door is not opened within 30 seconds
after is pressed, the doors will
be locked again and the alarm will auto - matically be set.)
In a case that the a larm is triggered,
immediately st op the alarm. (→P.78)
■Impact detection door lock release system
In the event that the vehicle is subject to
a strong impact, all the doors are unlocked. Depending on the force of the
impact or the type of accident, however,
the system may not operate.
■Operation signals
Doors: The emergency flashers flash to indicate that the doors have been
locked/unlocked. (Locked: Once;
Unlocked: Twice)
Side windows and panoramic moon roof
(if equipped): A buzzer sounds to indi -
cate that the side windows and pan- oramic moon roof are operating.
■Security feature
If a door is not opened within approxi -
mately 30 seconds af ter the vehicle is unlocked, the security feature automati -
cally locks the vehicl e again. (However,
depending on the location of the elec - tronic key, the key m ay be detected as
being in the vehicle. In this case, vehicle
may be unlocked.)
■When the door cannot be locked by the lock sensor on the upper part of
the door handle
If the door will not lock even when the topside sensor are a is touched, try
touching both the topside and underside
sensor areas at the same time.
When gloves are being worn, remove
the gloves.
■Door lock buzzer
A buzzer sounds continuously for 5 sec -
onds in the followi ng situations. Fully close all the doors and lock the vehicle
once more.
●If an attempt to lo ck the doors using the smart entry & start system is made
when a door other than the door you
are locking is open.
●If an attempt to lo ck the doors using
the wireless remote control is made when a door is open.
Multi-information
display/BeepUnlocking function
(Left-hand drive vehicles)
(Right-hand drive vehicles)
Exterior: Beeps 3 times
Holding the driver’s
door handle
unlocks only the
driver’s door.
Holding the front
passenger’s door
handle or pressing
the back door
opener switch
unlocks all the
doors.
Exterior: Beeps twice
Holding either front
door handle or
pressing the back
door opener switch
unlocks all the
doors.

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4-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
Before driving
door handle .
The back door closing assist ( →P.217)
will be activated, and the power back
door will fully clo se automatically.
■Using the kick sensor (vehi-
cles with Hands Free Power
Back Door)
The Hands Free Power Back Door
enables automatic opening and
closing of the power back door by
putting your foot near the lower
center part of the rear bumper and
moving it away from the rear
bumper. When operating the Hands
Free Power Back Door, make sure
that the power switch is in OFF, the
Hands Free Power Back Door
operation is enabled ( →P.186) and
you are carrying an electronic key.
1 While carrying an electronic key,
stand within the smart entry &
start system operation range,
approximately 30 to 50 cm (11.8
to 19.7 in.) from the rear
bumper.
Kick sensor
Hands Free Power Back Door
operation detection area
Smart entry & start system oper -
ation detection area ( →P.224)
2 Perform a kick operation by
moving your foot to within
approximately 10 cm (3.9 in.) of
the rear bumper and then pulling
it back.
Perform the entire kick operation within 1 second.
The back door will not start operating
while a foot is detected under the rear bumper.
Operate the Hands Free Power Back
Door without contacting the rear bumper with your foot.
If another electronic key is in the cabin
or luggage compart ment, it may take slightly longer than normal for the oper -
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ation to occur.
Kick sensor
Hands Free Power Back Door
operation detection area
3 When the kick sensor detects
that your foot is pulled back, a
buzzer will sound and the back
door will automatically fully
open/close.
If a foot is moved under the rear
bumper while the back door is open -
ing/closing, the b ack door will stop moving.
If a foot is moved under the rear
bumper again during the halted opera - tion, the back door will perform the
reverse operation.
■Luggage compartment light
The luggage compartment light turns on when the back door is opened with the
luggage compartment light switch on.
When the power switch is turned to OFF, the light will go off automatically
after 20 minutes.
1 On
2 Off
■Back door closer
In the event that the back door is left
slightly open, the ba ck door closer will
automatically close it to the fully closed position.
Whatever the state of the power switch,
the back door closer operates.
■Power back door operating condi - tions
The power back door can automatically
open and close under the following con - ditions:
●When the power back door system is enabled. ( →P.186)
●When the back door is unlocked.
However, if the back door opener switch
is pressed and held while carrying the
electronic key on your person, the
power back door will be operated even if
the back door is locked. ( →P.214)
●When the power switch is in ON, in
addition to the above for the opening operations, the back door operates for
any of the following conditions:
• Parking brake is engaged • The brake pedal is depressed
• The shift lever is in P.
■Operation of the power back door
●A buzzer sounds to indicate that the
back door is opening/closing.
●When the power back door system is
disabled, the power back door does
not operate but it can be opened and closed by hand.
●When the power bac k door automati-
cally opens, if an abnormality due to people or objects is detected, opera -
tion will stop.
■Jam protection function
Sensors are equipped on both sides of the power back door. If anything
obstructs the power ba ck door while it is
closing, the back door will automatically
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4-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
Before driving
NOTICE
■Back door spindles
The back door is equipped with spin -
dles that hold the back door in place. Observe the following precautions.
Failure to do so may cause damage
to the back door spin dle, resulting in malfunction.
●Do not touch the spindle rod with
gloves or other fabric items.
●Do not attach any accessories
other than genuine Toyota parts to the back door.
●Do not place your hand on the spin - dle or apply later al forces to it.
■To prevent back door closer mal- function
Do not apply excessive force to the
back door while the back door closer is operating. Applying excessive force
may cause the back door closer to
malfunction.
■To prevent damage to the power
back door
●Make sure that there is no ice
between the back door and frame
that would prevent movement of the back door. Operating the power
back door when e xcessive load is
present on the back door may cause a malfunction.
●Do not apply excessive force to the back door while the power back
door is operating.
●Take care not to damage the sen - sors (installed on the right and left
edges of the power back door) with
a knife or other s harp object. If the sensor is disconne cted, the power
back door will not close automati -
cally.
■Hands Free Power Back Door
precautions (if equipped)
The kick sensor is located behind
lower center part of the rear bumper.
Observe the followin g to ensure that the Hands Free Power Back Door
function operates properly:
●Keep the lower center part of the rear bumper clean at all times.
If the lower center part of the rear
bumper is dirty or covered with snow, the kick se nsor may not
operate. In this situation, clean off
the dirt or snow, move the vehicle from the current position and then
check if the kick sensor operates.
If it does not operate, have the vehi - cle inspected by any authorized
Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized
repairer, or any reliable repairer.
●Do not apply coatings that have a
rain clearing (hydrophilic) effect, or other coatings, to the lower center
part of the rear bumper.
●Do not park the vehicle near objects
that may move and contact the
lower center part of the rear bumper, such as grass or trees.
If the vehicle has been parked for a
while near objects that may move and contact the lower center part of
the rear bumper, such as grass or
trees, the kick sensor may not oper -
ate. In this situation, move the vehi - cle from the current position and
then check if the kick sensor oper -
ates. If it does not operate, have the vehicle inspected by any authorized
Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized
repairer, or any reliable repairer.

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The settings of the power back door
system can be changed by select -
ing the “Vehicle Settings” from the
screen of the multi-information
display and displaying the “PBD”
screen. ( →P.186)
The changed power back door settings
are not reset by turning the power
switch to OFF. In order to restore the
original settings, they need to be
changed back on the screen of the
multi-information display.
The open position of the power
back door can be adjusted.
1 Stop the back door in the desir-
able position. ( →P.213)
2 Press and hold the power back
door switch on the back door for
approximately 2 seconds.
When the settings are completed, the
buzzer sounds 4 times.
When opening the back door the next
time, the back door will stop at that
position.
■Canceling the adjusted open posi - tion of the back door
Press and hold the power back door
switch on the back door for approxi - mately 7 seconds.
After the buzzer s ounds 4 times, it
sounds twice more. When the power back door does the opening operation
the next time, the door will open to the
initial settings position.
NOTICE
●Do not subject the kick sensor or its
surrounding area to a strong
impact. If the kick sensor or its surrounding
area has been subjected to a strong
impact, the kick sensor may not operate properly. If the kick sensor
does not operate in the following
situations, have the vehicle
inspected by any authorized Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized
repairer, or any reliable repairer.
• The kick sensor or its surrounding area has been subjected to a strong
impact.
• The lower center part of the rear bumper is scratched or damaged.
●Do not disassemble the rear bumper.
●Do not attach sti ckers to the rear bumper.
●Do not paint the rear bumper.
●If a bicycle carrier o r similar heavy
object is attached to the power back door, disable the Hands Free
Power Back Door. ( →P.186)
Changing settings of the
power back door system
(vehicles with power back
door)
Adjusting the open position
of the back door (vehicles
with power back door)