2022 TOYOTA AVALON Owners Manual

2094-3. Operating the lights and wipers
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Driving
■Switching to the high beams
Push the lever away from you.
The Automatic High Beam indi-
cator will turn off and the high
beam indicator will turn on.
Pull the lever to its original posi-
tion to activate the Automatic
High Beam system again.
■
Switching to the low beams
Press the Automatic High
Beam switch.
The Automatic High Beam indi-
cator will turn off.
Press the switch to activate the
Automatic High Beam system
again.
■
Temporarily switching to the low beams
Pull the lever toward you and
then return it to its original posi-
tion.
The high beams are on while
the lever is pulled toward you.
However, after the lever is
returned to its original position,
the low beams remain on for a
certain amount of time. After-
wards, the Automatic High
Beam will be activated again.
■ Temporarily switchi ng to the low beams
It is recommended to switch to the low beams when the high beam may
cause problems or distress to other drivers or pedestrians near by.
Turning the high beams on/off manually

2104-3. Operating the lights and wipers
■Conditions to turn the high beams on/off automatically
●When all of the following conditions are met, the high beams will be turned
on automatically (after approximately 1 second):
• The vehicle speed is approximately 21 mph (34 km/h) or more.
• The area ahead of the vehicle is dark.
• There are no vehicles ahead with headlights or tail lights turned on.
• There are few streetlights on the road ahead.
● If any of the following conditions is met, the high beams will turn off automat-
ically:
• The vehicle speed is below approximately 17 mph (27 km/h).
• The area ahead of the vehicle is not dark.
• Vehicles ahead have their headlights or tail lights turned on.
• There are many streetlights on the road ahead.
■ Camera sensor detection information
●The high beams may not be automatically turned off in the following situa-
tions:
• When a vehicle suddenly appears from around a curve
• When the vehicle is cut in front of by another vehicle
• When vehicles ahead cannot be detected due to repeated curves, road
dividers or roadside trees
• When vehicles ahead appear in a faraway lane on a wide road
• When the lights of vehicles ahead are not on
● The high beams may be turned off if a vehicle ahead that is usi ng fog lights
without its headlights turned on is detected.
● House lights, street lights, traffic signals, and illuminated billboards or signs
and other reflective objects may cause the high beams to change to the low
beams, or the low beams to remain on.
● The following factors may affect the amount of time taken for t he high
beams to turn on or off:
• The brightness of the headlights, fog lights, and tail lights of vehicles
ahead
• The movement and direction of vehicles ahead
• When a vehicle ahead only has operational lights on one side
• When a vehicle ahead is a two-wheeled vehicle
• The condition of the road (gradient, curve, condition of the r oad surface,
etc.)
• The number of passengers and amount of luggage in the vehicle
● The high beams may turn on or off unexpectedly.
● Bicycles or similar vehicles may not be detected.
● In the following situations the system may not be able to correctly detect the
surrounding brightness level. This may cause the low beams to r emain on
or the high beams to flash or dazzle pedestrians or vehicles ah ead. In such
a case, it is necessary to manually switch between the high and low beams.
• When driving in inclement weather (heavy rain, snow, fog, sand storms,
etc.)

2114-3. Operating the lights and wipers
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Driving
• When the windshield is obscured by fog, mist, ice, dirt, etc.
• When the windshield is cracked or damaged
• When the camera sensor is deformed or dirty
• When the temperature of the camera sensor is extremely high
• When the surrounding brightness level is equal to that of head lights, tail
lights or fog lights
• When headlights or tail lights of vehicles ahead are turned off, dirty, changing color, or not aimed properly
• When the vehicle is hit by water, snow, dust, etc. from a prec eding vehi-
cle
• When driving through an area of intermittently changing brightness and
darkness
• When frequently and repeatedly driving ascending/descending roads, or roads with rough, bumpy or uneven surfaces (such as stone-paved
roads, gravel roads, etc.)
• When frequently and repeatedly taking curves or driving on a w inding
road
• When there is a highly reflective object ahead of the vehicle, such as a sign or mirror
• When the back of a preceding vehicle is highly reflective, such as a con-
tainer on a truck
• When the vehicle's headlights are damaged or dirty, or are not aimed
properly
• When the vehicle is listing or titling due to a flat tire, a trailer being towed, etc.
• When the headlights are changed between the high beams and low
beams repeatedly in an abnormal manner
• When the driver believes that the high beams may be flashing or dazzling pedestrians or other drivers
■ Temporarily lowering sensor sensitivity
The sensitivity of the sensor can be temporarily lowered.
Turn the engine switch off while the following conditions are m et.
• The headlight switch is in the or position.
• The headlight switch lever is in the original position.
• Automatic High Beam switch is on.
Turn the engine switch to the IGNITION ON mode.
Within 60 seconds after , repeat pushing the headlight switch lever to the
high beam position then pulling it to the original position qui ckly 10 times,
then leave the lever in the original position.
If the sensitivity is changed, the Automatic High Beam indicato r is turn on
and off 3 times.
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2124-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Operating the lever operates the wipers or washer as follows:
When intermittent windshield wiper operation is selected, the w iper
interval can be also adjusted.
*1 or *2
Intermittent windshield
wiper operation
The intermittent wind-
shield wiper operates
more frequently as vehi-
cle speed becomes
higher.
*1 or *2
Low speed windshield
wiper operation
*1 or *2
High speed windshield
wiper operation
*1 or *2
Temporary operation
*1: For U.S.A.
*2: For Canada
Wiper intervals can be adjusted when intermittent operation is
selected.
Increases the intermittent wind-
shield wiper frequency
Decreases the intermittent
windshield wiper frequency
Windshield wipers and washer
Operating the wiper lever
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2
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4
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2134-3. Operating the lights and wipers
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Driving
Washer/wiper dual oper-
ation
Pulling the lever operates the wip-
ers and washer.
Wipers will automatically operate a
couple of times after the washer
squirts.
(After operating several times, the
wipers operate once more time
after a short delay to prevent drip-
ping. However, the dripping pre-
vention does not operate while the
vehicle is moving.)
■ The windshield wiper and washer can be operated when
The engine switch is in IGNITION ON mode.
■ If no windshield washer fluid sprays
Check that the washer nozzles are not blocked if there is washe r fluid in the
windshield washer fluid reservoir.
■ When stopping the engine in an emergency while driving
If the windshield wipers are operating when the engine is stopped, the wind-
shield wipers will operate in high speed operation. After the v ehicle is
stopped, operation will return to normal when the engine switch is turned to
IGNITION ON mode, or operation will stop when the driver’s door is opened.
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WARNING
■ Caution regarding the use of washer fluid
When it is cold, do not use the washer fluid until the windshie ld becomes
warm. The fluid may freeze on the windshield and cause low visi bility. This
may lead to an accident, resulting in death or serious injury.
NOTICE
■ When the windshield is dry
Do not use the wipers, as they may damage the windshield.
■ When the washer fluid tank is empty
Damage to the washer fluid pump may be caused if the lever is p ulled
toward you and held continually.
■ When a nozzle becomes blocked
In this case, contact your Toyota dealer.
Do not try to clear it with a pin or other object. The nozzle will be damaged.

2144-3. Operating the lights and wipers
When the windshield wipers are not being used, they retract to below
the hood. To enable the windshie ld wipers to be lifted when parking in
cold conditions or when replacing a windshield wiper insert, ch ange
the rest position of the windshiel d wipers to the service position using
the wiper lever.
■Raising the wipers to the service position
Within approximately 45 sec-
onds of turning the engine
switch off, move the wiper lever
to the
*1 or *2
position and hold it for approxi-
mately 2 seconds or more.
The wipers will move to the ser-
vice position.
*1: For U.S.A.
*2: For Canada
■
Lifting the winds hield wipers
While holding the hook portion
of the wiper arm, lift the wind-
shield wiper from the wind-
shield.
Changing the windshield wiper rest position/Lifting the wind-
shield wipers
Hook portion

2154-3. Operating the lights and wipers
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Driving
■Lowering the windshield wipers to the retracted position
With the windshield wipers placed on the windshield, turn the e ngine switch
to IGNITION ON mode and then move the wiper lever to an operati ng posi-
tion. When the wiper switch is turned off, the windshield wipers will stop at the
retracted position.
NOTICE
■When lifting the windshield wipers
● Do not lift the windshield wipers when they are in the retracted position
below the hood. Otherwise, they may contact the hood, possibly resulting
in damage to a windshield wiper and/or the hood.
● Do not operate the wiper lever when the windshield wipers are l ifted. Oth-
erwise, the windshield wipers may contact the hood, possibly resulting in
damage to the windshield wipers and/or hood.

2164-4. Refueling
●Close all the doors and windows, and turn the engine switch off.
● Confirm the type of fuel.
■Fuel types
P. 500, 509
■ Fuel tank opening for unleaded gasoline
To help prevent incorrect fueling, your vehicle has a fuel tank opening that
only accommodates the special nozzle on unleaded fuel pumps.
■ If the malfunction indicator lamp illuminates
The malfunction indicator lamp may illuminate erroneously if re fueling is per-
formed repeatedly when the fuel tank is nearly full.
Opening the fuel tank cap
Perform the following steps to open the fuel tank cap:
Before refueling the vehicle