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Driving the vehicle ............. 166
Cargo and luggage............ 176
Vehicle load limits ............. 181
Trailer towing..................... 182
Dinghy towing.................... 198
4-2. Driving procedures Engine (ignition) switch ..... 199
Automatic transmission ..... 205
Turn signal lever................ 210
Parking brake .................... 211
4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Headlight switch ................ 212
AHB (Automatic High Beam) ............................. 217
Fog light switch ................. 221
Windshield wipers and washer ............................ 223
Rear window wiper and washer ............................ 226
4-4. Refueling Opening the fuel tank cap .................................. 229 4-5. Using the driving
support systems
Toyota Safety Sense P ...... 232
PCS (Pre-Collision System) ........................... 239
LDA (Lane Departure Alert) ................................ 249
Dynamic radar cruise control.............................. 257
BSM (Blind Spot Monitor) ........................... 270
Intuitive parking assist ....... 277
RCTA (Rear Cross Traffic Alert) ..................... 286
Four-wheel drive system (part-time
4WD models)................... 294
Four-wheel drive system (full-time
4WD models)................... 298
Active traction control system ............................. 302
AUTO LSD system (2WD models) ................. 304
Rear differential lock system ............................. 306
Downhill assist control system ............................. 309
Crawl Control ..................... 312
Multi-terrain Select............. 315
Driving assist systems ....... 322
4-6. Driving tips Winter driving tips .............. 331
Off-road precautions .......... 335
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4RUNNER (U)The installation of a mobile two-way radio system in your vehic
le could affect
electronic systems such as:
● Multiport fuel injection system/sequential multiport fuel injection system
● Toyota Safety Sense P
● Anti-lock brake system
● SRS airbag system
● Seat belt pretensioner system
Be sure to check with your Toyota dealer for precautionary meas ures or spe-
cial instructions regarding instal lation of a mobile two-way radio system.
The vehicle is equipped with sophisticated computers that will record certain
data, such as:
• Engine speed/Electric motor speed (traction motor speed)
• Accelerator status
• Brake status
• Vehicle speed
• Operation status of the driving assist systems
• Images from the camerasYour vehicle is equipped with cameras. Contact your Toyota deal er for the
location of recording cameras.
The recorded data varies according to the vehicle grade level and options
with which it is equipped.
These computers do not record conversations or sounds, and only record
images outside of the vehicle in certain situations.
●Data Transmission
Your vehicle may transmit the data recorded in these computers to Toyota
without notification to you.
●Data usage
Toyota may use the data recorded in this computer to diagnose m alfunc-
tions, conduct research and development, and improve quality.
Toyota will not disclose the recorded data to a third party exc ept:
• With the consent of the vehicle owner or with the consent of the lessee if the vehicle is leased
• In response to an official request by the police, a court of l aw or a govern-
ment agency
• For use by Toyota in a lawsuit
• For research purposes where the data is not tied to a specific vehicle or
vehicle owner
●Recorded image information can be erased by your Toyota dealer.
The image recording function can be disabled. However, if the f unction is
disabled, data from when the system operates will not be available.
Installation of a mobile two-way radio system
Vehicle data recording

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●To learn more about the vehicle data collected, used and shared by
Toyota, please visit www.toyota.com/privacyvts/
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If your Toyota has Safety Connect and if you have subscribed to those ser-
vices, please refer to the Safety Connect Telematics Subscription Service
Agreement for information on data collected and its usage.
●To learn more about the vehicle data collected, used and shared by
Toyota, please visit www.toyota.com/privacyvts/
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This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (EDR). The main pur-
pose of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash-lik e situations,
such as an air bag deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist
in understanding how a vehicle’s systems performed. The EDR is designed to
record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period
of time, typically 30 seconds or less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:
• How various systems in your vehicle were operating;
• Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buckled/fas-tened;
• How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
• How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better understanding of the circu mstances in
which crashes and injuries occur.
NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a non-trivi al crash situ-
ation occurs; no data are recorded by the EDR under normal driv ing condi-
tions and no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) are
recorded. However, other parties, such as law enforcement, could combine
the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routi nely acquired
during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required, and access
to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer,
other parties, such as law enforcement, that have the special e quipment, can
read the information if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.
Usage of data collected through Safety Connect (U.S. mainland
only)
Event data recorder

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4RUNNER (U)Multi-information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 90
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 90
When the warning messages are displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 488
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 211
Applying/releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 211
Precautions against winter season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 332
Warning buzzer/message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 477, 488
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 210
Headlight switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 212
Headlights/parking lights/tail lights/daytime running lights . .
. . P. 212
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 221
Windshield wiper and washer switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 223
Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 223
Adding washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 425
Emergency flasher switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 466
Hood lock release lever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 412
Tilt and telescopic steering lock release lever . . . . . . . . . . P. 149
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 342, 349
Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 342, 349
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 344, 351
Audio/Navigation system
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Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 376
*: Refer to “NAVIGATION AND MULT IMEDIA SYSTEM OWNER’S MANUAL”.
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832. Instrument cluster
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Instrument cluster
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Warning lights inform the driver of malfunctions in the indicated vehi-
cle’s systems.
Warning lights
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(U.S.A.)
Brake system warning
light ( P. 477)*1
Slip indicator ( P. 478)
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(Canada)
Brake system warning
light (P. 477)*3
(if equipped)
Four-wheel drive indica-
tor light ( P. 479)
*5High coolant tempera-
ture warning light
(P. 477)*3
(if equipped)
Low speed four-wheel
drive indicator light
(P. 479)
*1
Charging system warn-
ing light ( P. 477)*3
(if equipped)
Rear differential lock
indicator light ( P. 478)
*1
(U.S.A.)
Malfunction indicator
lamp ( P. 478)*3
(if equipped)
Center differential lock
indicator light ( P. 479)
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(Canada)
Malfunction indicator
lamp ( P. 478)*2, 4, 5
(if equipped)
Multi-terrain Select indi-
cator light ( P. 479)
*1SRS warning light
(P. 478)*5Brake Override System/
Drive-Start Control/
warning light ( P. 480)
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(U.S.A.)
ABS warning light
(P. 478)
(U.S.A.)
Parking brake indicator
(P. 480)
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(Canada)
ABS warning light
(P. 478)
(Canada)
Parking brake indicator
(P. 480)

852. Instrument cluster
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Instrument cluster
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The indicators inform the driver of the operating state of the vehicle’s
various systems.
Indicators
Turn signal indicator
( P. 210)*1“TRAC OFF” indicator
(P. 324)
(U.S.A.)
Headlight indicator
(P. 212)*1, 2 Slip indicator ( P. 323)
(Canada)
Tail light indicator
(P. 212) *1VSC OFF indicator
(P. 324)
Headlight high beam
indicator ( P. 214)
Automatic High Beam
indicator ( P. 217)
Front fog light indicator
( P. 221)
*5Cruise control indicator
(P. 257)
*4Security indicator
(P. 78, 79)*5Dynamic radar cruise
control indicator
(P. 257)
*1, 3Eco Driving Indicator
Light ( P. 98)*5Cruise control set indica-
tor (P. 257)
(U.S.A.)
Parking brake indicator
(P. 211)*1, 6PCS warning light
(P. 239)
(Canada)
Parking brake indicator
(P. 211)RCTA OFF (Rear Cross
Traffic Alert) indicator
(P. 286)
“AIR BAG
ON/OFF”
indicator
(P. 48)*1, 4
(U.S.A.)
“AIR BAG
ON/OFF”
indicator
(P. 48)*1, 4
(Canada)

1163-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
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Battery-saving function
The battery-saving function will be activated in order to preve nt the electronic
key battery and the vehicle battery from being discharged while the vehicle is
not in operation for a long time.
● In the following situations, the smart key system may take some time to
unlock the doors.
• The electronic key has been left in an area of approximately 6 ft. (2 m) of
the outside of the vehicle for 10 minutes or longer.
• The smart key system has not been used for 5 days or longer.
● If the smart key system has not been used for 14 days or longer , the doors
cannot be unlocked at any doors except the driver’s door. In th is case, take
hold of the driver’s door handle, or use the wireless remote co ntrol or the
mechanical key, to unlock the doors.
■ Electronic key battery-saving function
When battery-saving mode is set, battery depletion is minimized by stopping
the electronic key from receiving radio waves.
Interior alarm sounds
once.
The engine switch was
pressed after the doors
were unlocked with the
mechanical key.
Touch the electronic
key to the engine
switch while depressing
the brake pedal.
The engine switch was
pressed two consecu-
tive times without the
electronic key being
present.
AlarmSituationCorrection procedure
Press twice while pressing and
holding . Confirm that the electronic
key indicator flashes 4 times.
While the battery-saving mode is set, the
smart key system cannot be used. To
cancel the function, press any of the
electronic key buttons.

1413-3. Adjusting the seats
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Operation of each component
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WARNING
■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 shi ft 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 i n the event of
an accident.
Adjustments should not be made while driving as the seat may un expect-
edly move and cause the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
● 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.
■ 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.