2023 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER start stop button

1333-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
3
Before driving
wireless remote control or the
mechanical key, to unlock the
doors.
■Turning an electronic key to
battery-saving mode
When battery-savi ng mode is set,
battery depletion is minimized by
stopping the electronic key from
receiving radio waves.
Press twice while pressing and
holding . Confirm that the elec-
tronic 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.
■Conditions affecting operation
The smart key system uses weak
radio waves. In the following situa-
tions, the communication between
the electronic key and the vehicle
may be affected, preventing the
smart key system, wireless remote
control and engine immobilizer sys-
tem from operating properly. (Ways
of coping: P.463)
●When the electronic key battery is
depleted
●Near a TV tower, electric power
plant, gas station , radio station,
large display, airpo rt or other facil-
ity that generates strong radio
waves or electrical noise
●When the electronic key is in con-
tact with, or is covered by the fol-
lowing metallic objects
• Cards to which al uminum foil is
attached
• Cigarette boxes that have alumi- num foil inside • Metallic wallets or bags
•Coins
• Hand warmers made of metal
• Media such as CDs and DVDs
●When other wirel
ess keys (that
emit radio waves) are being used
nearby
●When carrying the electronic key
together with the following devices
that emit radio waves
• Portable radio, cellular phone, cordless phone or other wireless
communication devices
• Another electronic key or a wire- less key that emits radio waves
• Personal computers or personal
digital assistants (PDAs)
• Digital audio players
• Portable game systems
●If window tint wit h a metallic con-
tent or metallic objects are
attached to the rear window
●When the electronic key is placed
near a battery charger or elec-
tronic devices
●When the vehicle is parked in a
pay parking spot where radio
waves are emitted
■Note for the entry function
●Even when the electronic key is
within the effective range (detec-
tion areas), the system may not
operate properly in the following
cases:
• The electronic key is too close to the window or outside door han-
dle, near the ground, or in a high
place when the doors are locked
or unlocked.
• The electronic key is on the instru-
ment panel, luggage compart-
ment, floor, or in the door pockets
or glove box when the engine is
started or engine switch modes
are changed.
●Do not leave the electronic key on
top of the instrument panel or near
the door pockets when exiting the
vehicle. Depending on the radio
wave reception conditions, it may
be detected by the antenna out-

2024-2. Driving procedures
: While the engine switch is in
ON and the brake pedal
depressed
*, shift the shift lever
while pushing the shift release
button on the shift knob.
: Shift the shift lever while
pushing the shift release button
on the shift knob.
: Shift the shift lever normally.
When shifting the shift lever
between P and D, make sure that
the vehicle is completely stopped.
*: For the vehicle to be able to be
shifted from P, the brake pedal
must be depresse d before the
shift release button is pushed. If
the shift release button is pushed
first, the shift lock will not be
released.
■Shift lock system
The shift lock system is a system to
prevent accidental operation of the
shift lever in starting.
The shift lever can be shifted from P
only when the engine switch is in ON and the brake pedal is being
depressed.
■If the shift lever cannot be
shifted from P
First, check whether the brake pedal
is being depressed.
If the shift lever cannot be shifted
with your foot on the brake pedal,
there may be a p roblem with the
shift lock system. Have the vehicle
inspected by your Toyota dealer
immediately.
The following steps may be used as
an emergency measure to ensure
that the shift lev er can be shifted.
Releasing the shift lock:
1 Turn the engine switch to ON
and check that the parking brake
is set. ( P.199, 205)
2 Turn the engine switch to off.
3 Depress the brake pedal.
4 Pry the cover up with a flathead
screwdriver or equivalent tool.
To prevent damag e to the cover,
cover the tip of the screwdriver with
a rag.
5 Press and hold the shift lock
override button.
The shift lever can be shifted while
both buttons are pressed.
Shifting the shift lever

2084-2. Driving procedures
Turns the brake hold system on
The brake hold standby indicator
(green) comes on. While the
system is holding the brake, the
brake hold operated indicator (yel-
low) comes on.
■Brake hold system operating
conditions
The brake hold system cannot be
turned on in the following condi-
tions:
●The driver’s doo r is not closed.
●The driver is not wearing the seat
belt.
●The parking brake is engaged.
If any of the cond itions above are
detected when the brake hold sys-
tem is enabled, the system will turn
off and the brake hold standby indi-
cator light will go off. In addition, if
any of the conditions are detected
while the system is holding the
brake, a warning buzzer will sound
and a message will be shown on the
multi-information display. The park-
ing brake will then be set automati-
cally.
■Brake hold function
●If the brake pedal is left released
for a period of about 3 minutes
after the system has started hold-
ing the brake, the parking brake
will be set automatically. In this
case, a warning buzzer sounds
and a message is shown on the
multi-information display.
●To turn the system off while the
system is holding the brake, firmly
depress the brake pedal and
press the button again.
●The brake hold function may not
hold the vehicle when the vehicle
is on a steep incline. In this situa-
tion, it may be ne cessary for the
driver to apply the brakes. A warn-
ing buzzer will sound and the
multi-information display will
inform the driver of this situation. If
a warning message is shown on
the multi-information display, read
the message and follow the
instructions.
■When the parking brake is set
automatically while the system
is holding the brakes
Perform any of the following opera-
tions to release the parking brake.
●Depress the accelerator pedal.
(The parking brake will not be
released automatically if the seat
belt is not fastened.)
●Operate the parkin g brake switch
with the brake pedal depressed.
Make sure that the parking brake
Brake Hold
The brake hold system
keeps the brake applied
when the shift lever is in D,
M or N with the system on
and the brake pedal has
been depressed to stop the
vehicle. The system
releases the brake when the
accelerator pedal is
depressed with the shift
lever in D or M to allow
smooth start off.
Enabling the system

3655-4. Using the other interior features
5
Interior features
ble device. (To check device
compatibility, refer to
www.homelink.com.)
1Within 5 seconds after pro-
gramming the garage door
opener has been completed,
if the garage door opener
motor is trained to Home-
Link
®, both garage door
operation indicators will flash
rapidly (green) and the light
on the garage door opener
motor will blink twice, indicat-
ing that 2-way communica-
tion is enabled.
If the indicators do not flash, per-
form 2 and 3 within the first 10
presses of the HomeLink
® button
after programming has been com-
pleted.
2 Press a programmed Home-
Link
® button to operate a
garage door.
3 Within 1 minute of pressing
the HomeLink
® button, after
the garage door operation
has stopped, press the
“Learn” or “Smart” button on
the garage door opener
motor. Within 5 seconds of
the establishment of 2-way
communication with the
garage door opener, both
garage door operation indica-
tors in the vehicle will flash
rapidly (green) and the light
on the garage door opener
motor will blink twice, indicat- ing that 2-way communica-
tion is enabled.
■Reprogramming a single
HomeLink
® button
When the following procedure is
performed, buttons which
already have devices registered
to them can be overwritten:
1 Press and hold the desired
HomeLink
® button.
2 When the HomeLink
® indica-
tor starts flashing orange,
release the HomeLink
® but-
ton and perform “Program-
ming HomeLink
®” 1 (it takes
20 seconds for the Home-
Link
® indicator to start flash-
ing).
■Before programming
●Install a new battery in the trans-
mitter.
●The battery side of the transmitter
must be pointed away from the
HomeLink
® buttons.
Press the appropriate Home-
Link
® button. The HomeLink®
indicator light should turn on.
The status of the opening and
closing of a garage door is
shown by the garage door
opener indicators.
Operating HomeLink®

535Alphabetical Index
Electronic roof sunshade switches ............................. 168
Emergency flashers switch .. 424
Engine switch ....................... 197
Fog light switch .................... 216
Garage door opener switches ........................................... 360
Heated steering wheel switch ........................................... 335
Ignition switch....................... 197
Instrument panel light control switches ......................... 81, 86
Intuitive parking assist switch276
Light switches....................... 210
LTA (Lane Tracing Assist) switch ........................................... 245
Meter control switches ..... 87, 97
Moon roof switches .............. 165
“ODO TRIP” switch ................ 81
“ODO” switch.......................... 85
Outside rear view mirror switches ............................. 160
Panoramic moon roof switches ........................................... 168
Parking brake switch ............ 205
PCS OFF switch................... 231
PKSB (Parking Support Brake) switch ................................. 291
Power door lock switch ........ 118
Power window switches ....... 162
RCTA switch ......................... 284
Rear window and outside rear view mirror defoggers switch........................................... 324
Seat heater switches ............ 335
Seat ventilator switches ....... 335
Snow mode switch ............... 304
“SOS” button .......................... 65
Stop & Start cancel switch ... 265
Tilt and telescopic steering con- trol switch ........................... 148 Tire pressure warning reset
switch .................................399
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance switch .................................250
VSC OFF switch ...................308
Window lock switch ..............164
Windshield defogger switch..324
Windshield wiper and washer switch .........................216, 219
Windshield wiper de-icer switch ...........................................324
T
Tachometer .........................79, 82
Tail lights Light switch...........................210
Replacing light bulbs ............415
The Secondary Collision Brake ...............................................308
Theft deterrent system Alarm ......................................70
Engine immobilizer system .....69
Tire inflation pressure Maintenance data .................479
Tire inflation pressure display function ...............................396
Warning light.........................435
Tire information ......................484 Glossary ...............................488
Size ......................................486
Tire identification number .....485
Uniform Tire Quality Grading 487
Tire pressure display .............396
Tire pressure warning system Function................................396
Initializing..............................399
Installing tire p ressure warning
valves and transmitters ......398
Registering ID codes ............401
Warning light.........................435
Tires Chains ..................................315