Toyota 2011 Highlander Owner's Manual page 152

2-1. Driving procedures
Shift ranges and their functions
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Shift range
2.7 L 4-cylinder (1AR-FE)
Automatically selecting
gears between 1 and 6
6
according to vehicle speed
and driving conditions.
Automatically selecting gears between 1 and 5 according
5
to vehicle speed and driving conditions.
Automatically selecting gears between 1 and 4 according
4
to vehicle speed and driving conditions.
Automatically selecting gears between 1 and 3 according
3
to vehicle speed and driving conditions.
Automatically selecting gears between 1 and 2 according
2
to vehicle speed and driving conditions.
1 Setting the gear at 1.
A lower shift range will provide greater engine braking forces than a higher
shift range, and the engine speed will also increase.
When driving with the cruise control system
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2.7 L 4-cylinder (1AR-FE) engine
Engine braking will not operate in S mode, even when downshifting from "6"
to "5" or "5" to "4". (→P. 204)
3.5 L V6 (2GR-FE) engine
Engine braking will not operate in S mode, even when downshifting from "5"
to "4". (→P. 204)
Snow mode automatic deactivation
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Snow mode is automatically deactivated if the engine is turned off after driv-
ing in snow mode.
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Function
engine
3.5 L V6 (2GR-FE) engine
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