Toyota RAV4 Owner's Manual page 163

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3-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
ation to occur.
A Kick sensor
B 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 back 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 engine 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 back door closer will
automatically close it to the fully closed
position.
Whatever the state of the engine 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.114)
● 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.160)
●
When the engine 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 (vehicles with
automatic transmission or CVT) or N
(vehicles with manual transmission).
■ Operation of the power back door
● A buzzer sounds and the emergency
flashers flash twice (if equipped) to
indicate that the back door is open-
ing/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 back door automati-
cally opens, if an abnormality due to
people or objects is detected, opera-
tion will stop.