Toyota RAV4 Owner's Manual page 523

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7-3. Do-it-yourself maintenance
How to initialize the tire pres-
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sure warning system
1 Park the vehicle in a safe place
and stop the engine.
Initialization cannot be performed while
the vehicle is moving.
2 Adjust the tire inflation pressure
to the specified cold tire inflation
pressure level. (P.606)
Make sure to adjust the tire pressure to
the specified cold tire inflation pressure
level. The tire pressure warning system
will operate based on this pressure
level.
3 Turn the engine switch to ON.
4 Press or
control switches on the steering
wheel and select
5 Press or
control switches, select "Vehicle
Settings" and then press
6 Press or
control switches, select "TPWS"
and then press
7 Press or
control switches, select "Set
"Setting Tire Pressure Warning System"
will be displayed on the multi-informa-
tion display and the tire pressure warn-
ing light will blink 3 times.
When the message disappears, initial-
ization is complete.
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Make sure to carry out initialization after
adjusting the tire inflation pressure.
Also, make sure the tires are cold before
carrying out initialization or tire inflation
pressure adjustment.
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of the meter
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Initialization can be completed in a few
minutes. However, in the following
of the meter
cases, the settings have not been
recorded and the system will not oper-
ate properly. If repeated attempts to
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record tire inflation pressure settings are
unsuccessful, have the vehicle
inspected by your Toyota dealer.
of the meter
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of the meter
Pressure". Then press and hold
.
When initializing
The initialization operation
If you have accidentally turned the
engine switch to OFF during initializa-
tion, it is not necessary to restart the
initialization again as initialization will
restart automatically when the engine
switch has been turned to ON for the
next time.
If you accidentally perform initializa-
tion when initialization is not neces-
sary, adjust the tire inflation pressure
to the specified level when the tires
are cold, and conduct initialization
again.
When initialization of the tire pres-
sure warning system has failed
When operating the tire pressure
warning reset switch, the tire pressure
warning light does not blink 3 times.
After driving for a certain period of
time since the initialization has been
completed, the warning light comes
on after blinking for 1 minute.