Toyota LAND CRUISER PRADO Owner's Manual page 478

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Air conditioning

Use the air conditioning only when necessary. Doing so can help

reduce excessive fuel consumption.

In summer: When the ambient temperature is high, use the recircu-

lated air mode. Doing so will help to reduce the burden on the air

conditioning system and reduce fuel consumption as well.

In winter: Turn the "A/C" button on only when both heating and

dehumidifying are needed, and if only heating is needed, turn the

"A/C" button off. Turning the "A/C" button on when unnecessary

leads to excessive fuel consumption.

Performing idling stops

● Avoid unnecessary idling. Stop the engine when parking the

vehicle to reduce excessive fuel consumption, even it is only for

a short period of time.

● Except in severe environment, such as when the outside tem-

perature is extremely low, warming up the engine before driving

is unnecessary. Rather than idling, it is more efficient to drive the

vehicle gently to warm up each part while avoiding increasing the

engine revolutions unnecessarily and accelerating or decelerat-

ing suddenly.

● The followings are performed to maintain the functions, not

unnecessary idling.

• Cleaning of the exhaust emission control system (if equipped)

• Idling before stopping the engine with turbocharger (if

equipped) (P. 266)

Carrying heavy luggage will lead to poor fuel economy. Avoid carry-

ing unnecessary luggage. Installing a large roof rack will also cause

poor fuel economy.

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