Toyota RAV4 HYBRID 2017 Manual page 133

WARNING
Touchless sensor (vehicles with touchless power back door)
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Observe the following precautions when operating the touchless power
back door.
Failure to do so may cause death or serious injury.
Check the safety of the surrounding area to make sure there are no obsta-
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cles or anything that could cause any of your belongings to get caught.
When putting your foot near the lower center part of the rear bumper and
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moving it from the rear bumper, be careful not to touch the exhaust pipes
until they have cooled down sufficiently, as touching hot exhaust pipes can
cause burns.
Jam protection function (vehicles with power back door)
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Observe the following precautions.
Failure to do so may cause death or serious injury.
Never use any part of your body to intentionally activate the jam protection
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function.
The jam protection function may not work if something gets caught just
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before the back door fully closes. Be careful not to catch fingers or any-
thing else.
The jam protection function may not work depending on the shape of the
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object that is caught. Be careful not to catch fingers or anything else.
NOTICE
Back door damper stays (vehicles without power back door)
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The back door is equipped with damper stays that hold the back door in
place.
Observe the following precautions.
Failure to do so may cause damage to the back door damper stay, resulting
in malfunction.
Do not attach any foreign objects, such
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as stickers, plastic sheets, or adhesives
to the damper stay rod.
Do not touch the damper stay rod with
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gloves or other fabric items.
Do not attach any accessories other
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than genuine Toyota parts to the back
door.
Do not place your hand on the damper stay or apply lateral forces to it.
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3-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
Damper stays
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