Toyota RAV4 2019 Owner's Manual page 167

 Vehicles with automatic trans-
mission or CVT
 When the shift position is shifted
from P, the parking brake will be
released, and the parking brake
indicator light and parking brake
lamp will turn off.
 When the shift position is shifted
to P, the parking brake will be
set, and the parking brake indi-
cator light and parking brake
lamp will turn on.
Operate the shift lever with the
vehicle stopped and the brake
pedal depressed.

Vehicles with manual transmis-
sion
When the engine is off, the parking
brake will be set, and the parking
brake indicator light and parking
brake lamp will turn on.
■
Turning the automatic mode
off
While the vehicle is stopped and
depressing the brake pedal, press
and hold the parking brake switch
until a message A
multi-information display (vehicles
with automatic transmission or
CVT) or auto EPB OFF indicator
B
comes on (vehicles with manual
transmission)
is shown on the
4-2. Driving procedures
■
Parking brake operation
●
When the engine switch is not in ON,
the parking brake cannot be released
using the parking brake switch.
●
When the engine switch is not in ON,
automatic mode (automatic brake set-
ting and releasing) is not available.
■
Parking brake automatic release
function
The parking brake will be released auto-
matically when the accelerator pedal is
slowly depressed under the following
conditions:
●
The driver's door is closed
●
The driver is wearing the seat belt
●
The shift lever is in a forward or
reverse position.
●
The malfunction indicator lamp or
brake system warning light is not illu-
minated
If the automatic release function does
not operate, release the parking brake
manually.
■
If "Parking Brake Temporarily
Unavailable" is displayed on the
multi-information display
If the parking brake is operated repeat-
edly over a short period of time, the sys-
tem may restrict operation to prevent
overheating. If this happens, refrain from
operating the parking brake. Normal
operation will return after about 1 min-
ute.
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