Toyota RAV4 EE Owner's Manual page 265

ENGINE (IGNITION) SWITCH, TRANSMISSION AND PARKING BRAKE
Move the shift lever down to the "–"
D
side or operate the "–" paddle shift
switch to select the "M4" gear step.
The transmission will
fourth gear step when the vehicle
speed drops down to or lower than 138
km/h (86 mph), and stronger engine
braking will be enabled.
Vehicles with cruise control—when the
cruise control is being used, even if
you downshift the transmission, engine
braking will not be enabled because
the cruise control is not cancelled.
For ways to decrease the vehicle
speed, see "Cruise control" on page
277 in this Section.
Move the shift lever down to the "–"
D
side or operate the "–" paddle shift
switch to select the "M3" gear step.
The transmission will downshift to third
gear step when the vehicle speed
drops down to or lower than 110 km/h
(68 mph), and more powerful engine
braking than that of the "M4" gear step
position will be enabled.
Move the shift lever down to the "–"
D
side or operate the "–" paddle shift
switch to select the "M2" gear step.
The transmission will downshift to sec-
ond gear step when the vehicle speed
drops down to or lower than 83 km/h
(52 mph), and more powerful engine
braking will be enabled.
Move the shift lever down to the "–"
D
side or operate the "–" paddle shift
switch to select the "M1" gear step.
The downshift to first gear step when
the vehicle speed drops down to or
lower than 65 km/h (40 mph), and
maximum engine braking will be en-
abled.
RAV4_EE
Using engine braking in the "D" position—
To drive in temporary gear step selec-
D
tion mode, operate the "–" paddle shift
downshift to
switch.
When driving in the "D7" gear step—
Operate the "–" paddle shift switch to
select the "D6" gear step.
The transmission will downshift to sixth
gear step and engine braking will be
enabled.
Vehicles with cruise control—when the
cruise control is being used, even if
you downshift the transmission, engine
braking will not be enabled because
the cruise control is not cancelled.
For ways to decrease the vehicle
speed, see "Cruise control" on page
277 in this Section.
Operate the "–" paddle shift switch to
D
select the "D5" gear step. The trans-
mission will downshift to fifth gear step
when the vehicle speed drops down to
or lower than 166 km/h (103 mph), and
stronger engine braking will be en-
abled.
Vehicles with cruise control—when the
cruise control is being used, even if you
downshift the transmission, engine braking
will not be enabled because the cruise
control is not cancelled.
For ways to decrease the vehicle speed,
see "Cruise control" on page 277 in this
Section.
Operate the "–" paddle shift switch to
D
select the "D4" gear step. The trans-
mission will downshift to fourth gear
step when the vehicle speed drops
down to or lower than 138 km/h (86
mph), and stronger engine braking will
be enabled.
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