2001 Toyota Highlander Owners Manual - Page 154

'01 HIGHLANDER_U (L/O 0106) When the "A/C" button is not pressed in, pressing another air flow button turns off the air conditioning. For details about air flow selector settings, see "Air flow selector settings" described below. Air intake selector The air intake selector button is used to switch the air intake FRESH mode that draws outside air into the system and RECIRCULATED mode that recirculates the air inside vehicle. To turn the air source to RECIRCULATED mode, press the button. The indicator will come on. To turn the air source to FRESH mode, press the button again. The indicator will go off. If the engine coolant temperature becomes extremely high, RECIRCULATE mode will automatically be selected. This is not a malfunction. When the engine coolant temperature is lowered, the previous mode will resume. To prevent fogging up of the windshield, the air intake mode may change automatically to FRESH depending on the condition of the air conditioning system. Windshield air flow button When this button is pressed, air flows mainly from the windshield vents and the FRESH mode is automatically set. This setting clears the front view more quickly. If you want to return the setting to RECIRCULATE mode, press the air intake selector button once again. Pressing the button once again returns the air flow mode to the last one used. Pressing the windshield air flow button turns on the defroster −linked air conditioning. This is to clean up the front view more quickly. 154 2001 MY HIGHLANDER_U (OM48432U)