2000 Toyota RAV4 Owners Manual - Page 103

Rav4(U) If unlocking of the center differential is not completed, check the area around you for safety, then accelerate or decelerate, or move the vehicle backward. NOTICE While the indicator buzzer is sounding, do not make turns, and do not put the vehicle into a garage. This may damage the locking mechanism and the drive system. To lock the center differential: 1. Press the brake pedal and stop the wheel spinning. 2. Put the front wheels in as straight − ahead a position as possible. 3. Push the center differential lock switch and check that the indicator light in the instrument panel comes on. To unlock the center differential: 1. Put the front wheels in as straight − ahead a position as possible. 2. Push the center differential lock switch once again and check that the indicator light in the instrument panel goes out and that the indicator buzzer stops sounding. The indicator buzzer will sound while the center differential is being unlocked. It stops sounding when unlocking is completed. Sometimes complete unlocking of the center differential may take longer. 2000 RAV4 (OM42479U) 103