Tag: Toyota

Active, Adaptive and Cornering Light Malfunction Symbols

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Cornering Lights The acronyms AFS and AFLS in these symbols or indicators stand for Active Front-lighting System or Adaptive Front or Cornering Light System. The difference is very subtle and is the result of a manufacturer choice only. But first, is one of these truly your symbol?? If yes, then continue on below.  Otherwise return …

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Disabling a Key Fob Could Prevent Car Theft

Disabling a Fob We came across a video some time ago from Now You Know – linked here – where a Toyota guy highlighted a Toyota key fob feature: Disabling a Key Fob. Press and hold the lock button, and while doing so, press the unlock button twice. This disables the proximity access feature of …

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Can Your Car Windows Open on Their Own??

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Why Are My Windows Open? If you’ve ever walked out to your car and found all the windows open, this is our subject.  We’re going to discuss a feature found in cars from a number of manufacturers that catches people with their pants down. Or their windows down. This is not about a fault or …

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Toyota Dashboard Symbols and Warning Lights

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Toyota Symbols So, what is that light on your dashboard? What follows is easily the most complete list available of symbols and warnings that may appear in and on your car’s dashboard or instrument cluster. The following are warning lights, fault lights and indicators found in vehicles built by Toyota. Click the link to the …

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Does Your Owner’s Manual Have a Troubleshooting Guide?

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How Deep Is Your Owner’s Manual? We’ve done a couple of owner’s manual rants and got to thinking about where the average driver might look in their respective manual if they ran into trouble, specifically with dead or dying key fobs. So, we examined a sampling of owner’s manuals from BMW and Mini, Fiat Chrysler, …

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Why Are All My Windows Down??

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Who Opened the Windows? Here, we discuss a feature found in cars from a number of manufacturers that catches people with their pants down. Or rather with their windows down. So, this is not about a fault or a system failure or a warning light, but about something working exactly as it is supposed to, …

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Lexus, Toyota and Scion Videos: Help with Key Not Working

How to Open, Start and Replace Fob Batteries in Toyota, Lexus and Scion Vehicles Twelve videos offering help to Lexus, Toyota and Scion drivers with Key Not Working. 2023 and newer Lexus NX, RX, RZ, and TX models This video is an even newer update of NX models plus RX, RZ and TX models. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …

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