Toyota Tacoma 1999, Operating Manual

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’99 Tacoma (U)
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Heating
For best results, set controls to:
Fan speed—Any setting except ”OFF”
Temperature—Towards WARM
(red zone)
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—FLOOR
Air conditioning—OFF
For quick heating, select recirculated
air for a few minutes. To keep the
windows from fogging, select fresh af-
ter the vehicle interior has been
warmed.
Press the ”A/C” button on for dehumidi-
fied heating.
Choose floor/windshield air flow to heat
the vehicle interior while defrosting or
defogging the windshield.
Air conditioning
For best results, set controls to:
Fan speed—Any setting except ”OFF”
Temperature—Towards COLD
(blue zone)
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—PANEL
Air conditioning—ON
For quick cooling, move the air intake
selector to recirculate for a few min-
utes.
Ventilation
For best results, set controls to:
Fan speed—Any setting except ”OFF”
Temperature—Towards COLD
(blue zone)
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—PANEL
Air conditioning—OFF
Defogging
The inside of the windshield
For best results, set controls to:
Fan speed—Any setting except ”OFF”
Temperature—Towards WARM
(red zone) to heat;
COLD (blue zone) to cool
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—WINDSHIELD
Vehicles with ”A/C” button—
Turning the air flow control knob to wind-
shield position turns on the defroster-
linked air conditioning. This is to clear up
the front view more quickly.
When the ”A/C” button is not pressed in,
turning the air flow control knob to anoth-
er position turns off the air conditioning.
On humid days, do not blow cold air
on the windshield—the difference be-
tween the outside and inside tempera-
tures could make the fogging worse.