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If the red high coolant temperature warn-
ing light comes on, your hybrid system is
too hot. If your vehicle overheats, stop
your vehicle and allow the hybrid system
to cool.
Your vehicle may overheat during severe
operating conditions, such as:
Driving up a long hill on a hot day.
Reducing speed or stopping after high
speed driving.
NOTICE
Do not remove the thermostat in
the cooling system as this may
cause the hybrid system to over-
heat. The thermostat is designed to
control the flow of coolant to keep
the temperature of the hybrid sys-
tem within the specified operating
range.
Do not continue driving with an
overheated hybrid system. See “If
your vehicle overheats” on page
172 in Section 5.
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This meter displays the odometer and
two trip meters.
1. Odometer—Shows the total distance the vehicle has been driven.
2. Two trip meters—Show two different distances independently driven since
the last time each trip meter was set
to zero.
You can use one trip meter to calculate
the fuel economy and the other to
measure the distance on each trip. All
trip meter data is cancelled if the elec-
trical power source is disconnected.
3. Trip meter reset button—Resets the two trip meters to zero, and also
change the meter display. To change the meter display, quickly
push and release the button. The meter
display changes in the order from the
odometer to trip meter A to trip meter
B, then back to the odometer each
time you push.
To reset the trip meter A to zero, dis-
play the meter A reading, then push
and hold the button until the meter is
set to zero. The same process can be
applied for resetting the trip meter B.
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Switching km/h MPH button
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You can switch the display between
km/h and MPH by pressing the button.
(a)If parking brake is off,
stop immediately and
contact Toyota dealer.
(b) Fasten driver’s seat
belts.
(Indicator and
buzzer)
(c) Fasten front
passenger’s seat belt.
(d) Take vehicle to Toyota
dealer.
(e) Take vehicle to Toyota
dealer.
If the indicator or
buzzer comes on ... Do this.
(Indicator and
buzzer)
or(f)
See multi−information
display.
(g) Drive without hard
acceleration.
(h) Stop and check.
(i) Take vehicle to Toyota
dealer.
If brake system
warning light is also
on, stop immediately
and contact Toyota
dealer.
(j) Take vehicle to Toyota
dealer immediately.
If the indicator or
buzzer comes on ... Do this.
or
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(e) Malfunction Indicator Lamp
This lamp comes on when the ignition
key is turned to the “ON” position and
goes off after the engine starts. This
means that the warning light system is
operating properly.
If the lamp remains on or the lamp
comes on while driving, first check the
following:
Empty fuel tank
If the fuel tank is empty, refuel immedi-
ately.
This case is a temporary malfunction. The
malfunction indicator lamp will go off after
taking several driving trips.
If the lamp will not go off even after
several trips, contact your Toyota deal-
er as soon as possible.
There is a problem somewhere in the
hybrid system or warning light system
itself.
Contact your Toyota dealer as soon as
possible to service the vehicle. Emissions inspection and maintenance
(I/M) programs
Your vehicle may not pass a state emis-
sion inspection if the malfunction indicator
lamp remains on. Contact your Toyota
dealer to check your vehicle’s emission
control system and OBD (On
−Board Diag-
nostics) system before taking your vehicle
for the inspection.
For details, see “Emissions inspection and
maintenance (I/M) programs” on page 198
in Section 7.
(f) Master Warning Light
()
If the master warning light comes on, the
warning light for the faulty system is high-
lighted or the message such as “When
you park your car, make sure you shift to
Park P.” and “The batteries will not charge
if the shifter is in N” appears on the mul-
ti −information display. (See “Service re-
minder indicators and warning buzzers—
—Multi −information display” on page 97
in this section or “Precautions for use” on
page 12 in Section 1 −2 or “Fuel gauge”
on page 88 in Section 2− 4 for instruc-
tions.) (g) Output Control Warning Light
()
This light comes on when the ignition
switch is on. It goes off when the electric
motor is ready to run.
The warning light comes on when the hy-
brid vehicle battery temperature is low or
high, or the hybrid vehicle battery capacity
is decreased with the selector lever at “R”
during driving. If the light comes on, the
power will be limited. Drive your vehicle
without hard acceleration.
(h) Low Engine Oil Pressure Warning
Light
This light warns that the engine oil pres-
sure is too low.
If it flickers or stays on while you are
driving, pull off the road to a safe place
and stop the engine immediately. Call a
Toyota dealer or qualified repair shop for
assistance.
The light may occasionally flicker when
the engine is idling or it may come on
briefly after a hard stop. There is no
cause for concern if it then goes out when
the engine is accelerated slightly.
The light may come on when the oil level
is extremely low. It is not designed to
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(k) Open Door Warning Light
This light remains on until all the doors
are completely closed.
(l) Low Fuel Level Indicator Light
This light blinks when the fuel level in the
tank becomes nearly empty. Fill up the
tank as soon as possible.
At the first blinking of the light, the mes-
sage appears on the display to remind the
driver to fill fuel.
Contact your Toyota dealer in the fol-
lowing cases:
All the segments blink.
The “E” mark and the segments indi-
cating remaining fuel blink.
(m) High Coolant Temperature Warning Light
The light operates to warn that the hybrid
system is almost over heating.
The light will come on when the ignition
key is turned to the “ON” position. After
a few seconds, the light will go off.
If it comes on while you are driving, stop
the vehicle and check your hybrid system.
For detailed instructions, see “If your ve-
hicle overheats” on page 172 in Section
5.
NOTICE
Continued driving with the light on
could result in the overheating of hy-
brid system.
(n) Key Reminder Buzzer
This buzzer reminds you to remove the
key when you open the driver’s door with
the ignition key in the “ACC” or “LOCK”
position.
(o) Shift position reminder buzzer
This buzzer will sound if the driver ’s door
is opened in the following conditions:
The hybrid system is on.
The parking brake is applied.
The selector lever is in a position other
than “P”. CHECKING SERVICE REMINDER INDICA-
TORS (except the low fuel level indica-
tor light)
1. Apply the parking brake.
2. Open one of the doors. The open door warning light should
come on.
3. Close the door. The open door warning light should go
off.
4. Turn the ignition key to “ACC”. The SRS warning light should come on.
It goes off after about 6 seconds.
5. Turn the ignition key to “START”. At this time, all the bulbs are checked in
self −diagnosis mode.
All the service reminder indicators ex-
cept the open door warning light and
SRS warning light should come on. The
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There may be the case that the “ABS”
warning light stays on for about 60 sec-
onds after the ignition key is turned to the
“ON” position. It is normal if it goes out
after a while.
If any service reminder indicator or warn-
ing buzzer does not function as described
above, have it checked by your Toyota
dealer as soon as possible.
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If an error occurs in the system, the
warning display screen appears.
The warning light for the faulty system
blinks for about 5 seconds and remains
on until the cause of an error is removed.
When you push other mode switch, the
screen changes.
For details on the warning display and
how to remedy the system, see the de-
scription on the following pages.
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When you change the warning display
screen to other, the small warning icon
is shown at the upper right of the
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Hybrid transaxle
Your hybrid transaxle has a shift lock sys-
tem to minimize the possibility of incorrect
operation. This means you can only shift
out of “P” position when the brake pedal
is depressed (with the ignition switch in
“ON” position and the lock release button
depressed).
(a) Selector lever
The shift position is also displayed on the
instrument cluster.
P:Parking, hybrid system starting and
key removal position
R: Reverse position
N: Neutral position
D: Normal driving position
B: Engine braking position
When the cruise control is being used
even if you shift the selector lever to “B”
position, engine braking will not be applied
because the cruise control is not can-
celled. For ways to decrease the vehicle
speed, see “Cruise control” on page 107.
25p002fWith the brake pedal de-
pressed, shift while holding
the lock release button in.
(The ignition switch must be
in the “ON” position.)
Shift while holding the lock
release button in.
Shift normally.
Lock release button
To prevent misshifting
Selector lever