2012 TOYOTA PRIUS C Owners Manual

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Before driving
CAUTION
■
Road accident cautions
If your vehicle is involved in an accident, observe the following precautions
to reduce the risk of death or serious injury:
●Stop the vehicle in a safe place to prevent subsequent accidents, shift the
shift lever to P, apply the parking brake, and turn the hybrid system off.
( P. 148)
● Do not touch the high voltage parts, cables or connectors. Carefully check
to see if there are exposed high voltage parts or cables.
● If electric wires are exposed inside or outside your vehicle, an electric
shock may occur. Never touch exposed electric wires.
● If a fluid leak occurs, do not touch the fluid as it may be strong alkaline
electrolyte from the hybrid battery (traction battery). If it comes into contact
with your skin or eyes, wash it off immediately with a large amount of water
or, if possible, boric acid solution. Seek immediate medical attention.
● If a fire occurs in the hybrid vehicle, leave the vehicle as soon as possible.
Never use a fire extinguisher that is not meant for electric fires. Using even
a small amount of water may be dangerous.
● If your vehicle needs to be towed, do so with the front wheels raised. If the
wheels connected to the electric motor (traction motor) are on the ground
when towing, the motor may continue to generate electricity. This may
cause a fire. ( P. 425)
● Carefully inspect the ground under the vehicle. If you find that liquid has
leaked onto the ground, the fuel system may have been damaged. Leave
the vehicle as soon as possible and contact your Toyota dealer.
■ Nickel-metal hydride battery
Your vehicle contains a sealed nickel-metal hydride battery. If disposed of
improperly, it is hazardous to the environment and there is a risk of severe
burns and electrical shock that may result in death or serious injury.

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NOTICE
■Hybrid battery air vent
●Do not place foreign objects over or in front of the air vent. The hybrid bat-
tery (traction battery) may overheat and be damaged.
● Clean the air vent regularly to prevent the hybrid battery (traction battery)
from overheating.
● Do not wet the air vent as this may cause a short circuit and damage the
hybrid battery (traction battery).
● Do not carry large amounts of water such as water cooler bottles in the
vehicle. If water spills onto the hybrid battery (traction battery), the battery
may be damaged.

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Energy monitor/consumption screen
Energy monitorDisplay Audio system (if equipped) Press “CAR”.
If the “Trip Information” is dis-
played, touch “Energy”.
Multi-information displayPush the “DISP” switch on the
steering wheel several times to
select the energy monitor dis-
play.
You can view the status of your hybrid system on the multi-informa-
tion display and Display Audio system.
Display Audio system (if
equipped)
Multi-information display

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Display Audio systemMulti-information display
When the vehi-
cle is powered
by the electric
motor (traction
motor)
When the vehi-
cle is powered
by the gasoline
engine
When the vehi-
cle is powered
by both the gas-
oline engine and
the electric
motor (traction
motor)
When the vehi-
cle is charging
the hybrid bat-
tery (traction
battery)
When there is
no energy flow

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Before drivingThese images are examples only, and may vary slightly from actual condi-
tions.
Hybrid battery
(traction bat-
tery) status
LowFull
Low Full
Display Audio systemMulti-information
display

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Trip Information screen (Display Audio system)Press “CAR”. ( P. 3 5 )
If the “Energy Monitor” screen is displayed, touch “Trip Information”.
Fuel consumption in the past
15 minutes
Displays the average vehicle
speed since the hybrid system
was started.
Displays the driving time since
the hybrid system was started.
Cruising range
Regenerated energy in the
past 15 minutes
One symbol indicates 50 Wh.
Up to 5 symbols are shown.
The image is example only, and may vary slightly from actual conditions.

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Before driving
Fuel consumption screen (M
ulti-information display)
There are 2 menu items available for the fuel consumption screen.
After pressing the “DISP” switch, select one of the menu items below
and the system will change to the details screen.
The “5min Consumption”, “Past Re cord” and “ECO Savings Record”
(  P. 194) screens are set to off (initialized settings) at the time of
shipping. ( P. 4 1 )
■ “5min Consumption” screen
Displays the fuel consumption his-
tory since the hybrid system was
started in intervals of 5 minutes.
Current fuel consumption is simul-
taneously displayed, enabling it to
be compared with fuel consump-
tion of up to the last 30 minutes.

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■“Past Record”
There are 2 types of displays for the past record.
Personal best and monthly avera ge can be changed between on the
settings screen. ( P. 4 1 )
Personal Best
Displays the best 3 fuel consum ption records and the current fuel
consumption ranking.
Depending on whether the odometer or trip meter is displayed, the
displayed contents differ.
● When the odometer is displayed: the record since the hybrid
system was started is displayed.
● When the trip meter is displayed: the record since the trip meter
was reset is displayed. The record for trip meter A and trip meter
B is displayed separately.
The top 100 rankings are displayed. Records that are outside the top 100
are not displayed as a ranking.
Monthly Average
Displays average fuel c onsumption by the month.
The current month, the last 3 months and the same month last year are
displayed, enabling a comparison to be made.
The past record can be reset on the settings screen. ( P. 4 1 )