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CAUTION
■General precautions while driving
Driving under the influence: Never drive your vehicle when under the influ-
ence of alcohol or drugs that have impaired your ability to operate your vehi-
cle. Alcohol and certain drugs delay reaction time, impair judgment and
reduce coordination, which could lead to an accident that could result in
death or serious injury.
Defensive driving: Always drive defensively. Anticipate mistakes that other
drivers or pedestrians might make and be ready to avoid accidents.
Driver distraction: Always give your full attention to driving. Anything that dis-
tracts the driver, such as adjusting controls, talking on a cellular phone or
reading can result in a collision with resulting death or serious injury to you,
your occupants or others.
■ General precaution regarding children’s safety
Never leave children unattended in the vehicle, and never allow children to
have or use the key.
Children may be able to start the vehicle or shift the vehicle into neutral.
There is also a danger that children may injure themselves by playing with
the windows, the moon roof, or other features of the vehicle. In addition, heat
build-up or extremely cold temperatures inside the vehicle can be fatal to
children.
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2-4. Using other driving systems
2
When driving
Driving assist systems
To help enhance driving safety and performance, the following sys-
tems operate automatically in res ponse to various driving situations.
Be aware, however, that these systems are supplementary and
should not be relied upon too heavi ly when operating the vehicle.
■ABS (Anti-lock Brake System)
Helps to prevent wheel lock when the brakes are applied suddenly, or if
the brakes are applied while driving on a slippery road surface.
■Brake assist
Generates an increased level of braking force after the brake pedal is
depressed when the system detects a panic stop situation.
■VSC (Vehicle Stability Control)
Helps the driver to control skidding when swerving suddenly or turning
on slippery road surfaces.
■TRAC (Traction Control)
Helps to maintain drive power and prevent the front wheels (2WD mod-
els) or four wheels (4WD models) from spinning when starting the vehi-
cle or accelerating on slippery roads.
■ Hill-start assist control
P. 232
■Downhill assist control system (4WD models only)
P. 234
■EPS (Electric Power Steering)
Employs an electric motor to reduce the amount of effort needed to turn
the steering wheel.
■Enhanced VSC (Enhanced Vehicle Stability Control)
Provides cooperative control of the ABS, TRAC, VSC and EPS.
Helps to maintain directional stability when swerving on slippery road
surfaces by controlling steering performance.
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550 4-3. Do-it-yourself maintenance
9 DOOR NO.2 25 A Power windows
10 AM1 7.5 A Starting system
11 P/SEAT (PS) 30 A Power seat
12 A/C NO.1 10 A Air conditioning system
13 FUEL OPN 7.5 A No circuit
14 S/ROOF 20 A Electric moon roof
15 TAIL 15 AParking lights, tail lights, license
plate lights, fog lights, trailer lights
16 PANEL 7.5 AGlove box light, instrument panel
lights, switch illumination
17 ECU IG NO.1 10 A Multiplex communication system,
electric moon roof, electronically
controlled automatic transmission
system, power back door, seat
heaters, tire pressure warning sys-
tem, electric power steering, anti-
glare inside rear view mirror, shift
lock system, tire pressure warning
system
18 ECU IG NO.2 7.5 A Vehicle stability control system
19 A/C NO.2 10 A Air conditioning system
20 WASH 20 AWindshield and rear window
washer
21 S-HTR 20 A Seat heaters
22 GAUGE NO.1 10 A Audio system, back-up lights,
charging system, emergency flash-
ers, traction control system, wind-
shield wiper de-icer, air
conditioning system, charging sys-
tem, rear view monitor system,
trailer lights, multiport fuel injection
system/sequential multiport fuel
injection system
FuseAmpereCircuit
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6-1. Specifications
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Vehicle specifications
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Treadwear
The treadwear grade is a comparative rating based on the wear
rate of the tire when tested under controlled conditions on a speci-
fied government test course.
For example, a tire graded 150 would wear one and a half (1 - 1/2)
times as well on the government course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires depends upon the actual conditions
of their use, however, and may depart significantly from the norm due
to variations in driving habits, service practices and differences in
road characteristics and climate.
■ Traction AA, A, B, C
The traction grades, from highest to lowest, are AA, A, B and C,
and they represent the tire's ability to stop on wet pavement as
measured under controlled cond itions on specified government
test surfaces of asphalt and concrete.
A tire marked C may have poor traction performance.
Warning: The traction grade assigned to this tire is based on braking
(straight ahead) traction tests and does not include cornering (turn-
ing) traction.
■ Temperature A, B, C
The temperature grades are A (the highest), B, and C, represent-
ing the tire's resistance to the generation of heat and its ability to
dissipate heat when tested under controlled conditions on a speci-
fied indoor laboratory test wheel.
Sustained high temperature can cause the material of the tire to
degenerate and reduce tire life, and excessive temperature can lead
to sudden tire failure.
The grade C corresponds to a level of performance which all passen-
ger car tires must meet under the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Stan-
dard No. 109.
Grades B and A represent higher levels of performance on the labo-
ratory test wheel than the minimum required by law.
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Abbreviation list
OBD On Board Diagnostics
SRS Supplemental Restraint System TIN Tire Identification Number
TPMS Tire Pressure Warning System TRAC Traction Control TWR Trailer Weight Rating
VIN Vehicle Identification Number
VSC Vehicle Stability Control
ABBREVIATIONSMEANING
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Alphabetical index
Tachometer .............................. 186
Tail lights
Replacing light bulbs ............ 553
Switch ................................... 203
Wattage ................................ 632
Talk switch ............................... 378
Telephone switch .................... 378
Theft deterrent system Alarm .................................... 117
Engine immobilizer system... 113
Theft prevention labels ........... 121
Tire inflation pressure ............ 530
Tire information Glossary ............................... 642
Size ...................................... 639
Tire identification number ..... 638
Uniform tire quality
grading ............................... 640
Tires Chains .................................. 248
Checking .............................. 521
If you have a flat tire ............. 586
Inflation pressure .................. 530
Information ........................... 636
Replacing ............................. 586
Rotating tires ........................ 521
Size ...................................... 630
Snow tires............................. 248
Tire pressure warning
system........................ 521, 576 Tools .........................................586
Total load capacity...................247
Towing
Dinghy towing........................270
Emergency towing.................565
Trailer towing.........................252
Traction control........................227
TRAC .........................................227
Trip information .......................193
Trip meter .................................186
Turn signal lights Replacing light bulbs .............553
Switch....................................183
Wattage .................................632
Valet key .....................................32
Vanity lights Vanity lights ...........................453
Wattage .................................632
Vanity mirrors...........................453
Vehicle data recordings ............26
Vehicle identification number ...................................619
Vehicle stability control...........227
VSC............................................227T
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