455 6-1. Specifications
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Vehicle specifications
■Toyota recommends the use of cleaner burning gasoline
Cleaner burning gasoline, including reformulated gasoline that contains oxy-
genates such as ethanol or MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether) is available in
many areas.
Toyota recommends the use of cleaner burning gasoline and appropriately
blended reformulated gasoline. These types of gasoline provide excellent
vehicle performance, reduce vehicle emissions and improve air quality.
■Toyota does not recommend blended gasoline
●If you use gasohol in your Toyota, be sure that it has an octane rating no
lower than 87.
●Toyota does not recommend the use of gasoline containing methanol.
■Toyota does not recommend gasoline containing MMT
Some gasoline contains octane enhancing additive called MMT (Methylcy-
clopentadienyl Manganese Tricarbonyl).
Toyota does not recommend the use of gasoline that contains MMT. If fuel
containing MMT is used, your emission control system may be adversely
affected.
The malfunction indicator lamp on the instrument cluster may come on. If
this happens, contact your Toyota dealer for service.
●Use only gasoline containing a maxi-
mum of 10% ethanol.
DO NOT use any flex-fuel or gasoline
that could contain more than 10% etha-
nol, including from any pump labeled
E15, E30, E50, E85 (which are only
some examples of fuel containing more
than 10% ethanol).DO NOT use gasoline
containing more than 10%
ethanol.
(15% ethanol)
(50% ethanol)
(85% ethanol)
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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 conditions 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.
495 Alphabetical index
Seat belts
Adjusting the seat belt ............ 48
Automatic Locking
Retractor .............................. 49
Child restraint system
installation ............................ 94
Cleaning and maintaining
the seat belts...................... 318
Emergency Locking
Retractor .............................. 49
How to wear your seat belt ..... 48
How your child should wear
the seat belt ......................... 50
Pregnant women, proper seat
belt use ................................ 50
Reminder light ...................... 400
Seat belt extenders ................ 50
Seat belt pretensioners .......... 49
Seatback table ......................... 299
Seating capacity ...................... 161
Seats
Adjustment ............................. 40
Adjustment precautions .......... 42
Child seats/child restraint
system installation................ 94
Cleaning ............................... 317
Head restraint ......................... 46
Properly sitting in the seat ...... 71
Rear seat folding down........... 44
Seatback table...................... 299
Service reminder
indicators .............................. 135Shift lever
Automatic transmission .........122
If the shift lever cannot
be shifted from P................. 423
Manual transmission .............127
Shift lock system .....................423
Side airbags................................73
Side marker lights
Replacing light bulbs .............378
Switch....................................138
Wattage .................................453
Side mirror
Adjusting .................................57
Spare tire
Inflation pressure...................358
Storage location ....................408
Spark plug ................................446
Specifications...........................438
Speedometer ............................132
Steering
Column lock release..............120
Steering wheel
Adjustment ..............................54
Audio switches ......................248
Stop lights
Replacing light bulbs .............378
Wattage .................................453
Storage feature.........................283
Storage precautions ................157
Stuck
If your vehicle becomes
stuck ...................................433
Sun visors.................................290S
