2014 TOYOTA AVALON Navigation Manual

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1Shift the shift lever to the “R” position.
2Back up until the parking assist guide
line meets the edge of the left-hand di-
viding line of the parking space.
Parking assist guide line
Parking space dividing line
3Turn the steering wheel all the way to
the right, and back up slowly.
4Once the vehicle is parallel with the
parking space, straighten the steering
wheel and back up slowly until the ve-
hicle has completely entered the park-
ing space.
5Stop the vehicle in an appropriate
place, and finish parking.
PARKING
When parking in a space which is in
the reverse direction to the space de-
scribed in the procedure below, the
steering directions will be reversed.

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4. PARALLEL PARKING

VEHICLE MOVEMENT PROCEDURE
Keeping parallel with the road, stop the vehicle
leaving a gap of approximately 3 ft. (1 m) between
your vehicle and the parked vehicle. [PARKING] :
STEP 1
Back up until the black and yellow vertical pole just
overlaps the rear end of the parked vehicle. Then
stop the vehicle. [PARKING] : STEP 4
Leaving the vehicle stopped, move the steering
wheel until the blue outline meets the desired park-
ing space, and back up while keeping the steering
wheel in that position. [PARKING] : STEP 5
A curved blue line is displayed. Keep the steering
wheel in the same position and back up until the
curved blue line meets the right corner of the park-
ing space. [PARKING] : STEP 7
When it meets the right corner of the parking space,
turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction as
far as it will go. [PARKING] : STEP 8
Keeping the steering wheel in that position, check
your surroundings visually and using mirrors, and
back up using the distance gui de lines etc. as a ref-
erence. [PARKING] : STEP 9
When the vehicle is approximately in the desired
parking location, parallel park ing assist is complete.
[PARKING] : STEP 10
CAUTION
● Do not use the system if the display is incorrect due to an uneven (curvy/hilly) road or a
non-straight road.
● Make sure to operate the steering wheel only when the vehicle is stopped.
 Approx. 3 ft. (1 m)

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1Stop the vehicle in the position as de-
scribed below, and straighten the
steering wheel.
A position in which you are parallel with
the road (or the side of the road), and in
which there is approximately 3 ft. (1 m) of
space between your vehicle and the
parked vehicle
 A position in which you are half a vehicle’s
length ahead of the parked vehicle
 Roughly half a vehicle’s length
Desired parking space
Approx. 3 ft. (1 m)
Parked vehicle
Your vehicle
2Shift the shift lever to the “R” position.
3Make sure the monitor displays the
part behind the rear tires of the parked
vehicle, and touch .
If the area is not displayed, move the vehi-
cle to forward.
4With the steering wheel straight, back
up slowly to a position at which the
black and yellow vertical pole just over-
laps the rear end of the parked vehicle.
Then stop the vehicle.
 Black and yellow vertical pole
Back the vehicle up to here
PARKING
The following example describes the
procedure for pulling into a parking
space on the right. For pulling into a
parking space on the left, substitute left
for right and vice versa in all steps.

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5Turn the steering wheel with the vehi-
cle stopped until the blue outline meets
the desired parking space.
If the extended line from the blue outline is
displayed, the parallel parking assist is
operational.
 Blue outline
Black and yellow vertical pole
Extended line 
Turn the steering wheel right
Black and yellow vertical pole
Blue outline

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6Keep the steering wheel in its current
position and backing up.
The parallel parking assist will be can-
celled if the steering wheel is moved while
backing up. Shift the shift lever out of the
“R” position, and restart from the proce-
dure “1”.
CAUTION
● Be sure to check that there are no
obstacles inside the blue outline.
If there are any obstacles inside the blue
outline, do not use the parallel parking
assist.
● When positioning the blue outline over
the parking space, be sure to position it
so that the extended blue line may not
cross the tire of the vehicle parked in
front of the empty space.
● If the extended line of the blue outline is
crossing the parked vehicle, your vehicle
may be too close. Check that there is a
gap of approximately 3 ft. (1 m) between
your vehicle and the parked vehicle.
 Extended line overlapping wheel
CAUTION
●When backing up, be careful not to hit
any obstacles with your vehicle. Back
the vehicle up slowly.

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7A curved blue line will appear on the
screen. Keep the steering wheel in its
current position and back up slowly.
Stop when the curved blue line meets
the corner of the desired parking
space.
Curved blue line 
Back up keeping the steering wheel in its
current position
Curved blue line
Curved blue line meets the corner hereIf you back up too quickly, you may lose
synchronization with the parallel parking
assist.
8Leaving the vehicle stopped, turn the
steering wheel all the way to the left.
Be sure to turn the steering wheel only
when the vehicle is stopped.
9When the screen changes, keep the
steering wheel in its current position
and back up.
CAUTION
●When backing up, be careful not to hit
any obstacles with your vehicle. Back
the vehicle up slowly.

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10When the vehicle is parallel with the
road or the shoulder, straighten the
steering wheel.
Check your surroundings visually and
with the mirrors, then back up using the
distance guide lines as a reference,
and stop.
When the vehicle is approximately in the
desired parking location, the parallel park-
ing assist is complete.
1Touch .
The steering wheel has been turned too
far, and the system cannot function.
Return the steering wheel to its original
position.
 If the message is displayed before the out-
line is positioned over the desired parking
space, it is likely that the vehicle is too far
away from the shoulder. Check that there
is a gap of approximately 3 ft. (1 m)
between your vehicle and the parked vehi-
cle.
 Normal mode
Narrow mode
If the engine switch is turned off when the
parking assist monitor is canceled with
narrow mode, the caution screen is dis-
played first when the parallel parking
assist is selected next time.
INFORMATION
● There is a possibility that parallel parking
guidance may not be given when back-
ing up at a very slow speed.
● If the trunk is opened, the parallel park-
ing assist will be discontinued halfway.
CANCELING PARALLEL
PARKING ASSIST
IF THE MESSAGE “Steering
wheel turned too far, please
return.” IS DISPLAYED
NARROW MODE
If the position the vehicle is to be
parked in is narrower than usual, nar-
row mode can be used.

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1Touch while in parallel parking
assist mode.
2Confirm the warning on the caution
screen. If you agree, touch “I Agree”.
To cancel narrow mode, touch .
3When the system is s witched to narrow
mode, the indicator on will be
turned on.
 Touch again to switch the system to
the normal mode.
OPERATING NARROW MODE