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4-1. Before drivingDriving the vehicle ............. 148
Cargo and luggage............ 155
Vehicle load limits ............. 158
Trailer towing..................... 159
Dinghy towing.................... 160
4-2. Driving procedures Power (ignition) switch ...... 161
EV drive mode................... 166
Hybrid transmission........... 168
Turn signal lever................ 170
Parking brake .................... 171
4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Headlight switch ................ 172
Automatic High Beam ....... 175
Windshield wipers and washer ............................ 180
4-4. Refueling Opening the fuel tank cap .......................... 182 4-5. Using the driving
support systems
Cruise control .................... 185
Dynamic radar cruise control.............................. 189
LDA (Lane Departure Alert)..... 202
Rear view monitor system ............................. 208
Driving assist systems ....... 218
PCS (Pre-Collision System) ........................... 224
BSM (Blind Spot Monitor)......... 231
• The Blind Spot Monitor function............. 234
• The Rear Cross Traffic Alert function ...... 236
4-6. Driving tips Hybrid vehicle driving tips ....................... 239
Winter driving tips .............. 242
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862. Instrument cluster
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The indicators inform the driver of the operating state of the vehicle’s
various systems.
Indicators
Turn signal indicator
( P. 170)
*3
“ECO MODE” indicator
(P. 169)
(U.S.A.)
Headlight indicator
(P. 172)*1, 5 Slip indicator ( P. 219)
(Canada)
Tail light indicator
(P. 172) *1VSC OFF indicator
(P. 220)
Headlight high beam
indicator ( P. 172)
*1, 6“PASS AIR BAG ON/
OFF” indicator ( P. 4 9 )
*2Automatic High Beam
indicator ( P. 175)*6Security indicator
(P. 78, 80)
*3Cruise control indicator
(P. 185) “READY” indicator
(
P. 161)
*2, 3Radar cruise control
indicator ( P. 189) EV indicator (
P. 71)
*3Cruise control set indica-
tor ( P. 185)*3EV drive mode indicator
(P. 166)
*2, 3LDA (Lane Departure
Alert) indicator
(P. 109)*3, 7
Low outside tempera-
ture indicator ( P. 88)
*1, 2, 4Pre-collision system
warning light (P. 224)
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Driving the vehicle ............. 148
Cargo and luggage ........... 155
Vehicle load limits ............. 158
Trailer towing..................... 159
Dinghy towing ................... 160
4-2. Driving procedures Power (ignition) switch ...... 161
EV drive mode .................. 166
Hybrid transmission........... 168
Turn signal lever................ 170
Parking brake .................... 171 4-3. Operating the lights and
wipers
Headlight switch ................ 172
Automatic High Beam ....... 175
Windshield wipers and washer ............................ 180
4-4. Refueling Opening the fuel tank cap . 182
4-5. Using the driving support systems
Cruise control .................... 185
Dynamic radar cruise control .................. 189
LDA (Lane Departure Alert) .... 202
Rear view monitor system ............................ 208
Driving assist systems ...... 218
PCS (Pre-Collision System)........................... 224
BSM (Blind Spot Monitor) ........ 231
• T he Blind Spot
Monitor function ............ 234
• The Rear Cross Traffic Alert function ...... 236
4-6. Driving tips Hybrid vehicle driving tips ....................... 239
Winter driving tips ............. 242
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4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Turning the end of the lever turns on the lights as follows:The headlights, day-
time running lights
( P.
173) and all the lights
listed below turn on and
off automatically.
(When the power
switch is in ON mode)
The side marker, park-
ing, tail, license plate,
daytime running lights
( P. 173) and instru-
ment panel lights turn
on.
The headlights and all the lights listed above (except day-
time running lights) turn on.
*1 The daytime running lights turn off.
*2 The daytime running lights turn on. ( P. 173)
*1:For U.S.A.
*2: For Canada
With the headlights on, push
the lever away from you to turn
on the high beams.
Pull the lever toward you to the
center position to turn the high
beams off.
Pull the lever toward you and
release it to flash the high
beams once.
You can flash the high beams with the headlights on or off.
Headlight switch
The headlights can be operated manually or automatically.
Operating instructions
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Turning on the high beam headlights
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■Daytime running light system
●Vehicles with halogen daytime running lights:
To make your vehicle more visible to other drivers during daytime driving,
the daytime running lights turn on automatically whenever the hybrid system
is started and the parking brake is released with the headlight switch in the
“AUTO” position. (Illuminate darker than headlight high beams.) Daytime
running lights are not designed for use at night.
Vehicles with LED daytime running lights:
To make your vehicle more visible to other drivers during daytime driving,
the daytime running lights turn on automatically whenever the hybrid system
is started and the parking brake is released with the headlight switch in the
“AUTO” position. (Illuminate brighter than parking lights.) Daytime running
lights are not designed for use at night.
U.S.A.: Daytime running lights can be turned off by operating the switch.
Canada: Daytime running lights are turned on even when the headlight
switch is in position.
● Compared to turning on the headlights, the daytime running light system
offers greater durability and consumes less electricity, so it can help improve
fuel economy.
■ Headlight control sensor
■ Automatic light off system
●When the headlights are on: The headlights and tail lights turn off 30 sec-
onds after the power switch is turned to ACCESSORY mode or turned off
and a door is opened and closed. (The lights turn off immediately if on
the key is pressed twice after all the doors are closed.)
● When only the tail lights are on: The tail lights turn off automatically if the
power switch is turned to ACCESSORY mode or turned off and the driver’s
door is opened.
To turn the lights on again, turn the power switch to ON mode, or turn th\
e light
switch off once and then back to or .
If any of the doors or trunk lid is kept open, the lights automatically turn off
after 20 minutes.
■ Light reminder buzzer (except when the light switch is in )
A buzzer sounds when the power switch is turned off or turned to ACCES-
SORY mode and the driver's door is opened while the lights are turned on. The sensor may not function properly if an
object is placed on the sensor, or anything
that blocks the sensor is affixed to the
windshield.
Doing so interferes with the sensor
detecting the level of ambient light and
may cause the automatic headlight sys-
tem to malfunction.
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Turn the headlight switch to.
Push the lever away from you.
The Automatic High Beam indica-
tor will come on when the head-
lights are turned on automatically
to indicate that the system is
active.
Automatic High Beam
: If equipped
The Automatic High Beam uses an in-vehicle camera sensor to
assess the brightness of streetli ghts, the lights of oncoming and
preceding vehicles, etc., and au tomatically turns high beam on
or off as necessary.
Activating the Automatic High Beam system
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When all of the following conditions are fulfilled, high beam will be
automatically turned on:
●Vehicle speed is above appr oximately 21 mph (34 km/h).
● The area ahead of the vehicle is dark.
● There are no oncoming or preceding vehicles with headlights or tail
lights turned on.
● There are few streetlights on the road ahead.
If any of the following conditions are fulfilled, high beam will be auto-
matically turned off:
● Vehicle speed drops below ap proximately 17 mph (27 km/h).
● The area ahead of the vehicle is not dark.
● Oncoming or preceding vehicles have headlights or tail lights
turned on.
● There are many streetlights on the road ahead.
■Switching to low beam
Pull the lever to the original
position.
■Switching to high beam
Turn the light switch to .
The Automatic High Beam indi-
cator will turn off and the high
beam indicator will turn on.
High beam automatic turning on or off conditions
Turning the high beam on/off manually
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■The Automatic High Beam can be operated when
The power switch is in ON mode.
■ Camera sensor detection information
●High beam may not be automatically turned off in the following situations:
• When oncoming vehicles suddenly appear from a curve
• When the vehicle is cut in front of by another
• When oncoming or preceding vehicles are hidden from sight due to
repeated curves, road dividers or roadside trees
• When oncoming vehicles appear from the faraway lane on wide road
• When oncoming or preceding vehicles have no lights
● High beam may be turned off if an oncoming vehicle that is using fog lights
without using the headlights is detected.
● House lights, street lights, red traf fic signals, and illuminated billboards or
signs may cause the high beam to turn off.
● The following factors may affect the amount of time taken to turn high beam
on or off:
• The brightness of headlights, fog lights, and tail lights of oncoming and
preceding vehicles
• The movement and direction of oncoming and preceding vehicles
• When a oncoming or preceding vehicle only has operational lights on one side
• When a oncoming or preceding vehicle is a two-wheeled vehicle
• The condition of the road (gradient, curve, condition of the road surface
etc.)
• The number of passengers and amount of luggage
● High beam may be turned on or off when unexpected by the driver.