2019 TOYOTA PRIUS C warning

1513-3. Adjusting the seats
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WARNING
■When folding the rear seatbacks down
Observe the following precautions. Failure to do so may result in death or
serious injury.
● Do not fold the seatbacks down while driving.
● Stop the vehicle on level ground, set the parking brake and shi ft the shift
lever to P.
● Do not allow anyone to sit on a folded seatback or in the lugga ge compart-
ment while driving.
● Do not allow children to enter the luggage compartment.
● For vehicles with split rear seats, do not allow anyone sit on the rear center
seat if the rear right seat is folded down, as the seat belt bu ckle for the rear
center seat belt is then concealed under the folded seat and ca nnot be
used.
● Be careful not to catch your hand when folding the rear seatbac ks.
● If it is necessary to detach the head restraints, remove it from the vehicle
or store it securely in the luggage compartment. This will prev ent it from
injuring passengers in the event of sudden braking, sudden swer ving or an
accident.
● Adjust the position of the front seat before folding down the rear seatbacks
so that the front seat does not interfere with the rear seatbacks when fold-
ing down the rear seatbacks.

1523-3. Adjusting the seats
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WARNING
■After returning the rear seat back to the upright position
Observe the following precautions. Failure to do so may result in death or
serious injury.
● Check that the seat belts are not twisted or caught in the seat back.
NOTICE
■Stowing the seat belts
The seat belts and the buckles must be stowed before you fold d own the
rear seatbacks.
● Make sure that the seatback is securely
locked in position by lightly pushing it
back and forth.
If the seatback is not securely locked,
the red marking will be visible on the
seatback lock release knob. Make sure
that the red marking is not visible.

1553-3. Adjusting the seats
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Adjusting the height of the h ead restraints (vehicles with adjustable type
head restraints)
■ Adjusting the rear cen ter seat head restraints
Always raise the head restraint one level from the stowed posit ion when
using. Make sure that the head restraints are
adjusted so that the center of the head
restraint is closest to the top of your ears.
WARNING
■ Head restraint precautions (vehic les with adjustable type head
restraints)
Observe the following precautions regarding the head restraints. Failure to
do so may result in death or serious injury.
● Use the head restraints designed for each respective seat.
● Adjust the head restraints to the correct position at all times.
● After adjusting the head restraints, push down on them and make sure
they are locked in position.
● Do not drive with the head restraints removed.

1573-4. Adjusting the steering wheel and mirrors
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WARNING
■Caution while driving
Do not adjust the steering wheel while driving.
Doing so may cause the driver to mishandle the vehicle and caus e an acci-
dent, resulting in death or serious injury.
■ After adjusting the steering wheel
Make sure that the steering wheel is securely locked.
Otherwise, the steering wheel may move suddenly, possibly causi ng an
accident, and resulting in death or serious injury.

1583-4. Adjusting the steering wheel and mirrors
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The height of the rear view mirror can be adjusted to suit your driving
posture.
Adjust the height of the rear v iew mirror by moving it up and d own.
Reflected light from the headlights of vehicles behind can be r educed
by operating the lever.
Normal position
Anti-glare position
Inside rear view mirror
The rear view mirror’s position ca n be adjusted to enable suffi-
cient confirmation of the rear view.
Adjusting the height of rear view mirror
Ty p e AType B
Anti-glare function
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WARNING
Do not adjust the position of the mirror while driving.
Doing so may lead to mishandling of the vehicle and cause an ac cident,
resulting in death or serious injury.

1603-4. Adjusting the steering wheel and mirrors
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■Mirror angle can be adjusted when
Vehicles without a smart key system
The power switch is in the “ACC” or “ON” position.
Vehicles with a smart key system
The power switch is in ACCESSORY or ON mode.
■ When the mirrors are fogged up (vehicles with outside rear view mirror
defoggers)
The outside rear view mirrors can be cleared using the mirror d efoggers. Turn
on the rear window defogger to turn on the outside rear view mi rror defog-
gers. ( P. 376)
WARNING
■When driving the vehicle
Observe the following precautions while driving.
Failure to do so may result in loss of control of the vehicle and cause an
accident, resulting in death or serious injury.
● Do not adjust the mirrors while driving.
● Do not drive with the mirrors folded.
● Both the driver and passenger side mirrors must be extended and properly
adjusted before driving.
■ When a mirror is moving
To avoid personal injury and mirror malfunction, be careful not to get your
hand caught by the moving mirror.
■ When the mirror defogg ers are operating (vehicles with an outsi de rear
view mirror defoggers)
Do not touch the rear view mirror surfaces, as they can become very hot
and burn you.

1643-5. Opening and closing the windows
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WARNING
Observe the following precautions.
Failure to do so may result in death or serious injury.
■Closing the windows
● The driver is responsible for all the power window operations, including the
operation for the passengers. In order to prevent accidental op eration,
especially by a child, do not let a child operate the power win dows. It is
possible for children and other passengers to have body parts c aught in
the power window. Also, when riding with a child, it is recomme nded to use
the window lock switch. (
P. 161)
● Check to make sure that all passengers do not have any part of their body
in a position where it could be caught when a window is being o perated.
● When exiting the vehicle, turn the power switch off, carry the key and exit
the vehicle along with the child. There may be accidental operation, due to
mischief, etc., that may possibly lead to an accident.
■ Jam protection function (driver’s window only)
● Never use any part of your body to intentionally activate the j am protection
function.
● The jam protection function may not work if something gets jamm ed just
before the window is fully closed. Be careful not to get any pa rt of your
body jammed in the window.
■ Catch protection function (driver’s window only)
● Never use any part of your body or clothing to intentionally activate the
catch protection function.
● The catch protection function may not work if something gets caught just
before the window is fully opened. Be careful not to get any pa rt of your
body or clothing caught in the window.

1673-5. Opening and closing the windows
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WARNING
Observe the following precautions.
Failure to do so may cause death or serious injury.
■Opening the moon roof
● Do not allow any passengers to put their hands or heads outside the vehi-
cle while it is moving.
● Do not sit on top of the moon roof.
■ Closing the moon roof
● The driver is responsible for moon roof opening and closing ope rations.
In order to prevent accidental operation, especially by a child , do not let a
child operate the moon roof. It is possible for children and ot her passen-
gers to have body parts caught in the moon roof.
● Check to make sure that all passengers do not have any part of their body
in a position where it could be caught when the moon roof is being oper-
ated.
● Do not allow children to operate the moon roof.
Clo sing the moon roof on someone can cause death or serious injury. The
driver is responsible for instructing children not to operate t he moon roof.
● When exiting the vehicle, turn the power switch off, carry the key and exit
the vehicle along with the child. There may be accidental operation, due to
mischief, etc., that may possibly lead to an accident.
■ Jam protection function
● Never use any part of your body to intentionally activate the j am protection
function.
● The jam protection function may not work if something gets caught just
before the moon roof fully closes.