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For your information ........................
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Reading this manual ...................... 10
How to search ................................ 11
Pictorial index ................................ 12
1-1. For safe use Before driving ........................ 24
For safe driving ..................... 25
Seat belts .............................. 27
SRS airbags .......................... 34
Front passenger occupant clas- sification system.................. 43
Exhaust gas precautions....... 48
1-2. Child safety Riding with children ............... 49
Child restraint systems .......... 50
1-3. Emergency assistance Safety Connect ..................... 65
1-4. Hybrid system Hybrid system features ......... 71
Hybrid system precautions .... 75
1-5. Theft deterrent system Immobilizer system ............... 79
Alarm ..................................... 81
2-1. Instrument cluster Warning lights and indicators............................................ 84
Gauges and meters .............. 89
Multi-information display  (4.2-inch display)................. 92
Multi-information display (7-inch  display)............................. 102
Head-up display ................. 112
Energy monitor/consumption  screen .............................. 1173-1. Key information
Keys ................................... 128
3-2. Opening, closing and locking  the doors
Side doors .......................... 131
Back door ........................... 135
Smart key system .............. 146
3-3. Adjusting the seats Front seats ......................... 153
Rear seats.......................... 154
Driving position memory .... 159
Head restraints................... 162
3-4. Adjusting the steering wheel  and mirrors
Steering wheel ................... 165
Inside rear view mirror ....... 166
Digital Rearview Mirror....... 167
Outside rear view mirrors ... 177
3-5. Opening, closing the win- dows and moon roof
Power windows .................. 179
Moon roof ........................... 182
Panoramic moon roof......... 185
4-1. Before driving Driving the vehicle.............. 190
Cargo and luggage ............ 197
Vehicle load limits .............. 200
T r
ailer towing...................... 201
Dinghy towing .................... 212
4-2. Driving procedures Power (ignition) switch ....... 213
EV drive mode ................... 218
Hybrid transmission ........... 220
Turn signal lever................. 223
1For safety and security
2Vehicle status information 
and indicators
3Before driving
4Driving 

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Parking brake ..................... 224
Brake Hold ......................... 227
4-3. Operating the lights and wip- ers
Headlight switch ................. 229
Automatic High Beam ........ 232
Fog light switch .................. 235
Windshield wipers and washer ......................................... 235
Rear windshield wiper and  washer ............................. 238
4-4. Refueling Opening the fuel tank cap .. 240
4-5. Using the driving support sys- tems
Toyota Safety Sense 2.0 .... 243
PCS (Pre-Collision System) ......................................... 249
LTA (Lane Tracing Assist)... 257
RSA (Road Sign Assist) ..... 267
Dynamic radar cruise control  with full-speed range ........ 270
BSM (Blind Spot Monitor)... 280
Intuitive parking assist ........ 286
RCTA (Rear Cross Traffic Alert)  function ............................ 294
PKSB (Parking Support Brake) ......................................... 299
Parking Support Brake function  (static objects) .................. 306
Parking Support Brake function  (rear-crossing vehicles).... 312
Driving mode select switch ......................................... 316
Trail Mode .......................... 317
Driving assist systems........ 319
4-6. Driving tips Hybrid vehicle driving tips .. 325
Winter driving tips............... 327
Utility vehicle precautions... 3305-1. Toyota multi-operation touch
Toyota multi-operation touch......................................... 334
5-2. Using the air conditioning  system and defogger
Front automatic air conditioning 
system ............................. 336
Rear automatic air conditioning  system ............................. 348
Heated steering wheel/seat  heaters/seat ventilators.... 352
5-3. Using the interior lights Interior lights list ................. 356
5-4. Using the storage features List of storage features ...... 359
Luggage compartment features ......................................... 364
5-5. Using the other interior fea- tures
Other interior features ........ 368
Garage door opener........... 384
6-1. Maintenance and care Cleaning and protecting the vehicle exterior................. 394
Cleaning and protecting the  vehicle interior.................. 397
6-2. Maintenance
Maintenance requirements ........
................................. 400
General maintenance......... 402
Emission inspection and mainte- nance (I/M) programs ...... 404
6-3. Do-it-yourself maintenance Do-it-yourself service precau-tions ................................. 406
5Interior features
6Maintenance and care 

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■ Switches
Driving position memory switches*1................................ P.159
Window lock switch ............................................. .............. P.181
Power window switches ....... ............................................. P.179
Door lock switches ............................................................ P.134
Outside rear view mirror swi tches ................................... P.177
“ODO TRIP” switch .............................................. ................ P.91
Instrument panel light control switches ........................ .... P.92
Automatic High Beam switch ..................................... ...... P.232
Camera switch
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AC 120V switch*1P. 3 7 8
Power back door switch ... ................................................. P.137
Heated steering wheel switch
*1........................................ P.353
Windshield wiper de-icer
*1................................................ P.346
*1: If equipped
*2: Refer to “NAVIGATI ON AND MULTIMEDIA  SYSTEM OWNER’S MAN-
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Adjust the angle of the seat-
back so that you are sitting 
straight up and so that you do 
not have to lean forward to 
steer. ( P.153)
Adjust the seat so that you 
can depress the pedals fully 
and so that your arms bend 
slightly at the elbow when 
gripping the steering wheel. 
( P.153)
Lock the head restraint in 
place with the center of the 
head restraint closest to the 
top of your ears. ( P.162)
Wear the seat belt correctly. 
( P.27)
WA R N I N G
■Before driving
●Check that the floor mat is 
securely fixed in the correct 
place with all the provided 
retaining hooks (clips). Be espe-
cially careful to perform this 
check after cleaning the floor.
●With the hybrid system stopped 
and the shift lever in P, fully 
depress each pedal to the floor 
to make sure it does not inter-
fere with the floor mat.
For safe driving
For safe driving, adjust the 
seat and mirror to an appro-
priate position before driv-
ing.
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■Types of collisions that may not 
deploy the SRS airbags (SRS 
side and curtain shield airbags)
The SRS side and curtain shield air-
bags may not activate if the vehicle 
is subjected to a c ollision from the 
side at certain angl es, or a collision 
to the side of the vehicle body other 
than the passenger compartment.
●Collision from the s ide to the vehi-
cle body other than the passenger 
compartment
●Collision from the s ide at an angle
The SRS side airbags do not gener-
ally inflate if the vehicle is involved 
in a frontal or rear c ollision, if it rolls 
over, or if it i s involved in a 
low-speed side collision.
●Collision from  the front
●Collision from the rear
●Vehicle rollover
The SRS curtain shield airbags do 
not generally inflate if the vehicle is 
involved in a rear  collision, if it 
pitches end over end, or if it is 
involved in a low-speed side or 
low-speed fron tal collision.
●Collision from the rear
●Pitching end over end
■When to contact your Toyota 
dealer
In the following ca ses, the vehicle 
will require inspecti on and/or repair. 
Contact your Toyota dealer as soon 
as possible.
●Any of the SRS airbags have 
been inflated.
●The front of the vehicle is dam-
aged or deformed, or was 
involved in an accident that was 
not severe enough to cause the 
SRS front airbags to inflate.
●A portion of a door or its surround-
ing area is damaged, deformed or 
has had a hole made in it, or the 
vehicle was involved in an acci-
dent that was not severe enough 
to cause the SRS side and curtain 
shield airbags to inflate.
●The pad section of the steering 
wheel, dashboard near the front 
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scratched, cracked, or otherwise 
damaged.
●The front passenger’s seat cush-
ion surface is scratched, cracked, 
or otherwise damaged.
●The surface of the seats with the 
SRS side airbag is scratched, 
cracked, or otherwise damaged.
●The portion of the f ront pillars, rear 
pillars or roof side rail garnishes 
(padding) containing the SRS cur-
tain shield airbags inside is 
scratched, cracked, or otherwise 
damaged.
WA R N I N G
■SRS airbag precautions
Observe the following precautions 
regarding the SRS airbags.
Failure to do so may cause death 
or serious injury.
●The driver and all passengers in 
the vehicle must wear their seat 
belts properly.
The SRS airbags are supple-
mental devices to be used with 
the seat belts.
●The SRS driver airbag deploys 
with considerable force, and 
can cause death or serious 
injury especially if the driver is 
very close to the airbag. The 
National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA) 
advises:
Since the risk zone for the 
driver’s airbag is  the first 2 - 3 
in. (50 - 75 mm)  of inflation, 
placing yourself 10 in. (250 mm) 
from your driver airbag provides 
you with a clear margin of 
safety. This distance is mea-
sured from the c enter of the 
steering wheel to your breast-
bone. If you sit less than 10 in. 
(250 mm) away now, you can 
change your driv ing position in 
several ways:
• Move your seat to  the rear as 
far as you can while still reach-
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WA R N I N G
• Slightly recline the back of the seat.
Although vehicle designs vary, 
many drivers can achieve the 
10 in. (250 mm) distance, even 
with the driver seat all the way 
forward, simply by reclining the 
back of the seat somewhat. If 
reclining the back of your seat 
makes it hard to see the road, 
raise yourself by using a firm, 
non-slippery cushion, or raise 
the seat if your vehicle has that 
feature.
• If your steering wheel is adjust- able, tilt it downward. This 
points the airbag toward your 
chest instead of your head and 
neck.
The seat should be adjusted as 
recommended by NHTSA above, 
while still maintain ing control of 
the foot pedals, steering wheel, 
and your view of the instrument 
panel controls.
●If the seat belt extender has 
been connected to the front 
seat belt buckles but the seat 
belt extender has not also been 
fastened to the latch plate of the 
seat belt, the SRS front airbags 
will judge that t he driver and 
front passenger are wearing the 
seat belt even t hough the seat 
belt has not been connected. In 
this case, the SRS front airbags 
may not activate correctly in a 
collision, resulting in death or 
serious injury in  the event of a 
collision. Be su re to wear the 
seat belt with the seat belt 
extender.
●The SRS front passenger air-
bag also deploys with consider-
able force, and can cause death 
or serious injury especially if the 
front passenger is very close to 
the airbag. The front passenger 
seat should be as  far from the 
airbag as possible with the seat-
back adjusted, so the front pas-
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WA R N I N G
●Improperly seated and/or 
restrained infants and children 
can be killed or seriously injured 
by a deploying airbag. An infant 
or child who is too small to use 
a seat belt should be properly 
secured using a child restraint 
system. Toyota strongly recom-
mends that all in fants and chil-
dren be placed in the rear seats 
of the vehicle and properly 
restrained. The rear seats are 
safer for infants and children 
than the front pa ssenger seat. 
(
P. 5 0 )
●Do not sit on the edge of the 
seat or lean against the dash-
board.
●Do not allow a child to stand in 
f r o n t  o f  t h e  S R S  f r o n t  p a s s e n g e r  
airbag unit or sit on the knees of 
a front passenger.
●Do not allow the front seat occu-
pants to hold items on their 
knees.
●Do not lean against the door, 
the roof side rail or the front, 
side and rear pillars.
●Do not allow anyone to kneel on 
the passenger seat toward the 
door or put thei r head or hands 
outside the vehicle.
●Do not attach a nything to or 
lean anything against areas 
such as the dashboard, steering 
wheel pad and lower portion of 
the instrument panel.
These items can become pro-
jectiles when th e SRS driver, 
front passenger and knee air-
bags deploy.