2020 TOYOTA YARIS HATCHBACK Owners Manual (in English)

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Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Precautions
All of the seat belt retractors are designed to keep the lap/shoulder
belts out of the way when not in use.
The driver’s seat belt has no provisions for child-restraint sy stems and
has only an emergency locking mode . The driver may wear it comfort-
ably, and it will lock during a collision.
However, the front passenger’s seat and all rear lap/shoulder b elt
retractors operate in two modes: emergency locking mode, and fo r
child-restraint systems, automatic locking mode. While we recom -
mend you put all children in the rear seats, if you must use th e front
passenger seat for a child, slide the front passenger seat as f ar back
as possible and make sure any ch ild-restraint system is secured prop-
erly.
Seat belts help to decrease the possibility of severe injury
during accidents and sudden st ops. Toyota recommends that
the driver and all passengers always wear seat belts.
WARNING
■ Always wear your seat belt and ma ke sure all occupants are properly
restrained
Not wearing a seat belt is extremely dangerous. During a collis ion, occu-
pants not wearing seat belts could hit someone or things inside the vehicle
or even be thrown out of the vehicle. They could be seriously i njured or
even killed. In the same collision, occupants wearing seat belt s would be
much safer.

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WARNING
■Do not wear twisted seat belts
Twisted seat belts are dangerous. In a collision, the full widt h of the belt is
not available to absorb the impact. This puts more force on the bones
beneath the belt, which could cause serious injury or death. So , if your seat
belt is twisted, you must straighten the seat belt to remove any twists and to
allow the full width of the belt to be used.
■ Never use one seat belt on more than one person at a time
Using one seat belt for more than one person at a time is dangerous. A seat
belt used in this way cannot spread the impact forces properly and the two
passengers could be crushed together and seriously injured or even killed.
Never use one belt for more than one person at a time and alway s operate
the vehicle with each occupant properly restrained.
■ Do not operate a vehicle with a damaged seat belt
Using a damaged seat belt is dangerous. An accident could damag e the
belt webbing of the seat belt in use. A damaged seat belt cannot provide
adequate protection in a collision. Have your Toyota dealer ins pect all seat
belt systems in use during an accident before they are used aga in.
■ Have your seat belts changed immed iately if the pretensioner or load
limiter has been expended
Always have your Toyota dealer immediately inspect the seat bel t preten-
sioners and air bags after any collision. Like the air bags, the seat belt pre-
tensioners and load limiters will only function once and must b e replaced
after any collision that caused them to deploy. A seat belt with an expended
pretensioner or load limiter is still better than wearing no se at belt at all;
however, if the seat belt pretensioners and load limiters are n ot replaced,
the risk of injury in a collision will increase.
■ Positioning the Shoulder P ortion of the Seat Belt
Improper positioning of the shoulder portion of the seat belt i s dangerous.
Always make sure the shoulder portion of the seat belt is posit ioned across
your shoulder and near your neck, but never under your arm, on your neck,
or on your upper arm.
■ Positioning the Lap Portion of the Seat Belt
The lap portion of the seat belt worn too high is dangerous. In a collision,
this would concentrate the impact force directly on the abdomin al area,
causing serious injury. Wear the lap portion of the belt snugly and as low as
possible.

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Pregnant women should always wear seat belts. Ask your doctor for
specific recommendations.
The lap belt should be worn
SNUGLY AND AS LOW AS POS-
SIBLE OVER THE HIPS. The
shoulder belt should be worn
across your shoulder properly, but
never across the stomach area.
Persons with serious medical cond itions also should wear seat belts.
Check with your doctor for any special instructions regarding s pecific
medical conditions.
NOTICE
Pregnant Women and Persons wit h Serious Medical Conditions
Belt retraction may become difficult if the
belts and rings are soiled, so try to keep
them clean. For more details about
cleaning the seat belts, refer to “Cleaning
the Lap/Shoulder Belt Webbing”
(P. 453).Ring

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When the seat belt is fastened, it will always be in the emergency
locking mode.
In the emergency locking mode, the belt remains comfortable on the
occupant and the retractor will lock in position during a collision.
If the belt is locked and cannot be pulled out, retract the bel t once, and
then try pulling it out slowly. If this fails, pull the belt st rongly one time
and loosen, then pull it out again slowly.
Seat Belt with Autom atic Locking Mode:
When the seat belt is fastened, i t will always be in the emergency
locking mode until it is switched to automatic locking mode by pulling
it all the way out to its full length. If the belt feels tight and hinders
comfortable movement while the vehicle is stopped or in motion, it
may be in the automatic locking mode because the belt has been
pulled too far out. To return the belt to the more comfortable emer-
gency locking mode, wait until th e vehicle has stopped in a safe, level
area, retract the belt fully to c onvert it back to emergency lo cking
mode and then extend it around you again.
Always use the automatic locking mode to keep the child-restrai nt
system from shifting to an unsafe position in the event of an a ccident.
To enable seat belt automatic lo cking mode, pull it all the way out and
connect it as instructed on the child-restraint system. It will retract
down to the child-restraint system and stay locked on it. See t he sec-
tion on child restraint ( P. 44).
Emergency Locking Mode
Automatic Locking Mode (if equipped)

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Seat Belt
Position the lap belt as low as
possible, not on the abdominal
area, then adjust the shoulder belt
so that it fits snugly against your
body.
4-Door
Before fastening the rear seat
belt, make sure that the seat belt
passes through the seat belt
guide correctly and it is not
twisted.
Fastening the Seat Belt
Seat belt
tongue
Seat belt
buckle
Too high
Take up slack
Keep low on
hip bone
Seat belt guide

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Depress the button on the seat
belt buckle. If the belt does not
fully retract, pull it out and check
for kinks or twists. Then make
sure it remains untwisted as it
retracts.
If a belt does not fully retract, inspect it for kinks and twists. If it is still not
retracting properly, have it inspected at your Toyota dealer.
To r a i s e
To l o w e r
Make sure the adjuster is locked.
If it detects that the occupant seat belt is unfastened, the wa rning light
or beep alerts the occupant.
Refer to Taking Action on P. 496.
Refer to Seat Belt Warning Beep on P. 503.
Unfastening the Seat Belt
Button
Front Shoulder Belt Adjuster
1
2
Seat Belt Warning Systems

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Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting
Systems
◆Pretensioners
When a collision is detected, the pretensioners deploy simultan e-
ously with the air bags.
The pretensioners deploy simult aneously with the air bags when a
roll-over is also detected.
For deployment details, refer to the SRS Air Bag Deployment Cri te-
ria ( P. 78).
The front seat belt retractors remove slack quickly as the air bags
are expanding. Any time the air bags and seat belt pretensioners
have fired they must be replaced.
A system malfunction or operation conditions are indicated by a
warning.
Refer to Warning/Indi cator Lights on P. 173.
Refer to Air Bag/Front Seat Belt Pretensioner System Warning
Beep on P. 503.
In addition, the pretensioner system for the front passenger, l ike the
front and side passenger air bag, is designed to only deploy wh en
the front passenger occupant class ification sensor detects a pas-
senger sitting on the front passenger’s seat.
For details, refer to the front passenger occupant classificati on sen-
sor ( P. 8 2 ) .
For optimum protection, the d river and front passenger seat
belts are equipped with pretensi oner and load limiting systems.
For both these systems to work properly you must wear the seat
belt properly.

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◆Load limiter
The load limiting system releases belt webbing in a controlled man-
ner to reduce belt force on the occupant’s chest. While the mos t
severe load on a seat belt occurs in frontal collisions, the load lim-
iter has an automatic mechanical function and can activate in any
accident mode wi th sufficient occupant movement.
Even if the pretensioners have not fired, the load limiting fun ction
must be checked by your Toyota dealer.
● The pretensioner system may not operate depending on the type of the col-
lision. For details, refer to the SRS Air Bag Deployment Criter ia (P. 78)
● Some smoke (non-toxic gas) will be released when the air bags a nd preten-
sioners deploy. This does not indicate a fire. This gas normall y has no effect
on occupants, however, those with sensitive skin may experience light skin
irritation. If residue from the deployment of the air bags or the front preten-
sioner system gets on the skin or in the eyes, wash it off as s oon as possi-
ble.