2884-5. Using the driving support systems
*: If equipped
Meter control switches
Turning the Blind Spot Monitor on/off.
Outside rear view mirror indica-
tors
When a vehicle is detected in a blind
spot of the outside rear view mirrors or
approaching rapidly from behind into a
blind spot, the outside rear view mirror
indicator on the detected side will illumi-
nate. If the turn signal lever is operated
toward the detected side, the outside
rear view mirror indicator flashes.
BSM indicator
Illuminates when the Blind Spot Monitor
is enabled
■Outside rear view mirror indicator visibility
In strong sunlight, the outside rear view
mirror indicator may be difficult to see.
■When “Blind Spot Monitor Unavail- able” is shown on the multi-infor-
mation display
Ice, snow, mud, etc., may be attached to the rear bumper around the sensors.
( P.300) The system should return to
normal operation after removing the ice,
snow, mud, etc. from the rear bumper. Additionally, the sensors may not oper-
ate normally when driving in extremely
hot or cold environments.
BSM (Blind Spot Moni-
tor)*
The Blind Spot Monitor is a
system that uses rear side
radar sensors installed on the
inner side of the rear bumper
on the left and right side to
assist the driver in confirming
safety when changing lanes.
WA R N I N G
■Cautions regarding the use of the system
The driver is solely responsible for
safe driving. Always drive safely, tak- ing care to observe your
surroundings.
The Blind Spot Monitor is a supple-
mentary function which alerts the
driver that a vehicle is in a blind spot of the outside rear view mirrors or is
approaching rapidly from behind into
a blind spot. Do not overly rely on the Blind Spot Monitor. As the function
cannot judge if it is safe to change
lanes, over reliance could lead to an accident resulting in death or serious
injury.
As the system may not function cor-
rectly under certain conditions, the
driver’s own visual confirmation of safety is necessary.
System components
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■When “Blind Spot Monitor Malfunc-
tion Visit Your Dealer” is shown on the multi-information display
There may be a sensor malfunction of
misaligned. Have the vehicle inspected by any authorized Toyota retailer or
Toyota authorized repairer, or any relia-
ble repairer.
■Customization
Some functions can be customized.
( P.577)
■Certification
3004-5. Using the driving support systems
Use the meter control switches to
turn on/off the function.
1 Press or to select .
2 Press or to select
and then press .
WA R N I N G
■To ensure the system can oper-
ate properly
Blind Spot Monitor sensors are installed behind the left and right
sides of the rear bumper respectively.
Observe the following to ensure the Blind Spot Monitor can operate cor-
rectly.
●Keep the sensors and the sur- rounding areas on the rear bumper
clean at all times.
If a sensor or its surrounding area on
the rear bumper is dirty or covered
with snow, the Blind Spot Monitor may
not operate and a warning message
( P.288) will be displayed. In this sit-
uation, clear off the dirt or snow and
drive the vehicle with the operation
conditions of the BSM function
( P.302) satisfied for approximately
10 minutes. If the warning message
does not disappear, have the vehicle
inspected by any authorized Toyota
retailer or Toyota authorized repairer,
or any reliable repairer.
●Do not attach accessories, stickers
(including transparent stickers), alu-
minum tape, etc. to a sensor or its surrounding area on the rear
bumper.
●Do not subject a sensor or its sur- rounding area on the rear bumper
to a strong impact.
If a sensor is moved even slightly off position, the system may mal-
function and vehicles may not be
detected correctly. In the following situations, have
your vehicle inspected by any
authorized Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized repairer, or any reliable
repairer.
• A sensor or its surrounding area is subject to a strong impact.
• If the surrounding area of a sensor is scratched or dented, or part of
them has become disconnected.
●Do not disassemble the sensor.
●Do not modify the sensor or sur- rounding area on the rear bumper.
●If a sensor or the rear bumper needs to be removed/installed or
replaced, contact any authorized
Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized repairer, or any reliable repairer.
●Do not paint the rear bumper any color other than an official Toyota
color.
Turning the Blind Spot Moni-
tor on/off
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• When an accessory (such as a bicycle
carrier) is installed to the rear of the vehicle
• When there is a significant difference
in height between your vehicle and the vehicle that enters the detection
area
• Immediately after the Blind Spot Moni- tor is turned on
●Instances of the Blind Spot Monitor unnecessarily detecting a vehicle
and/or object may increase in the fol-
lowing situations: • When the sensor is misaligned due to
a strong impact to the sensor or its
surrounding area • When the distance between your vehi-
cle and a guardrail, wall, etc. that
enters the detection area is short • When driving up and down consecu-
tive steep inclines, such as hills, dips
in the road, etc. • When vehicle lanes are narrow, or
when driving on the edge of a lane,
and a vehicle traveling in a lane other than the adjacent lanes enters the
detection area
• When driving on roads with sharp bends, consecutive curves, or uneven
surfaces
• When the tires are slipping or spinning • When the distance between your vehi-
cle and a following vehicle is short
• When an accessory (such as a bicycle carrier) is installed to the rear of the
vehicle
*: If equipped
■Types of sensors
Hatchback
Front corner sensors
Front center sensors
Rear corner sensors
Rear center sensors
Front side sensors (if equipped)
Rear side sensors (if equipped)
Toyota parking
assist-sensor*
The distance from your vehicle
to objects, such as a wall,
when parallel parking or
maneuvering into a garage is
measured by the sensors and
communicated via the
multi-information display,
head-up display (if equipped)
and a buzzer. Always check the
surrounding area when using
this system.
System components
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Wagon
Front corner sensors
Front center sensors
Rear corner sensors
Rear center sensors
Front side sensors (if equipped)
Rear side sensors (if equipped)
■Display
When the sensors detect an object,
such as a wall, a graphic is shown
on the multi-information display and
head-up display (if equipped)
depending on the position and dis-
tance to the object.
Multi-information display and
head-up display
Front corner sensor detection
Front center sensor detection
Front side sensor detection (if
equipped)*
Rear side sensor detection (if
equipped)*
Rear corner sensor detection
Rear center sensor detection
*: The side sensor displays are not
shown until a scan of the side areas
is completed.
Use the meter control switches to
enable/disable the Toyota parking
assist-sensor. ( P.100)
1 Press or to select .
2 Press or to select
and then press .
When the Toyota parking
assist-sensor function is disabled,
the Toyota parking assist-sensor
OFF indicator ( P.87) illuminates.
To re-enable the system when it
was disabled, select on the
multi-information di splay, select
and then On. If disabled using this
method, the sy stem will not be
re-enabled by turning the engine
switch off and then to ON.
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assist-sensor on/off
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■The system can be operated when
●The engine switch is in ON.
●Toyota parking assi st-sensor function
is on.
●The vehicle speed is less than about
10 km/h (6 mph).
●A shift lever other than P is selected.
●Steering wheel is turned approxi- mately 90° or more (Front side sen-
sors, rear side sensors) (if equipped)
■Object warning function (if
equipped)
When an object in the side areas is
within the vehicle co urse while the vehi-
cle is moving forward or backward, this function inform the driver by the display
and the buzzer.
WA R N I N G
■Cautions regarding the use of
the system
There is a limit to the degree of recog- nition accuracy and control perfor-
mance that this system can provide,
do not overly rely on this system. The driver is always responsible for paying
attention to the vehicle’ surroundings
and driving safely.
■To ensure the system can oper-
ate properly
Observe the following precautions. Failing to do so may result in the vehi-
cle being unable to be driven safely
and possibly cause an accident.
●Do not damage the sensors, and
always keep them clean.
●Do not attach a sticker or install an
electronic component, such as a backlit license plate (especially fluo-
rescent type), fog lights, fender pole
or wireless antenna near a radar sensor.
●Do not subject the surrounding area of the sensor to a strong impact. If
subjected to an impact, have the
vehicle inspected by any authorized Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized
repairer, or any reliable repairer. If
the front or rear bumper needs to be emoved/installed or replaced,
contact any authorized Toyota
retailer or Toyota authorized repairer, or any reliable repairer.
●Do not modify, disassemble or paint the sensors.
●Do not attach a license plate cover.
●Keep your tires properly inflated.
■When to disable the function
In the following situations, disable the
function as it may operate even though there is no possibility of a colli-
sion.
●Failing to observe the warnings above.
●A non-genuine Toyota suspension (lowered suspension, etc.) is
installed.
■Notes when washing the vehicle
Do not apply intensive bursts of water
or steam to the sensor area.
Doing so may result in the sensor
malfunctioning.
●When using a high pressure
washer to wash the vehicle, do not
spray the sensors directly, as doing so may cause a sensor to malfunc-
tion.
●When using steam to clean the
vehicle, do not direct steam too
close to the sensors as doing so may cause a sensor to malfunction.
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Object
Calculated vehicle course
■Object detection in side areas (if equipped)
●Objects in the side areas are detected while driving by scanning the side
areas with the side sensors. Recog-
nized objects are retained in memory for up to approximately 2 minutes.
●Objects may not be detected in the side areas until the scan completes.
After the engine switch is turned on,
scanning completes after driving the vehicle for a short period of time.
●When an object such as another vehi-cle, pedestrian or animal is detected
by the side sensors, the object may
continue to be detected even after it has left the side sensor detection
area.
■If “Parking Assist Unavailable
Please Clean Parking Assist Sen- sor” is displayed on the multi-infor-
mation display
A sensor may be covered with ice, snow, dirt, etc. Remove the ice, snow,
dirt, etc., from the sensor to return the
system to normal.
Also, due to ice forming on a sensor at
low temperatures, a warning message
may be displayed or the sensor may not be able to detect an object. Once the ice
melts, the system will return to normal.
■If “Parking Assist Unavailable” is
displayed on the multi-information display
●Water may be continuously flowing
over the sensor surface, such as in a heavy rain. When the system deter-
mines that it is normal, the system will
return to normal.
●Initialization may not have been per-
formed after a battery terminal was disconnected and reconnected. Initial-
ize the system. ( P.306)
If this message continues to be dis- played even after initialization, have
the vehicle inspected by any author-
ized Toyota retailer or Toyota author- ized repairer, or any reliable repairer.
■If a battery terminal has been dis-
connected and reconnected
The system needs to be initialized. To initialize the system, drive the vehicle
straight ahead for 5 seconds or more at
a speed of approximately 35 km/h (22 mph) or more.
■Sensor detection information
The following situations may occur dur-
ing use.
●The sensors may be able to only
detect objects near the front and rear bumpers.
●Depending on the shape of the object and other factors, the detection dis-
tance may shorten, or detection may
be impossible.
●If an object is extremely close to a
sensor, it may not be detected.
●There will be a short delay between
object detection and display. Even at low speeds, there is a possibility that
the object will come within the sen-
sor’s detection areas before the dis- play is shown and the warning beep
sounds.
●It might be difficult to hear the buzzer
due to the volume of the audio system
or air flow noise of the air conditioning
system.
●It may be difficult to hear the buzzer if
buzzers for other systems are sound- ing.
■Objects which the system may not
be properly detected
The shape of the object may prevent the
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sensor from detecting it. Pay particular
attention to the following objects:
●Wires, fences, ropes, etc.
●Cotton, snow and other materials that
absorb sound waves
●Sharply-angled objects
●Low objects
●Tall objects with upper sections pro-
jecting outwards in the direction of your vehicle
People may not be detected if they are
wearing certain types of clothing.
■Situations in which the system may not operate properly
Certain vehicle conditions and the sur-
rounding environment may affect the ability of a sensor to correctly detect
objects. Particular instances where this
may occur are listed below.
●There is dirt, snow or ice on a sensor.
(Cleaning the sensors will resolve this problem.)
●A sensor is frozen. (Thawing the area will resolve this problem.)
In especially cold weather, if a sensor
is frozen the sensor display may be displayed abnormally, or objects, such
as a wall, may not be detected.
●A sensor is covered in any way.
●When a sensor or the area around a sensor is extremely hot or cold.
●On an extremely bumpy road, on an
incline, on gravel, or on grass.
●When vehicle horns, vehicle detec-
tors, motorcycle engines, air brakes of large vehicles, the clearance sonar of
other vehicles or other devices which
produce ultrasonic waves are near the
vehicle
●A sensor is coated with a sheet of
spray or heavy rain.
●If objects draw too close to the sensor.
●When a pedestrian is wearing clothing that does not reflect ultrasonic waves
(ex. skirts with ga thers or frills).
●When objects that are not perpendicu-
lar to the ground, not perpendicular to
the vehicle traveling direction, une- ven, or waving are in the detection
range.
●Strong wind is blowing
●When driving in inclement weather such as fog, snow or a sandstorm
●When an object that cannot be detected is between the vehicle and a
detected object
●If an object such as a vehicle, motor-
cycle, bicycle or pedestrian cuts in
front of the vehicle or runs out from the side of the vehicle
●If the orientation of a sensor has been changed due to a collision or other
impact
●When equipment that may obstruct a
sensor is installed, such as a towing
eyelet, bumper protector (an addi- tional trim strip, et c.), bicycle carrier,or
snow plow
●If the front of the vehicle is raised or
lowered due to the carried load
●If the vehicle cannot be driven in a
stable manner, such as when the
vehicle has been in an accident or is malfunctioning
●When a tire chains, compact spare tire or an emergency tire puncture repair
kit is used
■Situations in which the system may
operate even if there is no possibil-
ity of a collision
In some situations, such as the follow-
ing, the system may operate even
though there is no possibility of a colli- sion.