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*: If equipped
1 Press the Automatic High Beam
switch.
2 Push the lever away from you
with the headlight switch in the
or position.
The Automatic High Beam indicator will
come on when the system is operating.
■Conditions to turn the high beams
on/off automatically
●When all of the following conditions
are met, the high beams will be turned on automatically (after approximately
1 second):
• The vehicle speed is approximately 40 km/h (25 mph) or more.
• The area ahead of the vehicle is dark.
• There are no vehicles ahead with headlights or tail lights turned on.
• There are few streetlights on the road
ahead.
●If any of the following conditions are
met, the high beams will turn off auto- matically:
• The vehicle speed is below approxi-
mately 30 km/h (19 mph). • The area ahead of the vehicle is not
dark.
• Vehicles ahead have their headlights or tail lights turned on.
• There are many streetlights on the
road ahead.
■Camera sensor detection informa-
tion
●The high beams may not be automati-
cally turned off in the following situa- tions:
• When a vehicle suddenly appears
from around a curve
Automatic High Beam*
The Automatic High Beam
uses a camera sensor located
behind the upper portion of the
windshield to assess the
brightness of the lights of vehi-
cles ahead, streetlights, etc.,
and automatically turns the
high beams on or off as neces-
sary.
WA R N I N G
■Limitations of the Automatic
High Beam
Do not overly rely on the Automatic High Beam. Always drive safely, tak-
ing care to observe your surroundings
and turning the high beams on or off manually if necessary.
■To prevent incorrect operation of the Automatic High Beam system
Do not overload the vehicle.
Activating the Automatic
High Beam
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• When the vehicle is cut in front of by
another vehicle • When vehicles ahead cannot be
detected due to repeated curves, road
dividers or roadside trees • When vehicles ahead appear in a far-
away lane on a wide road
• When the lights of vehicles ahead are not on
●The high beams may be turned off if a vehicle ahead that is using fog lights
without its headlights turned on is
detected.
●House lights, streetlights, traffic sig-
nals, and illuminated billboards or signs and other reflective objects may
cause the high beams to change to
the low beams, or the low beams to remain on.
●The following factors may affect the amount of time taken for the high
beams to turn on or off:
• The brightness of the headlights, fog lights, and tail lights of vehicles ahead
• The movement and direction of vehi-
cles ahead • When a vehicle ahead only has oper-
ational lights on one side
• When a vehicle ahead 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 in the vehicle
●The high beams may turn on or off
unexpectedly.
●Bicycles or similar vehicles may not
be detected.
●In the following sit uations the system
may not be able to correctly detect the
surrounding brightness level. This may cause the low beams to remain
on or the high beams to flash or daz-
zle pedestrians or vehicles ahead. In such a case, it is necessary to manu-
ally switch between the high and low
beams. • When driving in inclement weather
(heavy rain, snow, fog, sandstorms,
etc.)
• When the windshield is obscured by fog, mist, ice, dirt, etc.
• When the windshield is cracked or
damaged • When the camera sensor is deformed
or dirty
• When the temperature of the camera sensor is extremely high
• When the surrounding brightness
level is equal to that of headlights, tail lights or fog lights
• When headlights or tail lights of vehi-
cles ahead are turned off, dirty, chang- ing color, or not aimed properly
• When the vehicle is hit by water,
snow, dust, etc. from a preceding vehicle
• When driving through an area of inter-
mittently changing brightness and darkness
• When frequently and repeatedly driv-
ing ascending/descending roads, or roads with rough, bumpy or uneven
surfaces (such as stone-paved roads,
gravel roads, etc.) • When frequently and repeatedly tak-
ing curves or driving on a winding
road • When there is a highly reflective
object ahead of the vehicle, such as a
sign or mirror • When the back of a preceding vehicle
is highly reflective, such as a con-
tainer on a truck • When the vehicle’s headlights are
damaged or dirty, or are not aimed
properly • When the vehicle is listing or titling
due to a flat tire, a trailer being towed,
etc. • When the headlights are changed
between the high beams and low
beams repeatedly in an abnormal
manner • When the driver believes that the high
beams may be flashing or dazzling
pedestrians or other drivers
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■Switching to the low beams
Pull the lever to its original position.
The Automatic High Beam indicator will
turn off.
Push the lever away from you to acti-
vate the Automatic High Beam system
again.
■Switching to the high beams
Press the Automatic High Beam
switch.
The Automatic High Beam indicator will
turn off and the high beam indicator will
turn on.
Press the switch to activate the Auto-
matic High Beam system again.
*: If equipped
Adjusts the brightness and illumi-
nated area of the high beams
according to the vehicle speed.
Adjusts the intensity of the high
beams, while driving on a curve,
so that the area in the direction
that the vehicle is turning will be
illuminated more brightly than
other areas.
Operates the shaded high
beams so that the area around
Turning the high beams
on/off manually
AHS (Adaptive
High-beam System)*
The Adaptive High-beam Sys-
tem uses a camera sensor
located behind the upper por-
tion of the windshield to
assess the brightness of the
lights of vehicles ahead, street-
lights, etc., and automatically
controls the headlight light dis-
tribution as necessary.
WA R N I N G
■Limitations of the Adaptive High-beam System
Do not overly rely on the Adaptive
High-beam System. Always drive safely, taking care to observe your
surroundings and turning the high
beams on or off manually if neces- sary.
■To prevent incorrect operation of the Adaptive High-beam System
Do not overload the vehicle.
System functions
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vehicles ahead is partially not
illuminated while all other areas
continue to be illuminated with
the high beams.
The shaded high beams help optimize
forward visibility while reducing the daz-
zling effect on the drivers of vehicles
ahead.
Adjusts the distance that the low
beams are projected according
to the distance to a preceding
vehicle.
1 Press the Adaptive High-beam
System switch.
2 Push the lever away from you
with the headlight switch in the
or position.
The AHS indicator will come on when
the system is operating.
■Operating conditions of the Adap- tive High-beam System
●When all of the following conditions are met, the high beams will be turned
on automatically and the system will
operate: • The vehicle speed is approximately 60
km/h (38 mph) or more.
• The area ahead of the vehicle is dark.
●When all of the following conditions
are met, the shaded high beams will turn on and the distance that the low
beams are projected will be adjusted
automatically, depending on the loca- tion of vehicles ahead:
• The vehicle speed is approximately 60
km/h (38 mph) or more. • The area ahead of the vehicle is dark.
• There are vehicles ahead with head-
lights or tail lights turned on.
●If any of the following conditions are
met, the high beams or shaded high beams will be changed to the low
beams automatically:
• The vehicle speed is below approxi- mately 60 km/h (38 mph).
• The area ahead of the vehicle is not
dark.
• There are many vehicles ahead. • Vehicles ahead are moving quickly
and the high beams may blind the
drivers of the other vehicles.
■Camera sensor detection informa- tion
●The high beams may not be automati-cally changed to the shaded high
Activating the Adaptive
High-beam System
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beams in the following situations:
• When vehicles ahead suddenly appear from a curve
• When the vehicle is cut in front of by
another vehicle • When vehicles ahead are hidden from
sight due to repeated curves, road
dividers or roadside trees • When vehicles ahead appear from the
faraway lane on wide road
• When vehicles ahead have no lights
●The high beams may be changed to
the shaded high beams if a vehicle ahead that is using fog lights without
its headlights turned on is detected.
●House lights, streetlights, traffic sig-
nals, and illuminated billboards or
signs and other reflective objects may cause the high beams to change to
the shaded high beams, cause the
high beams not to change to the shaded high beams, or change the
area that is not illuminated.
●The following factors may affect the
amount of time taken to turn the high
beam on or off, or the speed by which the areas not illuminated change:
• The brightness of headlights, fog
lights, and tail lights of vehicles ahead • The movement and direction of vehi-
cles ahead
• When a vehicle ahead only has oper- ational lights on one side
• When a vehicle ahead 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
●The light distribution control of the
headlights may change unexpectedly.
●Bicycles or similar objects may not be detected.
●In the following sit uations the system may not be able to correctly detect the
surrounding brightness level. This
may cause the low beams to remain on or the high beams to flash or daz-
zle pedestrians or vehicles ahead. In
such a case, it is necessary to manu-
ally switch between the high and low beams.
• When driving in inclement weather
(heavy rain, snow, fog, sandstorms, etc.)
• When the windshield is obscured by
fog, mist, ice, dirt, etc. • When the windshield is cracked or
damaged
• When the camera sensor is deformed or dirty
• When the temperature of the camera
sensor is extremely high • When the surrounding brightness
level is equal to that of headlights, tail
lights or fog lights • When headlights or tail lights of vehi-
cles ahead are turned off, dirty, chang-
ing color, or not aimed properly • When the vehicle is hit by water,
snow, dust, etc. from a preceding
vehicle • When driving through an area of inter-
mittently changing brightness and
darkness • When frequently and repeatedly driv-
ing ascending/descending roads, or
roads with rough, bumpy or uneven surfaces (such as stone-paved roads,
gravel roads, etc.)
• When frequently and repeatedly tak- ing curves or driving on a winding
road
• When there is a highly reflective object ahead of the vehicle, such as a
sign or mirror
• When the back of a preceding vehicle is highly reflective, such as a con-
tainer on a truck
• When the vehicle’s headlights are damaged or dirty, or are not aimed
properly
• When the vehicle is listing or tilting
due to a flat tire, a trailer being towed, etc.
• When the headlights are changed
between the high beams and low beams repeatedly in an abnormal
manner
• When the driver believes that the high beams may be flashing or dazzling
pedestrians or other drivers
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• When the vehicle is used in an area in
which vehicles travel on the opposite side of the road of the country for
which the vehicle was designed, for
example using a vehicle designed for right-hand traffic in a left-hand traffic
area, or vice versa
■Customization
Some functions can be customized. ( P.577)
■Switching to the low beams
Pull the lever to its original position.
The AHS indicator will turn off.
Push the lever away from you to acti-
vate the Adaptive High-beam System
again.
■Switching to the high beams
Press the Adaptive High-beam Sys-
tem switch.
The AHS indicator will turn off and the
high beam indicator will turn on.
Press the switch to activate the Adap-
tive High-beam System again.
Turning the high beams
on/off manually
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Rear fog light switch
Turns the rear fog light on
Releasing the switch ring returns it
to .
Operating the switch ring again turns
the rear fog light off.
Front and rear fog light switch
1 Turns the front fog lights off
2 Turns the front fog lights on
3 Turns the front and rear fog
light on
Releasing the switch ring returns it to
.
Operating the switch ring again turns
only the rear fog light off.
■Fog lights can be used when
●Vehicles with a rear fog light switch
The headlights are turned on.
●Vehicles with a front and rear fog light
switch
Front fog lights: The headlights or the
front position lights are turned on.
Rear fog light: The headlights or the front fog lights are turned on.
Fog light switch
The fog lights secure excellent
visibility in difficult driving
conditions, such as in rain and
fog.
Operating instructions
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Operating the lever oper-
ates the wipers or washer as fol-
lows.
Intermittent windshield wipers
with interval adjuster
1 Intermittent windshield
wiper operation
2 Low speed windshield
wiper operation
3 High speed windshield
wiper operation
4 Temporary operation
Wiper intervals can be adjusted
when intermittent operation is
selected.
5 Increases the intermittent wind-
shield wiper frequency
6 Decreases the intermittent wind-
shield wiper frequency
7 Washer/wiper dual opera-
tion
Pulling the lever operates the wipers
and washer.
Wipers will automatical ly operate a cou-
ple of times after the washer squirts.
Vehicles with headlight cleaners: When
the headlights are on and the lever is
Windshield wipers and
washer
Operating the lever can use the
windshield wipers or the
washer.
NOTICE
■When the windshield is dry
Do not use the wipers, as they may
damage the windshield.
Operating the wiper lever