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Driving
Driving
.4-1. Before driving 
Driving the vehicle ............ 161 
Cargo and luggage ........... 168 
Trailer towing .................... 170 
4-2. Driving procedures 
Engine (ignition) switch (vehi- 
cles without a smart entry & 
start system) ................... 177 
Engine (ignition) switch (vehi- 
cles with a smart entry & start 
system) ........................... 178 
Multidrive .......................... 182 
Manual transmission ......... 186 
Turn signal lever ............... 189 
Parking brake ................... 189 
Brake Hold ........................ 192 
4-3. Operating the lights and wip- 
ers 
Headlight switch ............... 195 
Automatic High Beam ....... 199 
AHS (Adaptive High-beam  
System) .......................... 201 
Fog light switch ................. 205 
Windshield wipers and washer 
....................................... 206 
Rear window wiper and washer 
....................................... 209 
4-4. Refueling 
Opening the fuel tank cap 
....................................... 211 
4-5. Using the driving support  
systems 
Toyota Safety Sense......... 213 
PCS (Pre-Collision System) 
........................................ 224 
LTA (Lane Tracing Assist) 
........................................ 231 
LDA (Lane Departure Alert with  
steering control) .............. 241 
Dynamic radar cruise control  
with full-speed range ...... 249 
Dynamic radar cruise control 
........................................ 260 
Cruise control.................... 271 
Speed limiter ..................... 273 
RSA (Road Sign Assist) .... 276 
Stop & Start system .......... 280 
BSM (Blind Spot Monitor) 
........................................ 288 
Toyota parking assist-sensor 
........................................ 303 
RCTA (Rear Crossing Traffic  
Alert) function ................. 312 
PKSB (Parking Support Brake) 
........................................ 317 
Parking Support Brake function  
(static objects) ................ 324 
Parking Support Brake function  
(rear-crossing vehicles) .. 327 
S-IPA (Simple Intelligent Park- 
ing Assist  System) .......... 329 
Driving mode select switch 
........................................ 355 
Exhaust Gas Filter system 
........................................ 356 
Driving assist systems ...... 357 

1624-1. Before driving
Vehicles with a smart entry &  
start system: Press the engine 
switch to stop the engine. 
4 Slowly release the brake pedal. 
5 Lock the door, making sure that  
you have the key on your per-
son.
If parking on a hill, block the wheels as  
needed.
Manual transmission 
1 While depressing the clutch  
pedal, depress the brake pedal. 
2 If the parking brake is in manual  
mode, set the parking brake. 
( P.189)
Check that the parking brake indicator  
is illuminated.
3 Shift the shift lever to N.  
( P.186)
If parking on a hill, shift the shift lever to  
1 or R and block the wheels as needed.
4 Vehicles without a smart entry &  
start system: Turn the engine 
switch to OFF to stop the 
engine.
Vehicles with a smart entry & 
start system: Press the engine 
switch to stop the engine. 
5 Slowly release the brake pedal. 
6 Lock the door, making sure that  
you have the key on your per-
son.
■Starting off on a steep uphill
Multidrive 
1 Make sure that the parking  
brake is set and shift the shift 
lever to D. 
2 Gently depress the accelerator  
pedal. 
3 Release the parking brake.
Manual transmission 
1 Make sure that the parking  
brake is set and shift the shift 
lever to 1. 
2 Lightly depress the accelerator  
pedal at the same time as grad-
ually releasing the clutch pedal. 
3 Release the parking brake.
■Driving in the rain
●Drive carefully when it is raining,  
because visibility will be reduced, the 
windows may become fogged-up, and  the road will be slippery.
●Drive carefully when it starts to rain, because the road surface will be  
especially slippery.
●Refrain from high speeds when driv-
ing on an expressway in the rain, 
because there may be a layer of water  between the tires and the road sur- 
face, preventing the steering and 
brakes from operating properly.
■Engine speed while driving (vehi-
cles with a Multidrive) 
In the following conditions, the engine  
speed may become high while driving. 
This is due to automatic up-shifting con- trol or down-shifting implementation to  
meet driving conditions. It does not indi-
cate sudden acceleration.
●The vehicle is judged to be driving 
uphill or downhill
●When the accelerator pedal is 
released
●When the brake pedal is depressed 
while Sport mode is selected
■Restraining the engine output  (Brake Override System)
●When the accelerator and brake ped- 

1664-1. Before driving
WA R N I N G
●Do not attach adhesive discs to the  
windshield or windows. Do not 
place containers such as air fresh- eners on the instrument panel or  
dashboard. Adhesive discs or con-
tainers may act as lenses, causing  a fire in the vehicle.
●Do not leave a door or window  
open if the curved glass is coated  with a metallized film such as a sil- 
ver-colored one. Reflected sunlight 
may cause the glass to act as a  lens, causing a fire.
●Always apply the parking brake, shift the shift lever to P (vehicles  
with a Multidrive), stop the engine 
and lock the vehicle. Do not leave the vehicle unat- 
tended while the engine is running.
If the vehicle is parked with the shift  lever in P but the parking brake is  
not set, the vehicl e may start to  
move, possibly leading to an acci- dent.
●Do not touch the exhaust pipes while the engine is running or  
immediately after turning the engine 
off. Doing so may cause burns.
■When taking a nap in the vehicle 
Always turn the engine off. Otherwise,  
if you accidentally move the shift lever 
or depress the accelerator pedal, this  could cause an accident or fire due to  
engine overheating. Additionally, if the 
vehicle is parked in a poorly ventilated  area, exhaust gases may collect and  
enter the vehicle, leading to death or 
a serious health hazard.
■When braking
●When the brakes are wet, drive 
more cautiously.
Braking distance increases when  the brakes are wet, and this may  
cause one side of the vehicle to 
brake differently than the other  side. Also, the parking brake may  
not securely hold the vehicle.
●If the brake booster device does not 
operate, do not follow other vehi-
cles closely and avoid hills or sharp  turns that require braking. 
In this case, braking is still possible, 
but the brake pedal should be  depressed more firmly than usual.  
Also, the braking distance will 
increase. Have your brakes fixed  immediately.
●Do not pump the brake pedal if the engine stalls. 
Each push on the brake pedal uses 
up the reserve for the  power-assisted brakes.
●The brake system consists of 2 indi-vidual hydraulic systems; if one of  
the systems fails, the other will still 
operate. In this case, the brake  pedal should be depressed more  
firmly than usual and the braking 
distance will increase. Have your  brakes fixed immediately.
■If the vehicle becomes stuck 
Do not spin the wheels excessively  
when a driven wheel is up in the air, 
or the vehicle is stuck in sand, mud,  etc. This may damage the driveline  
components or propel the vehicle for-
ward or backward, causing an acci-
dent. 

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4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Driving
The lights are turned off in the fol- 
lowing situations. 
 The engine switch is turned to  
ON. 
 The light switch is turned on. 
 The light switch is pulled toward  
you and then released. 
The level of the headlights can be  
adjusted according to the number 
of passengers and the loading con-
dition of the vehicle. 
1 Raises the level of the head- 
lights 
2 Lowers the level of the head- 
lights
■Guide to dial settings
Hatchback (vehicles without a  
rear window wiper)
Hatchback (vehicles with a rear 
window wiper)
Manual headlight leveling  
dial (if equipped)
Occupancy and luggage  
load conditionsDial position
OccupantsLuggage 
load
DriverNone0
Driver and 
front pas-
senger
None0
All seats 
occupiedNone1.5
All seats 
occupied
Full lug-
gage load-
ing
3.5
Driver
Full lug-
gage load-
ing
4
Occupancy and luggage 
load conditionsDial position
OccupantsLuggage 
load
DriverNone0
Driver and 
front pas-
senger
None0
All seats 
occupiedNone1.5 

1984-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Wagon (vehicles without a rear  
window wiper)
Wagon (vehicles with a rear win-
dow wiper)
All seats  
occupied
Full lug-
gage load-
ing
2.5
Driver
Full lug-
gage load-
ing
4
Occupancy and luggage 
load conditionsDial position
OccupantsLuggage 
load
DriverNone0
Driver and 
front pas-
senger
None0
All seats 
occupiedNone1.5
All seats 
occupied
Full lug-
gage load-
ing
3
Driver
Full lug-
gage load-
ing
4
Occupancy and luggage 
load conditionsDial position
OccupantsLuggage 
load
Occupancy and luggage 
load conditionsDial position
OccupantsLuggage 
load
DriverNone0
Driver and 
front pas-
senger
None0
All seats 
occupiedNone1.5
All seats 
occupied
Full lug-
gage load-
ing
2.5
Driver
Full lug-
gage load-
ing
3.5 

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4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Driving
*: If equipped
Operating the   switch oper- 
ates the rear wiper as follows: 
1  Intermittent window wiper  
operation 
2  Normal window wiper oper- 
ation 
3 Washer/wiper dual opera- 
tion
Pushing the lever operates the wiper  
and washer. 
The wiper will automatically operate a  
couple of times after the washer squirts.
■The rear window wiper and washer  
can be operated when 
The engine switch is in ON.
■If no windshield washer fluid  
sprays 
Check that the washer nozzle is not  blocked if there is washer fluid in the  
windshield washer fluid reservoir.
■Back door opening linked rear win-
dow wiper stop function 
When the rear window wiper are operat- 
ing, if a back door is opened while the 
vehicle is stopped, operation of the rear  window wiper will be stopped to prevent  
anyone near the vehicle from being 
sprayed by water from the wiper. When  the back door is closed, wiper operation  
will resume.
Rear window wiper and  
washer*
Operating the lever can use the  
rear window wiper or the 
washer.
NOTICE
■When the rear window is dry 
Do not use the wiper, as it may dam- 
age the rear window.
Operating instructions
NOTICE
■When the washer fluid tank is 
empty 
Do not operate the switch continually  
as the washer fluid pump may over-
heat. 

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4-4. Refueling
Driving
4-4.Refueling
 Turn the engine switch off and  
ensure that all the doors and 
windows are closed. 
 Confirm the type of fuel.
■Fuel types 
 P.576
■Fuel tank opening for unleaded  
gasoline 
To help prevent incorrect fueling, your  vehicle has a fuel tank opening that only  
accommodates the special nozzle on 
unleaded fuel pumps.
Opening the fuel tank  
cap
Perform the following steps to  
open the fuel tank cap:
Before refueling the vehicle
WA R N I N G
■When refueling the vehicle 
Observe the following precautions  
while refueling the vehicle. Failure to 
do so may result in death or serious  injury.
●After exiting the vehicle and before opening the fuel door, touch an  
unpainted metal surface to dis-
charge any static electricity. It is  important to discharge static elec- 
tricity before refueling because 
sparks resulting from  static electric- ity can cause fuel vapors to ignite  
while refueling.
●Always hold the grips on the fuel  tank cap and turn it slowly to  
remove it.
A whooshing sound may be heard  when the fuel tank cap is loosened.  
Wait until the sound cannot be 
heard before fully removing the  cap. In hot weather, pressurized  
fuel may spray out the filler neck 
and cause injury.
●Do not allow anyone that has not 
discharged static electricity from  their body to come close to an open  
fuel tank.
●Do not inhale vaporized fuel.
Fuel contains substances that are 
harmful if inhaled.
●Do not smoke while refueling the 
vehicle. Doing so may cause the fuel to  
ignite and cause a fire.
●Do not return to the vehicle or touch 
any person or object that is stati-
cally charged. This may cause static electricity to  
build up, resulting in a possible igni-
tion hazard.
■When refueling 
Observe the following precautions to  prevent fuel overflowing from the fuel  
tank:
●Securely insert the fuel nozzle into 
the fuel filler neck.
●Stop filling the tank after the fuel 
nozzle automatically clicks off.
●Do not top off the fuel tank. 

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4-5. Using the driving support systems
Driving
WA R N I N G
●Do not attach ob jects, such as  
stickers, transparent stickers, etc., 
to the outer side of the windshield in  front of the front camera (shaded  
area in the illustration). 
From the top of the windshield to  
approximately 1 cm (0.4 in.) below  
the bottom of the front camera 
Approximately 20 cm (7.9 in.)  
(Approximately 10 cm [4.0 in.] to  
the right and left from the center of 
the front camera)
●If the part of the windshield in front  
of the front camera is fogged up or 
covered with condensation, or ice,  use the windshield defogger to  
remove the fog, condensation, or 
ice. (P.424, 429)
●If water droplets cannot be properly 
removed from the area of the wind- shield in front of the front camera by  
the windshield wipers, replace the 
wiper insert or wiper blade.
●Do not attach window tint to the 
windshield.
●Replace the windshield if it is dam-
aged or cracked. After replacing the windshield, the  
front camera must  be recalibrated.  
Contact any authorized Toyota  retailer or Toyota authorized  
repairer, or any reliable repairer for 
details.
●Do not allow liquids to contact the 
front camera.
●Do not allow bright lights to shine  into the front camera.
●Do not dirty or damage the front camera. 
When cleaning the inside of the 
windshield, do not allow glass  cleaner to contact the lens of the  
front camera. Also, do not touch the 
lens. If the lens is dirty or damaged, con- 
tact any authorized Toyota retailer 
or Toyota authorized repairer, or  any reliable repairer.
●Do not subject the front camera to a strong impact.
●Do not change the installation posi-tion or direction of the front camera  
or remove it.
●Do not disassemble the front cam-
era.
●Do not modify any components of 
the vehicle around the front camera 
(inside rear view mirror, etc.) or ceil- ing.
●Do not attach any accessories to the hood, front grille or front bumper  
that may obstruct the front camera. 
Contact any authorized Toyota  retailer or Toyota authorized  
repairer, or any reliable repairer for 
details.
●If a surfboard or other long object is 
to be mounted on the roof, make  sure that it will not obstruct the front  
camera.
●Do not modify the headlights or 
other lights.