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For your infor mation
Please note that this manual applies to all models and explains all equipment,
including  options.  Therefore,  you  may  find  explanations  for  equ ipment  not
installed on your vehicle and the illustrations used may differ from your vehi-
cle.
All  specifications  provided  in  this  manual  are  current  at  the  t ime  of  printing.
Over  time,  your  vehicle  may  receive  updates  that  modify  the  veh icle  and
make  material  in  this  manual  incomplete  and/or  inaccurate.  Beca use  of Toy-
ota’s  interest  in  continual  product  improvement,  Toyota  reserve s  the  right  to
make changes to this manual at any time without notice.
If Toyota chooses to update the manual, updated versions can be  viewed by
selecting  your  vehicle  by  model  and  year  at  the  following  URL  o r  on  your
mobile device if you have access to the Toyota app.
www.toyota.com/owners
Approximately  five  hours  after  the  hybrid  system  is  turned  off,   you  may  hear
sound coming from under the vehicle for several minutes. This i s the sound of
a fuel evaporation leakage check and, it does not indicate a ma lfunction.
A  wide  variety  of  non-genuine  spare  parts  and  accessories  for  T oyota  vehi-
cles are currently available in the market. You should know tha t Toyota does
not  warrant  these  products  and  is  not  responsible  for  their  per formance,
repair,  or  replacement,  or  for  any  damage  they  may  cause  to,  or  adverse
effect they may have on, your Toyota vehicle.
This vehicle should not be modified with non-genuine Toyota pro ducts. Modi-
fication with non-genuine Toyota products could affect its perf ormance, safety
or  durability,  and  may  even  violate  governmental  regulations.  In  addition,
damage or performance problems resulting from the modification may not be
covered under warranty.
Also,  remodeling  like  this  will  have  an  effect  on  advanced  safe ty  equipment
such  as  Toyota  Safety  Sense  2.0  and  there  is  a  danger  that  it  w ill  not  work
properly  or  the  danger  that  it  may  work  in  situations  where  it  should  not  be
working.
Main Owner’s Manual
Noise from under vehicle after turning off the hybrid system
Accessories, spare parts and m odification of your Toyota 

871-4. Hybrid system
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For safety and security
■Regenerative braking
In  the  following  situations,  kinetic  energy  is  converted  to  electric  energy  and
deceleration  force  can  be  obtained  in  conjunction  with  the  rech arging  of  the
hybrid battery (traction battery).
● The accelerator pedal is released while driving with the shift  position in D or
B.
● The brake pedal is depressed while driving with the shift posit ion in D or B.
■ Hybrid System Indicator
■ Conditions in which the gasoline engine may not stop
The gasoline engine starts and stops automatically. However, it  may not stop
automatically in the following conditions
*:
● During gasoline engine warm-up
● During hybrid battery (traction battery) charging
● When the temperature of the hybrid battery (traction battery) is high or low
● When the heater is switched on
*: Depending  on  the  circumstances,  the  gasoline  engine  may  also  not  stop
automatically in situations other than those above.
■ Charging the hybrid batt ery (traction battery)
As  the  gasoline  engine  charges  the  hybrid  battery  (traction  bat tery),  the  bat-
tery  does  not  need  to  be  charged  from  an  outside  source.  Howeve r,   i f   t h e
vehicle  is  left  parked  for  a  long  time  the  hybrid  battery  (trac tion  battery)  will
slowly  discharge.  For  this  reason,  be  sure  to  drive  the  vehicle   at  least  once
every  few  months  for  at  least  30  minutes  or  10  miles  (16  km).  I f  the  hybrid
battery (traction battery) becomes fully discharged and you are  unable to start
the hybrid system, contact your Toyota dealer. 
■ Charging the 12-volt battery
P. 648
■ After  the  12-volt  battery  has  discharged  or  when  the  terminal  h as  been
removed and installed during exchange, etc.
The  gasoline  engine  may  not  stop  even  if  the  vehicle  is  being  driven  by  the
hybrid battery (traction battery). If this continues for a few  days, contact your
Toyota dealer. Hybrid  System  Indicator  represents  the
hybrid  system  power  output  and  regener-
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Instrument cluster
The  meter  control  switches  equipped  on  the  steering  wheel  can  be
used to switch the screen displa y and change settings related to func-
tions displayed  on the screen.
Each  time  the  button  is
pressed,  the  mileage  display
switches  among  odometer,  trip
meters,  etc.,  and  the  fuel  con-
sumption  information  for  each
distance switches as well. 
(   P. 119)
Pressing , ,  or 
performs  such  operations  as
scrolling  the  screen
*,  switching
the contents of  the display
* and
moving the cursor.
This button is used to perform s uch operations as selecting the cur-
rent item or switching between on and off.
When pressed, the display returns to the previous screen.
*: On  screens  where  the  screen  can  be  scrolled  and  the  display  ca n  be
switched,  marks  are  displayed  to  indicate  the  direction  of  oper ation  (such
as   and  ).
Operations related to the combination meter
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When  the  switches  are  pressed,  the  instrument  cluster  light  changes
as follows.
The  instrument  cluster  brightness  levels  that  can  be  selected  differ
depending on whether the tail lights are on and surrounding bri ghtness lev-
els. ( P. 104)
Darker
Brighter
When  the  switches  are  pressed,
the  adjustment  level  check  screen
(pop-up  display
*)  is  displayed  on
the main display.
When the instrument cluster light is
adjusted,  the  brightness  of  the
instrument  panel  light  also
changes.
*: A short time after the operation is completed, the pop-up disp lay turns off.
Furthermore,  the  pop-up  display  can  be  turned  on  and  off  in  the   “Meter
Customize” settings. ( P. 153)
Instrument cluster light control
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2 

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Instrument cluster
To adjust the time, perform operations on the   screen (P.   1 4 4 )
of the multi-information display.
■Adjusting the time
Press    or    of  the  meter  cont rol  switches  on  the  steering
wheel and select  .
Press    or    of  the  meter  control  switches  and  select .
Press   to display the cursor.
Press    or    of  the
meter  control  switches  to
adjust  the  cursor  position,
and  then  press    or    to
change the setting.
When  the  12-hour  display  is
selected,  “12H”  is  displayed,
and when the 24-hour display is
selected, “24H” is displayed.
When  adjusting  minutes,  operation  automatically  starts  from  00  sec-
onds.
After changing the settings, press   to return to the previous s creen.
Clock adjustment
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Instrument cluster
■When disconnecting and reconnecting 12-volt battery terminals
The settings of the clock will be reset.
■ Calendar settings
●Until the calendar settings are set, the check screen is displa yed every time
the power switch is turned to ON mode.
● After  the  calendar  information  is  set,  it  can  be  changed  in  the  “Meter  Cus-
tomize” settings. ( P. 153)
■ When  the  menu  screen  on  the  navi gation  system  is  operated  (vehicles
with 11.6-inch display)
■ Liquid crystal display
Small  spots  or  light  spots  may  appear  on  the  display.  This  phen omenon  is
characteristic of liquid crystal displays, and there is no prob lem continuing to
use the display.
■ Pop-up display
Some  functions,  such  as  the  driving  mode  select  switch  and  air  conditioning
system,  are  operation-linked  and  display  pop-up  screens  on  the  multi-infor-
mation display. If the pop-up screens of these functions are not desired, they
can be turned off in the “Meter Customize” settings. ( P. 153)
If  calendar  recording  is interrupted due  to
replacement  of  the  12-volt  battery  or  12-
volt  battery  discharge,  etc.,  when  the
power  switch  is  turned  to  ON  mode  after
maintenance, the calendar settings check
screen  is  automatically  displayed  on  the
multi-information display.
●
If  date  information  is  not  set,  the  fuel
consumption  record  cannot  be  stored
correctly.  When  the  calendar  settings
check screen is displayed, make sure to
always set the settings. ( P. 151)
A pop-up display of the menu screen icon
is  displayed  on  the  multi-information  dis-
play.
*
*
: The  pop-up  display  on  the  navigation
system  can  be  turned  off  in  the  “Meter
Customize” settings. ( P. 153) 

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Instrument cluster
Each  time    is  pressed,  the  mileage  display  and  fuel  consumption
display change in the following order from 1 to 6.
Mileage display
Average  fuel  consumption  dis-
play
After  1  to  6  are  displayed,  the  dis-
plays return to 1.
Use  the  displayed  average  fuel
consumption as a reference.
Switching  the  mileage  display  and  average  fuel  consumption
display
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Instrument cluster
◆“Drive Monitor”
Displays  information  such  as  the  driving  time  and  average  vehicle
speed, which are linked with  the current mileage display. ( P. 119)
Current  contents  of  the  dis-
play
Displayed  information  shows
which  driving  record  the  cur-
rently  displayed  contents  are
based on.
“Elapsed Time”
“Average Speed”
“EV Driving Ratio”
For  the  displayed  distance  of  the  mileage  display,  the  percent  traveled
using only electric motor power is displayed.
Each  time    is  pressed,  the  mileage  display  ( P.   11 9 )   s w i t c h e s
and the contents of the “Dri ve monitor” change as follows.
*1: When the average fuel consumption is reset ( P. 120), the “Drive monitor”
display is also reset.
*2: When the trip meter is reset ( P. 120), the “Drive monitor” display is also
reset.
*3: This item is reset each time the hybrid system starts.
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2
3
4
Mileage displayContents of the “Drive monitor”
ODOAfter ResetInformation since last reset*1
TRIP ATRIP AInformation  based  on  driving  record  of
TRIP A
*2
TRIP BTRIP BInformation  based  on  driving  record  of
TRIP B
*2
After StartInformation  since  hybrid  system  was
started
*3
Blank screen
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