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*: If equipped
■PCS (Pre-Collision System)
P. 2 0 9
■LTA (Lane Tracing Assist)
P. 2 2 0
■AHB (Automatic High Beam)
P. 1 9 3
■RSA (Road Sign Assist) (if
equipped)
P. 2 4 4
■Dynamic radar cruise control
with full-speed range
P. 2 3 0
Two types of sensors, located
behind the front grille and wind-
shield, detect information neces-
sary to operate the drive assist
systems.
Radar sensor
Front camera
Toyota Safety Sense*
The Toyota Safety Sense con-
sists of the following drive
assist systems and contrib-
utes to a safe and comfortable
driving experience:
Driving assist system
WARNING
■Toyota Safety Sense
The Toyota Safety Sense is designed
to operate under the assumption that the driver will drive safely, and is designed to help reduce the impact to
the occupants and the vehicle in the case of a collision or assist the driver in normal driving conditions.
As there is a limit to the degree of rec- ognition 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’s surroundings
and driving safely.
Sensors
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*: If equipped
While driving on a road with clear
white (yellow) lane lines, the LTA
system warns the driver if the vehi-
cle may deviate from the current
lane or course*, and also can
slightly operate the steering wheel
to help avoid deviation from the
lane or course*. Also, while the
dynamic radar cruise control with
full-speed range is operating, this
system will operate the steering
wheel to maintain the vehicle’s lane
position.
The LTA system recognizes white
(yellow) lane lines or a course*
using the front camera. Additionally,
it detects preceding vehicles using
the front camera and radar.
*: Boundary between asphalt and the
side of the road, such as grass, soil,
or a curb
LTA (Lane Tracing
Assist)*
Summary of functions
WARNING
■Before using LTA system
●Do not rely solely upon the LTA sys-
tem. The LTA system does not automatically drive the vehicle or reduce the amount of attention that
must be paid to the area in front of the vehicle. The driver must always assume full responsibility for driving
safely by paying careful attention to the surrounding conditions and operating the steering wheel to cor-
rect the path of the vehicle. Also, the driver must take adequate breaks when fatigued, such as from
driving for a long period of time.
●Failure to perform appropriate driv-
ing operations and pay careful attention may lead to an accident, resulting in death or serious injury.
■Situations unsuitable for LTA system
In the following situations, use the LTA switch to turn the system off. Fail-ure to do so may lead to an accident,
resulting in death or serious injury.
●Vehicle is driven on a road surface
which is slippery due to rainy weather, fallen snow, freezing, etc.
●Vehicle is driven on a snow-cov-ered road.
●White (yellow) lines are difficult to see due to rain, snow, fog, dust, etc.
●Vehicle is driven in a temporary lane or restricted lane due to con-
struction work.
●Vehicle is driven in a construction
zone.
●A spare tire, tire chains, etc., are
equipped.
●When the tires have been exces-
sively worn, or when the tire infla- tion pressure is low.
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side of the road, such as grass, soil,
or a curb
■Vehicle sway warning function
When the vehicle is swaying within
a lane, the warning buzzer will
sound and a message will be dis-
played on the multi-information dis-
play to alert the driver.
■Lane centering function
This function is linked with dynamic
radar cruise control with full-speed
range and provides the required
assistance by operating the steer-
ing wheel to keep the vehicle in its
current lane.
When dynamic radar cruise control with
full-speed range is not operating, the
lane centering function does not oper-
ate.
In situations where the white (yellow)
lane lines are difficult to see or are not
visible, such as when in a traffic jam,
this function will operate to help follow a
preceding vehicle by monitoring the
position of the preceding vehicle.
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• LTA is turned on.
• Vehicle speed is approximately 50
km/h (32 mph) or more.*1
• System recognizes white (yellow) lane
lines or a course*2. (When a white
[yellow] line or course*2 is recognized on only one side, the system will oper-
ate only for the recognized side.) • Width of traffic lane is approximately 3 m (9.8 ft.) or more.
• Turn signal lever is not operated.
(Vehicle with BSM: Except when
another vehicle is in the lane on the side
where the turn signal was operated)
• Vehicle is not being driven around a sharp curve.
• No system malfunctions are detected. ( P.229)*1: The function operates even if the
vehicle speed is less than approxi-
mately 50 km/h (32 mph) when the
lane centering function is operating.
*2: Boundary between asphalt and the
side of the road, such as grass, soil,
or a curb
●Steering assist function
This function operates when all of the
following conditions are met in addition
to the operation conditions for the lane
departure alert function.
• Vehicle is not accelerated or deceler- ated by a fixed amount or more.
• Steering wheel is not operated with a steering force level suitable for chang-ing lanes.
• ABS, VSC, TRC and PCS are not operating.• TRC or VSC is not turned off.
• Hands off steering wheel warning is not displayed. ( P.228)
●Vehicle sway warning function
This function operates when all of the
following conditions are met.
• Setting for “Sway Warning” in of
the multi-information display is set to
“ON”. ( P.431) • Vehicle speed is approximately 50
km/h (32 mph) or more. • Width of traffic lane is approximately 3 m (9.8 ft.) or more.
• No system malfunctions are detected. ( P.229)
●Lane centering function
This function operates when all of the
following conditions are met.
• LTA is turned on.
• Setting for “Lane Center” in of the
multi-information display is set to “ON”
( P.431) • This function recognizes white (yel- low) lane lines or the position of a pre-
ceding vehicle (except when the preceding vehicle is small, such as a motorcycle).
• The dynamic radar cruise control with full-speed range is operating in vehi-cle-to-vehicle distance control mode.
• Width of traffic lane is approximately 3 to 4 m (10 to 13 ft.).• Turn signal lever is not operated.
• Vehicle is not being driven around a sharp curve.• No system malfunctions are detected.
( P.229) • Vehicle does not accelerate or decel-erate by a fixed amount or more.
• Steering wheel is not operated with a steering force level suitable for chang-ing lanes.
• ABS, VSC, TRC and PCS are not operating.• TRC or VSC is not turned off.
• Hands off steering wheel warning is not displayed. ( P.228) • The vehicle is being driven in the
center of a lane. • Steering assist function is not operat-ing.
■Temporary cancelation of functions
●When operation conditions are no lon-ger met, a function may be temporar-
ily canceled. However, when the operation conditions are met again, operation of the function is automati-
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In vehicle-to-vehicle distance con-
trol mode, the vehicle automati-
cally accelerates, decelerates and
stops to match the speed changes
of the preceding vehicle even if the
accelerator pedal is not depressed.
In constant speed control mode,
the vehicle runs at a fixed speed.
Use the dynamic radar cruise con-
trol with full-speed range on free-
ways and highways.
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance con-
trol mode ( P.233)
Constant speed control mode
( P.237)
■Meter display
Multi-information display
Set speed
Indicators
■Operation switches
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance
switch
“+RES” switch
Cancel switch
“-SET” switch
Cruise control main switch
Dynamic radar cruise
control with full-speed
range*
Summary of functions
System components
WARNING
■Before using dynamic radar cruise control with full-speed range
●Driving safely is the sole responsi-bility of the driver. Do not rely solely on the system, and drive safely by
always paying careful attention to your surroundings.
●The dynamic radar cruise control with full-speed range provides driv-ing assistance to reduce the
driver’s burden. However, there are limitations to the assistance pro-vided.
Read the following conditions care-
fully. Do not overly rely on this system
and always drive carefully.
• When the sensor may not be cor-
rectly detecting the vehicle ahead: P.240
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WARNING
■Situations unsuitable for dynamic radar cruise control
with full-speed range
Do not use dynamic radar cruise con- trol with full-speed range in any of the
following situations. Doing so may result in inappropriate speed control and could cause an accident resulting
in death or serious injury.
●Roads where there are pedestrians,
cyclists, etc.
●In heavy traffic
●On roads with sharp bends
●On winding roads
●On slippery roads, such as those
covered with rain, ice or snow
●On steep downhills, or where there
are sudden changes between sharp up and down gradients
Vehicle speed may exceed the set
speed when driving down a steep hill.
●At entrances to freeways and high- ways
●When weather conditions are bad enough that they may prevent the
sensors from detecting correctly (fog, snow, sandstorm, heavy rain, etc.)
●When there is rain, snow, etc., on the front surface of the radar or
front camera
●In traffic conditions that require fre-
quent repeated acceleration and deceleration
●When your vehicle is towing a trailer (vehicles with towing pack-ages) or during emergency towing
●When an approach warning buzzer is heard often
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When the turn signal lever is operated and your vehicle moves t o an overtaking lane
while driving at 80 km/h (50 mph) or more, the vehicle will acc elerate to help to over-
take a passing vehicle.
The system’s identification of what is an overtaking lane may b e determined solely
based on the location of the steering wheel in the vehicle (lef t side driver position
versus right side driver position.) If the vehicle is driven to a region where the over-
taking lane is on a different side from where the vehicle is no rmally driven, the vehi-
cle may accelerate when the turn signal lever is operated in th e opposite direction to
the overtaking lane (e.g., if the driver normally operates the vehicle in a region
where the overtaking lane is to the right but then drives to a region where the over-
taking lane is to the left, the vehicle may accelerate when the right turn signal is acti-
vated).
Example of acceleration
When there are no longer any preceding vehicles driving slower than the
set speed
The system accelerates until the set speed is reached. The syst em then returns to
constant speed cruising.
1 Press the cruise control main
switch to activate the cruise con-
trol.
Dynamic radar cruise control indicator will come on and a message will be dis-played on the multi-information display.
Press the switch again to deactivate the cruise control.
If the cruise control main switch is
pressed and held for 1.5 seconds or more, the system turns on in constant
speed control mode. ( P.237)
“Radar Ready”
2 Accelerate or decelerate, with
accelerator pedal operation, to
the desired vehicle speed (at or
above approximately 30 km/h
[20 mph]) and press the “-SET”
switch to set the speed.
Cruise control “SET” indicator will come on.
The vehicle speed at the moment the
switch is released becomes the set
Setting the vehicle speed
(vehicle-to-vehicle distance
control mode)
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1Pressing the cancel switch can-
cels the speed control.
The speed control is also canceled
when the brake pedal is depressed.
(When the vehicle has been stopped by
system control, depressing the brake
pedal does not cancel the setting.)
2 Pressing the “+RES” switch
resumes the cruise control and
returns vehicle speed to the set
speed.
When your vehicle is too close to a
vehicle ahead, and sufficient auto-
matic deceleration via the cruise
control is not possible, the display
will flash and the buzzer will sound
to alert the driver. An example of
this would be if another driver cuts
in front of you while you are follow-
ing a vehicle. Depress the brake
pedal to ensure an appropriate
vehicle-to-vehicle distance.
■Warnings may not occur when
In the following instances, warnings
may not occur even when the vehi-
cle-to-vehicle distance is small.
When the speed of the preceding
vehicle matches or exceeds your
vehicle speed
When the preceding vehicle is
traveling at an extremely slow
speed
Immediately after the cruise con-
trol speed was set
When depressing the accelerator
pedal
When constant speed control mode
is selected, your vehicle will main-
tain a set speed without controlling
the vehicle-to-vehicle distance.
Select this mode only when vehi-
cle-to-vehicle distance control
mode does not function correctly
due to a dirty radar, etc.
1 With the cruise control off, press
and hold the cruise control main
switch for 1.5 seconds or more.
Canceling and resuming the
speed control
Approach warning (vehicle-
to-vehicle distance control
mode)
Selecting constant speed
control mode