
15Pictorial index
■Instrument panel
Engine switch ..................................................................... P.133
Starting the engine/changing the modes ......................... .... P.133
Emergency stop of the engin e ............................................. P.312
When the engine will not start ................................. ............. P.354
Warning messages ............................................... ............... P.330
Shift lever.................................................... ........................ P.137
Changing the shift position.................................... ............... P.137
Precautions for towing .. ....................................... ................ P.315
When the shift lever does not move............................. ........ P.139
Meters ............................................................................. P.72, 75
Reading the meters/adjusting the instrument panel light . P.72, 7 5
Warning lights/indicator lights ................................ ................ P.68
When a warning light turns on .................................. ........... P.320
Multi-information display . ............................................. P.77, 83
Display ........................................................ ..................... P.77, 83
When a warning message is displayed ............................ .... P.330 

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For safety and security
.1-1. For safe useBefore driving ................. 24
For safe driving .............. 25
Seat belts ....................... 27
SRS airbags ................... 31
Front passenger occupant  classification system .... 40
Exhaust gas precautions ..................................... 45
1-2. Child safety Riding with children ........ 46
Child restraint systems... 47
1-3. Emergency assistance Safety Connect .............. 60
1-4. Theft deterrent system Engine immobilizer system..................................... 64
Alarm.............................. 65
Theft prevention labels  (U.S.A.) ........................ 66 

251-1. For safe use
1
For safety and security
Adjust the angle of the seat-
back so that you are sitting 
straight up and so that you do 
not have to lean forward to 
steer. (P.107)
Adjust the seat so that you 
can depress the pedals fully 
and so that your arms bend 
slightly at the elbow when 
gripping the steering wheel. 
( P.107)
Lock the head restraint in 
place with the center of the 
head restraint closest to the 
top of your ears. ( P.107)
Wear the seat belt correctly. 
( P.27)
WARNING
■Before driving
●Check that the floor mat is 
securely fixed in the correct 
place with all the provided 
retaining hooks (clips). Be espe-
cially careful to perform this 
check after cleaning the floor.
●With the engine stopped and 
the shift lever in  P, fully depress 
each pedal to the floor to make 
sure it does not interfere with 
the floor mat.
For safe driving
For safe driving, adjust the 
seat and mirror to an appro-
priate position before driv-
ing.
Correct driving posture 

331-1. For safe use
1
For safety and security
Front impact sensors
Airbag sensor assembly
Your vehicle is equipped with ADVANCED AIRBAGS designed 
based on the US motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS208). The 
airbag sensor assembly (ECU) cont rols airbag deployment based on 
information obtained from the sensors etc. shown in the system 
components diagram above. This in formation includes crash sever-
ity and occupant information. As the airbags deploy, a chemical  
reaction in the inflators quickly  fills the airbags with non-toxic gas to 
help restrain the motion of the occupants.
■If the SRS airbags deploy 
(inflate)
●Slight abrasions,  burns, bruising 
etc., may be sustained from SRS 
airbags, due to the extremely high 
speed deployment (inflation) by 
hot gases.
●A loud noise and white powder will 
be emitted.
●Parts of the airbag module (steer-
ing wheel hub, airbag cover and 
inflator) as well as the front seats, 
parts of the front  and rear pillars, 
and roof side rails, may be hot for 
several minutes. T he airbag itself 
may also be hot.
●The windshield may crack.
●The brakes and st op lights will be 
controlled automatically. ( P.226)
●The interior lights will turn on auto-
matically. ( P.243)
●The emergency flashers will turn 
on automatically. ( P.312)
●Fuel supply to the engine will be 
stopped. (P.319)
●For Safety Connect subscribers, if 
any of the followin g situations 
occur, the system is designed to 
send an emergency call to the 
response center, notifying them of 
the vehicle’s location (without 
needing to push the “SOS” button) 
and an agent will attempt to speak 
with the occupants to ascertain  the level of emergency and assis-
tance required. If the occupants 
are unable to communicate, the 
agent automatically treats the call 
as an emergency and helps to dis-
patch the necessary emergency 
services. (
P. 6 0 )
• An SRS airbag is deployed.
• A seat belt pretensioner is acti- vated.
• The vehicle is involved in a severe  rear-end collision.
■SRS airbag deployment condi-
tions (SRS front airbags)
●The SRS front airbags will deploy 
in the event of an impact that 
exceeds the set  threshold level 
(the level of forc e corresponding 
to an approximately 12 - 18 mph 
[20 - 30 km/h] frontal collision with 
a fixed wall that does not move or 
deform).
However, this threshold velocity will 
be considerably higher in the follow-
ing situations:
• If the vehicle strikes an object,  such as a parked vehicle or sign 
pole, which can move or deform 
on impact
• If the vehicle is involved in an  underride collision, such as a colli-
sion in which the front of the vehi-
cle “underrides”, or goes under, 
the bed of a truck
●Depending on the type of collision, 
it is possible that only the seat belt 
pretensioners will activate. 

451-1. For safe use
1
For safety and security
Exhaust gas precau-
tions
Harmful substance to the 
human body is included in 
exhaust gases if inhaled.
WARNING
Exhaust gases include harmful 
carbon monoxide (CO), which is 
colorless and odorless. Observe 
the following precautions.
Failure to do so may cause 
exhaust gases enter the vehicle 
and may lead to an accident 
caused by light-headedness, or 
may lead to death or a serious 
health hazard.
■Important points while driving
●Keep the back door closed.
●If you smell exhaust gases in 
the vehicle even when the back 
door is closed, open the win-
dows and have the vehicle 
inspected at your Toyota dealer 
as soon as possible.
■When parking
●If the vehicle is in a poorly venti-
lated area or a closed area, 
such as a garage, stop the 
engine.
●Do not leave the vehicle with 
the engine on for a long time.
If such a situation cannot be 
avoided, park the vehicle in an 
open space and  ensure that 
exhaust fumes do not enter the 
vehicle interior.
●Do not leave the engine running 
in an area with snow build-up, 
or where it is snowing. If snow-
banks build up around the vehi-
cle while the engine is running, 
exhaust gases may collect and 
enter the vehicle.
■Exhaust pipe
The exhaust system needs to be 
checked periodically. If there is a 
hole or crack caused by corro-
sion, damage to a joint or abnor-
mal exhaust noise, be sure to 
have the vehicle inspected and 
repaired by your Toyota dealer. 

611-3. Emergency assistance
1
For safety and security
After you have signed the 
Telematics Subscription Service 
Agreement and are enrolled, 
you can begin receiving ser-
vices. 
A variety of subscription terms 
are available for purchase. Con-
tact your Toyota dealer, call the 
following appropriate Customer 
Experience Center or push the 
“SOS” button in your vehicle for 
further subscription details.
• The United States
1-800-331-4331
• Canada
1-888-869-6828
•Puerto Rico
1-877-855-8377
■Safety Connect Services Infor-
mation
●Phone calls using the vehicle’s 
Bluetooth® technology will not be 
possible when Safety Connect is 
active and in use.
●Safety Connect is available begin-
ning Fall 2009 on select Toyota 
models (in the contiguous United 
States only). Contact with the 
Safety Connect response center 
is dependent upon the telematics 
device being in operative condi-
tion, cellular connection availabil-
ity, and GPS satellite signal 
reception, which can limit the abil-
ity to reach the response center or 
receive emergency service sup-
port. Enrollment and Telematics 
Subscription Service Agreement 
are required. A variety of subscrip-
tion terms are available; charges 
vary by subscription term selected 
and location.
●Automatic Collision Notification, 
Emergency Assistance and Stolen 
Vehicle Location are available in 
the United States, including 
Hawaii and Alaska , Puerto Rico 
and Canada, and Enhanced 
Roadside Assist ance are avail-
able in the United  States, Puerto 
Rico and Canada.
●Automatic Collision Notification, 
Emergency Assistance, Stolen 
Vehicle and Enhanced Road 
Assistance are not available in the 
U.S. Virgin Islands.
For vehicles first sold in the U.S. 
Virgin Islands, no Safety Connect 
services will function in or outside 
the U.S. Virgin Islands.
●Safety Connect services are not 
subject to section  255 of the Tele-
communications Act and the 
device is not TTY compatible.
■Languages
The Safety Connect response cen-
ter will offer suppor t in multiple lan-
guages.
The Safety Connect system will 
offer voice prompts in English, 
Spanish, and French. Please indi-
cate your language of choice when 
enrolling.
■When contacting the response 
center
You may be unable to contact the 
response center if the network is 
busy.
When the engine switch is 
turned to ON, the red indicator 
light comes on for 2 seconds 
then turns off. Afterward, the 
green indicator light comes on, 
indicating that the service is 
active.
Subscription
Safety Connect LED light 
Indicators 

631-3. Emergency assistance
1
For safety and security
■Enhanced Roadside Assis-
tance
Enhanced Roadside Assistance 
adds GPS data to the already 
included warranty-based Toyota 
roadside service.
Subscribers can press the 
“SOS” button to reach a Safety 
Connect response-center agent, 
who can help with a wide range 
of needs, such as: towing, flat 
tire, fuel delivery, etc. For a 
description of the Enhanced 
Roadside Assistance services 
and their limitations, please see 
the Safety Connect Terms and 
Conditions, which are available 
at Toyota.com in the United 
States, Toyotapr.com in Puerto 
Rico and Toyota.ca in Canada.
Important! Read this informa-
tion before using Safety Con-
nect.
■Exposure to radio fre-
quency signals
The Safety Connect system 
installed in your vehicle is a 
low-power radio transmitter and 
receiver. It receives and also 
sends out radio frequency (RF) 
signals.
In August 1996, the Federal 
Communications Commission 
(FCC) adopted RF exposure 
guidelines with safety levels for  mobile wireless phones. Those 
guidelines are consistent with 
the safety standards previously 
set by the following U.S. and 
international standards bodies.
ANSI (American National 
Standards Institute) C95.1 
[1992]
 NCRP (National Council on 
Radiation Protection and 
Measurement) Report 86 
[1986]
 ICNIRP (International Com-
mission on Non-Ionizing Radi-
ation Protection) [1996]
Those standards were based on 
comprehensive and periodic 
evaluations of the relevant sci-
entific literature. Over 120 scien-
tists, engineers, and physicians 
from universities, and govern-
ment health agencies and 
industries reviewed the avail-
able body of research to 
develop the ANSI Standard 
(C95.1).
The design of Safety Connect 
complies with the FCC guide-
lines in addition to those stan-
dards.
■Free/Open Source Software 
Information
This product contains Free/Open 
Source Software (FOSS).
The license information and/or the 
source code of such FOSS can be 
found at the f ollowing URL.
https://opensource.lge.com/osSch/
list?types=ALL&search=TL21BNU
Safety information for 
Safety Connect 

641-4. Theft deterrent system
1-4.Theft deterrent system
The indicator light flashes after 
the engine switch has been 
turned off to indicate that the 
system is operating.
The indicator light stops flashing 
after the engine switch has been 
turned to ACC or ON to indicate 
that the system has been can-
celed.
■System maintenance
The vehicle has a mainte-
nance-free type engine immobilizer 
system.
■Conditions that may cause the 
system to malfunction
●If the grip portion  of the key is in 
contact with a  metallic object
●If the key is in close proximity to or 
touching a key to the security sys-
tem (key with a built-in transpon-
der chip) of another vehicle
Engine immobilizer 
system
The vehicle’s keys have 
built-in transponder chips 
that prevent the engine from 
starting if a key has not 
been previously registered 
in the vehicle’s on-board 
computer.
Never leave the keys inside 
the vehicle when you leave 
the vehicle.
This system is designed to 
help prevent vehicle theft 
but does not guarantee 
absolute security against all 
vehicle thefts.
Operating the system
NOTICE
■To ensure the system oper-
ates correctly
Do not modify or remove the sys-
tem. If modified or removed, the 
proper operation  of the system 
cannot be guaranteed.