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3-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
■Close
Lower the back door using a back
door handle, and then push the
back door from the outside to close
it.
Be careful not to pull the back door
sideways when closing the back
door with the handle.
■Open door warning buzzer
 P. 1 3 8
■Luggage compartment light
●The luggage compartment light turns
on when the back door is opened.
●If the luggage compartment light is left
on when the power switch is turned off, the light will go off automatically after 20 minutes.
■Using the wireless remote
control
Press and hold the switch.*
A buzzer sounds and the power back
door automatically opens/closes.
Unlock the back door before operating.
Pressing the switch while the power
back door is opening/closing stops the
NOTICE
■Back door damper stays
The back door is equipped with
damper stays that hold the back door in place.Observe the following precautions.
Failure to do so may cause damage to the back door damper stay, result-ing in malfunction.
●Do not attach any foreign objects, such as stickers, plastic sheets, or
adhesives to the damper stay rod.
●Do not touch the damper stay rod
with gloves or other fabric items.
●Do not attach any accessories
other than genuine Toyota parts to the back door.
●Do not place your hand on the damper stay or apply lateral forces to it.
Opening/closing the back
door (vehicles with power
back door)

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installed/removed near the rear
bumper
●When the vehicle is being towed
To prevent unintentional operation, turn
the Hands Free Power Back Door (kick
sensor) operation setting off. ( P.151)
■When reconnecting the 12-volt bat-
tery
To enable the power back door to oper- ate properly, close the back door manu-
ally.
■Customization
Settings (e.g. power back door opening angle) can be changed. (Customizable
features: P.494)
WARNING
■Back door closer
●In the event that the back door is
left slightly open, the back door closer will automatically close it to the fully closed position. It takes
several seconds before the back door closer begins to operate. Be careful not to catch fingers or any-
thing else in the back door, as this may cause bone fractures or other serious injuries.
●Use caution when using the back door closer as it still operates when
the power back door system is can- celed.
■Power back door
Observe the following precautions when operating the power back door.
Failure to do so may cause death or serious injury.
●Check the safety of the surrounding
area to make sure there are no obstacles or anything that could cause any of your belongings to get
caught.
●If anyone is in the vicinity, make
sure they are safe and let them know that the back door is about to open or close.
●If the power back door system is turned off while the back door is
operating automatically, the auto- matic operation is stopped. The back door then has to be operated
manually. Take extra care when on an incline, as the back door may open or close unexpectedly.
●If the operating conditions of the power back door are no longer met,
a buzzer may sound and the back door may stop opening or closing. The back door then has to be oper-
ated manually. Take extra care when on an incline, as the back door may open or close abruptly.
●On an incline, the back door may suddenly shut after it opens. Make
sure the back door is fully open and secure.

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Before driving
WARNING
●In the following situations, the power back door may detect an
abnormality and automatic opera- tion may be stopped. In this case, the back door has to be operated
manually. Take extra care when on an incline, as the back door may open or close abruptly.
• When the back door contacts an obstacle
• When the 12-volt battery voltage
suddenly drops, such as when the power switch is turned to ON or the hybrid system is started during
automatic operation
●If a bicycle carrier or similar heavy
object is attached to the back door, it may suddenly shut again after being opened, causing someone’s
hands, head or neck to be caught and injured. When installing an accessory part to the back door,
using a genuine Toyota part is rec- ommended.
■Jam protection function
Observe the following precautions. Failure to do so may cause death or
serious injury.
●Never use any part of your body to intentionally activate the jam pro-
tection function.
●The jam protection function may not
work if something gets caught just before the back door fully closes. Be careful not to catch fingers or
anything else.
●The jam protection function may not
work depending on the shape of the object that is caught. Be careful not to catch fingers or anything else.
■Hands Free Power Back Door
Observe the following precautions when operating the Hands Free
Power Back Door. Failure to do so may cause death or serious injury.
●Check the safety of the surrounding area to make sure there are no obstacles or anything that could
cause any of your belongings to get caught.
●When putting your foot near the lower center part of the rear bumper and moving it from the rear bumper,
be careful not to touch the exhaust pipes until they have cooled down sufficiently, as touching hot exhaust
pipes can cause burns.
●Do not leave the electronic key
within the effective range (detection area) of the luggage compartment.
NOTICE
■Back door spindles
The back door is equipped with spin- dles that hold the back door in place.Observe the following precautions.
Failure to do so may cause damage to the back door spindle, resulting in malfunction.
●Do not attach any foreign objects, such as stickers, plastic sheets, or
adhesives to the spindle rod.
●Do not touch the spindle rod with
gloves or other fabric items.

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3-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
Before driving
■Effective range (areas within which
the electronic key is detected)
When locking or unlocking the doors
The system can be operated when the
electronic key is within about 0.7 m (2.3
ft.) of an outside front door handle and
back door. (Only the doors detecting the
key can be operated.)
When starting the hybrid system or
changing power switch modes
The system can be operated when the
electronic key is inside the vehicle.
■Alarms and warning messages
A combination of exterior and interior
buzzers as well as warning messages shown on the multi-information display are used to prevent theft of the vehicle
and accidents resulting from erroneous operation. Take appropriate measures based on the displayed message.
( P.445)
When only an alarm sounds, circum-
stances and correction procedures are as follows.
●Exterior buzzer sounds once for 5 seconds
●Interior buzzer sounds continuously
■Battery-saving function
The battery-saving function will be acti-
vated in order to prevent the electronic key battery and the 12-volt battery from being discharged while the vehicle is not
operated for a long time.
●In the following situations, the smart
entry & start system may take some time to unlock the doors.• The electronic key has been left within
approximately 3.5 m (11 ft.) of the out- side of the vehicle for 2 minutes or longer.
• The smart entry & start system has not been used for 5 days or longer.
●If the smart entry & start system has not been used for 14 days or longer, the doors cannot be unlocked from
any door except the driver’s door. In this case, hold the driver’s door han-dle, or use the wireless remote control
or mechanical key to unlock the doors.
■Electronic key battery-saving func-tion
●When battery-saving mode is set, bat-tery depletion is minimized by stop-
ping the electronic key from receiving radio waves.
Press twice while pressing and
SituationCorrection
procedure
An attempt was made
to lock the vehicle while
a door was open.
Close all of
the doors and
lock the doors
again.
SituationCorrection
procedure
The power switch was
turned to ACC while the
driver’s door was open
(or the driver’s door
was opened while the
power switch was in
ACC).
Turn the
power switch
off and close
the driver’s
door.
The power switch was
turned to off while the
driver’s door was open.
Close the
driver’s door.

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alarm may go off accidentally, or the
door lock prevention function may not operate.)
■If the smart entry & start system does not operate properly
●Locking and unlocking the doors:  P. 4 7 0
●Starting the hybrid system: P.471
■Customization
Some functions can be customized.
( P.494)
■If the smart entry & start system has been deactivated in a custom-ized setting
●Locking and unlocking the doors: Use the wireless remote control or
mechanical key. ( P.135, 470)
●Starting the hybrid system and chang-
ing power switch modes: P. 4 7 1
●Stopping the hybrid system: P. 1 9 3
■Certification for the smart entry &
start system
 P. 5 9 7
WARNING
■Caution regarding interference
with electronic devices
●People with implantable cardiac pacemakers, cardiac resynchroni-
zation therapy-pacemakers or implantable cardioverter defibrilla-tors should maintain a reasonable
distance between themselves and the smart entry & start system antennas. ( P.152)
The radio waves may affect the operation of such devices. If neces-sary, the entry function can be dis-
abled. Ask any authorized Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized repairer, or any reliable repairer for
details, such as the frequency of radio waves and timing of the emit-ted radio waves. Then, consult your
doctor to see if you should disable the entry function.
●Users of any electrical medical device other than implantable car-diac pacemakers, cardiac resyn-
chronization therapy-pacemakers or implantable cardioverter defibril-lators should consult the manufac-
turer of the device for information about its operation under the influ-ence of radio waves.
Radio waves could have unex- pected effects on the operation of such medical devices.
Ask any authorized Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized repairer, or any reli-
able repairer for details on disabling the entry function.

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3-3. Adjusting the seats
Before driving
3-3.Adjusting the sea ts
Seat position adjustment lever
Seatback angle adjustment
lever
Vertical height adjustment lever
(if equipped)
Lumber support switch (if
equipped)
Front seats
Adjustment procedure
WARNING
■When adjusting the seat position
●Take care when adjusting the seat position to ensure that other pas-sengers are not injured by the mov-
ing seat.
●Do not put your hands under the
seat or near the moving parts to avoid injury.Fingers or hands may become
jammed in the seat mechanism.
●Make sure to leave enough space
around the feet so they do not get stuck.
■Seat adjustment
●Be careful that the seat does not hit passengers or luggage.
●To reduce the risk of sliding under the lap belt during a collision, do not
recline the seat more than neces- sary.If the seat is too reclined, the lap
belt may slide past the hips and apply restraint forces directly to the abdomen, or your neck may contact
the shoulder belt, increasing the risk of death or serious injury in the event of an accident.
Adjustments should not be made while driving as the seat may unex-pectedly move and cause the driver
to lose control of the vehicle.
●After adjusting the seat, make sure
that the seat is locked in position.
NOTICE
■When adjusting a front seat
When adjusting a front seat, make
sure that the head restraint does not contact the headliner. Otherwise, the head restraint and headliner may be
damaged.

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■Folding down the rear seat-
backs
1 Move the front seats forward.
( P.157)
2 Stow the rear center seat belt
buckle.
3 Lower the head restraints to the
lowest position. ( P.161)
4 Pull the seatback lock release
lever and fold the seatback
down.
Each seatback may be folded sepa-
rately.
■Returning the rear seatbacks
Raise the rear seatback until it
locks.
Check that the seat belts are not
twisted or caught in the seatback.
■Folding down center seatback (rear
center seat with cup holder)
While pulling the center seatback lock release strap behind the seatback, fold it
down. Long items in the luggage com- partment can be loaded on the folded seatback for convenience. To return the
center seatback to its original position, lift it up until locks.
Rear seats
The seatbacks of the rear seats
can be folded down.
Folding down and returning
the rear seatbacks
WARNING
Observe the following precautions.
Failure to do so may result in death or serious injury.
■When folding the rear seatbacks down
●Do not fold the seatbacks down
while driving.
●Stop the vehicle on level ground,
set the parking brake and shift the shift lever to P.

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WARNING
●Do not allow anyone to sit on a folded seatback or in the luggage
compartment while driving.
●Do not allow children to enter the
luggage compartment.
●Do not allow anyone to sit on the
rear center seat if the rear right seat is folded down, as the seat belt buckle for the rear center seat belt
is then concealed under the folded seat and cannot be used.
●Be careful not to get your hand caught when folding the rear seat-backs.
●Adjust the position of the front seats before folding down the rear seat-
backs so that the front seats do not interfere with the rear seatbacks when folding down the rear seat-
backs.
■After returning the rear seatback
to the upright position
●Make sure that the seatback is securely locked in position by lightly
pushing it back and forth.
If the seatback is not securely locked,
the red marking will be visible on the
seatback lock release lever. Make
sure that the red mark is not visible.
●Check that the seat belts are not twisted or caught in the seatback.
If the seat belt gets caught between
the seatback’s securing hook and
latch, it may damage the seat belt.