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2 Press the “SET” switch
Pressing the switch changes the 
vehicle-to-vehicle distance as 
follows:
1 Long
2 Medium
3 Short
If a vehicle is running ahead of you, 
the preceding vehicle mark   will 
also be displayed.
Select a distance from the table 
below. Note that the distances 
shown correspond to a vehicle 
speed of 50 mph (80 km/h). 
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance 
increases/decreases in accor-
dance with vehicle speed. When 
the vehicle is stopped by system  control, the vehicle stops at a 
certain vehicle-to-vehicle dis-
tance depending on the situa-
tion.
After the vehicle ahead of you 
starts off, press the “+RES” 
switch.
Your vehicle will also resume 
follow-up cruising if the acceler-
ator pedal is depressed after the 
vehicle ahead of you starts off.
“Push Cruise Control Switch 
or Press Accelerator to 
Changing the vehicle-to-
vehicle distance (vehicle-
to-vehicle distance con-
trol mode)
Vehicle-to-vehicle dis-
tance settings (vehicle-to-
vehicle distance control 
mode)
Distance optionsVehicle-to-vehicle dis- tance
LongApproximately 160 ft. (50 m)
MediumApproximately 130 ft. (40 m)
ShortApproximately 100 ft. (30 m)
Resuming follow-up 
cruising when the vehicle 
has been stopped by sys-
tem control (vehicle-to-
vehicle distance control 
mode) 
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■Automatic cancelation of con-
stant speed control mode
Constant speed control mode is 
automatically cance led in the follow-
ing situations:
●Actual vehicle speed is more than 
approximately 10  mph (16 km/h) 
below the set vehicle speed.
●Actual vehicle speed falls below 
approximately 20  mph (30 km/h).
●VSC is activated.
●TRAC is activated for a period of 
time.
●When the VSC or TRAC system is 
turned off.
●When the brake control or output 
restriction control of a driving sup-
port system operates. (For exam-
ple: Pre-Collision System, Drive-
Start Control)
●When the Br mode is selected.
If constant speed control mode is 
automatically canceled for any rea-
sons other than the above, there 
may be a malfunction in the system. 
Contact your Toyota dealer.
■Situations in which the curve 
speed reduction function may 
not operate
In situations such as the following, 
the curve speed r eduction function 
may not operate:
●When the vehicle is being driven 
around a gentle curve
●When the accelerator pedal is 
being depressed
●When the vehicle is being driven 
around an extremely short curve
■Brake operation
A brake operation sound may be 
heard and the brake pedal response 
may change, but the se are not mal-
functions.
■Warning messages and buzzers 
for dynamic radar cruise con-
trol with full-speed range
Warning messages and buzzers are 
used to indicate a system malfunc-
tion or to inform the driver of the 
need for caution while driving. If a 
warning message is shown on the 
multi-information  display, read the 
message and follow the instruc-
tions.( P.210, 451)
■When the sensor may not be 
correctly detecting the vehicle 
ahead
In the case of the following and 
depending on the conditions, oper-
ate the brake pedal when decelera-
tion of the system is insufficient or 
operate the accelerator pedal when 
acceleration is required.
As the sensor may  not be able to 
correctly detect th ese types of vehi-
cles, the approach warning 
(  P.244) may not be activated.
●Vehicles that cut in suddenly
●Vehicles traveling at low speeds
●Vehicles that are not moving in the 
same lane
●Vehicles with small rear ends 
(trailers with no load on board, 
etc.)
●Motorcycles traveling in the same 
lane
●When water or snow thrown up by 
the surrounding vehicles hinders 
the detecting of the sensor
●When your vehicle is pointing 
upwards (caused by a heavy load 
in the luggage compartment, etc.) 
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Meter control switches
Turning the Blind Spot Monitor 
on/off.
Outside rear view mirror indi-
cators
When a vehicle is detected in a 
blind spot of the outside rear view 
mirrors or approaching rapidly from 
behind into a blind spot, the outside 
rear view mirror indicator on the 
detected side will illuminate. If the 
turn signal lever is operated toward 
the detected side, the outside rear 
view mirror indicator flashes.
■Outside rear vie w mirror indica-
tor visibility
In strong sunlight, the outside rear 
view mirror indicator may be difficult 
to see.
■When “Blind Spot Monitor 
Unavailable See Owner’s Man-
ual” is shown on the multi-
information display
Ice, snow, mud, etc., may be 
attached to the rear bumper around 
the sensors. ( P.250) The system 
should return to normal operation 
after removing the ice, snow, mud, 
etc., from the rear bumper. Addition-
ally, the sensors may not operate 
normally when drivin g in extremely 
hot or cold environments.
BSM (Blind Spot Moni-
tor)*
The Blind Spot Monitor is a 
system that uses rear side 
radar sensors installed on 
the inner side of the rear 
bumper on the left and right 
side to assist the driver in 
confirming safety when 
changing lanes.
WARNING
■Cautions regarding the use of 
the system
The driver is solely responsible for 
safe driving. Always drive safely, 
taking care to o bserve your sur-
roundings.
The Blind Spot Monitor is a sup-
plementary function which alerts 
the driver that a v ehicle is in a 
blind spot of the outside rear view 
mirrors or is approaching rapidly 
from behind into a blind spot. Do 
not overly rely on the Blind Spot 
Monitor. As the function cannot 
judge if it is safe to change lanes, 
over reliance could lead to an 
accident resulting in death or seri-
ous injury.
As the system may not function 
correctly under certain condi-
tions, the driver’s own visual con-
firmation of safety is necessary.
System components 
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■When “Blind Spot Monitor Mal-
function Visit Your Dealer” is 
shown on the multi-information 
display
There may be a sensor malfunction 
of misaligned. Have the vehicle 
inspected by your Toyota dealer.
■Customization
Some functions can be customized. 
(  P.498)
■Certification
 P. 5 4 8
WARNING
■To ensure the system can 
operate properly
Blind Spot Monitor sensors are 
installed behind the left and right 
sides of the rear bumper respec-
tively. Observe the following to 
ensure the Blind Spot Monitor can 
operate correctly.
●Keep the sensors and the sur-
rounding areas on the rear 
bumper clean at all times.
If a sensor or its surrounding area 
on the rear bumper  is dirty or cov-
ered with snow, the Blind Spot 
Monitor may not  operate and a 
warning message ( P.249) will 
be displayed. In this situation, 
clear off the dirt or snow and drive 
the vehicle with the operation con-
ditions of the BSM function 
(  P.252) satisfied for approxi-
mately 10 minutes. If the warning 
message does not disappear, 
have the vehicle inspected by 
your Toyota dealer.
●Do not attach a ccessories, 
stickers (including transparent 
stickers), aluminum tape, etc., 
to a sensor or its surrounding 
area on the rear bumper.
●Do not subject a sensor or its 
surrounding area on the rear 
bumper to a strong impact.
If a sensor is moved even 
slightly off position, the system 
may malfunction and vehicles 
may not be detected correctly.
In the following si tuations, have 
your vehicle inspected by your 
Toyota dealer.
• A sensor or its surrounding area  is subject to a  strong impact.
• If the surrounding area of a sen- sor is scratched or dented, or 
part of them h as become dis-
connected. 
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Use the meter control switches 
to enable/disable the intuitive 
parking assist. ( P.100)
1 Press   or   to select  .
2 Press   or   to select   
and then press  .
When the intuitive  parking assist 
function is disabled, the intuitive 
parking assist OFF indicator 
(  P.94) illuminates.
To re-enable the system when it 
was disabled, select   on the 
multi-information display, select   and then On. If disabled using 
this method, the system will not be 
re-enabled by turning the power 
switch off and then to ON.
Turning intuitive parking 
assist on/off
WARNING
■Cautions regarding the use of 
the system
There is a limit to the degree of 
recognition accuracy and control 
performance that this system can 
provide, do not ov erly rely on this 
system. The driver is always 
responsible for paying attention to 
the vehicle’ surroundings and 
driving safely.
■To ensure the system can 
operate properly
Observe the following precau-
tions.
Failing to do so may result in the 
vehicle being unable to be driven 
safely and possibly cause an acci-
dent.
●Do not damage the sensors, 
and always keep them clean.
●Do not attach a sticker or install 
an electronic component, such 
as a backlit licen se plate (espe-
cially fluorescent type), fog 
lights, fender po le or wireless 
antenna near a radar sensor.
●Do not subject the surrounding 
area of the sensor to a strong 
impact. If subjected to an 
impact, have the vehicle 
inspected by your Toyota 
dealer. If the front or rear 
bumper needs to be 
emoved/installed or replaced, 
contact your Toyota dealer.
●Do not modify, disassemble or 
paint the sensors.
●Do not attach a license plate 
cover.
●Keep your tires properly 
inflated.
■When to disable the function
In the following situations, disable 
the function as it may operate 
even though there is no possibility 
of a collision.
●Failing to observe the warnings 
above.
●A non-genuine Toyota suspen-
sion (lowered suspension, etc.) 
is installed.
■Notes when washing the vehi-
cle
Do not apply intensive bursts of 
water or steam to the sensor 
area.
Doing so may result in the sensor 
malfunctioning. 
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●Wires, fences, ropes, etc.
●Cotton, snow and other materials 
that absorb sound waves
●Sharply-angled objects
●Low objects
●Tall objects with upper sections 
projecting outwards in the direc-
tion of your vehicle
■Situations in which the system 
may not operate properly
Certain vehicle conditions and the 
surrounding environment may affect 
the ability of a sensor to correctly 
detect objects. Particular instances 
where this may occur are listed 
below.
●There is dirt, snow, water drops or 
ice on a sensor. (Cleaning the 
sensors will resolve this problem.)
●A sensor is frozen. (Thawing the 
area will resolve this problem.) 
In especially cold weather, if a 
sensor is frozen the sensor dis-
play may be displayed abnormally, 
or objects, such as a wall, may not 
be detected.
●When a sensor or the area around 
a sensor is extremely hot or cold.
●On an extremely bumpy road, on 
an incline, on gravel, or on grass.
●When vehicle horns, vehicle 
detectors, motorcycle engines, air 
brakes of large vehicles, the clear-
ance sonar of other vehicles or 
other devices which produce ultra-
sonic waves are near the vehicle
●A sensor is coated  with a sheet of 
spray or heavy rain.
●If objects draw too close to the  sensor.
●When a pedestrian is wearing 
clothing that does not reflect ultra-
sonic waves (ex. skirts with gath-
ers or frills).
●When objects that are not perpen-
dicular to the ground, not perpen-
dicular to the vehicle traveling 
direction, uneven, or waving are in 
the detection range.
●Strong wind is blowing
●When driving in inclement weather 
such as fog, snow or a sandstorm
●When an object that cannot be 
detected is between the vehicle 
and a detected object
●If an object such as a vehicle, 
motorcycle, bicycle or pedestrian 
cuts in front of the
 vehicle or runs 
out from the side of the vehicle
●If the orientation of a sensor has 
been changed due to  a collision or 
other impact
●When equipment that may 
obstruct a sensor is installed, such 
as a towing eyelet, bumper pro-
tector (an additional trim strip, 
etc.), bicycle car rier, or snow plow
●If the front of the v ehicle is raised 
or lowered due to the carried load
●If the vehicle cannot be driven in a 
stable manner, such as when the 
vehicle has been in an accident or 
is malfunctioning
●When a tire chains, compact 
spare tire or an emergency tire 
puncture repair kit is used
■Situations in which the system 
may operate even if there is no 
possibility of a collision
In some situations, such as the fol-
lowing, the system may operate 
even though there is no possibility of 
a collision.
●When driving on a narrow road 
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WARNING
■Object warning function
In situations such as the following, 
the function may n ot operate cor-
rectly, possibly leading to an acci-
dent. Proceed carefully.
●When starting off shortly after 
the power switch is turned to 
ON and a small vehicle or other 
object which cannot be detected 
by a front side sensor is next to 
the vehicle.
In the situation shown in the fol-
lowing illustration, even if the 
vehicle starts off, the vehicle on 
the left will not be detected and 
the object warni ng function will 
not operate.
●When an object or person is in a 
position which cannot be 
detected by the side sensors or 
side cameras.
●When, after the  side sensors 
have completed scanning the 
areas along the sides of the 
vehicle, a vehicle, person, or 
other object approaches the 
side of the vehic le and cannot 
be detected.
RCTA (Rear Cross Traf-
fic Alert)*
The RCTA function uses the 
BSM rear side radar sen-
sors installed behind the 
rear bumper. This function 
is intended to assist the 
driver in checking areas 
that are not easily visible 
when backing up.
WARNING
■Cautions regarding the use of 
the system
There is a limit t o the degree of 
recognition accuracy and control 
performance that this system can 
provide, do not overly rely on this 
system. The driver is always 
responsible for paying attention to 
the vehicle’s su rroundings and 
driving safely. ( P.249)
■To ensure the system can 
operate properly
 P. 2 5 0 
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■When “Rear Cross Traffic Alert 
Malfunction Visit Your Dealer” 
is shown on the multi-informa-
tion display
There may be a sensor malfunction 
or misaligned. Have the vehicle 
inspected at your Toyota dealer.
■Radar sensors
 P. 2 5 0
■Operation of the RCTA 
function
The RCTA function uses radar 
sensors to detect vehicles 
approaching from the right or left 
at the rear of the vehicle and 
alerts the driver of the presence 
of such vehicles by flashing the 
outside rear view mirror indica-
tors and sounding a buzzer.
Approaching vehicles
Detection areas of approach-
ing vehicles
■RCTA icon display
When a vehicle approaching 
from the right or left at the rear 
of the vehicle is detected, the 
following will be displayed on 
the multimedia display. This illustration shows an exam-
ple of a vehicle approaching 
from both sides of the vehicle.
■RCTA function detection 
areas
The areas that vehicles can be 
detected in are outlined below.
The buzzer can alert for faster 
vehicles approaching from far-
ther away.
Example:
RCTA function
Approach-
ing vehicleSpeed
 
Approxi-
mate alert 
distance
Fast34 mph 
(56 km/h)131 ft. (40  m)
Slow5 mph (8 km/h)18 ft. (5.5  m) 
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Pedestrian detection icon
Displayed automatically when a 
pedestrian is detected.
RCD OFF icon
When the RCD function is disabled, 
the RCD OFF icon illuminates. 
(Each time the power switch is 
turned off then ch anged to ON, the 
RCD (Rear Camera 
Detection)*
When the vehicle is backing 
up, the rear camera detec-
tion function can detect 
pedestrians in the detec-
tion area behind the vehicle. 
If a pedestrian is detected, a 
buzzer will sound and an 
icon will be displayed on 
the multimedia display to 
inform the driver of the 
pedestrian.
WARNING
■Cautions regarding the use of 
the system
The recognition and control capa-
bilities for this system are limited.
The driver shoul d always drive 
safely by always  being responsi-
ble without over relying on the 
system and have a understanding 
of the surrounding situations.
■To ensure the system can 
operate properly
Observe the follo wing, otherwise 
there is the danger that could lead 
to an accident.
●Always clean the camera with-
out damaging it.
●Do not install market electronic 
parts (such as Illuminated 
license plate, fog  lamps, etc.) in 
the camera vicinity.
●Do not subject the camera vicin-
ity to strong impacts. If the vicin-
ity is subjected to a strong 
impact, have the vehicle 
inspected at a Toyota dealer.
●Do not disassemble, remodel or 
paint the camera.
●Do not attach accessories or 
stickers to the camera.
●Do not install market protection 
parts (bumper tr im, etc.) to the 
rear bumper.
●Maintain suitable tire air pres-
sure.
●Make sure the trunk is com-
pletely closed.
■RCD function i s turned off
In the following situations the sys-
tem turns off. The RCD function 
may not operate properly and 
thus there is the danger that an 
accident may occur.
●The contents mentioned above 
are not observed
●Suspensions other than Toyota 
genuine parts are installed
Multimedia display 
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■Parking Support Brake 
function (static objects)
 P.278
■Parking Support Brake 
function (rear-crossing 
vehicles)
 P.280
■Parking Support Brake 
function (rear pedestrians)
 P.282PKSB (Parking Sup-
por t Brake)*
The Parking Support Brake 
system consists of the fol-
lowing functions that oper-
ate when driving at a low 
speed or backing up, such 
as when parking. When the 
system determines that the 
probability of a collision 
with a detected object or 
pedestrian is high, a warn-
ing operates to urge the 
driver to take evasive 
action. If the system deter-
mines that the possibility of 
a collision with a detected 
object or pedestrian is 
extremely high, the brakes 
are automatically applied to 
help avoid the collision or 
help reduce the impact of 
the collision.
PKSB (Parking Support 
Brake) system
WARNING
■Cautions regarding the use of 
the system
Do not overly rely on the system, 
as doing so may lead to an acci-
dent.
Always drive while checking the 
safety of the surroundings of the 
vehicle.
Depending on the vehicle and 
road conditions, weather, etc., the 
system may n ot operate.
The detection cap abilities of sen-
sors and radars are limited. 
Always drive while checking the 
safety of the surroundings of the 
vehicle.
●The driver is solely responsible 
for safe driving. Always drive 
carefully, taking care to observe 
your surroundings. The Parking 
Support Brake system is 
designed to provide support to 
lessen the severity of collisions. 
However, it may not operate in 
some situations.
●The Parking Support Brake sys-
tem is not designed to stop the 
vehicle completely. Additionally, 
even if the system has stopped 
the vehicle, it is necessary to 
depress the brake pedal imme-
diately as brake control will be 
canceled after approximately 2 
seconds.
●It is extremely dangerous to 
check the system operations by 
intentionally driving the vehicle 
into the direction  of a wall, etc. 
Never attempt such actions.