brake TOYOTA AVALON 2020 Owners Manual (in English)

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3-1. Key informationKeys .................................. 122
3-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
Doors................................. 125
Trunk ................................. 131
Smart key system.............. 135
3-3. Adjusting the seats Front seats ........................ 142
Rear seats ......................... 144
Driving position memory ........................... 146
Head restraints .................. 151
3-4. Adjusting the steering wheel and mirrors
Steering wheel .................. 153
Inside rear view mirror....... 155
Outside rear view mirrors ............................. 157
3-5. Opening and closing the windows
Power windows ................. 160
Moon roof .......................... 164 4-1. Before driving
Driving the vehicle ............. 170
Cargo and luggage ............ 178
Vehicle load limits .............. 181
Trailer towing ..................... 182
Dinghy towing .................... 183
4-2. Driving procedures Engine (ignition) switch...... 184
Automatic transmission ..... 189
Turn signal lever ................ 195
Parking brake .................... 196
Brake Hold ......................... 200
4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Headlight switch ................ 202
Automatic High Beam ........ 206
Windshield wipers and washer ............................. 210
4-4. Refueling Opening the fuel tank cap................................... 214
3Operation of each
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Please note that this manual applies to all models and explains all equipment,
including options. Therefore, you may find some explanations fo r equipment
not installed on your vehicle.
All specifications provided in this manual are current at the t ime of printing.
However, because of the Toyota policy of continual product improvement, we
reserve the right to make changes at any time without notice.
Depending on specifications, the vehicle shown in the illustrat ions may differ
from your vehicle in terms of equipment.
Approximately five hours after the engine is turned off, you ma y hear sound
coming from under the vehicle for several minutes. This is the sound of a fuel
evaporation leakage check and, it does not indicate a malfunction.
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.
The installation of a mobile two-way radio system in your vehic le could affect
electronic systems such as:
● Multiport fuel injection system/sequential multiport fuel injection system
● Toyota Safety Sense P
● Anti-lock brake system
● SRS airbag system
● Seat belt pretensioner system
Be sure to check with your Toyota dealer for precautionary meas ures or spe-
cial instructions regarding instal lation of a mobile two-way radio system.
For your infor mation
Main Owner’s Manual
Noise from under vehicle afte r turning off the engine
Accessories, spare parts and m odification of your Toyota
Installation of a mobile two-way radio system

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The vehicle is equipped with sophisticated computers that will record certain
data, such as:
The recorded data varies according to the vehicle grade level and options
with which it is equipped.
These computers do not record conversations or sounds, and only record
images outside of the vehicle in certain situations.
• Engine speed/Electric motor speed (traction motor speed)
• Accelerator status
• Brake status
• Vehicle speed
• Operation status of the driving assist systems, such as the AB S and pre-
collision system
• Images from the front camera (available only when certain safe ty sys-
tems are activated, which varies depending on the vehicle specifica-
tions).
●Data Transmission
Your vehicle may transmit the data recorded in these computers to Toyota
without notification to you.
●Data usage
Toyota may use the data recorded in this computer to diagnose m alfunc-
tions, conduct research and development, and improve quality.
Toyota will not disclose the recorded data to a third party exc ept:
• With the consent of the vehicle owner or with the consent of the lessee if the vehicle is leased
• In response to an official request by the police, a court of l aw or a govern-
ment agency
• For use by Toyota in a lawsuit
• For research purposes where the data is not tied to a specific vehicle or
vehicle owner
●Recorded image information can be erased by your Toyota dealer.
The image recording function can be disabled. However, if the f unction is
disabled, data from when the pre-collision system operates will not be avail-
able.
●To learn more about the vehicle data collected, used and shared by
Toyota, please visit www.toyota.com/privacyvts/
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Vehicle data recording

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This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (EDR). The main pur-
pose of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash-lik e situations,
such as an air bag deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist
in understanding how a vehicle’s systems performed. The EDR is designed to
record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period
of time, typically 30 seconds or less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:
• How various systems in your vehicle were operating;
• Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buckled/fas-tened;
• How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the accelerator and/or brake
pedal; and,
• How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better understanding of the circu mstances in
which crashes and injuries occur.
NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a non-trivi al crash situ-
ation occurs; no data are recorded by the EDR under normal driv ing condi-
tions and no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) are
recorded. However, other parties, such as law enforcement, could combine
the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routi nely acquired
during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required, and access
to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer,
other parties, such as law enforcement, that have the special e quipment, can
read the information if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.
●Disclosure of the EDR data
Toyota will not disclose the data recorded in an EDR to a third party except
when:
• An agreement from the vehicle’s owner (or the lessee for a lea sed vehi-
cle) is obtained
• In response to an official request by the police, a court of l aw or a govern-
ment agency
• For use by Toyota in a lawsuit
However, if necessary, Toyota may:
• Use the data for research on vehicle safety performance
• Disclose the data to a third party for research purposes witho ut disclosing
information about the specific vehicle or vehicle owner
Event data recorder

19Pictorial index
Parking brake switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 196
Applying/releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 196, 197
Precautions for winter season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 317
Warning light/warning buzzer/
warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 199, 430
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 195
Headlight switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 202
Headlights/side marker lights/parking lights/tail lights/
license plate lights/daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 202
Windshield wiper and washer switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 210
Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 210
Adding washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 392
Emergency flasher switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 422
Hood lock release lever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 381
Tilt and telescopic steering lock release lever
*1 . . . . . . . . P. 153
Tilt and telescopic steering control switch
*1 . . . . . . . . . . . P. 153
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 153
Driving position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 146
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 322
Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 322
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 324
Entune Audio Plus
*1, 2
Entune Premium Audio*1, 2
*1: If equipped
*2: Refer to “NAVIGATION AND MULT IMEDIA SYSTEM OWNER’S MANUAL”.
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■Switches
Automatic High Beam switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 206
VSC OFF switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 311
Heated steering wheel
*1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 330
Trunk opener switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 131
Fuel filler door opener switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 216
Camera switch
*1, 2
“ODO/TRIP” switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 95
Instrument panel light control s witch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 91
Driving mode select switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 305
Brake hold switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 200
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Instrument cluster
Warning lights inform the driver of malfunctions in the indicated vehi-
cle’s systems.
Warning lights
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(U.S.A.)
Brake system warning
light ( P. 430)*1
(U.S.A.)
ABS warning light
(P. 431)
*1
(Canada)
(Red)
Brake system warning
light ( P. 430)
*1
(Canada)
ABS warning light
(P. 431)
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(Yellow)
Brake system warning
light ( P. 430)*2Brake Override System/
Drive-Start Control/Intel-
ligent Clearance Sonar
(if equipped) warning
light (P. 431)
*2High coolant tempera-
ture warning light
(P. 430)
(U.S.A.)
Parking brake indicator
(P. 432)
*2Charging system
warning light ( P. 430)
(Canada)
Parking brake indicator
(P. 432)
*2Low engine oil pressure
warning light ( P. 430)*1, 3Brake hold operated
indicator ( P. 432)
*1
(U.S.A.)
Malfunction indicator
lamp ( P. 431)*1
(Red/yellow)
Electric power steering
system warning light
(P. 432)
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(Canada)
Malfunction indicator
lamp ( P. 431)*1, 4PCS warning light
(P. 432)
*1SRS warning light
(P. 431)*1, 3
(if equipped)
ICS OFF indicator
(P. 433)

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Instrument cluster
The indicators inform the driver of the operating state of the vehicle’s
various systems.
Indicators
Turn signal indicator
( P. 195)*1Brake hold standby
indicator ( P. 200)
(U.S.A.)
Headlight indicator
(P. 202)*2Cruise control indicator
(P. 248)
(Canada)
Tail light indicator
(P. 202) *2Dynamic radar cruise
control indicator
( P. 248)
Headlight high beam
indicator ( P. 203)
*2Cruise control “SET”
indicator (P. 248)
*2Automatic High Beam
indicator ( P. 206)*1, 4PCS warning light
(P. 230)
*1, 2, 3
Eco driving indicator
(P. 107)*1, 4
(if equipped)
ICS OFF indicator
(P. 287)
(U.S.A.)
Parking brake indicator
(P. 196)*2
(White)
LDA indicator ( P. 238)
(Canada)
Parking brake indicator
(P. 196)*2
(Green)
LDA indicator ( P. 238)
*1
Brake hold operated
indicator (P. 200)*2, 5
(Amber)
LDA indicator ( P. 238)

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Operation of each component
WARNING
■When folding the seatbacks down
Observe the following precautions. Failure to do so may result in death or
serious injury.
● Do not fold the seatbacks down while driving.
● Stop the vehicle on level ground, set the parking brake and shi ft the shift
lever to P.
● Do not allow anyone to sit on a folded seatback or in the trunk while driv-
ing.
● Do not allow children to enter the trunk.
■ When returning the seat t o its original position
● Ensure that the seat belt does not get caught between or behind the seats.
● If the seat belt has been released from its guide, pass the sea t belt through
its guide. ( P. 32)
■ Seat adjustment
Be careful not to get hands or feet pinched between the rear console box
and the rear seat when folding down the rear seatback.
■ After returning the seatback to the upright position
Observe the following precautions. Failure to do so may result in death or
serious injury.
● Make sure the seatback is securely locked by pressing it forwar d and rear-
ward on the top.
● Check that the seat belts are not twisted or caught in the seat back.
● Make sure that the seat belt is passed through its guide.
NOTICE
■When the right seatback is folded down
Make sure the luggage loaded in the enlarged trunk will not dam age the
webbing of the rear center seat belt.

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4Driving
4-1. Before drivingDriving the vehicle ............. 170
Cargo and luggage ........... 178
Vehicle load limits ............. 181
Trailer towing..................... 182
Dinghy towing ................... 183
4-2. Driving procedures Engine (ignition) switch ..... 184
Automatic transmission ..... 189
Turn signal lever................ 195
Parking brake .................... 196
Brake Hold ........................ 200
4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Headlight switch ................ 202
Automatic High Beam ....... 206
Windshield wipers and washer ............................ 210
4-4. Refueling Opening the fuel tank cap .................................. 214 4-5. Using the driving
support systems
Toyota Safety Sense P ..... 218
PCS (Pre-Collision System) .... 226
LDA (Lane Departure Alert
with steering control) ....... 238
Dynamic radar cruise control with full-speed
range............................... 248
BSM (Blind Spot Monitor) ........ 261
• BSM function ................ 265
• RCTA function .............. 267
Rear Camera Detection function ........................... 272
Intuitive parking assist....... 276
Intelligent Clearance Sonar (ICS) ..................... 284
Driving mode select switches .......................... 305
Driving assist systems ...... 309
4-6. Driving tips Winter driving tips ............. 316