tow TOYOTA AYGO X 2022 (in English) User Guide

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3-3. Adjusting the seats
Before driving
■Folding down the rear seat-
backs
1 Move the front seats forward.
( P.106)
2 Stow the seat belts in the seat
belt holder as shown in the
illustration.
3 Lower the head restraints to the
lowest position. ( P.108)
4 Pull the seatback lock release
strap 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.
■After returning the rear seatback
Remove the rear seat belts from the
seat belt holders.
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 (Multidrive) or N (manual transmission).

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3-3. Adjusting the seats
Before driving
■Adjusting the rear seat head restraints
Always raise the head restraint one level from the stowed position when using.
1 Pull the seatback lock release
strap and fold down the seat-
back until it reaches the position
where the head restraints can
be removed.
2 Pull the head restraint up while
pressing the lock release button
.
1 Pull the seatback lock release
strap and fold down the seat-
back until it reaches the position
where the head restraints can
be installed.
2 Align the head restraint with
installation holes, press and
hold the lock release button
when inserting the head
restraint.
Removing the head
restraints
Installing the head restraints

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3-5. Opening, closing the windows and canvas top
Before driving
1Pull the latch handle toward you
and swing it fully out.
2 Push the latch handle to
securely lock the latch as shown
in the illustration.
Close the rear side window as
shown in the illustration.
When closing the window, make sure it
is completely closed.
Rear side windows
The rear side windows can be
opened and closed.
Opening the rear side win-
dows
Closing the rear side win-
dows
WARNING
■When driving the vehicle
Be sure not to put any body parts,
such as hands, out of the rear side windows while the driving. Doing so could be very dangerous because
serious injury may result from colli- sions or when the brakes are sud-denly applied.
■When closing the rear side win-dows
Take care to prevent hands or fingers from being caught in the latch handle. Failure to do so may result in serious
injury.

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Driving
Driving
4-1. Before driving
Driving the vehicle ............ 120
Cargo and luggage ........... 127
Trailer towing .................... 128
4-2. Driving procedures
Engine (ignition) switch (vehi-
cles without smart entry &
start system) ................... 129
Engine (ignition) switch (vehi-
cles with smart entry & start
system) ........................... 130
Multidrive .......................... 135
Manual transmission......... 139
Turn signal lever ............... 140
Parking brake ................... 141
4-3. Operating the lights and wip-
ers
Headlight switch ............... 142
AHB (Automatic High Beam)
....................................... 145
Fog light switch ................. 148
Windshield wipers and washer
....................................... 149
Rear window wiper and washer
....................................... 152
4-4. Refueling
Opening the fuel tank cap. 154
4-5. Using the driving support
systems
Toyota Safety Sense ......... 156
PCS (Pre-Collision System)
........................................ 161
LTA (Lane Tracing Assist) . 172
Dynamic radar cruise control
........................................ 181
Speed limiter ..................... 192
RSA (Road Sign Assist) .... 194
Stop & Start system .......... 198
Toyota parking assist-sensor
........................................ 204
GPF (Gasoline Particulate Fil-
ter) system ...................... 210
Driving assist systems ...... 211
4-6. Driving tips
Winter driving tips ............. 216

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4-1. Before driving
Driving
Cargo and luggage
Take notice of the following
information about storage pre-
cautions, cargo capacity and
load:
WARNING
■Things that must not be carried in the luggage compartment
The following things may cause a fire if loaded in the luggage compartment:
●Receptacles containing gasoline
●Aerosol cans
■Storage precautions
Observe the following precautions. Failure to do so may prevent the ped-
als from being depressed properly, may block the driver’s vision, or may result in items hitting the driver or
passengers, possibly causing an acci- dent.
●Stow cargo and luggage in the lug-
gage compartment whenever pos- sible.
●Do not stack cargo and luggage in the luggage compartment higher than the seatbacks.
●When you fold down the rear seats, long items should not be placed
directly behind the front seats.
●Do not place cargo or luggage in or
on the following locations.
• At the feet of the driver
• On the front passenger or rear seats (when stacking items)
• On the luggage cover
• On the instrument panel
• On the dashboard
●Secure all items in the occupant compartment.
●Never allow anyone to ride in the luggage compartment. It is not designed for passengers. They
should ride in their seats with their seat belts properly fastened.
■Load and distribution
●Do not overload your vehicle.
●Do not apply loads unevenly.Improper loading may cause deteri-oration of steering or braking con-
trol which may cause death or serious injury.

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4-1. Before driving
Trailer towing
Toyota does not recommend
towing a trailer with your vehi-
cle.
Toyota also does not recom-
mend the installation of a tow
hitch or the use of a tow hitch
carrier for a wheelchair,
scooter, etc. Your vehicle is not
designed for trailer towing or
for the use of tow hitch
mounted carriers.

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4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Driving
or .
■Light reminder buzzer
A buzzer sounds when the engine switch is turned to OFF or ACC and the driver’s door is opened while the lights
are turned on.
■When unlock the doors (welcome lamp)
When the doors are unlocked using the
entry function or wireless remote con- trol, the front position lights and tail lights turn on automatically.
When the light switch is in the AUTO position and the surrounding area is dark, this function will operate.
■Battery-saving function
In order to prevent the battery of the
vehicle from discharging, if the light
switch is in the or position
when the engine switch is turned off the
battery saving function will operate and
automatically turn off all the lights after
approximately 20 minutes. When the
engine switch is turned to ON, the bat-
tery-saving function will be disabled.
When any of the following are per-
formed, the battery-saving function is
canceled once and then reactivated. All
the lights will turn off automatically 20
minutes after the battery-saving function
has been reactivated:
●When the headlight switch is operated
●When a door is opened or closed
■Customization
Some functions can be customized.
( P.354)
1With the headlights on, push the
lever away from you to turn on
the high beams.
Pull the lever toward you to the center
position to turn the high beams off.
2 Pull the lever toward you and
release it to flash the high
beams once.
You can flash the high beams with the
headlights on or off.
This system allows the headlights
to be turned on for 30 seconds
when the engine switch is off.
Pull the lever toward you and
release it with the light switch in
after turning the engine switch
off.
NOTICE
■To prevent battery discharge
Do not leave the lights on longer than
necessary when the engine is not run- ning.
Turning on the high beam
headlights
Extended headlight lighting
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4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
The lights are turned off in the fol-
lowing situations.
 The engine switch is turned to
ON.
 The light switch is turned on.
 The light switch is pulled toward
you and then released.
The level of the headlights can be
adjusted according to the number
of passengers and the loading con-
dition of the vehicle.
1 Raises the level of the head-
lights
2 Lowers the level of the head-
lights
■Guide to dial settings
Manual headlight leveling
dial
Occupancy and luggage
load conditionsDial position
OccupantsLuggage
load
DriverNone0
Driver and
front pas-
senger
None0
All seats
occupiedNone2
All seats
occupied
Full lug-
gage load-
ing
3
Driver
Full lug-
gage load-
ing
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4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
• When vehicles ahead cannot be
detected due to repeated curves, road dividers or roadside trees• When vehicles ahead appear in a far-
away lane on a wide road • When the lights of vehicles ahead are not on
●The high beams may be turned off if a vehicle ahead that is using fog lights
without its headlights turned on is detected.
●House lights, streetlights, traffic sig-nals, and illuminated billboards or signs and other reflective objects may
cause the high beams to change to the low beams, or the low beams to remain on.
●The following factors may affect the amount of time taken for the high
beams to turn on or off: • The brightness of the headlights, fog lights, and tail lights of vehicles ahead
• The movement and direction of vehi- cles ahead• When a vehicle ahead only has oper-
ational lights on one side • When a vehicle ahead is a two-wheeled vehicle
• The condition of the road (gradient, curve, condition of the road surface, etc.)
• The number of passengers and amount of luggage in the vehicle
●The high beams may turn on or off unexpectedly.
●Bicycles or similar vehicles may not be detected.
●In the following situations the system may not be able to correctly detect the surrounding brightness level. This
may cause the low beams to remain on or the high beams to flash or daz-zle pedestrians or vehicles ahead. In
such a case, it is necessary to manu- ally switch between the high and low beams.
• When driving in inclement weather (heavy rain, snow, fog, sandstorms, etc.)
• When the windshield is obscured by
fog, mist, ice, dirt, etc.
• When the windshield is cracked or damaged• When the front camera is deformed or
dirty • When the temperature of the front camera is extremely high
• When the surrounding brightness level is equal to that of headlights, tail lights or fog lights
• When headlights or tail lights of vehi- cles ahead are turned off, dirty, chang-ing color, or not aimed properly
• When the vehicle is hit by water, snow, dust, etc., from a preceding vehicle
• When driving through an area of inter- mittently changing brightness and darkness
• When frequently and repeatedly driv- ing ascending/descending roads, or roads with rough, bumpy or uneven
surfaces (such as stone-paved roads, gravel roads, etc.)• When frequently and repeatedly tak-
ing curves or driving on a winding road• When there is a highly reflective
object ahead of the vehicle, such as a sign or mirror• When the back of a preceding vehicle
is highly reflective, such as a con- tainer on a truck• When the vehicle’s headlights are
damaged or dirty, or are not aimed properly• When the vehicle is listing or titling
due to a flat tire, a trailer being towed, etc.• When the headlights are changed
between the high beams and low beams repeatedly in an abnormal manner
• When the driver believes that the high beams may be flashing or dazzling pedestrians or other drivers

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4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Driving
■Switching to the high beams
Push the lever away from you.
The Automatic High Beam indicator will
turn off and the high beam indicator will
turn on.
Pull the lever to its original position to
activate the Automatic High Beam sys-
tem again.
■Switching to the low beams
Press the Automatic High Beam
switch.
The Automatic High Beam indicator will
turn off.
Press the switch to activate the Auto-
matic High Beam system again.
■Temporarily switching to the
low beams
Pull the lever toward you and then
return it to its original position.
The high beams are on while the lever
is pulled toward you, however, after the
lever is returned to its original position,
the low beams remain on for a certain
amount of time. Afterwards, the Auto-
matic High Beam will be activated
again.
■Temporarily switching to the low
beams
It is recommended to switch to the low beams when the high beam may cause
problems or distress to other drivers or pedestrians nearby.
Turning the high beams
on/off manually