tow TOYOTA COROLLA HATCHBACK 2021 Owners Manual (in English)
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COROLLA H/B_UTABLE OF CONTENTS
For your information ........................
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Reading this manual ...................... 10
How to search ................................ 11
Pictorial index ................................ 12
1-1. For safe use Before driving ........................ 22
For safe driving ..................... 23
Seat belts .............................. 25
SRS airbags .......................... 29
Front passenger occupant clas- sification system.................. 38
Exhaust gas precautions....... 43
1-2. Child safety Riding with children ............... 44
Child restraint systems .......... 45
1-3. Emergency assistance Safety Connect ..................... 58
1-4. Theft deterrent system Engine immobilizer system ... 64
Alarm ..................................... 66
Theft prevention labels (U.S.A.) ............................................ 67
2-1. Instrument cluster Warning lights and indicators............................................ 70
Gauges and meters (4.2-inch  display)................................ 74
Gauges and meters (7-inch dis- play) .................................... 78
Multi-information display ....... 82
Head-up display .................... 89
Fuel consumption information ............................................ 933-1. Key information
Keys ...................................... 98
3-2. Opening, closing and locking  the doors
Side doors .......................... 101
Back door ........................... 105
Smart key system .............. 108
3-3. Adjusting the seats Front seats ......................... 115
Rear seats.......................... 116
Head restraints................... 118
3-4. Adjusting the steering wheel  and mirrors
Steering wheel ................... 121
Inside rear view mirror ....... 122
Outside rear view mirrors ... 123
3-5. Opening and closing the win- dows
Power windows .................. 125
4-1. Before driving Driving the vehicle.............. 130
Cargo and luggage ............ 138
Vehicle load limits .............. 140
Trailer towing...................... 141
Dinghy towing .................... 141
4-2. Driving procedures Engine (ignition) switch ...... 142
Continuously variable transmis- sion .................................. 147
Manual transmission ..........15
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Turn signal lever................. 153
Parking brake ..................... 154
Brake Hold ......................... 157
1For safety and security
2Vehicle status information 
and indicators
3Before driving
4Driving 
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5TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Wheels ............................... 453
Air conditioning filter ........... 454
Electronic key battery ......... 456
Checking and replacing fuses ......................................... 458
Light bulbs .......................... 460
8-1. Essential information Emergency flashers ........... 464
If your vehicle has to be stopped  in an emergency .............. 464
If the vehicle is trapped in rising  water ................................ 465
8-2. Steps to take in an emergency If your vehicle needs to be towed......................................... 467
If you think something is wrong ......................................... 470
Fuel pump shut off system ......................................... 471
If a warning light turns on or a  warning buzzer sounds .... 472
If a warning message is dis- played .............................. 482
If you have a flat tire (vehicles  without spare tire) ............ 484
If you have a flat tire (vehicles  with a spare tire) .............. 494
If the engine will not start ... 502
If you lose your keys .......... 504
If the electronic key does not  operate properly ............... 504
If the vehicle battery is dis- charged ............................ 506
If your vehicle overheats .... 510
If the vehicle becomes stuck ......................................... 5129-1. Specifications
Maintenance data (fuel, oil level, etc.) .................................. 514
Fuel information ................. 522
Tire information .................. 524
9-2. Customization Customizable features ....... 535
9-3. Initialization Items to initialize ................ 543
10-1. For owners Reporting safety defects for U.S. owners ............................. 546
Seat belt instructions for Cana- dian owners (in French) ... 546
SRS airbag instructions for  Canadian owners (in French)......................................... 548
What to do if... (Troubleshooting) ......................................... 556
Alphabetical Index.............. 559
8When trouble arises
9Vehicle specifications
10For owners
Index 
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14Pictorial index
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■ Instrument panel
Engine switch ..................................................................... P.142
Starting the engine/changing the modes ............................. P.142
Emergency stop of the engine ............................................. P.464
When the engine will not start .............................................. P.502
Warning messages .............................................................. P.482
Shift lever.................................................................... P.147, 151
Changing the shift position........................................... P.147, 151
Precautions for towing . ........................................................ P.467
When the shift lever does not move
*1.................................. P.148
Meters ............................................................................. P.74, 78
Reading the meters/adjusting the instrument panel light . P.74, 78
Warning lights/indicator lights ................................................ P.70
When a warning light turns on ............................................. P.472
Multi-information display ........... ......................................... P.82
Display ................................................................................... P.82
When a warning message is displayed ................................ P.482 
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341-1. For safe use
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●The surface of the seats with the 
SRS side airbag is scratched, 
cracked, or otherwise damaged.
●The portion of the front pillars, rear 
pillars or roof side rail garnishes 
(padding) containing the SRS cur-
tain shield airbags inside is 
scratched, cracked, or otherwise 
damaged.
WARNING
■SRS airbag precautions
Observe the following precautions 
regarding the SRS airbags.
Failure to do so may cause death 
or serious injury.
●The driver and all passengers in 
the vehicle must wear their seat 
belts properly.
The SRS airbags are supple-
mental devices to be used with 
the seat belts.
●The SRS driver airbag deploys 
with considerable force, and 
can cause death or serious 
injury especially if the driver is 
very close to the airbag. The 
National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA) 
advises:
Since the risk zone for the driver’s 
airbag is the first 2 - 3 in. (50 - 75 
mm) of inflation, placing yourself 
10 in. (250 mm) from your driver 
airbag provides you with a clear 
margin of safety.  This distance is 
measured from the center of the 
steering wheel to your breast-
bone. If you sit less than 10 in. 
(250 mm) away now, you can 
change your driving position in 
several ways:
• Move your seat to the rear as  far as you can while still reach-
ing the pedals comfortably.
• Slightly recline the back of the  seat.
Although vehicle designs vary, 
many drivers can achieve the 
10 in. (250 mm) distance, even 
with the driver seat all the way 
forward, simply by reclining the 
back of the seat somewhat. If 
reclining the back of your seat 
makes it hard to see the road, 
raise yourself by using a firm, 
non-slippery cushion, or raise 
the seat if your vehicle has that 
feature.
• If your steering wheel is adjust- able, tilt it downward. This 
points the airbag toward your 
chest instead of your head and 
neck.
The seat should be adjusted as 
recommended by NHTSA above, 
while still maintaining control of 
the foot pedals, steering wheel, 
and your view of the instrument 
panel controls. 
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361-1. For safe use
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WARNING
●Do not lean against the door, 
the roof side rail or the front, 
side and rear pillars.
●Do not allow anyone to kneel on 
the passenger seats toward the 
door or put their head or hands 
outside the vehicle.
●Do not attach anything to or 
lean anything against areas 
such as the dashboard, steering 
wheel pad and lower portion of 
the instrument panel.
These items can become pro-
jectiles when the SRS driver, 
front passenger and knee air-
bags deploy.
●Do not attach anything to areas 
such as a door, windshield, side 
windows, front or rear pillar, roof 
side rail and assist grip. (Except 
for the speed limit label 
P.485)
●Do not hang coat hangers or 
other hard objects on the coat 
hooks. All of these items could 
become projectiles and may 
cause death or serious injury, 
should the SRS curtain shield 
airbags deploy.
●If a vinyl cover is put on the area 
where the SRS driver’s knee 
airbag will deploy, be sure to 
remove it.
●Do not use seat accessories 
which cover the parts where the 
SRS side airbags and SRS seat 
cushion airbag inflate as they 
may interfere with inflation of 
the SRS airbags. Such acces-
sories may prevent the side air-
bags and seat cushion airbag 
from activating correctly, disable 
the system or cause the side 
airbags and seat cushion airbag 
to inflate accidentally, resulting 
in death or serious injury.
●Do not strike or apply significant 
levels of force to the area of the 
SRS airbag components or the 
front doors.
Doing so can cause the SRS 
airbags to malfunction.
●Do not touch any of the compo-
nent parts immediately after the 
SRS airbags have deployed 
(inflated) as they may be hot. 
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521-2. Child safety
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and forth to ensure that it is 
installed securely. (P.53)
■Booster seat
1 If installing the child restraint 
system to the front passen-
ger seat is unavoidable, refer 
to P.47for front passenger 
seat adjustment.
2 High back type: If the head 
restraint interferes with your 
child restraint system, and 
the head restraint can be 
removed, remove the head 
restraint. ( P.118)
3 Place the child restraint sys-
tem on the seat facing the 
front of the vehicle.
Booster type
High back type
4 Sit the child in the child 
restraint system. Fit the seat  belt to the child restraint sys-
tem according to the manu-
facturer’s instructions and 
insert the plate into the 
buckle. Make sure that the 
belt is not twisted.
Check that the shoulder belt is cor-
rectly positioned over the child’s 
shoulder and that the lap belt is as 
low as possible. (
P. 2 5 )
■Removing a child restraint 
system installed with a seat 
belt
Press the buckle release button 
and fully retract the seat belt.
When releasing the buckle, the 
child restraint sys tem may spring 
up due to the rebound of the seat 
cushion. Release  the buckle while 
holding down the child restraint 
system.
Since the seat belt automatically 
reels itself, slowly  return it to the 
stowing position. 
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621-3. Emergency assistance
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stolen vehicle, Safety-Con-
nect-equipped vehicle location 
data may, under certain circum-
stances, be shared with third 
parties to locate your vehicle. 
Further information is available 
at Toyota.com in the United 
States, Toyotapr.com in Puerto 
Rico and Toyota.ca in Canada.
■Emergency Assistance But-
ton (“SOS”)
In the event of an emergency on 
the road, push the “SOS” button 
to reach the Safety Connect 
response center. The answer-
ing agent will determine your 
vehicle’s location, assess the 
emergency, and dispatch the 
necessary assistance required.
If you accidentally press the “SOS” 
button, tell the response-center 
agent that you are not experiencing 
an emergency.
■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 sa fety 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]
Safety information for 
Safety Connect 
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1093-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
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Before driving
●Interior buzzer sounds continu-
ously
■Battery-saving function
The battery-saving function will be 
activated in order to prevent the 
electronic key battery and the vehi-
cle battery from being discharged 
while the vehicle is not operated for 
a long time.
●In the following situations, the 
smart key system may take some 
time to unlock the doors.
• The electronic key has been left 
within approximately 11 ft. (3.5 m) 
of the outside of the vehicle for 2 
minutes or longer.
• The smart key system has not  been used for 5 days or longer.
●If the smart key 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 handle, or use the wireless  remote control or mechanical key 
to unlock the doors.
■Electronic key battery-saving 
function
When battery-saving mode is set, 
battery depletion is minimized by 
stopping the electronic key from 
receiving radio waves.
Press   twice while pressing and 
holding  . Confirm that the elec-
tronic key indicator flashes 4 times.
While the battery-saving mode is 
set, the smart key system cannot be 
used. To cancel the function, press 
any of the electronic key buttons.
■Conditions affecting operation
The smart key system uses weak 
radio waves. In the following situa-
tions, the communication between 
the electronic key and the vehicle 
may be affected, preventing the 
smart key system, wireless remote 
control and engine immobilizer sys-
tem from operating properly.
●When the electronic key battery is 
depleted
●Near a TV tower, electric power 
plant, gas station, radio station, 
large display, airport or other facil-
ity that generates strong radio 
waves or electrical noise
●When carrying a portable radio, 
cellular phone, cordless phone or 
other wireless communication 
device
●When the electronic key is in con-
tact with, or is covered by the fol-
lowing metallic objects
• Cards to which aluminum foil is  attached
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 engine switch 
was turned to ACC 
while the driver’s 
door was open (or 
the driver’s door was 
opened while the 
engine switch was in 
ACC).
Turn the 
engine 
switch off 
and close 
the driver’s 
door.
The engine switch 
was turned to off 
while the driver’s 
door was open.
Close the 
driver’s door 
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1163-3. Adjusting the seats
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1Move the front seats forward. 
( P.115)
2 Stow the rear armrest. 
( P.417)
3 Lower the rear center seat 
head restraint to the lowest 
position. (P.118)
4 Fold the rear outside seat 
head restraints. ( P.118)
5 Pull the seatback lock 
release lever and fold the 
seatback down.
Each seatback may be folded sep-
arately.
WARNING
■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 colli-
sion, do not recline the seat 
more than necessary.
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 unexpectedly move and 
cause the driver to lose control 
of the vehicle.
●Manual seat only: After adjust-
ing 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. Other-
wise, the head restraint and head-
liner may be damaged.
Rear seats
The seatbacks of the rear 
seats can be folded down.
Folding down the rear 
seatbacks
WARNING
Observe the following precau-
tions. Failure to do so may result 
in death or serious injury. 
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1193-3. Adjusting the seats
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Before driving
the head restraint is closest to the 
top of your ears.
■Adjusting the rear center seat 
head restraint
Always raise the head restraint one 
level from the stowed position when 
using.
■Front seats
Pull the head restraint up while 
pressing the lock release button  .
■Rear outside seats
Pull the head restraint up while 
pressing the lock release but-
tons .
■Rear center seat
Pull the head restraint up while 
pressing the lock release button  .
■Front seats
Align the head restraint with the 
installation holes and push it 
down to the lock position.
Press and hold the lock release 
button   when lowering the head 
restraint.
Removing the head 
restraints
Installing the head 
restraints