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COROLLA H/B_UTABLE OF CONTENTS
For your information ........................
6
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
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13Pictorial index
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Refueling method ................................................................. P.171
Fuel type/fuel tank capacity ................................................. P.515
Tires..................................................................................... P.442
Tire size/inflation pressure ................................................... P.519
Winter tires/tire chains ......................................................... P.251
Checking/rotation/tire pressure warning system .................. P.442
Coping with flat tires..................................................... P.484, 494
Hood .................................................................................... P.433
Opening ............................................................................... P.433
Engine oil ............................................................................. P.516
Coping with overheating ...................................................... P.510
Headlights/daytime running lights ................................... P.160
Turn signal lights ............................................................... P.153
Parking lights ..................................................................... P.160
Front side marker lights .................................................... P.160
Fog lights
*........................................................................... P.166
Stop lights/tail lights/r ear side marker lights/
turn signal lights ................................................................ P.160
License plate lights............................................................ P.160
Tail lights............................................................................. P.160
Back-up lights
Shifting the shift position to R .... .................................. P.147, 151
*: If equipped
Light bulbs of the exterior lights for driving
(Replacing method: P.460, Watts: P.520) 
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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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For safety and security
Adjust the angle of the seat-
back so that you are sitting 
straight up and so that you do 
not have to lean forward to 
steer. ( P.115)
Adjust the seat so that you 
can depress the pedals fully 
and so that your arms bend 
slightly at the elbow when 
gripping the steering wheel. 
( P.115)
Lock the head restraint in 
place with the center of the 
head restraint closest to the 
top of your ears. ( P.115)
Wear the seat belt correctly. 
( P.25)
WARNING
■Before driving
●Check that the floor mat is 
securely fixed in the correct 
place with all the provided 
retaining hooks (c lips). Be espe-
cially careful to perform this 
check after cleaning the floor.
●With the engine stopped and 
the shift lever in P (continuously 
variable transmission) or N 
(manual transmission), fully 
depress each pedal to the floor 
to make sure it does not inter-
fere with the floor mat.
For safe driving
For safe driving, adjust the 
seat and mirror to an appro-
priate position before driv-
ing.
Correct driving posture 
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For safety and security
1 To fasten the seat belt, push 
the plate into the buckle until 
a click sound is heard.
2 To release the seat belt, 
press the release button  .
■Emergency locking retractor 
(ELR)
The retractor will lock the belt during 
a sudden stop or on impact. It may 
also lock if you lean forward too 
quickly. A slow, easy motion will 
allow the belt to extend so that you 
can move around fully.
■Automatic locking retractor 
(ALR)
When a passenger’s shoulder belt is 
completely extended and then 
retracted even slightly, the belt is 
locked in that position and cannot 
be extended. This feature is used to 
hold the child restraint system 
(CRS) firmly. To free the belt again, 
fully retract the belt and then pull the 
belt out once more. ( P. 4 5 )
1 Push the seat belt shoulder 
anchor down while pressing 
the release button  .
2 Push the seat belt shoulder 
anchor up while pressing the 
release button  .
Move the height adjuster up and 
down as needed until you hear a 
click.
WARNING
●Do not use the seat belt 
extender when installing a child 
restraint system because the 
belt will not securely hold the 
child restraint system, increas-
ing the risk of death or serious 
injury in the event of an acci-
dent.
●The personalized extender may 
not be safe on another vehicle, 
when used by another person, 
or at a different seating position 
other than the one originally 
intended.
NOTICE
■When using a seat belt 
extender
When releasing the seat belt, 
press on the buckle release but-
ton on the extender, not on the 
seat belt.
This helps prevent damage to the 
vehicle interior and the extender 
itself.
Fastening and releasing 
the seat belt
Adjusting the seat belt 
shoulder anchor height 
(front seats) 
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The pretensioners help the seat 
belts to quickly restrain the 
occupants by retracting the seat 
belts when the vehicle is sub-
jected to certain types of severe 
frontal or side collision or a vehi-
cle rollover.
The pretensioners do not activate 
in the event of a minor frontal 
impact, a minor side impact or a 
rear impact.
■Replacing the belt after the pre-
tensioner has been activated
If the vehicle is in volved in multiple 
collisions, the pretensioner will acti-
vate for the first collision, but will not 
activate for the second or subse- quent collisions.
WARNING
■Adjustable shoulder anchor
Always make sure the shoulder 
belt is positioned across the cen-
ter of your shoulder. The belt 
should be kept away from your 
neck, but not falling off your shoul-
der. Failure to do so could reduce 
the amount of protection in an 
accident and cause death or seri-
ous injuries in the event of a sud-
den stop, sudden swerve or 
accident.
Seat belt pretensioners 
(front seats)
WARNING
■Seat belt pretensioners
●Do not place anything, such as 
a cushion, on the front passen-
ger’s seat. Doing so will 
disperse the passenger’s 
weight, which prevents the sen-
sor from detecting the passen-
ger’s weight properly. As a 
result, the seat belt pretensioner 
for the front passenger’s seat 
may not activate in the event of 
a collision.
●If the pretensioner has acti-
vated, the SRS warning light will 
come on. In that case, the seat 
belt cannot be used again and 
must be replaced at your Toyota 
dealer. 
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For safety and security
SRS warning light
Front impact sensors
Airbag sensor assembly
Your vehicle is equipped wi th ADVANCED AIRBAGS designed 
based on the US motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS208). The 
airbag sensor assembly (ECU) controls airbag deployment based on 
information obtained from the sensors etc. shown in the system 
components diagram above. This information includes crash sever-
ity and occupant information. As the airbags deploy, a chemical 
reaction in the inflators quickly fills the airbags with non-toxic gas to 
help restrain the motion of the occupants.
■If the SRS airbags deploy 
(inflate)
●Slight abrasions, burns, bruising 
etc., may be sustained from SRS 
airbags, due to the extremely high 
speed deployment (inflation) by 
hot gases.
●A loud noise and white powder will 
be emitted.
●Parts of the airbag module (steer-
ing wheel hub, airbag cover and 
inflator) as well as the front seats, 
parts of the front  and rear pillars, 
and roof side rails, may be hot for 
several minutes. The airbag itself 
may also be hot.
●The windshield may crack.
●The interior lights will turn on auto-
matically. ( P.401)
●The emergency flashers will be 
turned on automatically. ( P.464)
●For Safety Connect subscribers, if 
any of the following situations 
occur, the system is designed to 
send an emergency call to the 
response center, notifying them of 
the vehicle’s location (without 
needing to push the “SOS” button) 
and an agent will a ttempt to speak 
with the occupants to ascertain 
the level of emergency and assis-
tance required. If the occupants 
are unable to communicate, the 
agent automatically treats the call  as an emergency and helps to dis-
patch the necessary emergency 
services. (
P. 5 8 )
• An SRS airbag is deployed.
• A seat belt pretensioner is acti- vated.
• The vehicle is involved in a severe  rear-end collision.
■SRS airbag deployment condi-
tions (SRS front airbags)
●The SRS front airbags will deploy 
in the event of an impact that 
exceeds the set threshold level 
(the level of force corresponding 
to an approximately 12 - 18 mph 
[20 - 30 km/h] fr ontal collision with 
a fixed wall that does not move or 
deform).
However, this threshold velocity will 
be considerably higher in the follow-
ing situations:
• If the vehicle strikes an object,  such as a parked vehicle or sign 
pole, which can move or deform 
on impact
• If the vehicle is involved in an 
underride collision,  such as a colli-
sion in which the front of the vehi-
cle “underrides”, or goes under, 
the bed of a truck
●Depending on the type of collision, 
it is possible that only the seat belt 
pretensioners will activate.
●The SRS front airbags for the front 
passenger will not activate if there  
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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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SRS warning light
Front passenger seat belt reminder light
“AIR BAG OFF” indicator light
“AIR BAG ON” indicator light
Front passenger occupant classification system
Your vehicle is equipped with a front passenger occupant 
classification system. This system detects the conditions of 
the front passenger seat and activates or deactivates the front 
passenger airbag and seat cushion airbag.
System components
WARNING
■Front passenger occupant 
classification system precau-
tions
Observe the following precautions 
regarding the front passenger 
occupant classification system.
Failure to do so may cause death 
or serious injury.
●Wear the seat belt properly.
●Make sure the front passenger’s 
seat belt plate has not been left 
inserted into the buckle before 
someone sits in the front pas-
senger seat.