warning light TOYOTA COROLLA HYBRID 2021 Owners Manual (in English)

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COROLLA HV_UTABLE OF CONTENTS
For your information ........................
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Reading this manual ...................... 11
How to search ................................ 12
Pictorial index ................................ 13
1-1. For safe use Before driving ........................ 24
For safe driving ..................... 25
Seat belts .............................. 27
SRS airbags .......................... 31
Front passenger occupant clas- sification system.................. 41
Exhaust gas precautions....... 46
1-2. Child safety Riding with children ............... 47
Child restraint systems .......... 48
1-3. Emergency assistance Safety Connect ..................... 73
1-4. Hybrid system Hybrid system features ......... 80
Hybrid system precautions .... 83
1-5. Theft deterrent system Immobilizer system ............... 88
Alarm ..................................... 90
2-1. Instrument cluster Warning lights and indicators............................................ 94
Gauges and meters .............. 98
Multi-information display .... 103
Energy monitor/consumption screen .............................. 1093-1. Key information
Keys ................................... 116
3-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
Doors ................................. 119
Trunk .................................. 123
Smart key system .............. 125
3-3. Adjusting the seats Front seats ......................... 133
Rear seats.......................... 134
Head restraints................... 136
3-4. Adjusting the steering wheel and mirrors
Steering wheel ................... 138
Inside rear view mirror ....... 139
Outside rear view mirrors ... 140
3-5. Opening and closing the win- dows
Power windows .................. 142
4-1. Before driving Driving the vehicle.............. 146
Cargo and luggage ............ 152
Vehicle load limits .............. 155
Trailer towing...................... 155
Dinghy towing .................... 156
4-2. Driving procedures Power (ignition) switch ....... 157
EV drive mode ................... 162
Hybrid transmission ........... 164
Turn signal lever................. 166
Parking brake ..................... 16
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Brake Hold
......................... 170
1For safety and security
2Vehicle status information
and indicators
3Before driving
4Driving

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Cleaning the hybrid battery (trac- tion battery) air intake vent and
filter .................................. 455
Electronic key battery ......... 459
Checking and replacing fuses ......................................... 461
Light bulbs .......................... 463
8-1. Essential information Emergency flashers ........... 470
If your vehicle has to be stopped in an emergency .............. 471
If the vehicle is trapped in rising water ................................ 472
8-2. Steps to take in an emergency If your vehicle needs to be towed......................................... 473
If you think something is wrong ......................................... 476
If a warning light turns on or a warning buzzer sounds .... 478
If a warning message is dis- played .............................. 487
If you have a flat tire (vehicles without spare tire) ............ 490
If you have a flat tire (vehicles with a spare tire) .............. 501
If the hybrid system will not start ......................................... 509
If you lose your keys .......... 510
If the fuel filler door cannot be opened ............................. 511
If the electronic key does not operate properly ............... 511
If the 12-volt battery is dis- charged ............................ 513
If your vehicle overheats .... 517
If the vehicle becomes stuck ......................................... 5209-1. Specifications
Maintenance data (fuel, oil level, etc.) .................................. 524
Fuel information ................. 531
Tire information .................. 533
9-2. Customization Customizable features ....... 544
9-3. Initialization Items to initialize ................ 552
10-1. For owners Reporting safety defects for U.S. owners ............................. 554
Seat belt instructions for Cana- dian owners (in French) ... 554
SRS airbag instructions for Canadian owners (in French)......................................... 556
What to do if... (Troubleshooting) ......................................... 564
Alphabetical Index.............. 567
8When trouble arises
9Vehicle specifications
10For owners
Index

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Fuel filler door ............................................... ..................... P.180
Refueling method ............................................... .................. P.181
Fuel type/fuel tan k capacity ................................... .............. P.525
Tires.......................................................... ........................... P.441
Tire size/inflation pressure ................................... ................ P.529
Winter tires/tire chains ....................................... .................. P.247
Checking/rotation/tire pressure warning system
*................. P.441
Coping with flat tires......................................... ............ P.490, 501
Hood ........................................................... ......................... P.432
Opening ............................................................................... P.432
Engine oil ..................................................... ........................ P.526
Coping with overheating ...................................................... P.517
Headlights/daytime running lights .............................. ..... P.173
Turn signal lights/parking lights .............................. ......... P.173
Parking lights
*............................................................... ..... P.173
Front side marker lights ....................................... ............. P.173
Stop lights/tail lights/rear side marker lights/turn signal lig hts
P. 1 7 3
License plate lights........................................... ................. P.173
Back-up lights
Shifting the shift position to R ............................... ............... P.164
*: If equipped
Light bulbs of the exterior lights for driving
(Replacing method: P.463, Watts: P.530)

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■ Instrument panel
Power switch ................................................... ................... P.157
Starting the hybrid system/changing the modes .................. P. 1 5 7
Emergency stop of the hybrid system ............................ ...... P.471
When the hybrid system will not start .......................... ........ P.509
Warning messages ............................................... ............... P.487
Shift lever.................................................... ........................ P.164
Changing the shift position.................................... ............... P.164
Precautions for towing .. ....................................... ................ P.473
When the shift lever does not move............................. ........ P.165
Meters ......................................................... .......................... P.98
Reading the meters/adjusting the instrument panel light ....... P .98
Warning lights/indicator lights ................................ ................ P.94
When a warning light turns on .................................. ........... P.478
Multi-information display . ................................................. P.103
Display ........................................................ ......................... P.103
Energy monitor................................................. .................... P.109

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When a warning message is displayed ............................ .... P.487
Turn signal lever.............................................. ................... P.166
Headlight switch ............................................... ................. P.173
Headlights/parking lights/tail lig hts/side marker lights/daytime run-
ning lights .................................................... ......................... P.173
Windshield wiper and washer switch............................... P.178
Usage................................................................................... P.178
Adding washer fluid .............................................................. P.440
Emergency flasher switch ....................................... .......... P.470
Hood lock release lever ........................................ ............. P.432
Tilt and telescopic steering lock release lever ................P. 1 3 8
Air conditioning system ............................. ....................... P.386
Usage................................................................................... P.386
Rear window defogger ........................................... .............. P.387
Audio .......................................................... ......................... P.253
Audio Plus
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UAL”.

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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.
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 s
ide impact or a
rear impact.
■Replacing the belt after the pre-
tensioner has been activated
If the vehicle is involved in multiple
collisions, the pretensioner will acti-
vate for the first collision, but will not
activate for the second or subse-
quent collisions.
WA R N I N G
■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)
WA R N I N G
■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 with ADVANCED AIRBAGS designed
based on the US motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS208). The
airbag sensor assembly (ECU) cont rols airbag deployment based on
information obtained from the sensors etc. shown in the system
components diagram above. This in formation 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. T he airbag itself
may also be hot.
●The windshield may crack.
●The hybrid system will be stopped
and fuel supply to the engine will
be stopped. ( P. 8 7 )
●The brakes and st op lights will be
controlled automatically. ( P.241)
●The interior lights will turn on auto-
matically. ( P.396)
●The emergency flashers will turn
on automatically. ( P.470)
●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 attempt 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. 7 3 )
• 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 forc e corresponding
to an approximately 12 - 18 mph
[20 - 30 km/h] frontal 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

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For safety and security
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 in the front passen-
ger side.
System components
WA R N I N G
■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 latch plate has not
been left inserted into the
buckle before someone sits in
the front passenger seat.

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WA R N I N G
●Make sure the “AIR BAG OFF”
indicator light is not illuminated
when using the seat belt
extender for the front passenger
seat. If the “AIR BAG OFF” indi-
cator light is illuminated, discon-
nect the extender tongue from
the seat belt buckle, and recon-
nect the seat belt. Reconnect
the seat belt extender after
making sure the “AIR BAG ON”
indicator light is illuminated. If
you use the seat belt extender
while the “AIR BAG OFF” indi-
cator light is illuminated, the
SRS airbags for the front pas-
senger may not activate, which
could cause death or serious
injury in the ev ent of a collision.
●D o n o t a p p l y a h e a v y l o a d t o t h e
front passenger seat or equip-
ment (e.g. seatback pocket).
●Do not put weight on the front
passenger seat by putting your
hands or feet on the front pas-
senger seat seatback from the
rear passenger seat.
●Do not let a rea r passenger lift
the front passenger seat with
their feet or press on the seat-
back with their legs.
●Do not put objec ts under the
front passenger seat.
●Do not recline t he front passen-
ger seatback so far that it
touches the rear seat. This may
cause the “AIR BAG OFF” indi-
cator light to be illuminated,
which indicates that the SRS
airbags for the front passenger
will not activate in the event of a
severe accident. If the seatback
touches the rear seat, return the
seatback to a pos ition where it
does not touch the rear seat.
Keep the front passenger seat-
back as upright as possible
when the vehicle is moving.
Reclining the seatback exces-
sively may lessen the effective-
ness of the seat belt system.
●If an adult sits i n the front pas-
senger seat, the “AIR BAG ON”
indicator light i s illuminated. If
the “AIR BAG OFF” indicator is
illuminated, ask the passenger
to sit up straight, well back in
the seat, feet on the floor, and
with the seat belt worn correctly.
If the “AIR BAG OFF” indicator
still remains illumi nated, either
ask the passenger to move to
the rear seat, or if that is not
possible, move the front pas-
senger seat fully rearward.
●When it is unavoidable to install
a forward-facing c hild restraint
system on the front passenger
seat, install the child restraint
system on the front passenger
seat in the proper order.
(
P. 5 0 )
●Do not modify or remove the
front seats.
●Do not kick the front passenger
seat or subject it to severe
impact. Otherwise, the SRS
warning light m ay come on to
indicate a malfu nction of the
front passenger occupant clas-
sification system. In this case,
contact your Toyota dealer
immediately.

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■Adult*1
■Child*4
WA R N I N G
●Child restraint systems installed
on the rear seat should not con-
tact the front seatbacks.
●Do not use a seat accessory,
such as a cushion and seat
cover, that covers the seat
cushion surface.
●Do not modify or replace the
upholstery of the front seat.
Condition and operation in th e front passenger occupant
classification system
Indicator/warning light
“AIR BAG ON” and “AIR BAG OFF” indicator lights“AIR BAG ON”
SRS warning lightOff
Front passenger’s seat belt reminder lightOff*2 or flashing*3
Devices
Front passenger airbagActivated
Seat cushion airbag in the front passenger sideActivated*2 or
deactivated
*3
Indicator/warning light
“AIR BAG ON” and “AIR BAG OFF” indicator lights“AIR BAG OFF” or
“AIR BAG ON”
*4
SRS warning lightOff
Front passenger’s seat belt reminder lightOff*2 or flashing*3
Devices
Front passenger airbagDeactivated or
activated
*4
Seat cushion airbag in the front passenger sideDeactivated or
activated
*4, 2