TOYOTA GR YARIS 2023 Owner's Guide
Manufacturer: TOYOTA, Model Year: 2023, Model line: GR YARIS, Model: TOYOTA GR YARIS 2023Pages: 470, PDF Size: 113.17 MB
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Adjust the angle of the seatback  
so that you are sitting straight up  
and so that you do not have to  
lean forward to steer. ( P. 1 1 2 ) 
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. 1 1 2 ) 
Lock the head restraint in place  
with the center of the head  
restraint closest to the top of  
your ears. ( P. 1 1 5 ) 
Wear the seat belt correctly.  
( P. 3 1 )
WARNING
●With the engine stopped and the  shift lever in N, fully depress each  
pedal to the floor to make sure it  does not interfere with the floor mat.
For safe driving
For safe driving, adjust the  
seat and mirror to an appropri- 
ate position before driving.
Correct driving posture 
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Make sure that all occupants are  
wearing their seat belts before driv- 
ing the vehicle. ( P.31) 
Use a child restraint system appro- 
priate for the child until the child  
becomes large enough to properly  
wear the vehicle’s seat belt.  
( P. 4 5 ) 
Make sure that you can see back- 
ward clearly by adjusting the inside  
and outside rear view mirrors prop- 
erly. ( P.119, 120)
WARNING
■For safe driving 
Observe the following precautions. 
Failure to do so may result in death or  serious injury.
●Do not adjust the position of the driver’s seat while driving.Doing so could cause the driver to  
lose control of the vehicle.
●Do n ot  p la ce  a cu s hi on  b et we en  t he  
driver or passenger and the  seatback.A cushion may prevent correct pos- 
ture from being achieved, and  reduce the effectiveness of the seat belt and head restraint.
●Do not place anything under the front seats. 
Objects placed under the front  seats may become jammed in the seat tracks and stop the seat from  
locking in place. This may lead to  an accident and the adjustment mechanism may also be damaged.
●Always observe the legal speed limit when driving on public roads.
●When driving over long distances, take regular breaks before you start  
to feel tired. Also, if you feel tired or sleepy while driving, do not force yourself to con- 
tinue driving and take a break  immediately.
Correct use of the seat belts
Adjusting the mirrors 
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Seat belts
Make sure that all occupants  
are wearing their seat belts  
before driving the vehicle.
WARNING
Observe the following precautions to  
reduce the risk of injury in the event of  sudden braking, sudden swerving or an accident. 
Failure to do so may cause death or  serious injury.
■Wearing a seat belt
●Ensure that all passengers wear a seat belt.
●Always wear a seat belt properly.
●Each seat belt should be used by one person only. Do not use a seat belt for more than one person at  
once, including children.
●Toyota recommends that children 
be seated in the rear seat and  always use a seat belt and/or an appropriate child restraint system.
●To achieve a proper seating posi-tion, do not recline the seat more  
than necessary. The seat belt is  most effective when the occupants are sitting up straight and well back  
in the seats.
●Do not wear the shoulder belt under 
your arm.
●Always wear your seat belt low and 
snug across your hips.
■Pregnant women 
Obtain medical advice and wear the  seat belt in the proper way. ( P. 3 2 ) 
Women who are pregnant should  position the lap belt as low as possi-ble over the hips in the same manner  
as other occupants, extending the  shoulder belt completely over the shoulder and avoiding belt contact  
with the rounding of the abdominal  area. 
If the seat belt is not worn properly,  
not only the pregnant woman, but  also the fetus could suffer death or serious injury as a result of sudden  
braking or a collision.
■People suffering illness 
Obtain medical advice and wear the  seat belt in the proper way. ( P. 3 2 )
■When children are in the vehicle 
 P. 5 7
■Seat belt damage and wear
●Do not damage the seat belts by  allowing the belt, plate, or buckle to  
be jammed in the door. 
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Extend the shoulder belt so that  
it comes fully over the shoulder,  
but does not come into contact  
with the neck or slide off the  
shoulder. 
 Position the lap belt as low as  
possible over the hips. 
 Adjust the position of the  
seatback. Sit up straight and well  
back in the seat. 
 Do not twist the seat belt.
■Child seat belt usage 
The seat belts of your vehicle were prin- cipally designed for persons of adult  
size.
●Use a child restraint system appropri-
ate for the child, until the child  becomes large enough to properly wear the vehicle’s seat belt. ( P.45)
●When the child becomes large  enough to properly wear the vehicle’s  
seat belt, follow the instructions  regarding seat belt usage. ( P.31)
■Seat belt regulations 
If seat belt regulations exist in the coun- 
try where you reside, please contact any  authorized Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized repairer, or any reliable  
repairer for seat belt replacement or  installation.
1 To fasten the seat belt, push the  
plate into the buckle until a click  
sound is heard.
WARNING
●Inspect the seat belt system period- ically. Check for cuts, fraying, and  
loose parts. Do not use a damaged  seat belt until it is replaced. Dam-aged seat belts cannot protect an  
occupant from death or serious  injury.
●Ensure that the belt and plate are locked and the belt is not twisted.If the seat belt does not function  
correctly, immediately contact any  authorized Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized repairer, or any reliable  
repairer.
●Replace the seat assembly, includ-
ing the belts, if your vehicle has  been involved in a serious accident, even if there is no obvious damage.
●Do not attempt to install, remove, modify, disassemble or dispose of  
the seat belts. Have any necessary  repairs carried out by any autho-rized Toyota retailer or Toyota  
authorized repairer, or any reliable  repairer. Inappropriate handling may lead to incorrect operation.
Correct use of the seat beltsFastening and releasing the  
seat belt 
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2To 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.  
When the seat belt locks, pull the belt  strongly and then release the belt, then a slow and easy pulling will allow the  
belt to extend.
The pretensioners help the seat  
belts to quickly restrain the occu- 
pants by retracting the seat belts  
when the vehicle is subjected to  
certain types of severe frontal or  
side collision.
The pretensioners do not activate in the  
event of a minor frontal impact, a minor 
side impact, a rear impact or a vehicle 
rollover.
■Replacing the belt after the  pretensioner has been activated 
If the vehicle is involved in multiple colli- 
sions, the pretensioner will activate for  the first collision, but will not activate for the second or subsequent collisions.
■PCS-linked seat belt pretensioner  
control (vehicles with Toyota Safety  Sense) 
If the PCS (Pre-Collision System) deter- 
mines that the possibility of a collision  with a vehicle is high, the seat belt pretensioners will be prepared to oper- 
ate.
Seat belt pretensioners  
(front seats)
WARNING
■Seat belt pretensioners 
If the pretensioner has activated, the  
SRS warning light will come on. In  that case, the seat belt cannot be used again and must be replaced at  
any authorized Toyota retailer or  Toyota authorized repairer, or any reli-able repairer. 
Failure to do so may cause death or  serious injury. 
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■Location of the SRS airbags
SRS front airbags 
SRS driver airbag/front passenger airbag
Can help protect the head and chest of the driver and front pas senger from impact  
with interior components
SRS side and curtain shield airbags 
SRS front side airbags
Can help protect the torso of the front seat occupants
SRS curtain shield airbags
Can help protect primarily the head of occupants in the outer s eats
SRS airbags
The SRS airbags inflate when the vehicle is subjected to certain  
types of severe impacts that may cause significant injury to th e  
occupants. They work together with the seat belts to help reduc e the  
risk of death or serious injury.
SRS airbag system 
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■SRS airbag system components 
Front impact sensors 
Airbag manual on-off switch
Front passenger airbag 
Side impact sensors (side door) 
Side impact sensors (front)
Side airbags 
Seat belt pretensioners and force limiters 
Curtain shield airbags
Driver airbag 
SRS warning light 
“AIR BAG ON” and “AIR BAG OFF” indicator lights
Airbag sensor assembly 
The main SRS airbag system components are shown above. The SRS  air- 
bag system is controlled by the airbag sensor assembly. As the  airbags  
deploy, a chemical reaction in the inflators quickly fills the  airbags with non- 
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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 (steering 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 brakes and stop lights will be con-trolled automatically. ( P.218)
●The interior lights will turn on automat- ically. ( P.236)
●The emergency flashers will turn on  automatically. ( P.304)
●Fuel supply to the engine will be  stopped. ( P.312)
●Vehicles with eCall: If any of the fol- 
lowing situations occur, the system is  
designed to send an emergency call*  
to the eCall control 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 assistance  required. If the occupants are unable to communicate, the agent automati- 
cally treats the call as an emergency  and helps to dispatch the necessary emergency services. ( P.60) 
• An SRS airbag is deployed. • A seat belt pretensioner is activated.• The vehicle is involved in a severe  
rear-end collision.*: In some cases, the call cannot be  
made. ( P. 6 2 )
■SRS airbag deployment conditions  
(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 approxi- 
mately 20 - 30 km/h [12 - 18 mph]  frontal collision with a fixed wall that does not move or deform). 
However, this threshold velocity will be  considerably higher in the following situ- 
ations: • 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 under-ride collision, such as a collision in  
which the front of the vehicle “under- rides”, 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.
■SRS airbag deployment conditions  (SRS side and curtain shield air-bags)
●The SRS side and curtain shield air-bags will deploy in the event of an  
impact that exceeds the set threshold  level (the level of force corresponding to the impact force produced by an  
approximately 1500 kg [3300 lb.] vehi- cle colliding with the vehicle cabin from a direction perpendicular to the  
vehicle orientation at an approximate  speed of 20 - 30 km/h [12 - 18 mph]).
●Both SRS curtain shield airbags may also deploy in the event of a severe frontal collision.
■Conditions under which the SRS airbags may deploy (inflate), other than a collision 
The SRS front airbags and SRS side  and curtain shield airbags may also deploy if a serious impact occurs to the  
underside of your vehicle. Some exam- ples are shown in the illustration. 
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●Hitting a curb, edge of pavement or  
hard surface
●Falling into or jumping over a deep 
hole
●Landing hard or falling
■Types of collisions that may not  deploy the SRS airbags (SRS front  
airbags) 
The SRS front airbags do not generally  inflate if the vehicle is involved in a side  
or rear collision, if it rolls over, or if it is  involved in a low-speed frontal collision. But, whenever a collision of any type  
causes sufficient forward deceleration of  the vehicle, deployment of the SRS front airbags may occur.
●Collision from the side
●Collision from the rear
●Vehicle rollover
■Types of collisions that may not deploy the SRS airbags (SRS side  
and curtain shield airbags) 
The SRS side and curtain shield airbags  may not activate if the vehicle is sub- 
jected to a collision from the side at cer- tain angles, or a collision to the side of the vehicle body other than the passen- 
ger compartment.
●Collision from the side to the vehicle 
body other than the passenger com- 
partment
●Collision from the side at an angle 
The SRS side airbags do not generally  inflate if the vehicle is involved in a fron-tal or rear collision, if it rolls over, or if it  
is involved in a low-speed side collision.
●Collision from the front
●Collision from the rear
●Vehicle rollover 
The SRS curtain shield airbags do not  
generally inflate if the vehicle is involved  in a rear collision, if it rolls over, or if it is involved in a low-speed side or low- 
speed frontal collision.
●Collision from the rear
●Vehicle rollover
■When to contact any authorized  Toyota retailer or Toyota authorized repairer, or any reliable repairer 
In the following cases, the vehicle will  require inspection and/or repair. Contact  
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any authorized Toyota retailer or Toyota  
authorized repairer, or any reliable  repairer as soon as possible.
●Any of the SRS airbags have been inflated.
●The front of the vehicle is damaged or deformed, or was involved in an acci-dent that was not severe enough to  
cause the SRS front airbags to inflate.
●A portion of a door or its surrounding 
area is damaged, deformed or has  had a hole made in it, or the vehicle was involved in an accident that was  
not severe enough to cause the SRS  side and curtain shield airbags to inflate.
●The pad section of the steering wheel or dashboard near the front passen- 
ger airbag is scratched, cracked, or  otherwise damaged.
●The surface of the seats with the SRS side airbag is scratched, cracked, or otherwise damaged.
●The portion of the front pillars, rear pil- 
lars or roof side rail garnishes (pad- ding) containing the SRS curtain 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 supplemental devices to be used with the seat  
belts.