windshield wipers TOYOTA MIRAI 2023 Owners Manual

3TABLE OF CONTENTS
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4-4. Adjusting the steering wheel and mirrors
Steering wheel .............. 147
Inside rear view mirror .. 149
Digital Rear-view Mirror 150
Outside rear view mirrors .................................... 160
4-5. Opening, closing the win- dows
Power windows ............. 162
4-6. Favorite settings My Settings ................... 165
5-1. Before driving Driving the vehicle......... 169
Cargo and luggage ....... 175
Vehicle load limits ......... 178
Trailer towing................. 179
Dinghy towing ............... 179
5-2. Driving procedures Power switch ................. 180
Shift position ................. 185
Turn signal lever............ 190
Parking brake ................ 191
Brake Hold .................... 194
ASC (Active Sound Control) .................................... 196
Water release (H
2O switch)
.................................... 1965-3. Operating the lights and
wipers
Headlight switch ............ 198
AHB (Automatic High Beam) .................................... 200
Windshield wipers and washer ......................... 204
5-4. Refueling Opening the fuel door .... 210
5-5. Using the driving support systems
Toyota Safety Sense 2.5 +
.................................... 214
PCS (Pre-Collision System) .................................... 219
LTA (Lane Tracing Assist) .................................... 230
RSA (Road Sign Assist). 241
Dynamic radar cruise control with full-speed range ... 244
BSM (Blind Spot Monitor) .................................... 256
Intuitive parking assist ... 261
RCTA (Rear Cross Traffic Alert) ............................ 272
RCD (Rear Camera Detec- tion) ............................. 277
PKSB (Parking Support Brake) .......................... 281
Parking Support Brake func- tion (static obj ects front and
rear of the vehicle/static
objects around the vehicle) .................................... 286
Parking Support Brake func- tion (moving vehicle rear of
the vehicle) .................. 290
5Driving

15Pictorial index
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Windshield wipers.............................................. ................ P.204
Precautions for winter seas on.............................................. P.327
To prevent freezing (windshield wiper de-icer)
*............ P.337, 347
Precautions for car wash (vehicles with rain-sensing windshield wip-
ers) ....................................................................................... P.394
Fuel door ...................................................... ....................... P.210
Refueling method ............................................... .................. P.210
Fuel type/hydrogen t anks’ fuel capacity ........................ ....... P.497
Tires.......................................................... ........................... P.416
Tire size/inflation pressure ................................... ........ P.416, 501
Winter tires/tire chains ....................................... .................. P.327
Checking/rotation/tire pressur e warning system ..................P.416
Coping with flat tires......................................... .................... P.467
Hood ........................................................... ......................... P.406
Opening ............................................................................... P.406
Fuel cell unit compartment cover ............................... .......... P.409
Coping with overheating ...................................................... P.490
Warning messages ............................................... ............... P.464
Headlights/daytime running lights
*.................................. P.198
Parking lights/dayt ime running lights
*............................. P.198
Turn signal lights ............................................. .................. P.190
Tail lights.................................................... ......................... P.198
Tail lights.................................................... ......................... P.198
Stop lights
License plate lights........................................... ................. P.198
Back-up lights
Changing the shift position to R ............................... ............ P.185
Light bulbs of the exterior lights for driving
(Replacing method: P.443)

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Driving
5-1. Before drivingDriving the vehicle....... 169
Cargo and luggage ..... 175
Vehicle load limits ....... 178
Trailer towing............... 179
Dinghy towing ............. 179
5-2. Driving procedures Power switch ............... 180
Shift position ............... 185
Turn signal lever.......... 190
Parking brake .............. 191
Brake Hold .................. 194
ASC (Active Sound Control) .................................. 196
Water release (H
2O switch)
.................................. 196
5-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Headlight switch .......... 198
AHB (Automatic High Beam)........................ 200
Windshield wipers and washer....................... 204
5-4. Refueling Opening the fuel door . 2105-5. Using the dr
iving support
systems
Toyota Safety Sense 2.5 + .................................. 214
PCS (Pre-Collision System) .................................. 219
LTA (Lane Tracing Assist) .................................. 230
RSA (Road Sign Assist) .................................. 241
Dynamic radar cruise con- trol with full-speed range
.................................. 244
BSM (Blind Spot Monitor) .................................. 256
Intuitive parking assist . 261
RCTA (Rear Cross Traffic Alert) .......................... 272
RCD (Rear Camera Detec- tion) ........................... 277
PKSB (Parking Support Brake) ........................ 281
Parking Support Brake func- tion (static objects front
and rear of the vehi-
cle/static objects around
the vehicle) ................ 286
Parking Support Brake func- tion (moving vehicle rear of
the vehicle) ................ 290
Parking Support Brake func- tion (pedestrians rear of
the vehicle) ................ 291

1995-3. Operating the lights and wipers
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■Headlight control sensor
The sensor may not function prop-
erly if an object is placed on the sen-
sor, or anything that blocks the
sensor is affixed to the windshield.
Doing so interfere s with the sensor
detecting the level of ambient light
and may cause the automatic head-
light system to malfunction.
■Automatic light off system
●When the headlights are on: The
headlights and tail lights turn off
30 seconds after the driver’s door
is opened and clos ed if the power
switch is turned to ACC or off.
(The lights turn off immediately if
on the key is pressed after all
the doors are closed.)
●When only the tail lights are on:
The tail lights tu rn off automati-
cally if the power switch is turned
to ACC or off and the driver’s door
is opened.
To turn the lights on again, turn the
power switch to ON, or turn the light
switch off once and then back to
or .
■Light reminder buzzer
A buzzer sounds when the power
switch is turned off or turned to ACC
and the driver’s door is opened
while the lights are turned on.
■Automatic headlight leveling
system (if equipped)
The level of the headlights is auto-
matically adjusted according to the
number of passengers and the load-
ing condition of the vehicle to ensure that the headlights do not
interfere with other road users.
■Windshield wiper linked head-
light illumination
When driving during daytime with
the headlight switch turned to , if
the windshield wipers are used, the
headlights will turn o n automatically
after several seconds to help
enhance the visibility of your vehi-
cle.
■12-volt battery-saving function
In order to prevent the 12-volt bat-
tery of the vehicle from discharging,
if the headlights and/or tail lights are
on when the power switch is turned
off the 12-volt battery saving func-
tion will operate and automatically
turn off all the lig hts after approxi-
mately 20 minutes. When the power
switch is turned to ON, the 12-volt
battery-saving function will be dis-
abled.
When any of the following are per-
formed, the 12-volt battery-saving
function is canceled once and then
reactivated. All the lights will turn off
automatically 20 minutes after the
12-volt battery-saving function has
been reactivated:
●When the headlight switch is oper-
ated
●When a door or the trunk is
opened or closed
■Customization
Some functions can be customized.
(  P.512)
NOTICE
■To prevent 12-volt battery dis-
charge
Do not leave the lights on longer
than necessary when the fuel cell
system is off.

2005-3. Operating the lights and wipers
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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.
2Pull 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.
1Press the Automatic High
Beam switch.
Turning on the high beam
headlightsAHB (Automatic High
Beam)
The Automatic High Beam
uses a front camera located
behind the upper portion of
the windshield to assess the
brightness of the lights of
vehicles ahead, street-
lights, etc., and automati-
cally turns the high beams
on or off as necessary.
WARNING
■Limitations of the Automatic
High Beam
Do not overly rely on the Auto-
matic High Beam. Always drive
safely, taking care to observe your
surroundings and turning the high
beams on or off manually if nec-
essary.
■To prevent inc orrect opera-
tion of the Automatic High
Beam system
Do not overload the vehicle.
Activating the Automatic
High Beam

2025-3. Operating the lights and wipers
Owners Manual_USA_M62064_en• When driving in inclement weather
(heavy rain, snow, fog, sand-
storms, 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
vehicles ahead are turned off,
dirty, changing color, or not aimed
properly
• When the vehicle is hit by water, snow, dust, etc., from a preceding
vehicle
• When driving thr ough an area of
intermittently changing brightness
and darkness
• When frequently and repeatedly driving ascending/descending
roads, or roads with rough, bumpy
or uneven surfaces (such as
stone-paved roads, gravel roads,
etc.)
• When frequently and repeatedly taking curves or driving on a wind-
ing road
• When there is a hi ghly reflective
object ahead of th e vehicle, such
as a sign or mirror
• When the back of a preceding vehicle is highly reflective, such as
a container 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 driv-
ers
■Temporarily lowering sensor
sensitivity
The sensitivity of the sensor can be
temporarily lowered.
1 Turn the power s witch off while
the following conditions are met.
●The headlight switch is in or
.
●The headlight switch lever is in
low beam position.
●Automatic High Beam switch is
on.
2 Turn the power switch to ON.
3 Within 60 seconds after step 2,
repeat pushing the headlight
switch lever to the high beam
position then pulling it to the orig-
inal position quickly 10 times,
then leave the lever in the origi-
nal position.
4 If the sensitivity is changed, the
AHB indicator is turn on and off 3
times.
■Switching to the high
beams
Push the lever away from you.
The AHB indicator will turn off and
the high beam indi cator will turn on.
Pull the lever to its original position
to activate the Automatic High
Beam system.
Turning the high beams
on/off manually

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Operate the lever oper-
ates the wipers or washer as fol-
lows:
Intermittent windshield wip-
ers with interval adjuster
When intermittent windshield
wiper operation is selected, the
wiper interval can be also
adjusted. 1
(U.S.A.) or
(Canada)
Off
2 (U.S.A.) or (Can-
ada)
Intermittent operation
3 (U.S.A.) or (Can-
ada)
Low speed wiper operation
4 (U.S.A.) or (Can-
ada)
High speed wiper operation
5 (U.S.A.) or (Can-
ada)
Temporary operation
Wiper intervals can be adjusted
when intermittent operation is
selected.
6 Increases the intermittent
windshield wiper frequency
7 Decreases the intermittent
windshield wiper frequency
Windshield wipers and
washer
Operating the lever can
switch between automatic
operation and manual oper-
ation, or can use the
washer.
NOTICE
■When the windshield is dry
Do not use the wipers, as they
may damage the windshield.
Operating the wiper lever

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8 Washer/wiper dual
operation
Pulling the lever o perates the wip-
ers and washer.
(After operating several times, the
wipers operate once more time
after a short delay to prevent drip-
ping. However, the dripping preven-
tion does not operate while the
vehicle is moving.)
Rain-sensing windshield wip-
ers
When is selected, the wip-
ers will operate automatically
when the sensor detects falling
rain. The system automatically
adjusts wiper timing in accor-
dance with rain volume and
vehicle speed. 1
(U.S.A.) or (Canada)
Off
2 Rain-sensing wiper oper-
ationThe wipers will op erate automati-
cally when the sensor detects fall-
ing rain. The syst em automatically
adjusts wiper timi ng in accordance
with rain volume and vehicle speed.
3 (U.S.A.) or (Canada)
Low speed wiper operation
4 (U.S.A.) or (Canada)
High speed wiper operation
5 (U.S.A.) or (Canada)
Temporary operation
When is selected, the sen-
sor sensitivity can be adjusted
by turning the switch ring.

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6Increases the sensitivity
7 Decreases the sensitivity
8 Washer/wiper dual
operation
Pulling the lever o perates the wip-
ers and washer.
(After operating several times, the
wipers operate once more time
after a short delay to prevent drip-
ping. However, the dripping preven-
tion does not operate while the
vehicle is moving.)
9* Rear camera washer
operation
Pushing the lever operates the rear
camera washer and cleans the rear
camera and the camera for the Dig-
ital Rear-view Mirror.
*: Vehicles with Digital Rear-view Mirror
■The windshield wiper and
washer can be operated when
The power switch is in ON.
■Effects of vehicle speed on
wiper operation (vehicles with
rain-sensing windshield wipers)
Even when the wipers are not in
AUTO mode, vehicle speed affects
the time until the drip prevention
wiper sweep occurs.
With low speed windshield wiper
operation selected, wiper operation
will be switched fro m low speed to
intermittent wiper operation only
when the vehicle is stationary.
(However, when the sensor sensitiv-
ity is adjusted to the highest level,
the mode cannot be switched.)
■Raindrop sensor (vehicles with
rain-sensing windshield wipers)
●The raindrop sensor judges the
amount of raindrops.
An optical sensor is adopted. It
may not operate properly when
sunlight from the rising or setting
of the sun intermittently strikes the
windshield, or if b ugs, etc., are
present on the windshield.
●If the wiper is turned to AUTO
mode while the power switch is in
ON, the wipers will operate once
to show that AUTO mode is acti-
vated.
●If the temperature of the raindrop
sensor is 185°F (85°C) or higher,
or 5°F (-15°C) or lower, automatic
operation may not occur. In this
case, operate the wipers in any
mode other than AUTO mode.

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■If no windshield washer fluid
sprays
Check that the wash er nozzles are
not blocked if there is washer fluid in
the windshield washer fluid reser-
v oi r.
■Front door opening linked wind-
shield wiper stop function
(vehicles with rain-sensing
windshield wipers)
When is selected and the wind-
shield wipers are operating, if a front
door is opened while the vehicle is
stopped and the P shift position is
selected, operation of the wind-
shield wipers will be stopped to pre-
vent anyone near the vehicle from
being sprayed by water from the
wipers. When the front door is
closed, wiper operation will resume.
■When stopping fuel cell system
in an emergency while driving
If the windshield wipers are operat-
ing when fuel cell system is
stopped, the windshield wipers will
operate in high speed operation.
After the vehicle is stopped, opera-
tion will return to normal when the
power switch is turned to ON, or
operation will stop w hen the driver’s
door is opened.
When the windshield wipers are
not being used, they retract to
below the hood. To enable the
windshield wipers to be lifted
WARNING
■Caution regarding the use of
windshield wipers in AUTO
mode (vehicles with rain-
sensing windshield wipers)
The windshield wipers may oper-
ate unexpectedly if the sensor is
touched or the windshield is sub-
ject to vibration in AUTO mode.
Take care that your fingers or any-
thing else do not become caught
in the windshield wipers.
■Caution regarding the use of
washer fluid
When it is cold, do not use the
washer fluid unt il the windshield
becomes warm. The fluid may
freeze on the windshield and
cause low visibility. This may lead
to an accident, resulting in death
or serious injury.
NOTICE
■When there is no washer fluid
spray from the nozzle
Damage to the washer fluid pump
may be caused if the lever is
pulled toward you and held con-
tinually.
■When a nozzle becomes
blocked
In this case, contact your Toyota
dealer.
Do not try to clear it with a pin or
other object. The nozzle will be
damaged.
Changing the windshield
wiper rest position/Lifting
the windshield wipers