traction control TOYOTA VENZA 2012 Owners Manual (in English)

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CAUTION
■General precautions while driving
Driving under the influence: Never drive your vehicle when under the influ-
ence of alcohol or drugs that have impaired your ability to operate your vehi-
cle. Alcohol and certain drugs delay reaction time, impair judgment and
reduce coordination, which could lead to an accident that could result in
death or serious injury.
Defensive driving: Always drive defensively. Anticipate mistakes that other
drivers or pedestrians might make and be ready to avoid accidents.
Driver distraction: Always give your full attention to driving. Anything that dis-
tracts the driver, such as adjusting controls, talking on a cellular phone or
reading can result in a collision with resulting death or serious injury to you,
your occupants or others.
■ General precaution regarding children’s safety
Never leave children unattended in the vehicle, and never allow children to
have or use the key.
Children may be able to start the vehicle or shift the vehicle into neutral.
There is also a danger that children may injure themselves by playing with
the cigarette lighter, the windows, the moon roof, or other features of the
vehicle. In addition, heat build-up or ex tremely cold temperatures inside the
vehicle can be fatal to children.

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2-4. Using other driving systems
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Driving assist systems
To help enhance driving safety and performance, the following sys-
tems operate automatically in res ponse to various driving situations.
Be aware, however, that these systems are supplementary and
should not be relied upon too h eavily when operating the vehicle.
■ABS (Anti-lock Brake System)
Helps to prevent wheel lock when the brakes are applied suddenly, or if
the brakes are applied while driving on a slippery road surface.
■Brake assist
Generates an increased level of braking force after the brake pedal is
depressed, when the system detects a panic stop situation.
■Enhanced VSC (Enhanced Vehicle Stability Control)
Helps the driver to control skidding when swerving suddenly or turning
on slippery road surfaces.
■TRAC (Traction Control)
Maintains drive power and prevent the front wheels (2WD models) or
four wheels (AWD models) from spinning when starting the vehicle or
accelerating on slippery roads.
■Hill-start assist control
P. 228
■ EPS (Electric Power Steering)
Employs an electric motor to reduce the amount of effort needed to turn
the steering wheel.

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6-1. Specifications
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Vehicle specifications
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Uniform Tire Quality Grading
This information has been prepared in accordance with regulations
issued by the National Highway Tr affic Safety Administration of the
U.S. Department of Transportation.
It provides the purchasers and/or prospective purchasers of Toyota
vehicles with information on uniform tire quality grading.
Your Toyota dealer will help answ er any questions you may have as
you read this information.
■ DOT quality grades
All passenger vehicle tires mu st conform to Federal Safety
Requirements in addition to these grades. Quality grades can be
found where applicable on the tire sidewall between tread shoulder
and maximum section width.
For example: Treadwear 200 Traction AA Temperature A
■ Treadwear
The treadwear grade is a comparative rating based on the wear
rate of the tire when tested under controlled conditions on a speci-
fied government test course.
For example, a tire graded 150 would wear one and a half (1 - 1/2)
times as well on the government course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires depends upon the actual conditions
of their use, however, and may depart significantly from the norm due
to variations in driving habits, service practices and differences in
road characteristics and climate.

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Traction AA, A, B, C
The traction grades, from highest to lowest, are AA, A, B and C,
and they represent the tire’s ab ility to stop on wet pavement as
measured under controlled cond itions on specified government
test surfaces of asphalt and concrete.
A tire marked C may have poor traction performance.
Warning: The traction grade assigned to this tire is based on braking
(straight ahead) traction tests and does not include cornering (turn-
ing) traction.
■ Temperature A, B, C
The temperature grades are A (the highest), B, and C, represent-
ing the tire’s resistance to the generation of heat and its ability to
dissipate heat when tested under controlled conditions on a speci-
fied indoor laboratory test wheel.
Sustained high temperature can cause the material of the tire to
degenerate and reduce tire life, and excessive temperature can lead
to sudden tire failure.
The grade C corresponds to a level of performance which all passen-
ger car tires must meet under the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Stan-
dard No. 109.
Grades B and A represent higher levels of performance on the labo-
ratory test wheel than the minimum required by law.
Warning: The temperature grades for this tire are established for a
tire that is properly inflated and not overloaded.
Excessive speed, underinflation, or excessive loading, either sepa-
rately or in combination, can cause heat buildup and possible tire fail-
ure.

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Abbreviation list
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ABBREVIATIONSMEANING
OBD On Board Diagnostics
PASS Passenger
PWR Power
P/S Power Steering
SRS Supplemental Restraint System
TEMP Temperature
TFT Thin Film Transistor
TIN Tire Identification Number
TPMS Tire Pressure Warning System
TRAC Traction Control
VIN Vehicle Identification Number
VSC Vehicle Stability Control

692 Alphabetical index
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TiresChains ...................................250
Checking ............................... 522
If you have a flat tire ..............591
Inflation pressure...................529
Information ............................ 642
Pressure warning system ......523
Replacing ..............................591
Rotating tires .........................522
Size ....................................... 635
Snow tires ............................. 248
Spare tire............................... 591
Tonneau cover .........................472
Tools ......................................... 591
Total load capacity...................246
Towing Dinghy towing........................274
Emergency towing.................569
Trailer towing.........................253
TRAC ......................................... 230
Traction control........................230
Trailer towing ...........................253
Trip information display ............................ 182, 196
Trip meter .................................176
Turn signal lights
Replacing light bulbs ..... 559, 561
Switch.................................... 173
Wattage .................................637
Utility vehicle precautions ......236 Valet key ..................................... 28
Vanity lights
Vanity lights........................... 462
Wattage................................. 637
Vanity mirrors .......................... 462
Vehicle identification number ................................... 625
Vehicle stability control .......... 230
VSC ........................................... 230
Warning buzzers Brake system ........................ 576
Open door ............................ 579
Seat belt reminder................. 579
Warning lights Active Torque Control 4WD system ................................ 580
Automatic headlight leveling system ................................ 578
Anti-lock brake system .......... 578
Brake system ........................ 576
Charging system .... ............... 577
Electric power steering.......... 578
Engine oil pressure ............... 577
Low fuel level ........................ 580
Maintenance required reminder ............................. 581
Malfunction indicator lamp .... 577
Master warning ..................... 580
Open door ............................. 579
Seat belt reminder................. 579
SRS airbags .......................... 578
Tire pressure ......................... 579
Washer fluid .......................... 580
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