Your vehicle will handle differently when towing a trailer. Help to avoid an accident, death or serious injury, keep the following in mind when towing:
Do not exceed the posted towing speed limit.
Instability of the towing vehicle- trailer combination (trailer sway) increases as speed increases. Exceeding speed limits may cause loss of control.
Recheck after driving a short distance.
For each 10 mph (16 km/h) of speed, allow at least one vehicle and trailer length.
Increasing vehicle speed can destabilize the trailer.
1. Apply the brakes and keep them applied.
2. Have someone place wheel blocks under both the vehicle's and trailer's wheels.
3. When the wheel blocks are in place, release the brakes slowly until the blocks absorb the load.
4. Apply the parking brake firmly.
5. Shift into P and turn off the engine.
1. With the transmission in P, start the engine. Be sure to keep the brake pedal depressed.
2. Shift into a forward gear. If reversing, shift into R.
3. If the parking brake is in manual mode, release the parking brake.
4. Release the brake pedal, and slowly pull or back away from the wheel blocks. Stop and apply the brakes.
5. Have someone retrieve the blocks.
â– Break-in schedule
If your vehicle is new or equipped with any new power train components (such as an engine, transmission, differential or wheel bearing), Toyota recommends that you do not tow a trailer until the vehicle has been driven for over 500 miles (800 km).
After the vehicle has been driven for over 500 miles (800 km), you can start towing. However, for the next 500 miles (800 km), drive the vehicle at a speed of less than 45 mph (72 km/h) when towing a trailer, and avoid full throttle acceleration.
â– Maintenance
(See "Scheduled Maintenance Guide" or "Owner's Manual Supplement".)
â– If trailer sway occurs
One or more factors (crosswinds, passing vehicles, rough roads, etc.) can adversely affect handling of your vehicle and trailer, causing instability.
Steer straight ahead.
Do not try to control trailer swaying by turning the steering wheel.
Do not increase speed. Do not apply vehicle brakes.
If you make no extreme correction with the steering or brakes, your vehicle and trailer should stabilize (if enabled, Trailer Sway Control can also help to stabilize the vehicle and trailer.).
Make sure the load has not shifted.
Make sure the tongue weight is appropriate, if possible.
Make sure the vehicle is not overloaded after occupants get in.
If you cannot find any problems, the speed at which trailer swaying occurred is beyond the limit of your particular vehicle-trailer combination.
Drive at a lower speed to prevent instability. Remember that swaying of the towing vehicle-trailer increases as speed increases.
Trailer Tongue Weight
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Inspection
Inspect front seatback heater assembly
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Measure the resistance of the seatback heater.
Standard resistance
If the result is not as specified, replace the seatback
heater assembly
Inspect front seatback heater assembly
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Hazard warning switch circuit
Description
When the hazard warning signal switch is turned on, the turn signal flasher
relay (marking: flsh) in the
main body ecu turns on to flash the hazard warning signal lights.
Wiring diagram
Inspection procedure
Perform active test by intelligent tester
Connect the intelli ...
Trailer Tongue Weight
A recommended tongue
weight varies in accordance
with the types of trailers or
towing as described below.
To ensure the recommended
values shown below, the
trailer must be loaded by
referring to the following
instructions.
Tongue Weight
The gross trailer weight should be
distribut ...