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Braking

When driving down a long hill

WARNING

Braking

Do not turn off the Plug-in Hybrid EV

System while your vehicle is in motion. If

you turn off the Plug-in Hybrid EV Sys-

tem while driving, the power assistance

for the braking system will stop working

and your brakes will not work effectively.

If the power assist is lost or if either brake

hydraulic system stops working properly,

have your vehicle checked immediately.

All the parts of the brake system are critical

to safety. We recommend you to have the ve-

hicle checked at regular intervals according

to the service booklet.

WARNING

Do not leave any objects near the brake

pedal or let a floor mat slide under it; do-

ing so could prevent the full pedal stroke

that would be necessary in an emergency.

Make sure that the pedal can be operated

freely at all times. Make sure the floor

mat is securely held in place.

CAUTION

Avoid driving habits that cause heavy brak-

ing and never “ride” the brakes by resting

your foot on the brake pedal while driving.

It causes brake overheating and fade.

Warning display

CAUTION

The brake warning lamp illuminates to indi-

cate a fault in the braking system. A warning

is also displayed on the multi information

display. Refer to “Brake warning lamp” on

page 6-55 and “Brake warning display” on

page 6-57.

Put the select position to “B” (REGENERA-

TIVE BRAKE) according to the grade of the

slope and vehicle speed, and use the service

brake in combination with the regenerative

brake as required.

Brake system

The service brake is divided into two brake

circuits. And your vehicle is equipped with

power brakes. If one brake circuit fails, the

other is available to stop the vehicle. If you

should lose the power assist for some reason,

the brakes will still work. In these situations,

even if the brake pedal moves down to the

very end of its possible stroke or resists being

depressed, keep depressing the brake pedal

down harder and further than usual; stop

driving as soon as possible and have the

brake system repaired.

If the brake pedal is continuously or fre-

quently depressed on downhill roads, the

service brake could overheat and the

brake performance will be reduced.

•

When brakes are wet

If regenerative braking is applied continu-

ously on downhill roads, the regenerative

brake may temporarily turn off.

•

Check the brake system while driving at a

low speed immediately after starting, espe-

cially when the brakes are wet, to confirm

they work normally.

A film of water can be formed on the brake

discs and prevent normal braking after driv-

ing in heavy rain or through large puddles, or

after the vehicle is washed. If this occurs, dry

the brakes out by driving slowly while lightly

depressing the brake pedal.

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Brake auto hold

CAUTION

WARNING

NOTE

Effectiveness of the regenerative brake be-

Driving with worn brake pads will make

it harder to stop, and can cause an acci-

dent.

While operating the brake auto hold system,

you may hear an operation noise to increase

braking force when the system detected the

movement of the vehicle. This does not indi-

cate a malfunction.

comes weak when the drive battery is close

to full charge and loses its effect at the full

charge.

In this case, since the foot brake is effective,

use the foot brake and slow down your vehi-

cle speed beforehand.

The energy usage indicator stops swaying in

the charge zone closer to full charge.

Refer to “Energy usage indicator” on page

6-02.

In such case, drive at low speed in advance.

And if needed use the foot brake to slow

down the vehicle speed before the vehicle

speed increases.

Brake auto hold

How to use brake auto hold

To turn on brake auto hold

When the vehicle is stopped at traffic signals

etc., the vehicle can be held stationary with

the brake auto hold system even if you re-

lease your foot from the brake pedal.

When the accelerator pedal is depressed, the

brakes are released.

If the brake auto hold switch is pressed while

all of the following conditions are met, the

system will change to the standby state and

the indication lamp (A) on the switch comes

on.

The regenerative brake comes to be effective

if the drive battery remaining power is con-

sumed.

WARNING

Do not overly rely on the brake auto hold

system. On a steep slope, depress the

brake pedal firmly because the system

may not hold the vehicle stationary.

The operation mode of the power switch

is in the “ON” position.

The driver’s seat belt is fastened.

The driver’s door is closed.

Brake pad

Never leave the vehicle while it is being

Avoid hard braking situations.

stopped by the brake auto hold system.

When leaving the vehicle, apply the park-

ing brake and put the select position to

the “P” (PARK) position.

New brakes need to be broken-in by

moderate use for the first 200 km

(124 miles).

The disc brakes are provided with a

warning device which emits a shrieking

metallic sound while braking if the brake

pads have reached their wear limit. If

you hear this sound, have the brake pads

replaced immediately.

Do not use the brake auto hold system

when driving on slippery roads. The sys-

tem may not hold the vehicle stationary

and an accident could occur.

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Brake auto hold

The brake auto hold indication lamp in the

instrument cluster will come on while the

system activates.

NOTE

When the brake auto hold system cannot be

used, a buzzer will sound and the following

warning will appear on the information

screen in the multi information display.

When there is a malfunction in the sys-

tem.

•

If this warning appears, confirm that all of

the conditions for system operation are

met and that there is no malfunction in the

system.

•

If you keep pressing the brake auto hold

switch after setting the brake auto hold to

ON (stand by), the brake auto hold will re-

turn to OFF as a protection function is oper-

ated.

After returning to OFF, the brake auto hold

will not be switched to ON (stand by) even

if the brake auto hold switch is pressed. To

set the brake auto hold to ON, restart the

Plug-in hybrid EV system and press the

brake auto hold switch again.

If this warning appears, fasten the driver’s

seat belt.

•

CAUTION

Release the brake pedal after the brake auto

hold indication lamp is illuminated.

To activate brake auto hold

NOTE

When the vehicle is stopped by depressing

the brake pedal with the select position in any

position other than “P” (PARK) or “R” (RE-

VERSE), the brake auto hold activates and

the vehicle will be held stationary.

In the following situations, the brake auto

hold system may not operate temporarily.

If any of the following occurs while the sys-

tem is standby state, the brake auto hold sys-

tem will be turned off automatically and the

indication lamp on the switch goes off.

A buzzer will sound and the message will

appear on the information screen in the multi

information display.

The vehicle is stopped on a slippery road.

•

The vehicle was stopped while the steer-

ing wheel was turned all the way to the

left or right.

The vehicle is being turned on a parking

lot turntable.

•

When the driver’s seat belt is unfastened.

•

If this occurs, the brake auto hold system

will return to the normal operation if you de-

When the driver’s door is opened.

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Hill start assist

To turn off brake auto hold

NOTE

Press the brake auto hold switch to turn brake

auto hold off. The indication lamp on the

switch goes off.

If you want to turn off the system while the

brake auto hold indication lamp is illumina-

ted, press the switch while depressing the

brake pedal.

press the accelerator pedal and the vehicle

starts moving again.

If the following operation is performed, the

brake auto hold will be deactivated and the

brake auto hold indication lamp in the in-

strument cluster goes off.

When the system detects the vehicle slid-

ing down a slope.

•

When putting the select position to the

“P” (PARK) or “R” (REVERSE) position

while depressing the brake pedal.

When the Electric parking brake is ap-

plied by using the Electric parking brake

switch.

•

If the Electric parking brake cannot be ap-

plied automatically due to the system mal-

function, the message will appear on the

information screen in the multi informa-

tion display. Depress the brake pedal.

NOTE

If the brake auto hold system is turned off

without the brake pedal being depressed, a

buzzer will sound and the message will ap-

pear on the information screen in the multi

information display.

While the vehicle is held stationary with the

brake auto hold system, the Electric parking

brake will be automatically applied under

the following conditions, and a buzzer will

sound and the message will appear on the in-

formation screen in the multi information

display.

After approximately 10 minutes have

elapsed while applying the brake auto

hold system.

•

When the driver’s seat belt is unfastened.

When the driver’s door is opened.

When the operation mode of the power

switch is put in OFF.

•

To start the vehicle

Depress the acceleration pedal with the select

position in any position other than “P”

(PARK) or “N” (NEUTRAL).

Hill start assist

The hill start assist makes it easy to start off

on a steep uphill slope by preventing the ve-

hicle from moving backwards. It keeps the

braking force for about 2 seconds when you

move your foot from the brake pedal to the

accelerator pedal.

The brakes are released, and the brake auto

hold indication lamp in the instrument cluster

will go off.

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