Toyota Corolla (E210) 2019-2024 Owners Manual / Maintenance and care / Do-it-yourself service precautions
Toyota Corolla (E210): Do-it-yourself service precautions
If you perform maintenance by yourself, be sure to follow the correct procedure as given in these sections.
Maintenance
WARNING
The engine compartment contains many mechanisms and fluids that may move suddenly, become hot, or become electrically energized.
To avoid death or serious injury, observe the following precautions.
■When working on the engine compartment
- Keep hands, clothing and tools away from the moving fan and engine drive belt.
- Be careful not to touch the engine, radiator, exhaust manifold, etc. right after driving as they may be hot. Oil and other fluids may also be hot.
- Do not leave anything that may burn easily, such as paper and rags, in the engine compartment.
- Do not smoke, cause sparks or expose an open flame to fuel or the battery. Fuel and battery fumes are flammable.
- Be extremely cautious when working on the battery. It contains poisonous and corrosive sulfuric acid.
■When working near the electric cooling fan or radiator grille
Be sure the engine switch is OFF.
With the engine switch in ON, the electric cooling fan may automatically start to run if the air conditioning is on and/or the coolant temperature is high.
■Safety glasses
Wear safety glasses to prevent flying or falling material, fluid spray, etc. from getting in your eyes.
NOTICE
■If you remove the air cleaner filter
Driving with the air cleaner filter removed may cause excessive engine wear due to dirt in the air.
Other materials:
Antenna cord sub–assy
Replacement
Hint: components:
1. Remove instrument panel sub–assy upper
Hint:
refer to the procedure until the step, ”remove instrument panel sub–assy
upper” of
instrument panel sub–assy lower.
Remove the related parts as long as the antenna cord sub–assy can be
removed ...
Seat belt pretensioners (front seats)
The pretensioners help the seat belts to quickly restrain the occupants 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 ...
Driving monitor
■ Switching the display
Items displayed can be switched by pressing the “DISP” switch.
■ Average fuel consumption
Displays the average fuel consumption since the function was reset.
• Press and hold the “DISP” switch to reset when the average fuel consumption
is display ...