Toyota Corolla (E170) 2014–2019 Owners Manual / When trouble arises / Essential information / If your vehicle has to be stopped in an emergency
Toyota Corolla (E170): If your vehicle has to be stopped in an emergency
Only in an emergency, such as if it becomes impossible to stop the vehicle in the normal way, stop the vehicle using the following procedure:
1 Steadily step on the brake pedal with both feet and firmly depress it.
Do not pump the brake pedal repeatedly as this will increase the effort required to slow the vehicle.
2 Shift the shift lever to N.
► If the shift lever is shifted to N
3 After slowing down, stop the vehicle in a safe place by the road.
4 Stop the engine.
► If the shift lever cannot be shifted to N
3 Keep depressing the brake pedal with both feet to reduce vehicle speed as much as possible.
4 Vehicles without a smart key system: Stop the engine by turning the engine switch to the “ACC” position.
4 Vehicles with a smart key system: To stop the engine, press and hold the engine switch for 2 consecutive seconds or more, or press it briefly 3 times or more in succession.
5 Stop the vehicle in a safe place by the road.
CAUTION
■If the engine has to be turned off while driving
●Power assist for the brakes and steering wheel will be lost, making the brake pedal harder to depress and the steering wheel heavier to turn.
Decelerate as much as possible before turning off the engine.
●Vehicles without a smart key system: Never attempt to remove the key, as doing so will lock the steering wheel.
Other materials:
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 ...
Air conditioning filter
The air conditioning filter must be changed regularly to maintain air conditioning
efficiency.
Removal method
1Turn the engine switch off.
2 Open the glove box. Slide off the damper.
3 Push in the glove box on the vehicle’s outer side to disconnect the claws.
Then pull out the glove box ...
Replacing a flat tire
1 Chock the tires.
2 For vehicles with steel wheels, remove the wheel ornament using the wrench.
To protect the wheel ornament, place a rag between the wrench and the wheel ornament,
as shown in the illustration.
3 Slightly loosen the wheel nuts (one turn).
4 Turn the tire jack portion ...