Toyota Tacoma Owners Manual: Perchlorate Material
Special handling may apply, See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate.
Your vehicle has components that may contain perchlorate. These components may include airbag, seat belt pretensioners, and wireless remote control batteries.
CAUTION
■General precautions while driving
Driving under the influence: Never drive your vehicle when under the influence of alcohol or drugs that have impaired your ability to operate your vehicle.
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 distracts 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 windows, or other features of the vehicle. In addition, heat build-up or extremely cold temperatures inside the vehicle can be fatal to children.
Scrapping of your Toyota
The SRS airbag and seat belt pretensioner devices in your Toyota contain explosive
chemicals. If the vehicle is scrapped with the airbags and seat belt pretensioners
left as they are, this may cau ...
Other materials:
Driving assist systems
To help enhance driving safety and performance, the following systems operate
automatically in response to various driving situations.
Be aware, however, that these systems are supplementary and should not be relied
upon too heavily when operating the vehicle.
■ ABS (Anti-lock Brake Syst ...
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:
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 ...
Front seats
Bench type seat
Seat position adjustment lever
Separated type seats
Seat position adjustment lever
Driver’s seat lumbar support adjustment
knob (if equipped)
Seatback angle adjustment lever ...