Toyota Tacoma Owners Manual: 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 cause an accident such as fire. Be sure to have the systems of the SRS airbag and seat belt pretensioner removed and disposed of by a qualified service shop or by your Toyota dealer before you scrap your vehicle.
Event data recorder
This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (EDR). The main purpose
of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like situations, such as
an air bag deployment or hitting a road ...
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, a ...
Other materials:
Emission inspection and maintenance (I/M) programs
Some states have vehicle emission inspection programs which include OBD (On
Board Diagnostics) checks. The OBD system monitors the operation of the emission
control system.
■ If the malfunction indicator lamp comes on
The OBD system determines that a problem exists somewhere in the emiss ...
Access doors (Access Cab models only)
The access door (rear door) can be opened using the inside handle.
Open the front door widely
Pull (from the outside) or push
(from the inside) the inside handle of the access door.
Open the access door
You can open and close the access door only when the front door is widely opened.
NOT ...
Tires
Replace or rotate tires in accordance with maintenance schedules and treadwear.
■ Checking tire
1. New tread
2. Treadwear indicator
3. Worn tread
The location of treadwear indicators is shown by the “TWI” or “
” marks, etc., molded on the sidewall of each tire.
Check spare tire condi ...