AUTOHOLD System is Turned On

Press the AUTOHOLD switch and when the AUTOHOLD standby indicator light turns on, the AUTOHOLD function turns on.

 

When all of the following conditions are met, the AUTOHOLD standby indicator light turns on when the AUTOHOLD switch is pressed and the AUTOHOLD function turns on.

  • The ignition is switched ON (engine is running or stopped by i-stop).

  • The driver's seat belt is fastened.

  • The driver's door is closed.

  • There is no problem with the AUTOHOLD function.

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To operate AUTOHOLD and hold the brakes

  1. Depress the brake pedal and bring the vehicle to a complete stop.

  2. The AUTOHOLD active indicator light in the instrument cluster turns on and the brakes are held.

  3. The vehicle is held in its stopped position even with the brake pedal released.

 

When all of the following conditions are met, the AUTOHOLD operates and the brakes are held.

  • The ignition is switched ON (engine is running or stopped by i-stop).

  • The vehicle is stopped.

  • The brake pedal is being depressed.

  • The AUTOHOLD active indicator light turns on.

  • The accelerator pedal is not depressed.

  • The driver's seat belt is fastened.

  • The driver's door is closed.

  • There is no problem with the AUTOHOLD function.

  • The electric parking brake (EPB) is released.

  • There is no problem with the electric parking brake (EPB) function.

  • (Automatic transaxle vehicle)

    The selector lever is in a position other than R position or the vehicle tilts forward with the selector lever in the R position.

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To release AUTOHOLD and start driving the vehicle

If you do any of the following actions to resume driving the vehicle, the brakes release automatically and the AUTOHOLD active indicator light turns off.

  • (Manual transaxle vehicle)

    You start to release the clutch pedal with the shift lever shifted to a position other than the neutral position

  • (Automatic transaxle vehicle)

    • The accelerator pedal is depressed.

    • The vehicle tilts rearward or the selector lever is shifted to the R position on level ground.

 

  • If the electric parking brake (EPB) switch is pulled while the AUTOHOLD is operating, the AUTOHOLD is released and the electric parking brake (EPB) is applied. In addition, if the electric parking brake (EPB) is released under this condition, the AUTOHOLD operates to hold the brakes.

  • Under the following conditions, the electric parking brake (EPB) is automatically applied and the AUTOHOLD is released. The AUTOHOLD is re-enabled when the conditions before the AUTOHOLD is released are restored.

    • The driver’s seat belt is unfastened.

    • The driver’s door is opened.

  • When about ten minutes or longer have passed since the AUTOHOLD operation started, the electric parking brake (EPB) is automatically applied. Because the AUTOHOLD is restored when releasing the electric parking brake (EPB), the hold on the brakes by AUTOHOLD function resumes.

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