OPERATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS - Seats, Seat belts, Steering wheel and mirrors -> Outside rear view mirrors for Your Toyota Prius 4 Door First Generation (1997-2003)

Tilt steering wheel  
Outside rear view mirrors—  
CAUTION  
D Do not adjust the steering wheel  
while the vehicle is moving. Doing  
so may cause the driver to mishan-  
dle the vehicle and an accident may  
occur resulting in death or serious  
injuries.  
D After adjusting the steering wheel,  
try moving it up and down to make  
sure it is locked in position.  
To change the steering wheel angle,  
hold the steering wheel, push down the  
lock release lever, tilt the steering  
wheel to the desired angle and push  
the lever up to lock the steering wheel  
in position.  
Adjust the mirror so that you can just  
see the side of your vehicle in the mir-  
ror.  
Be careful when judging the size or dis-  
tance of any object seen in the outside  
rear view mirror on the passenger’s side.  
It is a convex mirror with a curved sur-  
face. Any object seen in a convex mirror  
will look smaller and farther away than  
when seen in a flat mirror.  
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—Power rear view mirror  
control  
NOTICE  
CAUTION  
If ice should jam the mirror, do not  
operate the control or scrape the mir-  
ror face. Use a spray de−icer to free  
the mirror.  
Do not adjust the mirror while the  
vehicle is moving. Doing so may  
cause the driver to mishandle the ve-  
hicle and an accident may occur re-  
sulting in death or serious injuries.  
To adjust a mirror, use the switches.  
1. Master switch—To select the mirror to  
be adjusted  
Push the switch at “L” (left) or “R”  
(right).  
2. Control switch—To move the mirror  
Push the switch in the desired direc-  
tion.  
The mirrors can be adjusted when the key  
is in the “ACC” or “ON” position.  
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