OPERATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS Steering wheel and Mirrors -> Outside rear view mirrors for Your Toyota Prius 4 Door Second Generation (2004-2009)

Tilt steering wheel  
Outside rear view mirrors—  
CAUTION  
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.  
After adjusting the steering wheel,  
try moving it up and down to make  
sure it is locked in position.  
When you move the steering wheel, an  
electrical motor noise may be heard. This  
is the power steering motor noise, and is  
not a malfunction.  
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  
because it is a convex mirror. Any object  
seen in a convex mirror will look smaller  
and farther away than when seen in a flat  
mirror.  
When you touch the rear window defogger  
switch, the heater panels in the outside  
rear view mirrors will quickly clear the  
mirror surface. (See “Rear window and  
outside rear view mirror defoggers” on  
page 118.)  
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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  
vehicle and an accident may occur  
resulting in death or serious inju-  
ries.  
Since the mirror surfaces can get  
hot, keep your hands off them when  
the defogger switch is on.  
To adjust a mirror, use the switches.  
1. Master switch—To select the mirror to  
be adjusted  
Push the switch to “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  
hybrid system is in “ACC” or “IGON”  
mode.  
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