Tag: Toyota

Toyota confused LTA and LDA — won’t their customers end up confused as well??

Toyota confused When the Toyota symbols page update was finished, we noted that Toyota is clearly confused about the symbols they had applied to Lane Tracing Assist (LTA) and Lane Departure Assist (LDA). For the record, LTA is an advanced version of LDA. But with Toyota confused, how are their drivers likely feeling. This may …

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Our update of the Toyota symbols page is now complete

Crawl control indicator

Toyota symbols Our Toyota symbols page update is at long last finished. In the process we added 51 symbols and indicators to a page, which now come in at nearly 150. Fifteen of those additions are brand new, including five seat belt indicators, three suspension modes and three drive modes for GR Corollas. There is …

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Another owner’s manual fail, albeit a minor one

Owner’s manual fail While continuing our update of the Toyota dashboard symbols page, we ran into another rather minor owner’s manual fail. Looking through the 2025 Sequoia manual, we ran across an Auto LSD indicator. Now those letters were bound to get our attention, but forgetting that this is not a new system and that …

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Ford got it right too…

Ford got it A few days ago, we castigated the industry for adding too many drive modes and credited Lexus with adding an Auto mode to relieve their drivers of the added headache. We also specifically called out Ford, when in fact Ford got it right too! We were so caught up in Ford adding …

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New set of special drive modes added

Normal mode indicator

Special drive modes Courtesy of the GR Corolla, Toyota Motors has a new set of Special Drive Modes. The GR Corolla is a creation of the company’s Gazoo Racing (GR) entity. One reviewer called the 300hp turbo charged GR the Hulk to the standard version’s Bruce Banner. Clever… The car features Normal, Track and Gravel …

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Toyota adds five rear seat belt reminder symbols

Rear seat belt reminder Moving through our Toyota symbols update begins with the addition of no less than five new rear seat belt reminder warning indicators. Five! It truly seems that the company has several people assembling these things and not talking to each other. However, its more likely that they are having difficulty deciding …

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Full review of Toyota back up entry and start processes finds no changes

Toyota back up A full review of 2022 to 2024 models results in no changes to the Toyota back up entry and start page. All Toyota models use the tried and true “push the start/stop button with the back of the key fob” to start the vehicles. In fact all the company’s models have used …

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