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From: NaiveOne on 13 Nov 2009 22:49
Or, I suppose, what are they supposed to do? I just got an 2004 xB
without, of course, an owner's manual and I'm a little puzzled at some
of the things:

What is Trac and what is the effect of turning it off? Or on for that
matter? I haven't yet summoned up the courage to press the button on
the dash.

There's a small rocker switch above the cigarette lighter with an icon
that could be either a light or a heater. My mechanic, without much
conviction says it's for fog lights -- if the car had them. I'm not so
sure. I think it's more likely some connection to the heater system.
Maybe defrosting something.

There's a switch just below the T handle on the gear shift lever, i.e.
right below the button to allow you to put the transmission in reverse
or park. What does this do?

Is there some washer fluid reservoir for the rear wiper? On my
previous car I only found out after a year that there was a reservoir
behind the trim especially for the rear washer.

It seems that locking the driver's door with the key also locks the
hatchback but the inverse is not true. Is there any way to unlock the
hatchback without unlocking any of the doors?

Thanks

From: Tegger on 13 Nov 2009 23:28
NaiveOne(a)MyFriendlyPhoneCo.gov wrote in
news:qa9sf5tp4ccm6ngist5poabcuahq4eeb6g(a)4ax.com:

> Or, I suppose, what are they supposed to do? I just got an 2004 xB
> without, of course, an owner's manual and I'm a little puzzled at some
> of the things:
>
> What is Trac and what is the effect of turning it off? Or on for that
> matter? I haven't yet summoned up the courage to press the button on
> the dash.



It's the Traction Control button (VSC). Turning VSC off keeps the car
from trying to stop you from squealing the tires if you want. Turn it
off and the car acts just like /all/ cars did before they recently
invented VSC. VSC is an anti-lawsuit device.

Turning VSC off is helpful in snow or mud, where you might want more
control over wheelspin.


>
> There's a small rocker switch above the cigarette lighter with an icon
> that could be either a light or a heater. My mechanic, without much
> conviction says it's for fog lights -- if the car had them. I'm not so
> sure. I think it's more likely some connection to the heater system.
> Maybe defrosting something.



A puzzle, this one.

Is it actually a rocker switch, or just a push-in switch? Do the lines
go vertically, horizontally or diagonally? Is there a sort of parabola
depicted from which the lines emanate?



>
> There's a switch just below the T handle on the gear shift lever, i.e.
> right below the button to allow you to put the transmission in reverse
> or park. What does this do?



It's the Overdrive switch. You can use it to turn Overdrive off if
you're in a situtation where the transmission keeps upshifting into
Overdrive then seconds later shifting back down again, such as in semi-
heavy traffic, or on long hills. It's an anti-annoyance feature.


>
> Is there some washer fluid reservoir for the rear wiper? On my
> previous car I only found out after a year that there was a reservoir
> behind the trim especially for the rear washer.



Only the one reservoir for front and rear.


>
> It seems that locking the driver's door with the key also locks the
> hatchback but the inverse is not true. Is there any way to unlock the
> hatchback without unlocking any of the doors?
>


Nope. Turn the key to "unlock" once unlocks the driver's door. Turning
it twice in succession (a double-click of sorts) unlocks everything else
at once.


--
Tegger

From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 13 Nov 2009 18:30
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:49:12 -0500, NaiveOne wrote:

> Or, I suppose, what are they supposed to do? I just got an 2004 xB
> without, of course, an owner's manual and I'm a little puzzled at some of
> the things:
>
> What is Trac and what is the effect of turning it off? Or on for that
> matter? I haven't yet summoned up the courage to press the button on the
> dash.

You have responses going to your email. Stop that!

The TRAC is a traction control switch. It uses the ABS to sense wheelspin
and apply the brakes accordingly. It's sometimes a PITA. Hold the TRAC
switch down to turn it off/on. It is on by default, IIRC


>
> There's a small rocker switch above the cigarette lighter with an icon
> that could be either a light or a heater. My mechanic, without much
> conviction says it's for fog lights -- if the car had them. I'm not so
> sure. I think it's more likely some connection to the heater system. Maybe
> defrosting something.


If it looks like a sideview of a headlith with (diagonal?) lines on it,
it's driving lights. They will ONLY be on when the headlights are on low
beam.

>
> There's a switch just below the T handle on the gear shift lever, i.e.
> right below the button to allow you to put the transmission in reverse or
> park. What does this do?

Does it say anything? PWR/ECON? This should be for the ECT to change the
shift points of the AT. PWR raisies the shift points, ECON lowers them.

>
> Is there some washer fluid reservoir for the rear wiper? On my previous
> car I only found out after a year that there was a reservoir behind the
> trim especially for the rear washer.

Probably the same for the windshield. If you can see the bottle, look for
the pump and see if there is a line going to the rear.


>
> It seems that locking the driver's door with the key also locks the
> hatchback but the inverse is not true. Is there any way to unlock the
> hatchback without unlocking any of the doors?

Nope. That's how it works. You can try turning the key to Unlock once, and
then do it again. I had a Celica that would unlock the passenger's door
this way.

>
> Thanks

From: Ray O on 14 Nov 2009 02:13

"Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message
news:Xns9CC2EE88A516Dtegger(a)208.90.168.18...
> NaiveOne(a)MyFriendlyPhoneCo.gov wrote in
> news:qa9sf5tp4ccm6ngist5poabcuahq4eeb6g(a)4ax.com:
>
>> Or, I suppose, what are they supposed to do? I just got an 2004 xB
>> without, of course, an owner's manual and I'm a little puzzled at some
>> of the things:
>>
>> What is Trac and what is the effect of turning it off? Or on for that
>> matter? I haven't yet summoned up the courage to press the button on
>> the dash.
>
>
>
> It's the Traction Control button (VSC). Turning VSC off keeps the car
> from trying to stop you from squealing the tires if you want. Turn it
> off and the car acts just like /all/ cars did before they recently
> invented VSC. VSC is an anti-lawsuit device.
>
> Turning VSC off is helpful in snow or mud, where you might want more
> control over wheelspin.
>
>
On a Toyota/Scion, Traction Control (TRAC) and Vehicle Stability Control
(VSC) are different features. TRAC controls wheelspin on the powered wheels
by reducing engine power and applying the brakes if necessary, while VSC
reduces the vehicle's tendency to skid or spin by sensing vehicle speed,
each individual wheel speed, and steering angle and applying brakes to
individual wheels as necessary to stop or reduce the skid or spin.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)


From: Tegger on 14 Nov 2009 08:09
"Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in
news:hdllov$u20$1(a)news.eternal-september.org:


>>
>>
> On a Toyota/Scion, Traction Control (TRAC) and Vehicle Stability
> Control (VSC) are different features. TRAC controls wheelspin on the
> powered wheels by reducing engine power and applying the brakes if
> necessary, while VSC reduces the vehicle's tendency to skid or spin by
> sensing vehicle speed, each individual wheel speed, and steering angle
> and applying brakes to individual wheels as necessary to stop or
> reduce the skid or spin.



I stand corrected, thanks.

--
Tegger

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