Toyota Corolla (E170) 2014–2019 Owners Manual / When trouble arises / Steps to take in an emergency / If your vehicle needs to be towed
Toyota Corolla (E170): If your vehicle needs to be towed
If towing is necessary, we recommend having your vehicle towed by your Toyota dealer or a commercial towing service, using a lift-type truck or flat bed truck.
Use a safety chain system for all towing, and abide by all state/ provincial and local laws.
- Before towing
- Emergency towing
- Towing with a sling-type truck
- Towing with a wheel-lift type truck
- Using a flat bed truck
Other materials:
Checking tires
Check if the treadwear indicators
are showing on the tires.
Also check the tires for uneven
wear, such as excessive wear
on one side of the tread.
Check the spare tire condition
and pressure if not rotated.
New tread
Worn tread
Treadwear indicator
The location of treadwear indicators
is show ...
Circuit description
The ignition switch provides circuit power and the ecm provides the circuit
ground that illuminates the mil.
Mil operation is checked visually:
it should be illuminated when the ignition is first turned on. If the mil is off
all of the time or on all of the time,
use the procedure below to ...
Monitor description
Dtc p0451, p0452 or p0453 is recorded by the ecm when the vapor pressure
sensor malfunctions.
P0451
The ecm senses pressure in the fuel tank using the vapor pressure sensor. The
ecm supplies the sensor
with a regulated 5 v reference–voltage and the sensor returns a signal voltage
betwee ...


