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:
For vehicles equipped with srs airbag and seat belt pretensioner
Hint:
the vehicle is equipped with an srs (supplemental restraint system), such as the
horn button assembly,
the instrument panel passenger airbag assembly, the front seat airbag assembly,
the center airbag sensor
assembly, the front airbag sensor, the side airbag sensor and the seat belt
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Chassis
On–vehicle inspection
1. Inspect steering linkage
check the steering wheel freeplay .
check the steering linkage for looseness or damage.
Check that the tie rod ends do not have excessive play.
Check that the dust seals and boots are not damaged.
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Inspection procedure
Hint:
read freeze frame data using the hand-held tester or the obd ii scan tool.
Freeze frame data records the
engine conditions when a malfunction is detected. When troubleshooting, it is
useful for determining whether
the vehicle was running or stopped, the engine was warmed up or not, the ...