Extrication
Immobilize Vehicle:
Chock wheels and set the parking brake.
Move the shift lever to the P (Park) position.
Disable Vehicle:
Performing either of the following two procedures will shut the vehicle off and disable the HV battery pack, SRS, and gasoline fuel pump.
Procedure #1
1. Confirm the status of the READY indicator in the instrument cluster.
2. If the READY indicator is illuminated, the vehicle is on and operational. Shut off the vehicle by pushing the power button once.
3. The vehicle is already shut off if the instrument cluster lights and the READY indicator are not illuminated. Do not push the power button because the vehicle may start.
4. If the smart key is easily accessible, keep it at least 16 feet (5 meters) away from the vehicle.
5. If the smart key cannot be found, disconnect the 12 Volt auxiliary battery in the engine compartment to prevent accidental restarting of the vehicle.
Procedure #2 (Alternate if power button is inaccessible)
1. Remove the fuse box cover.
2. Remove the IGCT fuse (30A green colored) in the engine compartment fuse box (refer to illustration). If the correct fuse cannot be recognized, pull all fuses in the fuse box.
3. Disconnect the 12 Volt auxiliary battery in the engine compartment.
NOTE:
Before disconnecting the 12 Volt auxiliary battery, if necessary, reposition the power seats, lower the windows, unlock the doors, open the back door and the fuel door as required. A manual fuel door release is located behind a panel in the driver side of the cargo area Once the 12 Volt auxiliary battery is disconnected, power controls will not operate.
WARNING:
The high voltage system may remain powered for up to 10 minutes after the vehicle is shut off or disabled. To prevent serious injury or death from severe burns or electric shock, avoid touching, cutting, or breaching any orange high voltage power cable or high voltage component.
The SRS may remain powered for up to 90 seconds after the vehicle is shut off or disabled. To prevent serious injury or death from unintentional SRS deployment, avoid breaching the SRS components.
If none of the disabling procedures can be performed, proceed with caution as there is no assurance that the high voltage electrical system, SRS, or fuel pump are disabled.
Stabilize Vehicle:
Crib at (4) points directly under the front and rear pillars. Do not place cribbing under the high voltage power cables, exhaust system, or fuel system.
Access Patients:
Glass Removal
Use normal glass removal procedures as required.
SRS Awareness:
Responders need to be cautious when working in close proximity to undeployed airbags and seat belt pretensioners. Deployed front dual stage airbags automatically ignite both stages within a fraction of a second.
Door Removal/ Displacement:
Doors can be removed by conventional rescue tools such as hand, electric, and hydraulic. In certain situations, it may be easier to pry back the body to expose and unbolt the hinges.
Roof Removal:
The Highlander hybrid is equipped with side curtain airbags. When undeployed, total roof removal is not recommended. Patient access through the roof can be performed by cutting the roof center section inboard of the roof rails as illustrated. This would avoid breaching the side curtain airbags, inflators, and wiring harness.
NOTE:
The side curtain airbags may be identified as illustrated on this page.
Dash Displacement:
The Highlander hybrid is equipped with side curtain airbags. When undeployed, total roof removal is not recommended to avoid breaching the side curtain airbags, inflators, and wiring harness. As an alternative, dash displacement may be performed by using a Modified Dash Roll.
Rescue Lift Air Bags:
Responders should not place cribbing or rescue lift air bags under the high voltage power cables, exhaust system, or fuel system.
Repositioning Steering Wheel and Front Seats:
Telescopic steering wheel and seat controls are shown in the illustrations.
NOTE:
The Highlander is equipped with an optional power driver seat leg support adjustment. The length of the cushion pad can be adjusted by raising or lowering the front portion of the driver seat cushion in the event of a dashboard entrapment. The control switch for the optional leg support adjustment is located to the far left on the power seat panel.
Active Headrest Removal:
The Highlander is equipped with active headrests, located in both front seatbacks. The active headrests are mechanical non-pyrotechnic head supports that are designed to reduce neck injuries in the event of a rear collision.
To remove an active headrest, squeeze the left headrest release button located on the top of the seat, insert a flat head screwdriver into the right hand release slot and lift the headrest up and out (see illustration).
Headrest Removal (Second and Optional Third Row) The headrests for the outer second row seats can be removed using the same process as described above for the front headrests. The headrest for the second row center seat can be removed in a conventional manner by squeezing the lock button and lifting the headrest up and out.
The forward folding headrests for the optional third row seat are not removable.
NOTE:
The Highlander hybrid may be equipped with an optional electrochromic auto dimming rear view mirror. The mirror contains a minimal amount of transparent gel sealed between two glass plates that will not normally leak.