Toyota Axio Hybrid 2013 Dashboard signs and meanings

mikechirambadare · January 13

Good Morning, I would like to understand what does it mean when the vehicle dashboard shows like the attached picture where a battery, tyre and engine are shown. When travelling it will be showing that the battery is being charged through brakes then it will switch over to charging using the engine. Does it have any problem showing that on the dashboard because it started showing that yesterday.

Thank you

Hyaenidae · January 13

Nope the picture you've posted doesn't indicate an issue

Dee Jay · January 13

8 hours ago, mikechirambadare said:

Good Morning, I would like to understand what does it mean when the vehicle dashboard shows like the attached picture where a battery, tyre and engine are shown. When travelling it will be showing that the battery is being charged through brakes then it will switch over to charging using the engine. Does it have any problem showing that on the dashboard because it started showing that yesterday.

Thank you

What you see in this picture is how the car's hybrid system is operating.. At one point you would see the wheels being powered by the battery (that is when you are in the EV mode) and like you said when the regenerating brakes are working it would show the battery being charged by the wheels.. You would also see the wheels being powered by both the engine and battery when the car is being propelled by both the battery power and engine power. Like wise there'll be certain other instances as well like you mentioned where the engine would be charging the battery etc. All these are normal for a hybrid vehicle.

This is not an indication of any issue with the vehicle but an infographic attached to the car's display. You might have accidentally switched the view of the display via a press of a button causing the infographic to switch to this view.. You can switch back to the previous infographic if you are not a fan of this view

mikechirambadare · January 15

Thank you so much, I have now understood it. I had not previously encountered it. I have learnt it, yes I had accidentally switched the display/dashboard.