Monitor Description
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2007 Toyota Land Cruiser. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
If there is no signal from the VVT sensor even though the engine is revolving, or if the rotation of the camshaft and the crankshaft is not synchronized, the ECM interprets this as a malfunction of the sensor. This monitor runs for 10 seconds (the first 10 seconds of engine idle) after the engine is started.