Lexus ES350 2008 Quick Guide

Topic 3
Whe n Dri vin g
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Ent ering and Exiting
Before DrivingBefore Driving
When DrivingWhen Driving
Rain and
Night Dr iving
Drivin g Com for t
Ope ning and Clos ing
What to do if ...
Customizin g
Y our L exus
Turn Signal Lever
Ri gh t turn s ignal
Lef t turn sig nal
Intuitiv e Parking Assist (If Equipped)
■Turn ing the system on and off
Press the swit ch.
When ON, an indica tor on the switch comes on
to inf orm t he dr iver th at the function is opera-
tiona l.
■Scr een display
Sensors are use d to detect obstacle s near the
ve hicle. The distance t o a det ected obsta cle is
sh own by the number of i ndicator bars.
Indica tes obst acles de tected b y the corne r
sens ors
Indicates obstacles dete cted b y the back sen -
so rs
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To signal a lane change, mo ve the lever p artwa y and hold.
The s yst em use s a scr een di spl ay and buzz er to inform the d river of ob stac les near t he
vehi cle wh en parki ng or driving at low sp eed.
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Topic 3
When Driv ing
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Multi-information D ispla y
■Displ ay information
●Trip info rmation
• Outsid e temperature
• Driving r ange
• Averag e fuel consump tion
• Averag e fuel consumpt ion after r efueling
• Curr ent fuel consumpti on
• Averag e vehicle speed
● Dyna mic rad ar cru ise control set tings
(if equ ipped)
● Intui tiv e parking assist infom ation
(if equ ipped)
● Wa rning messages
■Changing the displ ay of trip information
Trip inform ation items can be switched b y pr ess-
ing t he D ISP swit ch.
The mu lti-inform ation display sho ws information about y our vehicle, including the i tem s
sho wn belo w.
Type A
Type B
■ Wh en u sin g the in tuitive parki ng as sist s ystem or dynami c radar cruise con trol, th e
appr opriate displ ay i s sh own on the screen.
■ In the e vent that a pr oblem is dete cted in any of the v ehicle 's sy stems, a w arning m essa ge is
sho wn on th e multi-information display .

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Whe n Dri vin g
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Ent ering and Exiting
Before DrivingBefore Driving
When DrivingWhen Driving
Rain and
Night Dr iving
Drivin g Com for t
Ope ning and Clos ing
What to do if ...
Customizin g
Y our L exus
Cruise Contr ol (If Equipped)
■Setting the speed
Press the ON -OFF button.
The s ystem will turn on.
A cceler ate or deceler ate to t he desir ed
speed, and then p ush the lever do wn.
This sets the speed in the cruise contr ol
me mor y.
■ Canceling
To tem porarily c ancel the cru ise contro l, pull
the leve r towa rd y ou. To resume the cruise
contr ol, push the le ver u p.
To turn the syste m of f, press the ON-OFF bu t-
ton.
■ Adjusting the spee d setting
To increase speed : push the lev er up.
To dec rease spee d: pus h the le ver down.
Re lea se the le ver wh en the d esir ed sp eed is
re ached.
Crui se co ntrol all ows the driv er to maintain a const ant spee d without having to ope rate th e
acceler ator pedal.
Use for high way driving or when tr aveling at a co nstant speed for l o ng peri od s of time.
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Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (If E quipped)
■Cruise control display
Cruise control settings are shown on the m ulti-
inform ation display .
Ve hicle ahead in dicator
Ve hicle -to- vehic le distanc e
Preset speed
■Ve hicle-to- vehicle distance control mode
Pr ess the ON-OFF butt on.
Acc elerate or de celerat e to the desired
speed , and then push the le ver d own.
Fo llowin g d istan ce ca n b e adjusted using the
ve hic le-to- vehicle distan ce cont rol switch.
■ Convention al (constant sp eed) cruise contr ol mode
Pr ess the ON-OFF butt on.
P ush the le ver for war d and hold for at least
one second.
Acc elerate or de celerat e to the desired
speed , and then push the le ver down.
■Canceling
To te mpor arily canc el the dyn amic r ada r cruise
contr ol, pull the le ver.
To tu rn the system of f, press the ON-OFF bu tton.
■Adjusting the speed se tting
To incre ase spee d: push the le ver up .
To decrease speed : push t he le ver do wn.
Release the leve r when the d esired speed is
re ached.
Dynamic r adar cruise contr ol su pplements con ventional cruise control with a vehicle-to-
ve hicle distance contr ol mode.
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The v ehicle-to- vehicle distance contr ol mode maintains the preset cruising speed as long
as no vehicle is detected ahead.

Rain and Night DrivingTopic 4
Hea dlight s.............................. ................................ . 25
F og L ights ............................................................... . 26
Windshi eld Wipers and Was hers................. ... 26
Rear Window and Outside Rear View
Mirro r Defo ggers................................................ . 27
Ins trum ent Pa nel Ligh t C ontro l ...................... . 27

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Headlights
The instrument panel, the side mark er, parking,
t ail and lic ense plate lights turn on.
The headlights an d all lights listed abo ve turn on.
The headlights and parking l ights turn on/off
automat ica lly in ac cordanc e wit h am bient li ght
le ve ls.
To engage the high b eams, push the le ver for ward.
To flash the high beams, pull the le ver and hold.
■ AF S (A daptiv e F ront -lighting S ystem) (if equipped)
AFS impr oves visibility on cur ves by automatica lly adjusting the hori zontal orientation of the
hea dlights in ac cordanc e with v ehic le speed and th e de gree of the t ire an gle tha t a re con-
tr olled by steering inpu t.
To can cel the s ystem, press the AFS OFF butt on.
OFF
ON
Th e indicat or comes on when t he s yst em is of f.
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Rain and Night Dri vin g
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Ent ering and Exiting
Before DrivingBefore Driving
When Driving
Rain and
Night Dr ivingRain and
Night Dr iving
Drivin g Com for t
Ope ning and Clos ing
What to do if ...
Customizin g
Y our L exus
Fog Lights
The fog ligh ts can b e used o nly when the h ead-
lig hts (lo w b eam) are on.
Wind shield W ipers and W ashers
■Intermittent wiper with interval adjuster (if eq uipped)
MIST: op erates once
INT : int ermittent operation*
LO : low spe ed
HI : hig h sp eed
*: Wiper in terval can be ad justed by turning the b and .
T o spr ay w asher fluid, pull the le ver.
The wiper s will operate au tomatically .
■Rain-sensi ng windshield wipers (if equip ped)
MIST: op erates once
AU TO: automat ic oper ation*
LO : low spe ed
HI : hig h sp eed
*: Sensitivity can be adjusted by tu rning the ba nd.
T o spr ay w asher fluid, pull the le ver.
The wiper s will operate au tomatically .

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Re ar W indow and Outside Rear Vi ew
Mirr or Defoggers
Without navigation sy stem
To defog the rear windo w and the outside rear
vie w mirr ors, press the b utton.
Pr ess aga in t o can cel.
Wi th navigation sy stem

Instrument Panel Light Contr ol
To brighten: turn the knob up ward.
To dim: turn the knob do wnward.
Wh en t he head light switc h is turne d to ON, th e
bri ghtenes s will be reduced slightly unles s the
contr ol dial is turned fully on.
The s ystem turns of f au tomatically af ter 15 to 60 minutes. The oper ation time changes
accor ding to the ambient temperatur e and vehicle speed.
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Driving ComfortTopic 5
Audio S ystem ........................................................ . 29
Ai r C ondition ing Sy stem ... ................................ . 32
Ga rage Doo r Ope ner ....... ................................ . 33
Asht rays. ................................................................. . 35
Glove Box.............................................................. . 35
Au xilia ry Box ......................................................... . 35
C on sol e B oxe s...................................................... . 3 6
Inte rior L ights........................................................ . 3 6
Cup Ho lders.......................... ................................ . 37
C om pass................................................................. . 37
Se at Hea ters and Ventilators ........................... 38
R ea r S
unshade ..................................................... . 38
Trunk Stora ge Exte nsion................................... . 39
Lu gga ge Ma t......................................................... . 39

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Driving Comfort
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Au dio S ystem
With navigation sy stem
Owne rs of models equipped with a na vigation sy stem should refer to the “Na vigation S ystem
Own er's Manual”.
Wi thout navigation sy stem
■Ba sic operation
Po wer/Volume
Audi o s ources
Sound quali ty modes
Listening po sition
A SL (A utomati c Sound L evelizer)
■Audio sources
AM⋅SA T: AM radio /Satellite r adio*
FM : FM r adio
DI SC
⋅AU X: CD play er/A uxiliar y audio de vice
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T he op tional Lexus ge nuine s atellit e tuner and antenna allo ws you to r eceive and pl ay
XM S atell ite Radio br oadcasts. (Subscription is r equir ed. For deta iled i nforma tion,
s ee the Owner ’s Manua l.)
■ Ra dio
Scan
All r adio stations: pr ess
Pr ese t r adi o st ations: press and hold
Station pr esets
Te xt messages
Tr af fic in formation
Tu ne
RDS ge nre sele ct
Seek
■Ente ring station pr esets
Select the d esired station b y using t he tune, the seek or the scan f unction.
Pr ess and h old one of the pr ese t butt ons (1~6) until you he ar a beep , ind icating that th e
station is set.
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