Lexus ES350 2009 Quick Guide

Before DrivingTopic 2
Seats........................................................................... 11
Dr iving a nd Sea t Positio n
Memo ry System.................................................... . 12
He ad R estraint s.................................................... . 13
Seatbelts.................................................................. . 13
Ou tside Rear Vie w M irrors . ............................. . 14
Anti-glar e In side Rear Vie w Mir ror................ . 14
Ste ering W heel ..................................................... . 1 5

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Befo re Drivin g
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Seats
■Ad justi ng seat posi tion
Mo ves th e seat for war d
Mo ves th e seat bac kwa rd
■Ad justi ng seatback angle
Tilts the seat back f orw ard
Re clin es th e sea tback
■ Ad justi ng the seat cushi on
Raises and lo wers th e fron t of t he c ushion
Ra ises and lo wers th e ent ire seat
■ Ad justi ng the lum bar suppo rt
Firm er
So fter
■ Ad justi ng the seat cushi on length (if equipped)
Longer
Shorter
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2

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Bef ore D riv ing
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En tering and Ex iting
Bef ore Drivin g
Wh en Driv ing
Rain and
Ni gh t Driv ing
Driving Comfort
Ope nin g and C losing
What to do if ...
Customizin g
Yo ur Lexus
Driving a nd S eat Position Memory System (I f Equipp ed)
■Setti ng memor y po sitions
While holdin g do wn the S ET b utt on, pr ess and
hold on e of th e memory bu ttons (1 or 2) u ntil y ou
he ar a b eep.
The curr ent posit ion of t he seat, as w ell as t he
posit ion of the steering wheel and t he out side
re ar vie w mirr ors (f or the driv er's seat only) i s
re corded.
■ Re cal ling memo ry posit ions
Press one of the memor y bu ttons ( 1 or 2 ).
■Linkin g driving posit ion mem ory with door unlo ck oper ation (driv er's seat on ly)
While h oldin g do wn the desir ed mem ory but ton ,
pr es s a nd hold on the wire less re mote cont rol
unt il yo u hear a beep .
To pr even t t riggerin g of the alarm, open one of
the doors w ithin 60 seconds after the beep is
he ard.
The s eat s can be returned to a pr evio usly set posi tion b y si mply pressi ng a but ton.
Th e pos ition o f t h e st eeri ng wh eel and th e outside r ear view mirrors is adjus ted along wit h the
dri ver' s s eat .
Po sitions can be co nvenien tly re cor ded f or th e v ehicl e's primar y dri vers and passengers.
Linki ng dr iving po sition memory to the door unl ock o perat ion allow s t he me mory po sition
to be r ecalled automatically when the driver's door is op ened . (Th e li nked function does n ot
op erat e if the d riv er's d oor is un locked using the mecha nica l k ey or ma nual ly from in side
the v ehicle. )

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Befo re Drivin g
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Head Restraints
■ Hei ght adjust ment
To raise : pu ll t he head restra int upward .
To lower : push the head r estr ain t do wn while
pressing th e loc k r elease b utton.
Seatbelts
■Adjust ing shou lder belt he ight (fro nt seats only)
To raise : pull t he anchor up ward.
To lower : depress the button and push the anchor
down .
■Seatbel t co mfor t gui des (out side r ear seats on ly)
If the should er belt sits close t o the ne ck, slide the
comfor t g uide forw ard.
Lo ck
re lease
bu tton

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Bef ore D riv ing
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En tering and Ex iting
Bef ore Drivin g
Wh en Driv ing
Rain and
Ni gh t Driv ing
Driving Comfort
Ope nin g and C losing
What to do if ...
Customizin g
Yo ur Lexus
Outsid e Rear View Mirr ors
To select th e mirror y ou wish to adjust (L or R),
use th e master s witch .
T o adju st mirror angle , u se th e c ontr ol sw itch.
On som e models, t he m irrors will automaticall y
an gle do wnw ards wh en the vehi cle i s r eve rsing.
To d isable this fu nction, set the master switch in
th e n eut ral posit ion (b et ween L and R) .
Anti-glar e Inside Rear V iew Mirr or
To turn AUTO mode O N/O FF, pre ss the AUTO
bu tton.
The indicator c omes on wh en AUTO mode is
turn ed O N.
When t he inside r ear view mirr or is switched to
AUTO mode, the ou tside rea r view mirrors a re
also sw itched to the A UTO mode a utomatically.
The anti-glare mirror uses a sensor to det ect ligh t f rom vehicles beh ind and automati cally
r educes glare.

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Befo re Drivin g
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Steering Wheel
Up
Do wn
Aw ay f rom t he driv er
Tow ard th e d river1
2
3
4
The steering wheel r etracts automatica lly wh en the “ENGINE S TAR T S TOP ” switch is
turned OFF to allo w fo r easy exit and entry. Th e s teering wheel retu rns auto matically to its
prev iously s et position wh en the “EN GINE STAR T S TOP ” switch is swit ched to ACC ES-
SORY or IG NITION ON mode.

When DrivingTopic 3
Startin g.................................................................... . 1 7
Automat ic Tr ansm ission ..................................... . 1 8
Pa rking Br ake ........................................................ . 19
Eme rge ncy Fla sher Switc h................................ . 19
Turn Signa l Lever.................................................. 20
Intuit ive Park ing Ass ist....................................... 20
Multi-infor mation Display .................................. . 2 1
Cr uise Con trol ...................................................... 22
Dyn amic Rada r Cruise Con trol ....................... 23

Topic 3
When Drivin g
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Starting
■Star ting the engine
Make sur e th e park ing brak e is en gaged and the
shif t lever is in P .
Depres s the b rake peda l.
Th e “E NGINE START STOP ” swi tch ind i-
ca tor lig ht turns gr een.
Pr ess the “E NGIN E STAR T STOP” switch.
■Stoppin g the engine
Enga ge t he park ing br ake and sh ift t h e sh ift le ve r to P .
P re ss the “ ENGINE STAR T STOP” switch.
■Chan ging po wer mo des
To chan ge po wer mode s w ith out tu rning on the en gine, pr ess t he “ ENG INE S TAR T ST OP”
switch without dep ressin g t he br ake ped al. The mo des can be chan ged in the follow ing
order :
With the electronic key on y our person, the e ngine can be sta rted by simply p ressing the
“E NG INE S TAR T STOP” switch, w hile depr essing the b rake pedal.
(The mechan ical key c ann ot be u sed t o st art t h e en gine.)
AC CESSORY mode IGNITIO
N O N mod e
(I ndic ator light: a mber)
OF
F
(I nd icat or light: off)

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When Driving
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Entering and Ex iting
Bef ore Drivin gBef ore Drivin g
Wh en Driv ingWhen Driv ing
Rain and
Ni gh t Driv ing
Driving Comfort
Ope nin g and C losing
What to do if ...
Customizin g
Yo ur Lexus
Aut omatic T ransmission
■Shif t pos itions
P Park
R Reverse
N Neutral ( driv e not en gaged)
D Drive
S S mode
The v ehicle can only be shifted ou t of P when
the “ENGINE START STOP” switch is in
IGN ITION ON mode and t he b rak e pedal i s
de pres se d.
■ S m ode
S mod e allo ws th e d riv er to select the shif t rang e manually b ased on driving condition s.
Sh ift the shift le ver to S .
To upshift: shift the sh ift le ve r to ward “+ ”.
To downshift: shift the shift le ver to ward “-”.
The selected shif t ra nge is displa yed o n t he
instru ment clu ster.

Topic 3
When Drivin g
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Parking Brake
To set the pa rking brake: f irmly depres s the park -
in g br ake pe dal.
To relea se the pa rking br ake: depr ess the park -
in g br ake pedal ag ain.
Emergenc y Fl asher Switch
Witho ut n avigat ion syst em
Engaging th e emer gency flashe r switch causes all
the turn sig nal lights to f lash.
The emergency flashers can be oper ated even
when th e “ENGINE START STOP” switch is O FF.
Wi th n avigation system