trailer Lexus GS300h 2015 Owner's Guide

3404-5. Using the driving support systems
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■The Blind Spot Monitor function is operational when
●The BSM function is turned on.
●Vehicle speed is greater than approximately 16 km/h (10 mph).
■The Blind Spot Monitor function will detect a vehicle when
●A vehicle in an adjacent lane overtakes your vehicle.
●Another vehicle enters the detection area when it changes lanes.
■Conditions under which the Blind Spot Monitor function will not detect a vehicle
The Blind Spot Monitor function is not designed to detect the following types of vehicles
and/or objects:
●Small motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians etc.*
●Vehicles traveling in the opposite direction
●Guardrails, walls, signs, parked vehi cles and similar stationary objects*
●Following vehicles that are in the same lane*
●Vehicles driving 2 lanes across from your vehicle*
*
: Depending on conditions, detection of a vehicle and/or object may occur.
■Conditions under which the Blind Spot Monitor function may not function correctly
●The Blind Spot Monitor function may not detect vehicles correctly in the following con-
ditions:
• During bad weather such as heavy rain, fog, snow etc.
• When ice or mud etc. is attached to the rear bumper
• When driving on a road surface that is wet due to rain, standing water etc.
• When there is a significant difference in speed between your vehicle and the vehicle that enters the detection area
• When a vehicle is in the detection area from a stop and remains in the detection area as your vehicle accelerates
• When driving up or down consecutive steep inclines, such as hills, a dip in the road
etc.
• When multiple vehicles approach with only a small gap between each vehicle
• When vehicle lanes are wide, and the vehicle in the next lane is too far away from
your vehicle
• When the vehicle that enters the detection area is traveling at about the same speed as your vehicle
• When there is a significant difference in height between your vehicle and the vehicle that enters the detection area
• Directly after the BSM function is turned on
• When your vehicle is towing a trailer (vehicles with towing package)
●Instances of the Blind Spot Monitor function unnecessarily detecting a vehicle and/ or
object may increase under the following conditions:
• When there is only a short distance between your vehicle and a guardrail, wall etc.
• When there is only a short distance between your vehicle and a following vehicle
• When vehicle lanes are narrow and a vehicle driving 2 lanes across from your vehi- cle enters the detection area
• When items such as a bicycle carrier are installed on the rear of the vehicle

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Driving
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■Conditions under which the Rear Crossing Traffic Alert function will not detect a vehi-
cle
The Rear Crossing Traffic Alert function is not designed to detect the following types of
vehicles and/or objects.
●Small motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians etc.*
●Vehicles approaching from directly behind
●Guardrails, walls, signs, parked vehicles and similar stationary objects*
●Vehicles moving away from your vehicle
●Vehicles approaching from the parking spaces next to your vehicle*
●Vehicles backing up in the parking space next to your vehicle*
*
: Depending on conditions, detection of a vehicle and/or object may occur.
■Conditions under which the Rear Crossing Traffic Alert function may not function cor-
rectly
The Rear Crossing Traffic Alert function may not detect vehicles correctly in the follow-
ing conditions:
●During bad weather such as heavy rain, fog, snow etc.
●When ice or mud etc. is attached to the rear bumper
●When multiple vehicles approach continuously
●Shallow angle parking
●When a vehicle is approaching at high speed
●When parking on a steep incline, such as hills, a dip in the road etc.
●Directly after the BSM function is turned on
●When your vehicle is towing a trailer (vehicles with towing package)
●When items such as a bicycle carrier are installed on the rear of the vehicle
●Directly after the hybrid system is started with the BSM function is turned on
●When the sensors cannot detect vehicles
because of obstacles

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8-1. Specifications
Vehicle specifications
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XTy p e D
XCompact spare tire (if equipped)
■When towing a trailer
Add 20.0 kPa (0.2 kgf/cm2 or bar, 3 psi) to the recommended tire inflation pressure and
drive at speeds below 100 km/h (62 mph).
Ti r e s i z e235/40R19 96Y XL (front) and 265/35R19 94Y (rear)
Tire inflation
pressure
(Recommended
cold tire inflation
pressure)Vehicle speed
Front tire
kPa (kgf/cm2 or
bar, psi)
Rear tire
kPa (kgf/cm2 or
bar, psi)
More than 220 km/h
(137 mph)300 (3.0, 44)300 (3.0, 44)
220 km/h (137 mph)
or less240 (2.4, 35)250 (2.5, 36)
Wheel size19 × 8J (235/40R19), 19 × 9J (265/35R19)
Wheel nut torque103 N•m (10.5 kgf•m, 76 ft•lbf)
Ti r e s i z eT155/70D17 110M, T145/70D18 107M
Tire inflation pressure
(Recommended cold tire
inflation pressure)420 kPa (4.2 kgf/cm2 or bar, 60 psi)
Wheel size17 × 4T (T155/70D17), 18 × 4T (T145/70D18)
Wheel nut torque103 N•m (10.5 kgf•m, 76 ft•lbf)

617Alphabetical index
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Tire inflation pressure ......................... 445Maintenance data..............................575
Tire inflation pressure display function ................................................ 433
Warning light ....................................... 479
Warning message.............................482
Tire pressure warning system ......... 433 Function .................................................. 433
Initializing................................................ 434
Installing tire pressure warning
valves and transmitters................ 434
Registering ID codes .......................435
Warning light ....................................... 479
Warning message.............................482
Tires ............................................................ 432 Chains .....................................................355
Checking ............................................... 432
Emergency tire puncture
repair kit ..............................................528
If you have a flat tire ............... 517, 528
Inflation pressure................................575
Replacing .................................................517
Rotating tires ........................................ 433
Size............................................................ 575
Snow tires .............................................. 357
Spare tire..................................................517
Tire inflation pressure display function ................................................ 433
Tire pressure warning system ..... 433
Warning light ....................................... 479
Warning message.............................482 Tools.................................................518, 529
Top strap ..................................................... 70
Towing ...................................................... 470
Emergency towing ........................... 470
Towing capacity................................. 566
Towing eyelet .......................................472
Trailer towing ........................... 209, 210
Traction battery (hybrid battery) .......79
Traction Control (TRC) ..................... 344
Traction motor (electric motor) .........75
Trailer towing ............................... 209, 210
Transmission........................................... 224
Driving mode select switch.......... 330
Hybrid transmission .......................... 224
If the shift lever cannot be shifted from P................................... 545
Paddle shift switches.........................226
S mode .................................................... 227
TRC (Traction Control) ..................... 344 Function.................................................. 344
TRC OFF switch ............................... 346
Trip information...................................... 104
Trip meters ............................................... 104
*: Refer to the “NAVIGATION AND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM OWNER’S MANUAL”.