steering wheel LEXUS GS300H 2019 Owners Manual

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For your information ...................................8
Reading this manual .................................. 12
How to search ............................................. 13
Pictorial index .............................................. 14
1-1. For safe use
Before driving ................................. 34
For safety drive............................... 36
Seat belts ..........................................38
SRS airbags ..................................... 43
Airbag manual on-off
system ............................................. 54
Safety information
for children....................................56
Child restraint systems ............... 57
Installing child restraints ............. 66
Exhaust gas precautions ............ 75
1-2. Hybrid system
Hybrid system features............... 76
Hybrid system precautions ...... 80
1-3. Theft deterrent system
Immobilizer system ..................... 85
Double locking system ...............90
Alarm .................................................. 91
2. Instrument cluster
Warning lights
and indicators ..............................98
Gauges and meters ................... 104
Multi-information display............ 111
Head-up display ............................119
Energy monitor/
consumption screen ............... 126
3-1. Key information
Keys .................................................. 134
3-2. Opening, closing and locking
the doors and trunk
Doors ............................................... 139
Trunk ................................................ 146
Smart entry & start system ...... 153
3-3. Adjusting the seats
Front seats...................................... 175
Driving position memory ......... 178
Head restraints............................. 183
3-4. Adjusting the steering
wheel and mirrors
Steering wheel ............................. 186
Inside rear view mirror..............188
Outside rear view mirrors ....... 190
1For safety and security
2Instrument cluster
3Operation of
each component

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5-1. Remote Touch screen
Remote Touch/12.3-inch
display ......................................... 340
5-2. Using the air conditioning
system and defogger
Front automatic
air conditioning system .........346
Rear air conditioning
system ......................................... 358
Heated steering wheel/
seat heaters/
seat ventilators .......................... 361
5-3. Using the interior lights
Interior lights list..........................366
• Interior lights .......................... 367
• Personal lights ....................... 367
5-4. Using the storage features
List of storage features ............369
• Glove box ...............................370
• Console box...........................370
• Cup holders ............................ 371
• Auxiliary boxes ..................... 373
Trunk features.............................. 374
5-5. Using the other interior
features
Other interior features ............ 377
• Sun visors ................................ 377
• Vanity mirrors ........................ 377
• Clock.........................................378
• Ashtrays ...................................378
• Power outlets......................... 379
• Armrest ................................... 380
•Rear sunshade/
rear door sunshades .......... 380
• Coat hooks .............................382
• Assist grips............................. 383
ERA-GLONASS...................... 384
6-1. Maintenance and care
Cleaning and protecting
the vehicle exterior................ 390
Cleaning and protecting
the vehicle interior ..................394
6-2. Maintenance
Maintenance
requirements............................. 397
5Interior features
6Maintenance and care

18Pictorial index
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■Switches (Left-hand drive vehicles)
VSC OFF switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 326
Heated steering wheel switch* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 362
Automatic High Beam switch*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 246
Adaptive High-beam System switch* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 241
Instrument panel light control switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 107
Odometer/trip meter and trip meter reset butt on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 107
HUD (Head-up display) switches*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 119
Brake hold switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P. 235
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■Switches (Right-hand drive vehicles)
Brake hold switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P. 235
Odometer/trip meter and trip meter reset butt on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 107
Instrument panel light control switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 107
HUD (Head-up display) switches*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 119
VSC OFF switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 326
Automatic High Beam switch*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 246
Adaptive High-beam System switch* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 241
Heated steering wheel switch* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 362
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For safety drive
Adjust the angle of the seatback so
that you are sitting straight up and so
that you do not have to lean forward
to steer. ( P. 175)
Adjust the seat so that you can
depress the pedals fully and so that
your arms bend slightly at the elbow
when gripping the steering wheel.
( P. 175)
Lock the head restraint in place with the center of the head restraint closest to
the top of your ears. ( P. 183)
Wear the seat belt correctly. ( P. 38)
Make sure that all occupants are wearing their seat belts before driving the vehi-
cle. ( P. 38)
Use a child restraint system appropriat e for the child until the child becomes
large enough to properly wear the vehicle’s seat belt. ( P. 57)
Make sure that you can see backward clearly by adjusting the inside and outside
rear view mirrors properly. ( P. 188, 190)
For safe driving, adjust the seat and mirror to an appropriate position before
driving.
Correct driving posture
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Correct use of the seat belts
Adjusting the mirrors
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WARNING
■SRS airbag precautions
Observe the following precautions regarding the SRS airbags. Failure to do so may cause death or serious injury.
●The driver and all passengers in the vehicl e must wear their seat belts properly. The SRS airbags are supplemental devices to be used with the seat belts.
●The SRS driver airbag deploys with considerable force, and can cause death or seri-
ous injury especially if the driv er is very close to the airbag.
Since the risk zone for the driver’s airbag is the first 50 - 75 mm (2 - 3 in.) of inflation, placing yourself 250 mm (10 in.) from your driver airbag provides you with a clear
margin of safety. This distance is measured from the center of the steering wheel to your breastbone. If you sit less than 250 mm (10 in.) away now, you can change yourdriving position in several ways:
• Move your seat to the rear as far as you can while still reaching the pedals com- fortably.• Slightly recline the back of the seat.
Although vehicle designs vary, many drivers can achieve the 250 mm (10 in.) dis- tance, even with the driver seat all the way forward, simply by reclining the back ofthe seat somewhat. If reclining the back of your seat makes it hard to see the road,
raise yourself by using a firm, non-slippery cushion, or raise the seat if your vehicle has that feature.• If your steering wheel is adjustable, tilt it downward. This points the airbag toward
your chest instead of your head and neck. The seat should be adjusted as recommend ed above, while still maintaining control of the foot pedals, steering wheel, and your view of the instrument panel controls.

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WARNING
■SRS airbag precautions
●Do not hang coat hangers or other hard objects on the coat hooks. All of these items
could become projectiles and may cause deat h or serious injury, should the SRS cur- tain shield airbags deploy.
●If a vinyl cover is put on the area where the SRS knee airbag will deploy, be sure to
remove it.
●Do not use seat accessories which cover the parts where the SRS side airbags inflate as they may interfere with inflation of th e airbags. Such accessories may prevent the
side airbags from activating correctly, disable the system or cause the side airbags to inflate accidentally, resulting in death or serious injury.
●Do not allow anyone to kneel on the passen-
ger seat toward the door or put their head or hands outside the vehicle.
●Do not attach anything to or lean anythingagainst areas such as the dashboard, steeringwheel pad, lower portion of the instrument
panel and door of the glove box. These items can become projectiles when theSRS driver, front passenger and knee airbags
deploy.
●Do not attach anything to areas such as a door, windshield glass, side door glass, front or rearpillar, roof side rail and assist grip. (Except for
the speed limit sticker P. 516)

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WARNING
■SRS airbag precautions
●Do not strike or apply significant levels of force to the area of the SRS airbag compo- nents.
Doing so can cause the SRS airbags to malfunction.
●Do not touch any of the component parts immediately after the SRS airbags have deployed (inflated) as they may be hot.
●If breathing becomes difficult after the SRS airbags have deployed, open a door orwindow to allow fresh air in, or leave the vehicle if it is safe to do so. Wash off any resi-due as soon as possible to prevent skin irritation.
●If the areas where the SRS airbags are stored, such as the steering wheel pad, door ofthe glove box and front and rear pillar garnishes are damaged or cracked, have themreplaced by any authorized Lexus retailer or Lexus authorized repairer, or any reli-
able repairer.
■Modification and disposal of SRS airbag system components
Do not dispose of your vehicle or perform any of the following modifications without
consulting any authorized Lexus retailer or Lexus authorized repairer, or any reliable repairer. The SRS airbags may malfunction or deploy (inflate) accidentally, causingdeath or serious injury.
●Installation, removal, disassembly and repair of the SRS airbags
●Repairs, modifications, removal or repl acement of the steering wheel, instrument panel, dashboard, glove box, seats or seat upholstery, front, side and rear pillars or
roof side rails
●Repairs or modifications of the front fender, front bumper, or side of the occupant compartment
●Installation of a grille guard (bull bars, kangaroo bar, etc.), snow plows or winches
●Modifications to the vehicle’s suspension system
●Installation of electronic devices such as mobile two-way radios (RF-transmitter) and
CD players
●Modifications to your vehicle for a person with a physical disability

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■If the SRS airbags deploy (inflate)
●Slight abrasions, burns, bruising etc., may be sustained from SRS airbags, due to the extremely high speed deployment (inflation) by hot gases.
●A loud noise and white powder will be emitted.
●Parts of the airbag module (steering wheel hub, airbag cover and inflator) as well as theseats, the glove box, parts of the front and re ar pillars, and roof side rails may be hot for several minutes. The airbag itself may also be hot.
●The windshield may crack.
●Vehicles with ERA-GLONASS: If the SRS ai rbags deploy, the system is designed to send an emergency call* to the Public Safety Answer ing Point (PSAP), notifying them
of the vehicle’s location (without needing to push the “SOS” button) and an agent will attempt to speak with the occupants to ascertain the level of emergency and assistancerequired. If the occupants are unable to communicate, the agent automatically treats
the call as an emergency and helps to di spatch the necessary emergency services. ( P. 384)
*: In some cases, the call cannot be made. (P. 386)
■SRS airbag deployment conditions (SRS front airbags)
●The SRS front airbags will deploy in the event of an impact that exceeds the set thresh- old level (the level of force corresponding to an approximately 20 - 30 km/h [12 - 18mph] frontal collision with a fixed wall that does not move or deform).
However, this threshold velocity will be cons iderably higher in the following situations:
• If the vehicle strikes an object, such as a parked vehicle or sign pole, which can move or deform on impact
• If the vehicle is involved in an underride collision, such as a collision in which the front of the vehicle “underrides”, or goes under, the bed of a truck
●Depending on the type of collision, it is possib le that only the seat belt pretensioners will activate.
■SRS airbag deployment conditions (SRS side and curtain shield airbags)
●The SRS side and curtain shield airbags w ill deploy in the event of an impact that exceeds the set threshold level (the level of force corresponding to the impact forceproduced by an approximately 1500 kg [3300 lb.] vehicle colliding with the vehicle
cabin from a direction perpendicular to the vehicle orientation at an approximate speed of 20 - 30 km/h [12 - 18 mph]).
●The SRS side and curtain shield airbags may also deploy in the event of a severe frontal
collision.

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■When to contact any authorized Lexus retailer or Lexus authorized repairer, or any reliable repairer
In the following cases, the vehicle will requ ire inspection and/or repair. Contact any
authorized Lexus retailer or Le xus authorized repairer, or any reliable repairer as soon as possible.
●Any of the SRS airbags have been inflated.
●The front of the vehicle is damaged ordeformed, or was involved in an accident that
was not severe enough to cause the SRS front airbags to inflate.
●A portion of a door or it’s surrounding area isdamaged or deformed, or the vehicle was
involved in an accident that was not severe enough to cause the SRS side and curtainshield airbags to inflate.
●The pad section of the steering wheel, dash-board near the front passenger airbag, lowerportion of the instrument panel or door of the
glove box is scratched, cracked, or otherwise damaged.