light Lexus GS350 2017 Manual PDF

2684-3. Operating the lights and wipers
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■Conditions in wh ich the light distribution control of the headlights changes automati-
cally
●When all of the following conditions are met, the high beams will be turned on automat-
ically and the system will operate:

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●In the situations shown below, the system may not be able to accurately detect sur-
rounding brightness levels. This may cause the low beams to remain on or the high
beams to cause problems for pedestrians, vehicles ahead or other parties. In these
cases, manually switch between the high and low beams.

2704-3. Operating the lights and wipers
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Automatic High Beam
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: If equipped
The Automatic High Beam uses an in-vehicle camera sensor to assess the
brightness of streetlights, the lights of vehicles ahead, etc., and automatically
turns the high beam on or off as necessary.
WARNING
■Limitations of the Automatic High Beam
Do not rely on the Automatic High Beam. Al ways drive safely, taking care to observe
your surroundings and turning the high beam on or off manually if necessary.
■To prevent incorrect operation of the Automatic High Beam system
Do not overload the vehicle.

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Push the lever away from you with
the headlight switch in the or
position.
Press the Automatic High Beam
switch.
The Automatic High Beam indicator will
come on when the headlights are turned
on automatically to indicate that the sys-
tem is active.
Activating the Automatic High Beam system
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2724-3. Operating the lights and wipers
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■Switching to low beam
Pull the lever to the original position.
The Automatic High Beam indicator
will turn off.
Push the lever away from you to acti-
vate the Automatic High Beam sys-
tem again.
■Switching to high beam
Press the Automatic High Beam
switch.The Automatic High Beam indicator
will turn off and the high beam indi-
cator will turn on.
Press the switch to activate the Auto-
matic High Beam system again.
Turning the high beam on/off manually

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■High beam automatic turning on or off conditions
●When all of the following conditions are fu lfilled, the high beam will be automatically
turned on (after approximately 1 second):

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Fog light switch
GS350/GS200tTurns the front and rear foglights off
Turns the front fog lights on
Turns both front and rear fog lights on
Releasing the switch ring returns it to .
Operating the switch ring again turns
only the rear fog light off.
GS F
Turns the rear fog light off
Turns the rear fog light on
Releasing the switch ring returns it to .
Operating the switch ring again turns
only the rear fog light off.
■Fog lights can be used when
GS350/GS200t
Front fog lights: The headlights or the front position lights are turned on.
Rear fog light: The front fog lights are turned on.
GS F
The headlights are turned on.
The fog lights secure excellent visibility in difficult driving conditions, such as
in rain and fog.
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Windshield wipers and washer
Operate the lever as follows to operate the wipers. The lever will return to its
original position immediately after operation.
Intermittent windshield wipers with interval adjusterMove the lever up 2 levels
Move the lever up 1 level
Move the lever down 1 level
Move the lever down 2 levels
Operating the wiper lever
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OffTemporary operationTemporary operationIntermittent operationHigh speedoperation
Intermittent operationOffOffLow speedoperationHigh speed operation
Low speed operationOffIntermittent operationHigh speedoperationHigh speedoperation
High speed
operationOffLow speedoperationNo changeNo change
Status
before
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Wiper intervals can be adjusted when intermittent operation is selected.
Increases the intermittent windshield
wiper frequency
Decreases the intermittent wind-
shield wiper frequency
Washer/wiper dual operation
Wipers will automatically operate a cou-
ple of times after the washer squirts.
When the headlights are on and the
lever is pulled and held, the headlight
cleaners will operate once. After this,
the headlight cleaners will operate
every 5th time the lever is pulled.
Rain-sensing windshield wipers
Move the lever up 2 levels
Move the lever up 1 level
Move the lever down 1 level
Move the lever down 2 levels
AUTO mode on/off switch
With AUTO mode selected, the wipers
will operate automatically when the sen-
sor detects falling rain. The system auto-
matically adjusts wiper timing in
accordance with rain volume and vehi-
cle speed.
AUTO mode indicator will turn on when AUTO mode is selected.
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AUTO mode
indicator
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