traction control Lexus IS F 2014 Owner's Manual

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CAUTION
■General precautions while driving
Driving under the influence: Never drive your vehicle when under the influence of
alcohol or drugs that have impaired your ability to operate your vehicle. Alcohol
and certain drugs delay reaction time, impair judgment and reduce coordination,
which could lead to an accident that could result in death or serious injury.
Defensive driving: Always drive defensively. Anticipate mistakes that other drivers
or pedestrians might make and be ready to avoid accidents.
Driver distraction: Always give your full attention to driving. Anything that distracts
the driver, such as adjusting controls, talking on a cellular phone or reading can
result in a collision with resulting death or serious injury to you, your occupants or
others.
■General precaution regarding children’s safety
Never leave children unattended in the vehicle, and never allow children to have or
use the key.
Children may be able to start the vehicle or shift the vehicle into neutral. There is
also a danger that children may injure themselves by playing with the cigarette
lighter, the windows, the moon roof, or other features of the vehicle. In addition, heat
build-up or extremely cold temperatures inside the vehicle can be fatal to children.

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2-4. Using other driving systems
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When driving
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Driving assist systems
To help enhance driving safety and performance, the following systems
operate automatically in response to various driving situations. Be aware,
however, that these systems are supplementary and should not be relied
upon too heavily when operating the vehicle.
■ ABS (Anti-lock Brake System)
Helps to prevent wheel lock when the brakes are applied suddenly, or if
the brakes are applied while driving on a slippery road surface.
■Brake assist
Generates an increased level of braking force after the brake pedal is
depressed, when the system detects a panic stop situation.
■VSC (Vehicle Stability Control)
Helps the driver to control skidding when swerving suddenly or turning on
slippery road surfaces.
■TRAC (Traction Control)
Helps to maintain drive power and prevent the rear wheels from spinning
when starting the vehicle or accelerating on slippery roads.
■Hill-start assist control
Helps to prevent the vehicle from rolling backwards when starting on an
incline or slippery slope.
■EPS (Electric Power Steering)
Employs an electric motor to reduce the amount of effort needed to turn
the steering wheel.
■VDIM (Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management)
Provides integrated control of the ABS, brake assist, TRAC, VSC, hill-start
assist control, and EPS systems.
Helps to maintain vehicle stability when swerving on slippery road sur-
faces by controlling the brakes, engine output and steering assist.
When the F-sport mode total control switch is pressed, “Sport” mode is
activated. ( →P. 2 0 3 )
■PCS (Pre-Collision System) (if equipped)
→ P. 2 0 7

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6-1. Specifications
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DOT quality grades
All passenger vehicle tires must conform to Federal Safety Require-
ments in addition to these grades. Quality grades can be found where
applicable on the tire sidewall between tread shoulder and maximum
section width.
For example: Treadwear 200 Traction AA Temperature A
■Treadwear
The treadwear grade is a comparative rating based on the wear rate of
the tire when tested under controlled conditions on a specified gov-
ernment test course.
For example, a tire graded 150 would wear one and a half (1 - 1 /2) times as
well on the government course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires depends upon the actual conditions of
their use, however, and may depart significantly from the norm due to varia-
tions in driving habits, service practices and differences in road characteris-
tics and climate.
■Traction AA, A, B, C
The traction grades, from highest to lowest, are AA, A, B and C, and
they represent the tire's ability to stop on wet pavement as measured
under controlled conditions on specified government test surfaces of
asphalt and concrete.
A tire marked C may have poor traction performance.
Warning: The traction grade assigned to this tire is based on braking
(straight ahead) traction tests and does not include cornering (turning) trac-
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Alphabetical index
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TiresChains .......................................................218
Checking ................................................. 417
If you have a flat tire.......................... 493
Inflation pressure................................ 428
Inflation pressure sensor.................. 417
Information............................................ 532
Replacing............................................... 493
Rotating tires .......................................... 417
Size ........................................................... 527
Snow tires ................................................218
Tools ...........................................................493
Total load capacity .................................217
Towing
Dinghy towing ....................................... 221
Emergency towing .............................461
Trailer towing....................................... 220
TRAC.......................................................... 201
Traction control ...................................... 201
Transmission shift switches .......145, 147
Trip meter ................................................. 154
Trunk
Extending trunk space .................... 357
Opener ........................................................ 51
Trunk light Trunk light................................................. 52
Wattage..................................................528 Turn signal lights
Replacing light bulbs ....................... 454
Switch.......................................................... 151
Wattage ................................................. 528
USB port* .................................... 260, 268
Vanity lights Vanity lights.......................................... 346
Wattage ................................................. 528
Vanity mirrors ........................................ 346
VDIM.......................................................... 201
Vehicle data recordings ......................... 21
Vehicle dynamics integrated management ........................................ 201
Vehicle identification number .......... 519
Vehicle stability control ...................... 201
Voice command switch .....................308
VSC ............................................................ 201
Warning buzzers
Brake system....................................... 469
Open door ........................................... 472
Seat belt reminder ............................. 472
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