ESP lexus LS400 1999 Electrical Components / LEXUS 1999 LS400 (OM50514U) User Guide

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Driver and front passenger airbags, and seat belt
pretensioners
Driver and front passenger airbags:In response to a severe frontal impact, the driver and
front passenger airbags work together with the seat
belts to help preventing or reduce injury by inflating,
in order to decrease the likelihood of the driver's or
front passenger's heads or chests from directly
hitting the steering wheel or dashboard.
Seat belt pretensioners:
In response to a severe frontal impact, the seat belts
are quickly drawn back in by the retractors so that
the belts snugly restrain the driver and front
passenger.
The front passenger airbag is activated even with no
passenger in the front seat.
The seat belt pretensioners are activated even with no
passenger in the front seat.
Be sure to wear your seat belt.

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Side airbags
Side airbags:In response to a severe side impact, the side airbag
for the driver or front passenger works together with
the seat belt to help preventing or reducing injury by
inflating, in order to decrease the impact mainly on
the driver or front passenger's chest.
The side airbag on the passenger seat is activated even
with no passenger in the front seat.
Be sure to wear your seat belt.

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The driver and front passenger airbags and seat belt
pretensioners are designed to activate in response
to a severe frontal impact within the shaded area
between the arrows in the illustration.
There may be the case that the driver and passenger
airbags
and seat belt pretensioners will not activate with
such an impact in which the occupant wearing the seat
belt correctly would not get serious injury.
The driver and front passenger airbags and seat belt
pretensioners will work if the severity of the impact is
above the designed threshold level, comparable to an
approximate 20 km/h (14 mph) collision when impacting
straight into a fixed barrier that does not move or deform.
If the severity of the impact is below the above threshold
level, the driver and front passenger airbags and seat
belt pretensioners may not work. However, this threshold velocity will be considerably
higher if the vehicle strikes an object, such as a parked
vehicle or sign pole, which can move or deform on
impact, or if it is involved in an underride collision (e.g.
a collision in which the nose of the vehicle ºunderridesº,
or goes under, the bed of a truck, etc.).
It is possible with collision severity at the marginal level
of driver and passenger airbag sensor detection and
activation
that only one of your vehicle's driver and front
passenger airbags and seat belt pretensioners will work.
For the safety of all occupants, be sure to always wear
seat belts.

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(a) Climate control
SETTING OPERATION ± automatic control
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1. Push the ºAUTOº button.
Air flow quantity, switching of the diffusers, on±off of the
air conditioning, and switching of the air intake between
RECIRCULATED AIR and OUTSIDE AIR are
automatically adjusted. The operation status is shown
by each indicator.
When one of the manual control buttons is depressed
while operating in automatic mode, the operation
corresponding to the button depressed is set. Other
conditions continue to be adjusted automatically.
Push the ºOFFº button to turn the air conditioning off.

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(d) Your radio antenna
The wire antenna is mounted inside the rear window.
NOTICE
When
cleaning the inside of the rear window, be
careful not to scratch or damage the wire antenna.
Putting a window tint (especially, conductive ormetallic type) on the rear window may affect thereception of radio or m obile telephone. For the
installation of the window tint, consult with your Lexus dealer.
(e) Your cassette player
When you insert a cassette, the exposed tape should be
to the right.
NOTICE
Do not oil any part of the cassette player, and do not insert anything except a cassette tape into theslot.
(f) Your automatic changer

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ºRPTº button:
The repeat feature automatically
replays the current program.
Push the ºRPTº button while the program is playing.
When the program ends, it will automatically be rewound
and replayed. Push the button again to turn off the
repeat feature.
There must be at least 5 seconds of blank space
between programs for the repeat feature to work
correctly.
ºSKIPº button: The skip feature allows you to fast
forward past long stretches of blank tape. This is
especially useful at the end of cassettes.
Push the ºSKIPº button. The player will automatically
skip any blank portions of 15 seconds or more and play
the next program. To cancel it, push the button once
again.
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fluttering.
Station swapping ± If the FM signal you are listening to
is interrupted or weakened, and there is another strong
station nearby on the FM band, your radio may tune in
the second station until the original signal can be picked
up again.
AM
Fading ± AM broadcasts are reflected by the upper
atmosphere ± especially at night. These reflected
signals can interfere with those received directly from
the radio station, causing the radio station to sound
alternately strong and weak.
Station interference ± When a reflected signal and a
signal received directly from a radio station are very
nearly the same frequency, they can interfere with each
other, making it difficult to hear the broadcast.
Static ± AM is easily affected by external sources of
electrical noise, such as high tension power lines,
lightening, or electrical motors. This results in static.
Caring for your cassette player and tapes
For high performance from your cassette player and
tapes:
Clean the tape head and other parts regularly.
 A dirty tape head or tape path can decrease sound
quality and tangle your cassette tapes. The easiest
way to clean them is by using a cleaning tape. (A wet
type is recommended.)

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Low±quality cassette tapes can cause many
problems, including poor sound, inconsistent playing
speed, and constant auto±reversing. They can also
get stuck or tangled in the cassette player.
 Do not use a cassette if it has been damaged or
tangled or if its label is peeling off.
 Do not leave a cassette in the player if you are not
listening to it, especially if it is hot outside.
 Store cassettes in their cases and out of direct
sunlight.
 Avoid using cassettes with a total playing time longer
than 100 minutes (50 minutes per side). The tape
used in these cassette is thin and could get stuck or
tangled in the cassette player. Caring for your compact disc player and discs
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Correct
Wrong
Handle compact discs carefully, especially when you
set them into the magazine. Hold them on the edge
and do not bend them. Avoid getting fingerprints on
them, particularly on the shiny side.
 Dirt, scrapes, warping, pin holes, or other disc
damage could cause the player to skip or to repeat a
section of a track. (To see a pin hole, hold the disc up
to the light.)

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1Power position 2Normal position
3Snow position
2. Set the driving pattern selector switch to the
ºNormalº position.
Your transmission has a driving pattern selector switch
which allows you to select ºPowerº, ºNormalº or ºSnowº\
mode to suit your driving condition. For ordinary driving,
Lexus recommends that you use the ºNormalº position
to improve fuel economy.
3. For more powerful acceleration and sporty
driving, use the ºPowerº position.
In the ºPowerº position, the ºECT PWRº light in the
instrument cluster is on and the transmission is shifted
up at higher vehicle speeds and shifted down more
responsively than in the ºNormalº position.
For ºSnowº mode, see ºElectronic Throttle Control
Systemº on page 295.