2009 Lexus ES350 Quick Guide

When DrivingTopic 3
Startin g.................................................................... . 1 7
Automat ic Tr ansm ission ..................................... . 1 8
Pa rking Br ake ........................................................ . 19
Eme rge ncy Fla sher Switc h................................ . 19
Turn Signa l Lever.................................................. 20
Intuit ive Park ing Ass ist....................................... 20
Multi-infor mation Display .................................. . 2 1
Cr uise Con trol ...................................................... 22
Dyn amic Rada r Cruise Con trol ....................... 23

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Starting
■Star ting the engine
Make sur e th e park ing brak e is en gaged and the
shif t lever is in P .
Depres s the b rake peda l.
Th e “E NGINE START STOP ” swi tch ind i-
ca tor lig ht turns gr een.
Pr ess the “E NGIN E STAR T STOP” switch.
■Stoppin g the engine
Enga ge t he park ing br ake and sh ift t h e sh ift le ve r to P .
P re ss the “ ENGINE STAR T STOP” switch.
■Chan ging po wer mo des
To chan ge po wer mode s w ith out tu rning on the en gine, pr ess t he “ ENG INE S TAR T ST OP”
switch without dep ressin g t he br ake ped al. The mo des can be chan ged in the follow ing
order :
With the electronic key on y our person, the e ngine can be sta rted by simply p ressing the
“E NG INE S TAR T STOP” switch, w hile depr essing the b rake pedal.
(The mechan ical key c ann ot be u sed t o st art t h e en gine.)
AC CESSORY mode IGNITIO
N O N mod e
(I ndic ator light: a mber)
OF
F
(I nd icat or light: off)

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Entering and Ex iting
Bef ore Drivin gBef ore Drivin g
Wh en Driv ingWhen Driv ing
Rain and
Ni gh t Driv ing
Driving Comfort
Ope nin g and C losing
What to do if ...
Customizin g
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Aut omatic T ransmission
■Shif t pos itions
P Park
R Reverse
N Neutral ( driv e not en gaged)
D Drive
S S mode
The v ehicle can only be shifted ou t of P when
the “ENGINE START STOP” switch is in
IGN ITION ON mode and t he b rak e pedal i s
de pres se d.
■ S m ode
S mod e allo ws th e d riv er to select the shif t rang e manually b ased on driving condition s.
Sh ift the shift le ver to S .
To upshift: shift the sh ift le ve r to ward “+ ”.
To downshift: shift the shift le ver to ward “-”.
The selected shif t ra nge is displa yed o n t he
instru ment clu ster.

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Parking Brake
To set the pa rking brake: f irmly depres s the park -
in g br ake pe dal.
To relea se the pa rking br ake: depr ess the park -
in g br ake pedal ag ain.
Emergenc y Fl asher Switch
Witho ut n avigat ion syst em
Engaging th e emer gency flashe r switch causes all
the turn sig nal lights to f lash.
The emergency flashers can be oper ated even
when th e “ENGINE START STOP” switch is O FF.
Wi th n avigation system

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Entering and Ex iting
Bef ore Drivin gBef ore Drivin g
Wh en Driv ingWhen Driv ing
Rain and
Ni gh t Driv ing
Driving Comfort
Ope nin g and C losing
What to do if ...
Customizin g
Yo ur Lexus
Tu rn Signal Lever
Righ t turn sig nal
Le ft turn s ignal
Intuiti ve Parking Assist (If E quip ped )
■Turni ng the system on and off
Press the s witch .
When ON, an indicator on the sw itch comes on
to inform the driver tha t th e fu nction is opera-
tiona l.
■Scr een display
Sens ors are use d t o de tect obst acles n ear t he
vehi cle. The d ist an ce to a det ected obstacle i s
shown by the nu mber of ind icator bars.
Indicat es ob stac les de tected b y t he corn er
sensors
Indicat es obst acles det ected by t he back sen -
sors
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To signa l a la ne ch ang e, move the leve r pa rtway and hold.
The sy stem use s a screen displa y and buzze r to in form t he driver of obstacles n ear t he
ve hicle when park ing or drivin g at lo w sp eed.
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Multi-in form ation Di spla y
■Display info rmatio n
●Trip inf ormation
• Outs ide temp erat ure
• Driving r ange
• Averag e fuel consu mption
• Averag e fuel consu mption af ter r efue ling
• Cu rren t fue l con sumption
• Averag e vehi cle speed
• Elap sed t ime
● Dyn amic r adar cruise con trol se ttings
(i f e qui pped)
● Intuitiv e parking as sist information
(i f e qui pped)
● Wa rning messages
■Changing the dis play of trip inform ation
Trip info rmation items can be sw itched by pr ess-
ing the DISP sw itch.
The multi-information display sho ws inf ormation about your v ehicle, i ncluding the it ems
sh own belo w.
Type A
Type B
■ When using the i ntu iti ve p ark ing as sist system or dyn ami c r ada r cru ise control, the
appr opria te d isplay is shown on t he screen.
■ In the e vent that a problem is detected i n any of the v ehicle's system s, a warning messag e is
shown o n th e mul ti-informa tio n di splay.

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Entering and Ex iting
Bef ore Drivin gBef ore Drivin g
Wh en Driv ingWhen Driv ing
Rain and
Ni gh t Driv ing
Driving Comfort
Ope nin g and C losing
What to do if ...
Customizin g
Yo ur Lexus
Cr uise Contr ol (If E quip ped )
■Setti ng t he speed
Pres s the ON-OFF button .
The syste m will tu rn on.
Accelerate or decelerate to the d esired
spee d, and t hen push th e le ver do wn.
Th is sets the sp eed in the c ruise control
me mor y.
■ Can celi ng
To temporarily c ancel the cruise c ontrol, pull
the lever to ward you. T o resume the cruise
con trol, push t he le ver up .
To turn th e sy ste m of f, p res s th e O N-OFF but-
ton.
■ Ad justin g the speed setting
To incr ease spee d: pu sh the le ver u p.
To dec rea se sp eed : push th e le ver do wn.
Re lea se the le ver w hen the desir ed spe ed i s
re ached .
Cruise cont rol allows the driver to ma inta in a cons tant speed with ou t havi ng to o perate the
accelerat or pedal.
Use f or high way dr iving or when t raveling at a const ant speed for lo ng perio ds of time.
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Dyna mic R ada r Cruise Contr ol (If Equipped )
■Crui se cont ro l display
Cru ise con trol settings are sho wn on t he multi-
informa tion displ ay.
Ve hicle ahead in dica tor
Ve hicle -to-v ehicle distance
Pr eset speed
■Vehi cle-to -vehicle dis tance con trol mode
Pres s the O N-OFF button.
Ac celera te or d ecelera te to the desired
speed , and th en push t he lever down.
Follow ing distance can be adjusted usin g t he
ve hicle-t o-vehic le distance control switch.
■ Co nvention al (const an t speed) cruis e contr ol m ode
Pres s the O N-OFF button.
Pu sh the le ver f orw ard and h old for at lea st
on e se cond.
Ac celera te or d ecelera te to the desired
speed , and th en push t he lever down.
■ Cancelin g
To temporaril y cancel t he dyn amic ra dar cruise
contr ol, pull th e le ver.
To turn th e sy stem off, pre ss the ON-O FF button .
■Ad justi ng the s peed set tin g
To increa se s peed : push the le ver up .
To de crea se speed : push th e le ve r do wn.
Release t he l ever w hen the de sire d s peed is
re ached.
Dyn amic r adar cr uise control sup plem ents conven tion al cru ise con trol w ith a v ehicle-t o-
ve hicle distan ce con trol m ode.
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The v ehicle-to- vehicle d istance contro l mod e ma intain s the p reset cruisin g s peed as long
as no v ehicle is detec ted ahea d.