2013 Lexus ES300h Do-it-yourself maintenance / Owner's Manual Quick Guide (OM33A56U)

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Cruise Control (if equipped)
Indicators
Cruise control switch
■Setting the vehicle speed
Press the “ON/OFF” button to activate
the cruise control.
Cruise control indicator will come on.
Press the button again to deactivate
the cruise control.
Accelerate or decelerate the vehicle to
the desired speed, and push the lever
down to set the speed.
“SET” indicator will come on.
The vehicle speed at the moment the
lever is released becomes the set
speed.
Use the cruise control to maintain a set speed without depressing the accelerator pedal.
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■Adjusting the set speed
Increases the speed
Decreases the speed
Fine adjustment: Momentarily move
the lever in the desired direction.
Large adjustment: Hold the lever in the
desired direction.
■ Canceling and resuming the constant speed control
Pulling the lever toward you cancels
the constant speed control.
The speed setting is also canceled
when the brakes are applied.
Pushing the lever up resumes the con-
stant speed control.
Resuming is available when the vehicle
speed is more than approximately 25
mph (40 km/h).
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Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (if equipped)
Vehicle-to-vehicle distance button
Display
Set speed
Indicators
Cruise control switch
■Setting the vehicle speed (vehicle-to-vehicle distance control mode)
Press the “ON/OFF” button to activate
the cruise control.
Radar cruise control indicator will
come on.
Press the button again to deactivate
the cruise control.
Accelerate or decelerate the vehicle to
the desired speed, and push the lever
down to set the speed.
“SET” indicator will come on.
The vehicle speed at the moment the
lever is released becomes the set
speed.
Dynamic radar cruise control supplements conventional cruise control with a vehicle-to-
vehicle distance control. In vehicle-to-vehicle distance control mode, the vehicle automat-
ically accelerates or decelerate s in order to maintain a set following distance from vehi-
cles ahead.
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■Adjusting the set speed
Increases the speed
Decreases the speed
Fine adjustment: Momentarily move
the lever in the desired direction.
Large adjustment: Hold the lever in the
desired direction.
■ Changing the vehicle-to-vehicle distance
Pressing the button changes the vehicle-to-
vehicle distance as follows:
Long
Medium
Short
The vehicle-to-vehicle distance is set
automatically to long mode when the
“POWER” switch is turned to ON
mode.
If a vehicle is running ahead of you, the
preceding vehicle mark will be also dis-
played.
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Preceding vehicle mark
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The vehicle-to-vehicle distance control mode maintains the preset cruising speed as long
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■Canceling and resuming the speed control
Pulling the lever toward you cancels
the cruise control.
The speed setting is also canceled
when the brakes are applied.
Pushing the lever up resumes the
cruise control and returns vehicle
speed to th e set speed.
Resuming is available when the vehicle
speed is more than approximately 25
mph (40 km/h).
■ Selecting conventional constant speed control mode
Press the “ON/OFF” button to activate
the cruise control.
Radar cruise control indicator will
come on.
Press the button again to deactivate
the cruise control.
Switch to constant speed control
mode.
(Push the lever forward and hold for
approximately 1 second.)
Cruise control indicator will come on.
When in constant speed control mode,
to return to vehicle-to-vehicle distance
control mode, push the lever forward
again and hold for approximately 1 sec-
ond.
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LDA (Lane Departure Alert) (if equipped)
■Tu r n i n g t h e L D A s y s t e m o n
Press the “LDA” switch to activate the sys-
tem.
“LDA” indicator and the lane lines will
come on.
Press the switch again to turn the LDA
system off.
The LDA system will remain on or off
even if the “POWER” switch is turned to
ON mode.
While driving on a road that has lane mark ers, this system recognizes the white lane
markers using a camera as a sensor to alert the driver when the vehicle deviates from its
lane.
If the system judges that the vehicle may deviate from its lane, it alerts the driver using
beeping and indications on the multi-information display.

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■Indication on the multi-information display
When the LDA system is on, the lane lines are shown.
The inside of the lane lines turn white when
the right and left lane markers are recog-
nized.If the vehicle deviates from the lane, the
lane line on the side the vehicle deviates
from will flash.
The inside of the recognized lane line turns
white when the right or left lane marker is
recognized. If the vehicle deviates from a lane that
has lane markers recognized, the lane
line will flash.
The inside of the lane lines turn black when
no lane marker is recognized or the LDA
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Intuitive Parking Assist (if equipped)
■Turning the system on and off
Turns the intuitive parking assist on/off
When on, the indicator light comes on to
inform the driver that the system is oper-
ational.
The distance from your vehicle to nearby ob stacles when parallel parking or maneuver-
ing into a garage is measured by the sens ors and communicated via the multi-informa-
tion display, navigation sy stem screen or Lexus Display Audio system screen and a
buzzer. Always check the surrounding area when using this system.