2013 Lexus GS300h park assist

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Screen display
The parking assist monitor screen will be displayed if the shift
lever is shifted to R while the power switch is in ON mode.
The parking assist monitor displays the last-used parking mode first.
Display mode switch screen button
Switches the display mode. (P. 363)
Lexus parking assist-sensor display*
If an obstacle is detected while the Lexus parking assist-sensor is on, a
display is shown in the top right corner of the screen.
*: Except for 12.3-inch display
Parking mode switch screen button
Switches the parking mode (between perpendicular parking and parallel
parking assist screens)
Narrow mode screen on-off button
Switch the narrow mode on and off. (P. 377)
Using the Lexus parking assist monitor
Perpendicular parkingParallel parking
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Using the system when perpendicular parking
Use any of the following
modes when perpendicular
parking (for example, when
parking in a garage).
Each time you select the dis-
play mode switch screen but-
ton, the display mode switches
in the following order:
Estimated course line display mode Parking assist guide line
display modeDistance guide line display modeEstimated
course line display mode

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Estimated course line display mode (P. 366)
Estimated course lines are
displayed which move in
accordance with the opera-
tion of the steering wheel.
Parking assist guide line display mode (P. 368)
The steering wheel return
points (parking assist guide
lines) are displayed.
Distance guide line display mode
Distance guide lines only
are displayed.

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Once the vehicle width extension guide lines and the parking
space lines are parallel, straighten the steering wheel and back
up slowly until the vehicle has completely entered the parking
space.
Stop the vehicle in an appropriate place, and finish parking.
Screen description
Vehicle width extension guide lines
These lines indicate a guide path when the vehicle is being
backed straight up. The displayed width is wider than the
actual vehicle width.
Parking assist guide lines
These lines indicate the path of the smallest turn possible
behind the vehicle.
These lines also indicate the approximate position of the steer-
ing wheel when parking.
Distance guide line
This line (red) indicates points approximately 0.5 m (1.5 ft.)
behind the rear bumper of your vehicle.
Perpendicular parking (parking assist guide line display
mode)
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Parking operation
When parking in a space which is in the reverse direction to the
space described in the procedure below, the steering directions
will be reversed.
Shift the shift lever to the R position.
Back up until the parking
assist guide line meets the
edge of the left-hand divid-
ing line of the parking
space.
Parking assist guide line
Parking space dividing
line
Turn the steering wheel all the way to the right, and back up
slowly.
Once the vehicle is parallel with the parking space, straighten
the steering wheel and back up slowly until the vehicle has
completely entered the parking space.
Stop the vehicle in an appropriate place, and finish parking.
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Keeping the steering wheel in that position, check your sur-
roundings visually and using mirrors, and back up using the
distance guide lines etc. as a reference (Step in “Parking
operation”).
When the vehicle is approximately in the desired parking loca-
tion, parallel parking assist is complete (Step in “Parking
operation”).
Parking operation
The following example describes the procedure for pulling into a
parking space on the right. For pulling into a parking space on
the left, substitute left for right and vice versa in all steps.
Stop the vehicle in the position as described below, and
straighten the steering wheel.
Roughly half a vehicle’s
length
Desired parking space
Approx. 1 m (3 ft.)
Parked vehicle
Your vehicle
A position in which you are
parallel with the road (or the
side of the road), and in
which there is approximately
1 m (3 ft.) of space between
your vehicle and the parked
vehicle
A position in which you are
half a vehicle’s length ahead
of the parked vehicle
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Turn the steering wheel with the vehicle stopped until the blue
outline meets the desired parking space.
Blue outline
Black and yellow vertical
pole
Extended line
If the extended line from the
blue outline is displayed, the
parallel parking assist is
operational.
Turn the steering wheel
right
Black and yellow vertical
pole
Blue outline
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Keep the steering wheel in
its current position and
backing up.
The parallel parking assist will
be canceled if the steering wheel
is moved while backing up.
Shift the shift lever out of the R
position, and restart from the
step .
When backing up, be careful not
to hit any obstacles with the
right front corner of your vehi-
cle. Back the vehicle up slowly.
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