2018 Lexus GS F change time

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GS350_300_GS F_OM_OM30G34U_(U)
For your information
Please note that this manual applies to all models and explains all equipment, including
options. Therefore, you may find some expl anations for equipment not installed on your
vehicle.
All specifications provided in this manual are current at the time of printing. However,
because of the Lexus policy of continual pr oduct improvement, we reserve the right to
make changes at any time without notice.
Depending on specifications, th e vehicle shown in the illustrations may differ from your
vehicle in terms of color and equipment.
Approximately five hours after the engine is turned off, you may hear sound coming from
under the vehicle for several minutes. This is the sound of a fuel evaporation leakage
check and, it does not indicate a malfunction.
A wide variety of non-genuine spare parts and accessories for Lexus vehicles are cur-
rently available in the market. You should kn ow that Toyota does not warrant these prod-
ucts and is not responsible fo r their performance, repair, or replacement, or for any
damage they may cause to, or adverse effect they may have on, your Lexus vehicle.
This vehicle should not be modified with non-genuine Lexus products. Modification with
non-genuine Lexus products could affect its performance, safety or durability, and may
even violate governmental regulations. In addition, damage or performance problems
resulting from the modification may not be covered under warranty.
The installation of a mobile two-way radio system in your vehicle could affect electronic
systems such as:
●Multiport fuel injection system/seque ntial multiport fuel injection system
●Lexus Safety System+
●Cruise control system
●Anti-lock brake system
●Vehicle dynamics integrated management
●SRS airbag system
●Seat belt pretensioner system
Be sure to check with your Lexus dealer for precautionary measures or special instruc-
tions regarding installation of a mobile two-way radio system.
Main Owner’s Manual
Noise from under vehicle after turning off the engine
Accessories, spare parts and modification of your Lexus
Installation of a mobile two-way radio system

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892. Instrument cluster
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Instrument cluster
Switches between odometer, trip meter
and maintenance required information
displays. When the trip meter is dis-
played, pressing and holding the button
will reset the trip meter.
The brightness of the instrument panel lights can be adjusted.
Darker
Brighter
■The meters and display illuminate when
The engine switch is in IGNITION ON mode.
■Instrument panel brightness adjustment
The instrument panel brightness levels when the tail lights are on and off can be adjusted
individually. However, when the surroundings are bright (daytime, etc.), turning on the tail
lights will not change the inst rument panel brightness. At th is time, any adjustments made
to the instrument panel brightness levels will be applied to both settings at once.
■Limitation of brightness adjustment
The brightness of the instrument panel lights is automatically adjusted based on the light
sensor detecting how bright the surroundings are. However, if the instrument panel
brightness has been manually set to either the brightest or darkest setting, the automatic
adjustment will not be performed.
Changing the display
Instrument panel light control
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■Outside temperature display
●In the following situations, the correct outside temperature may not be displayed, or the
display may take longer than normal to change.
• When stopped, or driving at low speeds (less than 12 mph [20 km/h])
• When the outside temperature has changed suddenly (at the entrance/exit of a
garage, tunnel, etc.)
●When “--” or “E” is displayed, the system may be malfunctioning.
Take your vehicle to your Lexus dealer.
■Pop-up display
In some situations, a pop-up display will be temporarily displayed on the multi-informa-
tion display or the odometer/trip meter/maintenance required information screen.
Some pop-up displays can be set on/off. ( →P. 546)
■Liquid crystal display
Small spots or light spots may appear on the display. This phenomenon is characteristic
of liquid crystal displays, and there is no problem continuing to use the display.
■Clock settings
■Customization
The meter display can be customized on the multi-information display.
(Customizable features: →P. 545)
If the screen shown to the right is displayed
when trying to change the time display method
through ( →P. 100) on the multi-infor-
mation display, the system may be malfunction-
ing.
Have the vehicle inspected by your Lexus
dealer.
WARNING
■The information display at low temperatures
Allow the interior of the vehicle to warm up before using the liquid crystal information
display. At extremely low temperatures, th e information display monitor may respond
slowly, and display changes may be delayed.
For example, there is a lag between the dr iver’s shifting and the new gear number
appearing on the display. This lag could ca use the driver to downshift again, causing
rapid and excessive engine braking and possibly an accident resulting in death or
injury.

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GS350_300_GS F_OM_OM30G34U_(U)2. Instrument cluster
■Instrument panel brightness adjustment
The instrument panel brightness levels when the tail lights are on and off can be adjusted
individually. However, when the
surroundings are bright (daytime, etc.), turning on the tail
lights will not change the inst rument panel brightness. At th is time, any adjustments made
to the instrument panel brightness levels will be applied to both settings at once.
■Dimming the analog speedometer lighting
The analog speedometer lighting will be dimm ed when the ambient light is bright, such
as during the daytime, and SPORT S or SPORT S+ mode screen is selected.
■Outside temperature display
●In the following situations, the correct outside temperature may not be displayed, or the
display may take longer than normal to change.
• When stopped, or driving at low speeds (less than 12 mph [20 km/h])
• When the outside temperature has changed suddenly (at the entrance/exit of a
garage, tunnel, etc.)
●When “--” or “E” is displayed, the system may be malfunctioning.
Take your vehicle to your Lexus dealer.
■Pop-up display
In some situations, such as when a switch operation is performed, a pop-up display will
be temporarily displayed on the multi-information display.
Some pop-up displays can be set on/off. ( →P. 548)
■Liquid crystal display
Small spots or light spots may appear on the display. This phenomenon is characteristic
of liquid crystal displays, and there is no problem continuing to use the display.
■Customization
The meter display can be customized on the multi-information display.
(Customizable features: →P. 545)
WARNING
■The information display at low temperatures
Allow the interior of the vehicle to warm up before using the liquid crystal information
display. At extremely low temperatures, th e information display monitor may respond
slowly, and display changes may be delayed.
For example, there is a lag between the dr iver’s shifting and the new gear number
appearing on the display. This lag could ca use the driver to downshift again, causing
rapid and excessive engine braking and possibly an accident resulting in death or
injury.

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■Tire inflation pressure
Displays inflation pressure of each tire.
The inflation pressure of the compac
t spare tire will not be displayed.
■LKA (Lane-Keeping Assist) vehicle sway warning (if equipped)
→ P. 249
■Display off
A blank screen is displayed
*1: Displayed when the item is se t in “Drive Info 1”, “Drive Info 2” or “Drive Info 3”.
( → P. 546)
*2: The function can be reset by pressing th e of the meter control switches for longer
than 1 second when the item to reset is displayed.
If there is more than one item that can be reset, the item selection screen will appear.
The settings of the following items can be changed, refer to P. 545
For functions that can be enabled or disabled, the function switches between on and
off each time is pressed.
■(Lane-Keeping Assist) (if equipped) (→ P. 249)
■(Pre-Collision System) (if equipped) ( →P. 238)
■(Adaptive Front-lighting System) (if equipped) ( →P. 217)
■(Blind Spot Monitor) (if equipped) (→ P. 278)
■
Select to set the display mode of the clock.
Settings display

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1112. Instrument cluster
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Instrument cluster
■Lap timer
Measures and displays current lap time and previous lap times
●Reading the display
Measured lap times since the timer was last reset are displayed as follows:
• Multi-information display Total lap time
Past lap times
Fastest lap (marked with a star)
•Main meter
Current lap time
Most recent lap time
Lap time for the most recently
completed lap.
●Operating the meter control switches
Press: Start/stop lap timer
Press and hold: Reset : Mark off one lap
: Change displayed content
While a lap time is being mea-
sured, the display can be changed
to show the following content:• Torque distribution
•G-force
• Tire pressure
●Resetting/saving measured lap times
After stopping the lap timer, press and hold .
When a confirmation screen is displa yed, select to reset/save the mea-
sured lap times.
When saved, the lap time data will be displayed on the history screen. ( →P. 112)
“F” content
Multi-information display
Main meter1
2
3
4
5
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The settings of the following items can be changed, refer to P. 545
For functions that can be enabled or disabled, the function switches between on and
off each time is pressed.
■(Lane-Keeping Assist) (if equipped)
(→ P. 249)
■(Pre-Collision System) (if equipped) ( →P. 238)
■(Blind Spot Monitor) (if equipped) (→ P. 278)
■(→ P. 95)
• Display of the indicator can be turned on or off.
• The speed at which the indicator is displayed can be set.
Selectable speed range:
30 mph to 100 mph (50 km/h to 160 km/h)
*
*
: Always observe the legal speed limi t when driving on public roads.
■
●
Scheduled Maintenance (→ P. 366)
●TPMS (Tire pressure warning system) (if equipped) ( →P. 395)
■
●
Language
Select to change the la nguage on the display.
●Units
Select to change the unit of measure.
●Eco Driving Indicator Light
Select to activate/deactivate the Eco Driving Indicator Light
● switch
Displays a procedure to register a desired screen to .
You can register 1 screen as a shortcut , which can be displayed by pressing .
●Drive information 1/2/3
Select to select up to 2 items that will be displayed on a Drive information screen,
up to 3 Drive informat ion screens can be set.
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■Start-up display
When the engine is started, the name of the
vehicle is displayed on the multi-information
display.
While the start-up display is being displaye d, the meter display cannot be changed even
if the drive mode is changed. When the start- up display is finished, the meter display for
the currently selected mode will be displayed.
■Torque distribution display
Torque distribution may not be displayed correctly in some cases, such as when the vehi-
cle passes over road expansion joints.
■G-force display
●The G-force values may not be zero even when the vehicle is parked, such as when it is
parked on an incline.
●The steering amount, accelerator pedal input, and brake fluid pressure displays are dis-
abled until the engine has warmed up (the variable red zone of the tachometer has
retracted to 7300 rpm).
After the engine has warmed up, these displays will be enabled.
●Depending on the vehicle usage conditions, the brake fluid pressure display may not
reach its maximum reading even though the brake pedal is fully depressed.
●If a battery terminal is disconnected and reconnected, the steering amount display may
be disabled temporarily. Afte r driving the vehicle for a while , the display will be enabled.
■Suspension of the settings display
In the following situations, op eration of the settings display will be temporarily sus-
pended.
●When a warning message appears on the multi-information display
●When the vehicle begins to move
■Tire inflation pressure
●It may take a few minutes to display the tire inflation pressure after the engine switch is
turned to IGNITION ON mode. It may also take a few minutes to display the tire infla-
tion pressure after inflation pressure has been adjusted.
●“---” may be displayed if the tire position information cannot be determined due to
unfavorable radio wave conditions.
●Tire inflation pressure changes with temperat ure. The displayed values may also be dif-
ferent from the values measured using a tire pressure gauge.
■When disconnecting and reconnecting battery terminals
The following information data will be reset:
●Lap timer: Measured lap times, history
●G-force: Record of the maximum G-forces
■Using the lap timer
If the engine is stopped while a lap is being timed, the lap timer will stop and the lap time
up to that point will be recorded.
■Liquid crystal display
→ P. 98