2021 LEXUS LS500 Owners Manual

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casting station, electric power plant, or
other location where strong radio waves
or electrical noise may be present
■Situations in which the system may not
operate properly
●In some situations such as the following,
an object may not be detected by the
radar sensor and front camera, prevent-
ing the system from operating properly:
• When a detectable object is approaching your vehicle
• When your vehicle or a detectable object
is wobbling
• If a detectable object makes an abrupt maneuver (such as sudden swerving,
acceleration or deceleration)
• When your vehicle approaches a detect- able object rapidly
• When a detectable object is not directly in front of your vehicle
• When a detectable object is near a wall, fence, guardrail, manhole cover, vehicle,
steel plate on the road, etc.
• When a detectable object is under a structure
•When part of a detect able object is hid-
den by an object, such as large baggage,
an umbrella, or guardrail
• When multiple dete ctable objects are
close together
• If the sun or other light is shining directly on a detectable object
• When a detectable object is a shade of white and looks extremely bright
• When a detectable object appears to be
nearly the same color or brightness as its
surroundings
• If a detectable object cuts or suddenly emerges in front of your vehicle
• When the front of your vehicle is hit by water, snow, dust, etc.
• When a very bright light ahead, such as
the sun or the headlights of oncoming traffic, shines direct
ly into the front cam-
era
• When approaching the side or front of a
vehicle ahead
• If a vehicle ahead is a motorcycle
• If a vehicle ahead is narrow, such as a per- sonal mobility vehicle
• If a preceding vehicle has a small rear end, such as an unloaded truck
• If a preceding vehicle has a low rear end, such as a low bed trailer
• If a vehicle ahead has extremely high ground clearance
• If a vehicle ahead is carrying a load which protrudes past its rear bumper
• If a vehicle ahead is irregularly shaped,
such as a tractor or side car
• If a vehicle ahead is a child sized bicycle, a bicycle that is carrying a large load, a
bicycle ridden by more than one person,
or a uniquely shaped bicycle (bicycle with
a child seat, tandem bicycle, etc.)
• If a pedestrian/or the riding height of a bicyclist ahead is shorter than approxi-
mately 3.2 ft. (1 m) or taller than approxi-
mately 6.5 ft. (2 m)
• If a pedestrian/bicyclist is wearing over- sized clothing (a rain coat, long skirt,
etc.), making their silhouette obscure
• If a pedestrian is bending forward or squatting or bicyclist is bending forward
• If a pedestrian/bicyclist is moving fast
• If a pedestrian is pushing a stroller, wheel-
chair, bicycle or other vehicle
• When driving in incl ement weather such

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as heavy rain, fog, snow or a sandstorm
• When driving through steam or smoke
• When the surrounding area is dim, such as at dawn or dusk, or while at night or in
a tunnel, making a detectable object
appear to be nearly the same color as its
surroundings
• When driving in a place where the sur- rounding brightness changes suddenly,
such as at the entrance or exit of a tunnel
• After the engine has started the vehicle has not been driven for a certain amount
of time
• While making a left/right turn and for a few seconds after makin g a left/right turn
• While driving on a curve and for a few seconds after driving on a curve
• If your vehicle is skidding
• If the front of the vehicle is raised or low-
ered
• If the wheels are misaligned
• If a wiper blade is blocking the front cam- era
• The vehicle is being driven at extremely high speeds
• When driving on a hill
• If the radar sensor or front camera is mis-
aligned
●In some situations such as the following,
sufficient braking force may not be
obtained, preventing the system from
performing properly:
• If the braking functions cannot operate to their full extent, such as when the brake
parts are extremely cold, extremely hot,
or wet
• If the vehicle is not properly maintained
(brakes or tires are excessively worn,
improper tire inflation pressure, etc.)
• When the vehicle is being driven on a gravel road or other slippery surface
■If VSC is disabled
●If VSC is disabled ( P.306), the pre-collision brake assist and pre-colli-
sion braking functions are also disabled.
●The PCS warning light will turn on and
“VSC Turned Off Pre-Collision Brake
System Unavailable” will be displayed on
the multi-information display.

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*:If equipped
When the system detects a vehicle
approaching from the left or right in
front of your vehicle when approaching
an intersection, a notification will be
displayed on the head-up display and
panoramic view monitor
*.
*: Refer to “NAVIGATION AND MULTI- MEDIA SYSTEM OWNER’S MAN-
UAL”.
When the system determines that your
vehicle may be about to enter an inter-
section even though a vehicle is
approaching from the left or right in
front of your vehicle, a buzzer will
sound and a message will be displayed
on the multi-information display to
urge you to depress the brake pedal.
 Head-up display 
Multi-information display
FCTA (Front Cross Traffic
Alert)*
When approaching an intersection
at low speed, the radar sensors on
the front side of the vehicle can
detect approaching vehicles to the
left and right of the front of the vehi-
cle. In this case, the head-up display
is used to inform the driver of
detected vehicles.
FCTA system functions
WARNING
■Cautions regarding the use of the
function
The driver is solely responsible for safe
driving. Always drive safely, taking care
to observe your surroundings.
The FCTA system is a supplementary
system that informs the driver of vehicles
approaching from the left and right of the
front of the vehicle.
Do not overly rely on the FCTA system.
Over reliance on the system may lead to
an accident, resulting in death or serious
injury.
The details of the warning display may
differ from the actual traffic conditions.
Although the warning display will stop
being displayed after a certain amount of
time, this does not indicate that vehicles
or pedestrians are no longer around your
vehicle.

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■Enabling/disabling the FCTA sys-
tem
The FCTA system can be enabled/dis-
abled on ( P.82) of the
multi-information display.
The system is automatically enabled each
time the engine switch is turned to IGNI-
TION ON mode.
■Changing the alert timing
The FCTA (Front Cross Traffic Alert)
timing can be changed on
(  P.82) of the multi-information dis-
play.
The set alert timing is retained when the
engine switch is turned off. However, if the
FCTA system is disabled and re-enabled,
the alert timing will return to the default
setting (middle).
1 Early
2 Middle
This is the default setting.
3Late
■The FCTA function is operational when
The system operates when all of the follow-
ing conditions are met.
●A shift position other than P or R is
selected.
●Vehicle speed is approximately 9 mph
(15 km/h) or lower.
●A vehicle is approaching from the left or
right in front of your vehicle at a speed
between approximately 6 mph (10 km/h)
and 37 mph (60 km/h).
●There are no preceding vehicles ahead of
your vehicle.
●The accelerator peda l is not strongly
depressed.
●The brake pedal is not being strongly
depressed.
■Situations in which the system may
operate even though no vehicles are
approaching
In certain situations, such as the following,
the system may operate even though no
vehicles are approaching:
●When approaching objects on the road-
side, such as guardrails , traffic signs, util-
ity poles, street lig hts, trees, or walls
●When driving near a TV tower, broad-
casting station, electr ic power plant, or
other location where strong radio waves
or electrical noise may be present
●When passing an object on the side of the
road, such as a parked vehicle
●When a vehicle or pedestrian is
approaching from the left or right in front
of your vehicle from far away
●When a vehicle or pedestrian is moving
within a parking spot, etc. next to the lane
your vehicle is driving in
●When a pedestrian or bicyclist is moving
on a sidewalk
●When a vehicle or pedestrian is moving
away from your vehicle
●When a vehicle approaching from the left
or right in front of your vehicle is deceler-
ating or stops
●When a vehicle approaching from the left
Changing settings of the FCTA
system

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or right in front of your vehicle makes a
left/right turn immediately in front of your
vehicle
●When a pedestrian is approaching your
vehicle
●When an oncoming vehicle makes a
left/right turn
●When your vehicle enters an intersection
before a vehicle approaching from the
left or right in front of your vehicle
●When stopped at traffic light and a vehi-
cle approaches from the left or right in
front of your vehicle
●When driving in a lo cation where there
are objects which reflect radar, such as
vehicles, guardrails, walls, traffic signs,
etc.
●When making a left/rig ht turn in front of
an approaching vehicle
●When passing an oncoming vehicle
●When being overtaken by another vehi-
cle
●When driving next to another vehicle or a
pedestrian
●When a vehicle or pedestrian
approaches the side of your vehicle
Some objects, such as the following, may be
detected and cause the FCTA system to
operate:
●Pedestrians
■Situations in which the system may not
operate properly
In some situations, such as the following, a
vehicle may not be detected by a front side
radar sensor, preventing the system from
operating properly:
●If the front end or si de of an approaching
vehicle is small (sports cars, etc.)
●If the front end of an approaching vehicle
is low (low-slung sports cars, etc.)
●If the ground clearance of an approach-
ing vehicle is extremely high
●If the shape of an approaching vehicle is
unusual (tractors, motorcycles with side-
cars, etc.)
●If a vehicle suddenly enters the detection
area on the left or right in front of your
vehicle from a parking lot, etc.
●If an approaching vehicle moves sud-
denly (sudden steering, acceleration,
deceleration, etc.)
●When driving in inclement weather such
as heavy rain, fog, snow or a sandstorm
●After the engine has been started and the
vehicle has not been driven for a certain
amount of time
●When driving on a road with a grade that
changes sharply (sha rp incline/decline)
●When driving around a sharp curve or on
an undulating road
●If a vehicle is approach ing from the left or
right of the front of your vehicle diago-
nally
●When a vehicle is approaching from the
left or right in front of your vehicle from
far away
●When there is an object between your
vehicle and an approaching vehicle
●When driving in a location where there
are objects which reflect radar, such as
guardrails, walls, vehicles, etc.
●When a group of vehicles which are close
together approach
●Immediately after the FCTA system has
been enabled

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■If the PCS warning light illuminates and
a message is displayed on the
multi-information display
The system may be temporarily unavailable
or may be malfunctioning.
While driving on a road with clear
white (yellow) lane lines, the LTA sys-
tem warns the driver if the vehicle may
deviate from the current lane or
course
*, and also can slightly operate
the steering wheel to help avoid devia-
tion from the lane or course
*. Also,
while the dynamic radar cruise control
with full-speed range is operating, this
system will operate the steering wheel
to maintain the vehicle’s lane position
and when changing lanes (vehicles
with Lexus Safety System + A).
The LTA system recognizes white (yel-
low) lane lines or a course
* using the
front camera. Additionally, it detects
preceding and surrounding vehicles
(vehicles with Lexus Safety System +
A) using the front camera and radar.
*: Boundary between asphalt and the side of the road, such as grass, soil, or a curb
LTA (Lane Tracing Assist)
Summary of function

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WARNING
■Before using LTA system
●Do not rely solely upon the LTA sys-
tem. The LTA system does not auto-
matically drive the vehicle or reduce
the amount of attention that must be
paid to the area in front of the vehicle.
The driver must always assume full
responsibility for driving safely by pay-
ing careful attention to the surround-
ing conditions and operating the
steering wheel to correct the path of
the vehicle. Also, the driver must take
adequate breaks when fatigued, such
as from driving for a long period of
time.
●Failure to perform appropriate driving
operations and pay careful attention
may lead to an accident, resulting in
death or serious injury.
●When not using the LTA system, use
the LTA switch to turn the system off.
■Situations unsuitable for LTA system
In the following situations, use the LTA
switch to turn the system off. Failure to do
so may lead to an acc ident, resulting in
death or serious injury.
●Vehicle is driven on a road surface
which is slippery due to rainy weather,
fallen snow, freezing, etc.
●Vehicle is driven on a snow-covered
road.
●White (yellow) lines are difficult to see
due to rain, snow, fog, dust, etc.
●Vehicle is driven in a temporary lane or
restricted lane due to construction
work.
●Vehicle is driven in a construction
zone.
●A spare tire, tire chains, etc. are
equipped.
●When the tires have been excessively
worn, or when the tire inflation pres-
sure is low.
●During emergency towing.
■Situations in whic h the lane change
assist function should not be used
●When driving on a one lane road or
road without lane markers
●When there is no broken white line
between your vehicle and the lane
toward which the turn signal is oper-
ated
●Vehicle is driven in traffic lanes other
than that freeways and highways.
■Preventing LTA system malfunctions
and operations performed by mistake
●Do not modify the headlights or place
stickers, etc. on the surface of the
lights.
●Do not modify the suspension etc. If
the suspension etc. needs to be
replaced, contact your Lexus dealer.
●Do not install or place anything on the
hood or grille. Also, do not install a
grille guard (bull bars, kangaroo bar,
etc.).
●If your windshield needs repairs, con-
tact your Lexus dealer.
■Conditions in which functions may
not operate properly
In the following situations, the functions
may not operate properly and the vehicle
may depart from its la ne. Drive safely by
always paying careful attention to your
surroundings and operate the steering
wheel to correct the path of the vehicle
without relying solely on the functions.

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WARNING
●When the follow-up cruising display is
displayed (
P.244) and the preced-
ing vehicle changes lanes. (Your vehi-
cle may follow the preceding vehicle
and also change lanes.)
●When the follow-up cruising display is
displayed (P.244) and the preced-
ing vehicle is swaying. (Your vehicle
may sway accordingly and depart from
the lane.)
●When the follow-up cruising display is
displayed (
P.244) and the preced-
ing vehicle departs from its lane. (Your
vehicle may follow the preceding vehi-
cle and depart from the lane.)
●When the follow-up cruising display is
displayed (
P.244) and the preced-
ing vehicle is being driven extremely
close to the left/right lane line. (Your
vehicle may follow the preceding vehi-
cle and depart from the lane.)
●Vehicle is being driven around a sharp
curve.
●Objects or patterns that could be mis-
taken for white (yellow) lines are pres-
ent on the side of th e road (guardrails,
reflective poles, etc.).
●Vehicle is driven where the road
diverges, merges, etc.
●Repair marks of asphalt, white (yellow)
lines, etc. are present due to road
repair.
●There are shadows on the road that
run parallel with, or cover, the white
(yellow) lines.
●The vehicle is driven in an area without
white (yellow) lines, such as in front of a
tollgate or checkpoint, or at an inter-
section, etc.
●The white (yellow) lines are cracked,
“Botts’ dots”, “Raised pavement
marker” or stones are present.
●The white (yellow) lines cannot be
seen or are difficult to see due to sand,
etc.
●The vehicle is driven on a road surface
that is wet due to rain, puddles, etc.