Les Lex 2018

Hi George! The "Power Supply Switch", as they call it on the 2022 model is two inches to the left of the tray, and next to the charging light. It seems strange that they did away with said switch in the 2023 model. How do you like the 2023 model, other than that?

My 2022 manual shows 12V charging posts inside the relay box up front. If I connect another battery at that under hood point, which it says I can, I don't see why I can't then remove the old battery without losing power to the system. Best way is park a car in front of yours (engine has to be OFF) and jumper your car to theirs. Then replace the battery. Then disconnect the jumper.

in the 22 ES300h nav manual: I press the Map button and it displays the Map Data icon which is 3rd one down on left. It is a rectangle with grids and a circle in the middle. Select [Map Data] to get the Map Data Screen. Page114 shows the screen containing the version of the map data. The version should be greater/newer than what you had before. But you could call in to support and they can tell you what the latest version is supposed to be. Hope this helps.

Glad the group here could help!

For the 2022 ES300h: Page 150 in that OM.

Sure will, Pedro. Rx 350 2020 model year. OM

Thanks, Toyman!.

Hi ya Dave. I checked Page 178 of my 2020 RX OM. It states that if ur in park and don't tap the brake, the engine will shut off in one hour. Price a gas being what it was, I never tested the option. The 2022 ES300h system does the exact same thing. I still keep a Carbon Monoxide detector running in the BR.

Thanks, Toyman! Lexus put your manual up for download so you can search by keywords in their PDF. You can save it on the cloud and use it for ref. Their search engine can search phrases also. https://www.lexus.com/drivers/resources?#personalized_settings Pull down the [Manuals and Guides] tab. and pick your vehicle. All your manuals can be downloaded and saved.

My 14 Camry XLE seats "seemed" about the same as my 20 RX 350, but that's a bit subjective, so not meant to contradict your experience. Toyman, I have learned to drive with the Lane Assist function instead of Lane Departure Assist, at least in the 22 ES300h. It does only mild steering assistant to warn the driver of drift. If you ignore the tug, it will drift out of lane. IF you use your turn signal, it will not try to gently pull you back because it knows what your are trying to do. I don't remember using LA in my 20 RX, so I just can't say how it worked. Lane Departure Assist, LDA is used to allow the vehicle to steer the vehicle by itself, but NOT with your hands off the steering wheel for more than so many seconds, after which time it sends a warning to put your hands on the steering wheel. And if you ignore the warning, it beeps and disconnects the function. In other works, it kicks out the autopilot, and you better take action quickly. So why use LDA if LA is a more gentle guide and will not sound a warning and disconnect. Finally, LDA seems to have improved from 20 to 22 versions, but one might still get pulled over for suspicion of DUI if you don't keep your hands firmly on the steering wheel. So why use it? LA can make me a safer driver. So I leave it on now. Just took a little time to get used to.

Hi ya, Dave n George: Tundra 4 x 4 Perfect. Low clearance ES200h not so much. With all the unusual sound proof paneling you have under the ES, you will wanna check with the dealer up there for advice. Salty slush and frozen slush are stuff you do not want banging around under there after slush freezes. If you are truly a two vehicle family and need both, you have to consider all the various driving conditions you will have to deal with. Snow tires would definitely be a must. I know all about that stuff, as I drove in it for 3 years and then discovered that I was 18 and was free to get out of Nebraska forever. I used to measure the snow depth. If it was deeper than the clearance on the ole Ford, I wouldn't go. Those who diid go had a heck of a time. Then there are drifts that fill in after the grader goes thru. The grill on your ES may be able to doze thru some of those drifts. I don't know. You'll also want to keep it out of ECO mode in sub freezing temp because the engine is not running longe enough to keep in the heat. Maybe the computer does that for you. We would really like to hear from you George after you get settled up there in Big Sky country.

Thanks, George, you must do some serious driving out there. I just turned over 1,000 miles yesterday. No error codes or warning messages so far. How is the MPG holding up? I'm still hitting 44 MPG city. Well over double what the RX 350 was putting out. As winter comes to the Deep South, I expect to see that drop to the upper 30's per my experience with the Toyota Camry H.

Three perfectly logical reasons for owning a sunroof: You could not find a luxury car that didn’t already have one. Your vehicle MFG needs to stay extremely profitable, or they would not be forcing customers (by default) to buy an overpriced Sun Roof (excuse me - A MOON Roof). Your Head needs to be toasty. This, based on the fact that even with the sun shade closed, radiation from the hot sun sill penetrates thru the slim shade and makes me fell hotter than I would feel otherwise. And then there is the frequent, nagging question after a pop up thunder shower: Did I remember to close that dad blasted sun roof after I got to work? I came out of the grocery store once after a sudden rain shower. Had the sun roof raised to cool the inside. Got in the RX 350 and started down a hill to a stop sign. Everything is cool, right? I applied the brakes, and BAM! Niagara Fall, baby. What a RUSH...

I'm not surprised that the RX is not pinging, due the fact hat you have an infinite number of gears, based on the speed of the electric motor-generator between the wheels and the engine, with the computer controlling the load on the engine. My guess would be that Lexus wants to ensure that you aren't getting the vehicle into a set of parameters that will cause pinging. Say you have to commute thru the mountains, and you are climbing a steep grade and playing with the paddle shifters. Can you force the system into a gear ratio that will lug the engine, and therefore cause it to ping? It's possible! If the RX is running great on Regular, you, theoretically, are not pushing the envelop. And that's a good thing.

ya, that's no fun. On the good side, It hasn't pulled any false braking acts. When backing out and a car is coming, you get the visual warning arrows first, showing up in the backup camera. If you don't take heed and stop moving, it'll give you a big kick with the brakes for sure. Pays to pay attention to the camera.

That is nice to know! If you guys ever buy or rent a model RX or SE (2020 or later), the term Intelligent Clearance Sonar (ICS) was discontinued in the Op Manual. ICS was changed to “intuitive parking assist function”. The icon is still under PKSA in the meter switches. But the icon is the [P)))] symbol which does the same thing.

I'm sure that there is an Easter egg hidden in there somewhere that would fix that problem, but odds are, Lexus isn't going to admit that. I, personally, would not wanna disable that feature. I was backing out of a parking spot near the corner of a building in my 18 RX and looking at the backup camera, everything looked clear. And all of sudden, there's this Nasty jolt. A car came flying around the corner of the building. Cross track saw it coming (and locked the brakes), but I would not have seen it in time to hit the brakes manually.

Exactly! One is a car and the other is a truck. The ES300 will never ride like a 65 Lincoln Continental, which I'm glad to say I took a ride in one but never owned one. After years of driving the RX and months in the ES300, driving the same routes, I can safely report that the Hybrid gets exactly double the MPG of the RX 350.

I had the towing package on both the 18 and 20 RXs. I didn't want it and didn't use it, just had to pay for it to get an RX with certain other options. I didn't think I could find one without it. So, I hate to see you in that situation, Vince. Sounds like a BIG job.

I know, Dave, I parked a gold Fiero on the street and a dodge rolled down a driveway unoccupied and crashed into the side. The body parts were plastic. The cost to buy and replace it was under 100 dollars, way back in the 80s. Fun car with the old GM Iron Maiden / 4-banger

I'll ask the body shop when I go in for service. Under the hood closest to the grill, If I knock on it, it has the sound of plastic, not metal so I'm sure that part is not metal. One of my wife's X-boy friends had a Corvette. Wife always referred to it a a PLASTIC PIG, LMAO...

The entire hood and every piece forward of the doors and windshield are all non-magnetic. Plastic? Composite carbon? Fiber Glass? The skirt that wraps around the rear end from rear wheel to wheel and the rear bumper are also non-metallic.

What I'd do if the car still runs, and it probably does, is top it off with regular non-gas a hol (pure gasoline). You can find it around there, and go for a long long ride to burn it off the alcohol quick. Got any friends in Texas? You want to burn off the alcohol as fast as possible before it has a chance to do harm to the fuel system.

I believe you need Lexus Enform which has the remote start option. If you got the 2021 from Lexus, they should have set that up for you on your phone. If you got it somewhere else, call a Lexus Dealer to get an appointment to help you set that up.

Quote the manual: If the radio broadcast is interrupted by another audio output, such as an incoming phone call, the system will automatically cache the interrupted portion and perform time-shift play- back when the interruption ends. Try hitting the pause button during a song and see if that negative number pops up, meaning that you have so many seconds of stored music that you would have missed while pause was on. XM radio has for many years now, used a caching technique. That's just my guess. I'll try that tomorrow on my ES 300h. This function is available when “Auto Pause” is set to on.