252LEXUS PARKING ASSIST- SENSORIS350/250_Navi_U(L/O 0607)The Lexus parking assist-sensor is awarning system used when parking thevehicle at low speed (e.g. into a garage).It uses an ultrasonic sensor, whichchecks the approximate distance to anobstacle. It will inform you of theapproximate distance to an obstacle bydisplaying information on the multi-in-formation display and the screen, andwith beeping sounds.1Front corner sensorsThere is one of these installed on each cor-ner of the front bumper, they inspect ob-stacles and will sound a warning depend-ing on the distance to the obstacle. (See" - Front corner sensors" on page 254.)2Rear corner sensorsThere is one of these installed on each cor-ner of the rear bumper, they inspect ob-stacles and will sound a warning depend-ing on the distance to the obstacle. (See" - Rear corner sensors" on page 255.)3Back sensorsThere are two of these installed near thecenter of the rear bumper, they inspect ob-stacles and will sound a warning depend-ing on the distance to the obstacle. (See" - Back sensors" on page 256.)To use the parking assist-sensor, withthe engine switch in "IG-ON" mode,push "" or " " of the satellite switchto select the parking assist-sensor andthen push the ON/OFF button. Select-ing the parking assist-sensor andpushing the ON/OFF button of the sat-ellite switch again will turn the parkingassist-sensor off.When you turn on the parking assist-sen-sor, the indicator light in the instrumentcluster comes on and a beep sounds forone second, indicating that the parking as-sist-sensor is turned on.The parking assist-sensor will remain oneven after turning the engine switch to"OFF" and then to "IG-ON" mode with themain switch on. However, a beep does notsound at this time.If an error is detected in the Lexus parkingassist-sensor while self-checking, beepssound and a warning appears in the multi-information display and on the screen. Fordetails, see " - Lexus parking assist-sen-sor failure warning" on page 259.Lexus parkingassist-sensor -
