IS350 warning chime can be a pest
02-14-06, 11:34 AM
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IS350 warning chime can be a pest
Yesterday some snow melted and dripped over the park assist sensors, covering one with a thick coating of ice.
When I started the car, the nav screen displayed the warning "Lexus park assist, clean sonar sensor" (or something like that). Okay, fine, when I get home I will. Then I set off.
The car then proceeded to pester me about it the whole way home. Every time I slowed to less than about 5 MPH or stopped, it would ding the chime, and the dash would display both the exclamation point and the message "clean sonar sensor". When I sped up, the exclamation point and message would go away. As luck would have it, I was stuck in stop-and-go traffic, so I was treated to this abuse for about 15 minutes non-stop. And you thought the seat belt chime was bad...
When I started the car, the nav screen displayed the warning "Lexus park assist, clean sonar sensor" (or something like that). Okay, fine, when I get home I will. Then I set off.
The car then proceeded to pester me about it the whole way home. Every time I slowed to less than about 5 MPH or stopped, it would ding the chime, and the dash would display both the exclamation point and the message "clean sonar sensor". When I sped up, the exclamation point and message would go away. As luck would have it, I was stuck in stop-and-go traffic, so I was treated to this abuse for about 15 minutes non-stop. And you thought the seat belt chime was bad...
02-14-06, 11:40 AM
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yeah i know that warning chime oh so well here also. last sunday morning when the snow started coming down here in jersey i turned the parking assist off since i knew any snow or ice would set it off. funny thing about the park assist being left on is that it would chime at times when its snowing and a large flake would go by it or even when im at a stop light in manhattan and as people walk closely to the car it would chime as well. im thinking of leaving it off unless i know ill be needing it parallel parking in manhattan then i simply put it back on. 
also by leaving it off i wont have that green P light on the dash board as well.
also by leaving it off i wont have that green P light on the dash board as well.
02-14-06, 11:43 AM
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Thanks, Joe. For some reason, it didn't occur to me to turn off the park assist. Could have saved myself 15 minutes of aggravation. As Homer would say "DOH!"
02-14-06, 05:06 PM
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I had ICE!!! all over my car this morning!!! I almost didn't know what to do. I've lived in Florida my whole life so needless to say I was like 
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Sorry that was a little O/T
.Sorry that was a little O/T
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Originally Posted by muzzman1
Ok on a lighter note...I know this is "off topic" bu you could always move down to so cal...its been mid 80's for the last ten days or so....(sorry I just HAD to rub it in) 
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Originally Posted by muzzman1
Ok on a lighter note...I know this is "off topic" bu you could always move down to so cal...its been mid 80's for the last ten days or so....(sorry I just HAD to rub it in)
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