BUSTN

what is the hold button for on the steering wheel? I dont have the owners manual, thanks!

Gojirra99

It's for the brake-hold feature - just push down the brake pedal, push the button on the steering wheel, and the brakes stay on regardless until you touch the gas pedal.

RXSF

does the brake pedal actually stay depressed? or does it come back forward but continue to be stopped...?

Luxofreak

It's all electric. The pedal won't stay depressed because the system works at the wheels, not at the pedal.

You can turn on/off the hold feature at any time just pressing that button on the steering wheel. A green "hold" idiot light comes up, and when you press the break pedal and the car comes to a full stop, another idiot light (amber) comes indicating that the car is on "hold" by the system.

Pressing the gas pedal releases the breaks and turns off the amber idiot light. The green light stays on (hold system activated) until you either press the button to turn it off, or turn the engine off.

lxgs4

after 3 minutes i believe the car automatically sets the parking brake. there will be a warning for you. you will have to manually disengage the parking brake to get the car going again.

luxury1

This is probably one of my absolute favorite features of the car. I LOVE IT!

HondaChuck

While your sitting there with the brake hold on, your foot is off the pedal. Do the drivers behind you still see brake lights?

dlbuckls10

Yes, the driver behind you will see your brake light. The hold button is convenient when using drive-thru windows.

williakz

Not really, IMO. When you unlatch your seatbelt to get your wallet out to pay, the system does its emergency brake thing, and it's easy to miss that this has occurred. Then, once you get your grease and hit the gas, the fun starts - NOT!

Lextrician

great for when stopped on steep hills zero roll back... great feature some manual cars have it as well.

roadfrog

LOL. Soooo true. On the second day I owned this car, I was at a DQ drive through. The brakes had activated while I was using the hold feature. Didn't yet know how the system worked (auto E-brake after so many minutes). I literally dragged the back end of the car to a parking stall to figure things out..."brake overheating" light came on etc. What a fiasco! LOL.

peteybabes

my system has been "jumping/creeping" recently, and i've just replaced the rear pads.

it seems as though the brake isn't engaging fully? even on level ground.

jmcraney

Someone help us out here. I was thinking that the parking/emergency/hold brake was a drum and shoe arrangement and has nothing to do with the rear disc/pad. Anybody know?

escapedcon

BEST feature of the LS460 bar none! So useful in city driving!

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS! I tell everyone about it...people think I work for Lexus

jamodeo

iTrader: (1)

The electronic parking brake is drum and shoe, the brake hold is actually using ECB to hold the pads in the position at which you come to a complete stop. If the car should creep or roll the car SHOULD and is supposed to increase pressure to the brakes to bring it back to a complete stop. There could be some other issue if the car is creeping forward or rolling (if on an incline).

-Joe