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Old May 30, 2017 | 05:09 AM
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Greetings!!! Feel honored to be a part of Club Lexus....I just recently purchased a 2015 is250 awd, This was a lease turn in, and had only 25,000 miles on it. It is shy of having all the bells and whistles on it, Examples, no lane stray alert, cannot find the heated mirrors nor the tire pressure alert. There also is no nav system in it. BUT, still it is a Lexus, and WOW what a ride!!! Just wanted to throw this out to you guys...........
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Old May 30, 2017 | 05:23 AM
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congrats and welcome! yes, the lexus ride is sooo refined...
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Old May 30, 2017 | 06:00 AM
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Congrats! Lease turn ins can be good cars...my neighbor puts 5-6k per year on his 3 yr. leases and takes good care of the cars as if he owns them....I told him he should drive them to the maximum allowed (say 36k instead of 15-18k, but he doesn't care--perfect cars for somebody to pickup).....
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Old May 30, 2017 | 01:33 PM
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Congrats and welcome to CL..
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Old May 30, 2017 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ted553
Greetings!!! Feel honored to be a part of Club Lexus....I just recently purchased a 2015 is250 awd, This was a lease turn in, and had only 25,000 miles on it. It is shy of having all the bells and whistles on it, Examples, no lane stray alert, cannot find the heated mirrors nor the tire pressure alert. There also is no nav system in it. BUT, still it is a Lexus, and WOW what a ride!!! Just wanted to throw this out to you guys...........
In my prior '07, the heated mirrors were tied to the rear defroster.
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Old May 30, 2017 | 02:04 PM
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Welcome.

As noted above, the heated mirrors turn on with the rear window heater.

The tire pressures will be displayed on the info screen on the gauge cluster. On the "i" tab, arrow down a few pages and you should find them.
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Old May 30, 2017 | 05:42 PM
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Welcome, ted553.

Becoming an IS owner almost 15 years ago (with an IS300) is also what first brought me to CL.

cannot find the heated mirrors nor the tire pressure alert
Tire-pressure-sensors have been federally required on all new American-spec cars for several years now. The readout should be on the dash somewhere. Check the Owners' Manual....it will give you the details.

The sensors and readout itself can be either one of two systems. The cheaper ones simply flash a general-warning sign when one or more tires get low.....and you have to go find which one. The more expensive version (which most Lexus products use) detects individual PSI in each tire and displays it on the screen. It is possible (but not likely) that the bulb on the dash that lights up the PSI readout is shorted or burnt out.

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Old May 30, 2017 | 06:23 PM
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The IS gives a read out on the dash display as I explained above.
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Old May 30, 2017 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by JDR76
The IS gives a read out on the dash display as I explained above.
That's the problem, though.....The OP either can't find it, doesn't know where to look, or it has an inoperative bulb for that part of the gauge-panel. I wouldn't really bet on a bad bulb, though, in a two-year-old car....at least not from Lexus. First place I'd look is the Owners' Manual, which will tell, in detail, how to find it and/or set the display up.
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Old May 30, 2017 | 06:46 PM
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It's not a bulb. It's in the LCD display screen and I explained where to find it.
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Old May 30, 2017 | 06:49 PM
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That's the problem, though.....The OP either can't find it, doesn't know where to look, or it has an inoperative bulb for that part of the gauge-panel. I wouldn't really bet on a bad bulb, though, in a two-year-old car....at least not from Lexus. First place I'd look is the Owners' Manual, which will tell, in detail, how to find it and/or set the display up.
there is no bulb. the information is centered in the display between the tach and speedo.
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Old May 30, 2017 | 06:55 PM
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Pick the "i" tab as shown and use the steering wheel arrows to scroll down. I don't have a picture of the tire pressure reading but you get the idea.

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