2025 Ultra Lux with Birds eye view. If I pull into a parking spot, will the front camera automatically come on so I dont hit the head stone? Or do I have to hit some buttons to get it to come on? Thanks for any helt

 

Yes, it does come on automatically if you are approaching things along with parking sensor warning but you can also manually turn it on at any time by hitting the view button on the right hand side of the steering wheel.
The front camera view will turn itself off when you exceed "some speed". I cannot remember exactly what speed it doesn't let you view the front camera but if you are crawling, you can trigger it manually.

 

I think the info from es250 is accurate. In my experience with my '24 ES, when I'm pulling into a parking spot, the very helpful and technological spectacular bird's eye view does not pop up onto the screen by itself soon enough.
If there is a sign post or a wall that the spot faces, the view eventually pops, up to help you avoid hitting it, but you have to be pretty close for that to happen. It does not pop up for just a curb.
But often you want to get that view to help you move into the spot right between the lines (we are a courteous group here), or between 2 parked cars, especially when backing into such a spot, In those situations, I always hit the dash "view" button (next to the "HUD" button).
This always works at parking speeds, and it probably does not work at higher speeds. It's extremely helpful.

 

The panoramic view monitor has an "auto display mode" that when set will automatically display the panoramic view when the vehicle's speed goes below to less than 6 mph (10 km/h) and the shift lever is in any position other than “R”. (See the "Auto display mode" section on page 217 of the 2025 LEXUS ES250, ES350, ES300H MULTIMEDIA OWNER'S MANUAL USA AND CANADA ONLY.)

For the location of the automatic display control, see the illustration on page 213 where:
is located.
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I also find, irregardless of the camera, my car will brake before it hits anything.

 

break? I sure hope my ES brakes before it breaks.

 

GRP NOTICED THIS: " break? I sure hope my ES brakes before it breaks."
but I did not get to "break" - he lost me at "irregardless," which is inherently a double negative and is generally considered a nonstandard, ungramatical word.
Surely he meant to say "regardless."

 

It brakes because of the parking sensor signal and not because of RCD.

 

That hurt my brain, too.