strife

Hey guys, I was wondering if there was a way to change the headlight setting so it shuts off right away when you turn off the car instead of staying on for 30 seconds.

Do I have to go to the dealer for this? Thanks in advance.

Hoovey689

iTrader: (16)

I don't know the way to do it, but I do know its a Lexus Personalized Setting (LPS), which the dealer can complimentary change for you (the first time). There are 4 settings:

Delaying headlights to turn off
After turning off the ignition and all the doors are closed, if the headlights are ON or in the AUTO position, the lights can be programmed for the following:
1.Turn off immediately, when the vehicle is turned off and the driver door is opened.
2.Turn off in 30 seconds. (Standard)
3.Turn off in 60 seconds.
4.Turn off in 90 seconds.

Hope that helps

2slow

iTrader: (5)

Yes there is. Immediately lock the car, and the lights will turn off.

A/C

Look at Personalized settings paragraph in your owners manual.
Basicly you can customize alot of stuff including lights off function at any dealer via their service computer

strife

So there's no way I could do it at home?...

I don't think the Lexus dealer will do it for free since I bought the car from a private used car dealer.

A/C

I'm afraid no (atleast I never managed to, despite of what manual says)
Call them and ask the price for customizing personalized settings, they shouldn't charge much since its a matter of 5 minites working with the service computer.

Read the manual and think of other settings (door lock-unlock etc) you might want to change so you can do it all at once

tex2670

You need the dealer to do this as an LPS. While it's true ^^^^ that you can press the lock button 2x, you need to do it from the remote--defeating the purpose of the Smart Key.

If you never had your LPS set before, I would think you could sweet talk the dealer into doing this for you w/o charge. Even if they charge you, it will be at the straight labor cost, and I can't imagine changing that setting takes more than .1 or .2 hours to do--$10-$20.

tex2670

Lexus is all about customer service, right? Tell them that you bought it used, and ask if you can take advantage of your 1 free LPS. If they say "no", ask the service mgr if the $20 they will make is worth alienating a customer.

Bichon

If you ask them to do the LPS change at the same time they are doing other service work, you might be able to convince them to do it for free. If they are just doing the LPS setting, and it's not the complimentary change for new owners, they'll probably hit you for 30 minutes labor.

Dealers don't charge based on how long it takes them to do the job, they use a book labor rate that give them the repair time for each job. Based on what others have posted, I believe the book rate for doing LPS changes is a half hour, which is more like $50-$60 at the labor rates around here.

What Pennsylvania Lexus dealer charges only $60/hour for labor?

slee18

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I am living in the wrong state. Here in Cali they charge $110

2slow

iTrader: (5)

Can't you press the button on the door handle twice to make the light turn off as well?

tex2670

you're right--I had a brain fart. But, at my first service, I needed them to snap my front lip into place when it came loose from getting caught on a parking bumper--they charged $20 for the time spent. Changing a single LPS shouldn't take the .5 hr "book rate".

tex2670

I'm pretty sure the answer is no, but I can't be positive b/c my LPS is set to shut off when the door opens.

phongh

iTrader: (5)

press the lock button twice on the key fob. IT will then turn the low beam off.

kickin8

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saves you time and $$$