goldengame

Hey guys,

So I got my IS350 F-Sport AWD a couple weeks ago and I'm loving it so far. I just passed the break in period a few days ago . I just had a question about something happened today though. Basically I was on the highway and I was coming off of an off-ramp at about 90 km/h (~55 mph). This was a relatively sharp ramp but I was slowing down as I entered it. Anyway, the car started beeping and I saw a red message in the center of the gauge. Unfortunately, it was there for a split second and I didn't get to read what it said. Later, after parking the car, I checked the "messages" view in the gauge cluster and there was nothing there. There was also no check engine light or anything on after either. Does anyone know what this was? The car seemed to drive normally before, during, and after that. Was it the VSC/TC system? Or is it something else?

Thanks in advance for your replies guys!

Edit: I believe this is what I saw. Is it possible for it to have detected the curb coming up and that I was going fast? Does the Canadian F-Sport 3 package even have a PCS? I don't see anything about a PCS when I look at what's included in the package, but I know that it does have the radar cruise control/rear cross-traffic alerts so it doesn't seem out of the question that it could detect the curb.

LexSense

iTrader: (2)

Maybe the trunk or door wasn't closed properly? Perhaps a glitch in the system that detected an improperly closed door/trunk?

I know if you leave your trunk open and drive off, a message and beep would sound.
I believe the light was red as well indicating which part of the body isn't closed properly.

Answer

IIRC, the Canadian F3 does have PCS. Don't you have a switch to activate it on the left side of the dash?

Appleman

The odd time, mine will reflect off a girder or a street sign. Doesn't happen very often, but it has happened to me. Scares ya a bit!

goldengame

I just checked and my car does have PCS. I fairly certain that it thought I'd hit the curb/sign because I was going fairly fast around a somewhat sharp curve without braking. It was at the beginning of the curve too when I barely started to turn the wheel.