GS300 Parking guidelines not appearing

[Normski]

So went to look at a 3rd Gen GS (facelift). One thing that I couldn't figure out was why the guidelines were not appearing when it reverse (the ones that turn as you turn the steering wheel). The parking sensors were activated (I checked). I also checked the menu options (had stuff about static/dynamic/etc and I tried the various possibilities).There was no option on the camera display on the screen either to activate/adjust things - essentially comparing back with a GS450h of same age i've driven where you could select parallel park/etc.

Any ideas? Or was it a case this era didn't come with it :(

[royoftherovers]

When in Reverse Norm you need to tap image in bottom left hand corner of screen.

 

Regards

John

[Normski]

Thanks John but quite sure there was no button being shown on the screen...

[Chris111]

There is a thread on here titled "Removal Of The Reversing Grid Assist In The Gs450H Update" posted in March 2012. I don't know how to tag it unfortunately but it does appear to indicate that this facility was removed from the face lifted cars

[royoftherovers]

50 minutes ago, Chris111 said:

There is a thread on here titled "Removal Of The Reversing Grid Assist In The Gs450H Update" posted in March 2012. I don't know how to tag it unfortunately but it does appear to indicate that this facility was removed from the face lifted cars

Thanks Chris. Any idea what denoted the facelift model AS i THOUGHT i HAD ONE OF THE LAST gEN3 models?

 

Regards

John

[Chris111]

My understanding from the research I did prior to purchasing mine is that there was a minor face lift firstly on the 2008 m.y. cars (identified by the side indicators being moved to door mirrors) and then a much more extensive one for the 2010 m.y. (new grille, a new alloy wheel design on the final cars, etc.) I also found that when the 450h was launched in 2006 there were three trim levels, standard trim (base), se and se-l. The 2008 face lift dropped the base model but the se trim was downgraded to the original base model spec and the se-l was in turn downgraded to the original se spec. This meant that things like the adaptive cruise and sunroof that were originally standard in se-l trim became an expensive optional extra.

[royoftherovers]

Thanks Chris. I know that mine has the area in the bottom left hand corner of the Reversing Screen which allows the lines to be shown, or not.

 

Regards

John

[Chris111]

The post I mentioned does appear to indicate that the OP's local dealer said that Lexus had removed this facility but following complaints had reinstated it on some cars so perhaps john yours is one of the lucky ones.

[Normski]

Just found the post:

This is truly ridiculous. I'm staggered they would remove it on some cars. Looks like the one i'm looking at (or rather was!) is a car that must have been affected. Very, very silly.

 

 

[tonyricha]

My 06 SE L had the guide lines but now I am worried the 09 may be missing this valuable feature, he ho still better than the Merc with no camera but parktronic which will not tell you if it wants to bay or parallel park , wait to see what it will do. How can that be safe ?

[KayCee]

Must say that mine as the parking lines but the switch for mine is on the right side of the display

[Normski]

With guidelines:

Without guidelines:

[royoftherovers]

Post #1 told us that you didn`t know how Norm, now Post  '12 shows us that you did it ?

Spill the beans please Norm. :):):)

 

Regards

John

[royoftherovers]

# not,

[Normski]

Apologies - I didn't figure it out! Was showing folks how the two different screens look as there were suggestions to press buttons, etc.

I don't believe there is a fix :(

[tonyricha]

Collected my 2009 SE L yesterday with trepidation, selected reverse and yes the guidelines appeared! Relief !!!

[royoftherovers]

Not a doubting Tony/ Thomas, surely ?

Keep us posted with your thoughts on your "new" purchaes Tony.

Regards

John

 

[Normski]

2 hours ago, tonyricha said:

Collected my 2009 SE L yesterday with trepidation, selected reverse and yes the guidelines appeared! Relief !!!

That's great news! Hope the rest of the car is also great! Get some pics up :)

[tonyricha]

[TigerFish]

Looks very nice 😎

 

 

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