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On these cold frosty mornings, I like to leave the car running to warm up and help defrosting before setting off but this blasted car just won't let me!!

It'll run for a few mins and then shut down. Is there any way to force it to remain running on the ICE?

Thanks 

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Turn the cabin heat up. The only way it can heat it is via the waste heat output of the engine. If the engine still shuts down then the coolant is at temperature and therefore the heater output won’t change whether the engine is running or not (until it cools and the engine starts again).

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1 hour ago, rado16v said:

Is there any way to force it to remain running on the ICE?

You could do the start button, shift lever & pedals dance to activate MAINTENACE mode to force the ICE to run.

It will say MAINTENACE MODE on the display while its active.

Make sure you cancel maintenance mode before attempting to drive the vehicle! 

Plenty of videos showing how on everyone's favourite video hosting website.

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Can you not do this "warming up and defrosting" process via the Lexus Link+ smartphone app?

I don't use it personally so have no real knowledge of it but I know that lots of people on this forum do. I'm assuming that this will keep the ICE running until the cabin temperature reaches the desired temperature set from within the app.

Apologies if I'm barking up the wrong tree here.

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It doesn't matter. Even if the engine is off the car will do its job of getting the cabin up to the temperature you set it to. If it deems necessary it will turn on the engine by itself. The car is designed to function with the engine cutting out when it is not required. If you somehow forced the engine to continuously be on it would only be wasteful.

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We've had problems pairing our phones to the car so not able to run those features.

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Can you not do this "warming up and defrosting" process via the Lexus Link+ smartphone app?

To my knowledge it's illegal to have a car engine running when you are not in attendance. I'm not assuming that's what Amit intends, but for anyone using  the app, how does it get around that legality ?

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6 minutes ago, old man 2 said:

To my knowledge it's illegal to have a car engine running when you are not in attendance.

That may be true on the public highway, but not if the car is on your own property.

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If you warm it up using the app, the car stays locked.....so no need to leave the house until the car has heated up. I believe it automatically switches off after twenty minutes 

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3 hours ago, Lexusjim said:

If you warm it up using the app, the car stays locked.....so no need to leave the house until the car has heated up. I believe it automatically switches off after twenty minutes 

Absolutely correct with cold weather we're having now,, I use the remote start up to warm up the leather seats and the steering wheel, it was oringally 12 minutes, but they increased it to 22 minutes 

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3 hours ago, Lexusjim said:

If you warm it up using the app, the car stays locked.....so no need to leave the house until the car has heated up. I believe it automatically switches off after twenty minutes 

Although the point above is still valid, it would be illegal to do that if your vehicle was parked on a public road.

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On 11/22/2024 at 7:50 AM, rado16v said:

Is there any way to force it to remain running on the ICE?

Thanks 

Amit.....turn on the front screen demister and I believe the engine will continue running


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