Ed the Ted

Thank you.....I have the CTEK connector shown in the post prior to your response fitted to my UX 12v battery which is easily accessible under the rear floor panel and connect my charger to it. We have a 2nd car a 2021 Toyota Yaris and the battery is under the rear seat cushion making the battery terminals inaccessible and wondered if l could connect via the "jump start point" in the fuse box in the engine bay and top up the 12v battery via this route which you have confirmed as plausible. I read Spiridons post above that he'd charged his battery from the engine compartment on his LBX and being similar in design assumed his battery would not be in the engine bay (and mounted elsewhere like the Yaris) and used the jump start point. I have posted on the Yaris forum.

I’m curious to know your technique for charging the 12volt battery from the engine compartment. These batteries are usually mounted in an inaccessible place within the car. Do you connect your charger using the positive connector in the fuse box and ground the earth onto bare metal?

Thank you Colin......I did spot Dynamic Radar C C in one of the specs wondered what it meant that looks impressive 👍

I currently own a UX250h Premium Plus 2019 and considering replacing it with a similar spec LBX. Having trawled through and searched the specs I'm unable to establish if the LBX can be configured with "Adaptive cruise control" this option doesn't appear in the configurator. I've studied pictures of the steering wheel buttons looking for the icon but it's difficult to distinguish from the photo images displayed. Is this feature not available on the LBX even the basic cruise control?

Imran......... what a fiasco, unbelievable. I searched Youtube and could only find videos that showed the audio and/or menu buttons as individual switches on the dashboard. I'm not familiar with what's available on touch screens, are there no "icon tools" displaying Audio, Menu, Home, Settings, Bluetooth etc? I would have thought these are needed for owners to set/change update parameters.

Imzy... the yellow triangle in the top left hand corner of the screen indicates software is not setup my replacement camera showed the same symbol. I well do a search on you tube and see if I can find the appropriate video.

Correct.....I moved the light switch from the Auto position to the parking light position and then toggled between the parking light and the head light position a total of 3 times and it worked. Colin..... I don't think Imzy's problem is a failed repair he just wants to re-calibrate the guide lines.

Imzy.........All new Lexus models come with a 3 year warranty as standard therefore your dealership should recalibrate your camera free of charge.

Imzy.........Probably not a Lexus version camera, but I don't think that was the problem because it's the software that drives the camera functionality within the menu structure.

Imzy.........There are Youtube videos of Toyota models (Yaris and Rav 4) with touch screens that illustrate the method to gain access to the camera settings. One showed touching and holding the audio button on the screen whilst turning the head lights on/off 3 times and another also a menu button. I suggest you do a Youtube search on “disappearing guide lines rear view camera” which will allow you to do a re-calibrate. Hope this helps (most of the videos were in the USA)

Severe damage to my UX tailgate after rear shunt necessitated a replacement rear view camera. Four weeks in local body shop with faultless repair carried out with the exception of the new camera failing to display the yellow/blue guide lines. Subcontractors used by repair shop, who do all their techie work, attempted on three occasions to resolve and failed every time and on 2nd attempt drained my 12 volt battery decided on a fourth attempt because the specialist tools were not available to them. Very frustrated I decided to take the matter into my own hands, did a Youtube search on “Disappearing guide lines rear view camera” and found a 3.5 minute video on the subject showing a 2019 Lexus ES with identical tracker pad etc as my UX (l also contacted Lexus dealership who quoted £150 to resolve) I followed the Youtube instructions and got it working within 5 minutes. I mention this because others my find the procedure helpful this would appear to be a “backdoor” approach to gain access to the menus structure should they need to anytime. It’s unbelievably simple to gain access. Process…Start the engine and whilst HOLDING down the MENU button next to tracker turn ON/OFF parking/headlights toggle 3 times (video says 4 times but 3 times aslo worked) Use service menu at your own risk.

Bill reading my user manual there appears to be 2 types of high beam systems. 1) Adaptive High-beam System….page 233 2) Automatic High-beam System….page 237 The adaptive system (fitted to your car) shaded high beams will turn on and the distance that the low beams are projected will be adjusted automatically. The vehicle speed is approximately 38 mph or more. The high beams or shaded high beams will be changed to the low beams automatically when the vehicle speed is below approximately 38 mph. The automatic system (fitted to my car 2019) turns the high beams on/off automatically when the vehicle speed is approximately 25 mph or more and off when the vehicle speed is below approximately 19 mph. I can only assume that with the adaptive system the low beams are more efficient with triple lights than my twin lights therefore that’s possibly why the high beams are actuated at a higher speed. Does not look like you can change the parameters.

Scott A little bit of my car history……….Since June 2007 every car I’ve owned has been a Lexus. The first 3 were none hybrids (IS 200, IS300 and RX300) average mpg for these cars was 20 in town and 30 on motorways. In June 2013 I bought my 1st Hybrid a CT200h then another in July 2019 and finally a UX250h in Sept 2020. The CT’s would average 60mpg during summer, 50mpg in winter. The UX250 average mpg is 52 summer and 45 winter. I tend to run in echo mode. The only problem I ever had was with my 1st IS (the fuse had blown in the 12v power socket) all the others were fault free. All cars were fully serviced by Lexus Stoke.

This was recently posted by Mellissa Jones, a moderator on Facebook group “Lexus UX Enthusiasts”. I thought I’d just share it with one and all. I completely agree with her post. Well said Mellissa ………and I quote :- I just wanna call out some of the complaints I've seen about this car. 1. "It's small". Yes it is. It is designed as a subcompact crossover meant for city driving (Urban eXplorer). Based on the size and price we can guess that it was likely designed for a specific target audience. Most likely individuals or couples without children who want a luxury vehicle without the luxury $$$$. Stop complaining about the size, you knew what you were buying. You're gonna make your car self conscious. (Don't worry UXs I love you all. It's not all about size) 2. "Trunk space sucks". Again, this car was designed as a city driver likely for individuals or couples without kids. The trunk space is actually pretty standard for cars like this. My Prius C had the same space. It is unfortunate that the hybrid version had to lose some of its space back there but if you know how to tetris its no big deal. 3. "Sleepy, too quiet, slow". This is something you will face in many newer vehicles. It's one of the reasons the FSport offers the ASC button. Newer cars are quieter even many faster vehicles can be considered sleepy or quiet. They also often drive smoother so you don't feel the acceleration as much. If this bothers you then this isn't really the car for you and most luxury vehicles probably are not right for you either. This is also not a race car. It's a small lifted hatchback classified as a crossover. While I agree the standard UX could use a little more power, the hybrid has a good amount of power and is quite fun if you know how to use it. But again it's not a fast car. Wasn't designed to be. 4. "This and that feature should be standard." "It didn't come with this or that feature". First of all, you can get so many features on this bad boy I can't even keep track. So if you didn't get something on yours its most likely that you chose not to get the package that has that feature. Do not knock the car because you failed to check the feature list of that specific vehicle. Stop posting reviews complaining about manual seats and lack of this or that when it was your own choice. As for standard features, it's all about $$$$. The more standard features they add the higher the starting msrp will be. If all features were standard the ux would no longer be accessible to the target market as it would be around 50k USD starting. Also note that each year they have been adding standard features that the previous year didn't have. But again the more features the more $$$$. This is just my opinion really but I've seen too many complaints about the same stuff.

You could buy a Faraday cage/wallet to put the key in then leave wallet with key in the car.