LEXUS INTERFACE - Door Control Settings - 2ND GEN LEXUS NX

[@alanm6329]

I really wish Lexus would implement a walk-away auto lock setting for the doors. In terms of the rear hatch close and auto lock, I can rarely get that feature to work.

[@lsft]

The rear hatch close works for me most of the time. Press the button and then take what you need out and then walk away from the car. Don't walk along the car, it most likely will stop working. As with the walk away auto lock, I hope they hear about our feedback.

[@vperry5575]

Hey, thanks for the great info. Can you tell me is there a way lock the doors from outside the car while the car is running. To explain, I put the car in park and then I keep the car running. I get out and shut the door to run into a store. Can I successfully lock the car after getting out and shutting the door while it is still running? If so how do I do that?

[@lsft]

It's possible, but you properly won't want to do it as it takes more effort. You need to pry open the door handle and reveal the lock, use the mechanical key to lock the car. You will need to mechanical key to unlock to get back in. I think many will be interested, I'll do a video on this.

[@grahammeakin781]

Yes please to the video on the rear door opening height settings 1 to 5, thanks for your very informative videos, we’re still awaiting delivery of NX 350h here in the UK.

[@olatzaizpuru2543]

Getting mine in 2 weeks - I`m in Spain! Ordered in Feb.

[@lsft]

Will produce soon.

[@lsft]

Can't wait eh?

[@olatzaizpuru2543]

@@lsft Like a big kid. Really appreciate your videos. Excellent work. And your voice is so calm and logical. Keep up the great work!

[@lsft]

@@olatzaizpuru2543 thank you for your nice comments

[@pardoev]

Hi, I am having trouble locking doors after exiting vehicle and leaving it running, as an example; I stop for coffee and don't want to turn off vehicle as this will only take me 2 minutes but I tried locking doors and walk away using door soft touch and key fob, neither worked for me. Can you assist?

[@lsft]

The car will not let you lock the car if it's running. The only way to lock the door is to use the mechanical key. In previous vehicles it's easier to access the key hole and you can quickly lock it with the key and come back and unlock it with the key. Otherwise, the car will just beep at you.

[@pardoev]

@@lsft Thank you, that’s something Lexus should enable.

[@jean-marcdelbos2206]

For the 1st 2 items, I confirm from the French translation, which is explicit, that 1st is "Doors auto-lock" and 2nd is "Doors auto-unlock". Interesting to notice that we have in our european models a "Manual" opening position for the back door (instead of 1 to 5), which means you can set it at any height you want.

[@lsft]

At least they got it right for France. The height settings I think are still they same. It will stop at those 5 settings, but just done differently. I don't think the back door can be that exact as where you want it to stop.

[@jean-marcdelbos2206]

​@@lsft Well, I adjusted it manually and pretty precisely to my height, so that I could fit right under the open door without hitting my head, but have it not too open to prevent the outside from inadvertently touching an overhead garage door or a ceiling.

[@jean-marcdelbos2206]

By the way, I double-checked in my European car that items 1 and 2 are in the reverse order than in your North American car... I have Lock first, then Unlock, you have Unlock first and Lock 2nd... By double-checking the entire menu, I also noticed that some functions and some sections of this menu are organized differently !... I am amazed about the creativity of the engineers who managed to create different versions of the same menu with the same content !

[@RTS915-zm4cf]

Why is there a setting to open driver & front passenger door only?

[@lsft]

I'm trying to understand, you asking why there is not a setting to just unlock the front doors and keep the rear doors locked? The only options we have right now is driver door only or all doors.

[@scruffythebug]

Any time I try to use "keyless lock" by pressing the indentation on the outside of the door handle, I hear a beep for several seconds (same beep you show at 04:44). But I don't have any doors open. What does this long beep mean?

[@lsft]

It's a rear seat reminder. If you had open the rear door before starting the car, and you didn't open the rear door after power off, when you lock the door it reminds you that you may have left something in the rear seats.

[@scruffythebug]

​​@@lsftInteresting. But I don't have anything in the rear seats at all. And I haven't opened the rear doors any time recently. Definitely not in the last few trips. I'm starting to think there's something malfunctioning.

[@lsft]

@@scruffythebug ok. So it's a long beep. In that part of the video the door was not closed. Are you using digital key?

[@scruffythebug]

@@lsft Actually, I just figured it out. I had the digital key card in the glove box. Once I took that out of the car the keyless started working. Thanks so much for the help and great info!

[@lsft]

@@scruffythebug not sure why dealership don't hand you all the keys and just leave them in the glove. How did you lock your car then?

[@allzonedout19]

HI, do you happen to know how to lock the doors without activating the alarm system? I like to just lock the doors sometimes, and not have the alarm engaged.

[@lsft]

I don't think that is possible.

[@nadinegraham2470]

My car will unlock driver door with keyfob with me, but will not open with the smart button on the handle. Other doors will open, but not driver. Help!!

[@lsft]

Is it too cold? try to get a warm cloth and see if you can melt any ice.

[@Shlomohamish]

Are you aware of any way to prevent the doors from locking automatically. I can’t find any setting which prevents that. I want to be able to lock - and unlock - the doors when I want them locked.

[@lsft]

You meaning automatically relocking if you do not open the doors? Change the Auto relock timer to off. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5SzoJ9nZ7OggNU

[@Shlomohamish]

@@lsft No, I mean locking automatically when you start driving. I don't want my doors to lock, by themselves, at all.

[@cpeiqi]

I found the auto locking by speed is turned on by default. The instrument cluster notifies about the door locked and unlocked by speed. But, in some situations the car doesn’t unlock automatically when stopped, but sometimes does. Looks like the “by speed” feature is available but hidden. Maybe dealer can enable it from service menu.

[@dannymcy]

@@cpeiqiCan you fix it?

[@cpeiqi]

@@dannymcy I can’t turn off the auto lock/unlock by speed feature. To overcome the “not automatic unlock below certain speed” issue, I simply just press the unlock button while driving. Although it does nothing at the time pressing it, the car can definitely remember to unlock below certain speed, 15 or 10 km/h.

[@timyuan1948]

Hi LSFT, do you know if the brake light is on when I release(fully/partially)the gas paddle and the hybrid system starts to regenerate. I know Tesla’s brake light will be on but depending on the speed not the gas paddle. Do Lexus do the same? Is this a good topic?😎

[@lsft]

When you release the gas pedal, the brake light will not turn on. There is no one pedal driving.

[@timyuan1948]

@@lsft Good to know👍thank you

[@jean-marcdelbos2206]

The Lexus/Toyota hybrid system does not need one-pedal braking, because the normal braking handles continuous regeneration. Actually, the brake pedal is connected to the ECU which calculates how much regenerative breaking vs friction braking can be applied depending on the speed and the strength of the pressure on the pedal. And it is more energy efficient, because it allows the car to run on 100% of its cynetic energy in the relevant driving conditions and if needed, instead of forcing regeneration, which has a cost (the regeneration efficiency is not 100%, of course, neither is the use of the regenerated energy).

[@timyuan1948]

@@jean-marcdelbos2206 Thanks for the explanation👍, you’re so professional

[@stephenwinter8892]

Why are vehicles becoming more complicated or too smart to the owner ? Greetings from oakville Ontario Canada this was very confusing 😕

[@lsft]

Depends how you see it. People want to personalize their preference. You definitely can just drive it without setting anything. Hello fellow Canadian!

[@springspring6180]

Two features that Lexus should implement: 1. Automatically lock the door when you get out of the car and walk away, lock the door when it doesn't detect the key fob or phone connection. 2. Make the lane centering (driver assist) feature not dependent on cruise control. Most of the time it's not practically to set a cruise unless traffic is very light. Keep the car on the center of the lane helps when you takes your eyes to look at the GPS or anything else. When you turn it on, it should be on and not be depended on cruise control.

[@lsft]

Definitely good ideas here. Hope Lexus reads comments from my videos. 😀

[@bluwng]

I just bought the same exact same color.

[@lsft]

Nice. Whereabouts are you?

[@cruzin6123]

Excellent video, excellent car, poor owners manual.

[@lsft]

🙏 Thanks for the feedback!