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Car Forum / Lexus Cars / July 2006

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2007 Lexus ES 350 Voice Command System

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Dennis Harbach - 21 Jul 2006 00:55 GMT
I have been having problems with the voice command feature on my ES 350.
For example,
 if I say "75 degrees" to change the temperature, it will give me the
location of Japanese restaurants (honest!) or city center points of
interest. It also does not recognize a number of other commands. On
other rare occasions, it will execute the command correctly. I have a
clear speaking voice so I'm sure it isn't my way of talking.

When I took the car back to the dealer, I was told that other ES 350
owners have experienced the same situation because of a software problem
that will have to be corrected. I later called Lexus headquarters to
inquire when the "fix" will be available and they had not heard of this
problem. They are now contacting the dealer to find out what is going on.

Has anyone else encountered this problem with the ES 350 or any other
Lexus model? If
so, can you tell me how the problem has been resolved. Any information
will be much appreciated.

Thanks.

- Dennis
Paul Whitehead - 22 Jul 2006 11:41 GMT
i did, now and then get a similar issue in my 2005 GS 300.
no software problem is evident though.
because i found if the fan was running at high speed or a winsow was
slightly open,
it would order me a chicken curry.
FYI.

>I have been having problems with the voice command feature on my ES 350.
>For example,
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>
> - Dennis
Mack - 23 Jul 2006 03:17 GMT
Welcome to the wonderful world of Lexus ES quality. It starts with the
transmission lag of the es300 series. Does yours have it too?

>I have been having problems with the voice command feature on my ES 350.
>For example,
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>
> - Dennis
John Francis - 23 Jul 2006 11:41 GMT
I had the same problem with the voice command. Every time I said "go home" I
got the location of golf clubs.
I tried saying GO HOME, GO home, go HOME etc. all with the same result. Then
I found the answer. I was trying to speak clearly and precisely, instead of
normally.
Now, when I say "gohome" as one word it understands and shows directions as
asked for.
Try it, it may work for you.

John
> Welcome to the wonderful world of Lexus ES quality. It starts with the
> transmission lag of the es300 series. Does yours have it too?
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>> - Dennis
Dan - 27 Jul 2006 05:01 GMT
> I had the same problem with the voice command. Every time I said "go home" I
> got the location of golf clubs.
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> asked for.
> Try it, it may work for you.

I always just say "home", and it works fine.  That's about the only
voice command I ever actually use, since I can never remember what all
the other words are that the thing supposedly understands, and don't
want the hassle of getting misunderstood; I'd rather use the
touch-screen commands like a good computer geek.

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stuart8181@yahoo.com - 28 Jul 2006 17:38 GMT
Next time get a Buick....
> > I had the same problem with the voice command. Every time I said "go home" I
> > got the location of golf clubs.
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> want the hassle of getting misunderstood; I'd rather use the
> touch-screen commands like a good computer geek.
 
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