no headlight warning beep on 2008 models?

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Bartok - 22 Aug 2008 21:28 GMT

I prefer to manually turn my headlights on and off to save the battery in my
2008 GS350. I noticed if I leave the lights on and open the door, there is
no "Headlights On" warning beeper like you find in pracatically all cars.
This is odd in such an expensive car. I hear it's the same on the 2007
models. Is this a lexus design oversight?

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Ray O - 23 Aug 2008 03:33 GMT

>I prefer to manually turn my headlights on and off to save the battery in
>my 2008 GS350. I noticed if I leave the lights on and open the door, there
>is no "Headlights On" warning beeper like you find in pracatically all
>cars. This is odd in such an expensive car. I hear it's the same on the
>2007 models. Is this a lexus design oversight?

As far as I know, all Toyota and Lexus with automatic headlights do not have
a headlights on warning beeper because the headlights turn themselves off
when the doors are locked. For most people, it would be annoying to hear
the tone when locking the door or using the timer function turns the
headlights off.

Using the automatic headlight function in your car will not really affect
the life of the car's battery unless the car is often parked for long
periods of time.

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sapper - 25 Aug 2008 12:16 GMT

On Aug 22, 10:33 pm, "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom>
wrote:

> >my 2008 GS350. I noticed if I leave the lights on and open the door, there
> >is no "Headlights On" warning beeper like you find in pracatically all
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> Ray O
> (correct punctuation to reply)

You can set them to go off the moment the door is opened, instead of
with a delay. The zero delay works with the switch set to Auto or to
On. This is true on my 05 RX330.

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