Steve Barnes

OK I have found a button today inside my ES (92) on top of the steering column. I have had the car one year and I find a button I love those hard to find buttons

But I need to now what it does becuase the sticker next to the button is in Japanese... Yup those hard to find buttons are always marked in japanese .. and i cannot find any Japanase person in my home town to ask what it means on the sticker.

Does anyone know what the button is on top of the sterring column? All I know it is black

thanks

CPerez100

that button is to eject the seat when you are to crash. LOL

Just Kidding.. I don't have any idea but I will be looking around to find out.

Carlos

Steve Barnes

LOL it feels like a bloomin James Bond car with everything I keep finding... everytime I clean the inside i have found a new gadget to play with...

Just wish it was a Nitro button

Steve Barnes

I cannot figure out what this button does. Does anyone know? looking through the outside of the winsheild onto the top of the steering column the button stands out quite well.

I would appreciate it if someone could check the label that appears to be next to the button. As i mentioned earlier mine is written in japanase becuase it was imported from Japan in 98

thanks

CPerez100

You know, yesterday on my way home from work I remember about the "mistery button". So there I am in a red light looking for it but I did not find anything. I'm still curious... perhaps I am not good finding things

Can you take a picture of it?

Steve Barnes

Here it is.... excuse the dust... looks clean in the daylight but the camera shows dust

As you can see it is right on the top... remeber that my car is right hand drive.. so yours may be on the opposite side to mine (try looking on the right hand side first)

Steve Barnes

Carlos,

I take it you dont have this button on top of your steering column... it would seem weird why only mine has?

I spotted some japanese guys checking out my car the other day... I should have asked them to translate it for me...

I cannot see anything happens when i turn it on or off... and it is really doing my head in to try and figure out what it is.. LOL

steve

CPerez100

It's sooo funny. I work in a corporation so I did the same thing as you... I found a Japanese person but he's on vacation ... once he return he will translate...



that's the only option !

LOL

CPerez100

by the way. ! no, I don't have that button... I did a pretty good seach of the dashboard and the only thing that I found was an already used gum, hair, a really old french fried and a small toy.

I'm keeping the toy !

Steve Barnes

thanks for that Carlos

Does seem weird why only mine has this.... i dont have an ownsers manual as I only got a Camry Manual with it..( hehe im not sure why i had the camry manual)

thought it might have been for the movable steering column. You know when you remove the keys from the ignition the steering pops up automatically so you can get your legs out. But nope... still does the same thing.

it is becoming frustrating LOL

CPerez100

try to compare with this:

http://www.jkwebdesign.co.uk/lexusclub/warnings.htm

meZoom!

not a perfect picture but it LOOKS like it says "exploding steering wheel, On, Off".
just kidding. i think it says "auto tilt steering wheel" on and off.

meZoom!

lemme correct myself.
it says "auto tilt-away switch, on/off"
the line in the box beneath tells you to refer to your manual for operating directions.
don't got it on my es...

Steve Barnes

wow.. thats interesting

thanks for that... i will check it out

kreativ

Haha, yah, it's Japanglish for Auto tilt-away switch. If you read it literally, it'd be something like "ooto tirutu away suweechee"

Sounds like the motorized telescoping feature like in the LS. But it also looks like you have a lever for moving the steering column up and down manually, so beats me.