Blinker
#1
Driver School Candidate
Thread Starter
Blinker
just went in for my 5k service. I requested my blinker to be changed from 3 clicks to 5 clicks. The answer from the dealership was that this option was not available on the 2016 gs 350 f sport.
Are they lying to me?
Are they lying to me?
#2
Lexus Champion
They are lying. I did it myself on my 2017 GS350 F-sport. It would be weird if they only took it out of just the 2016MY.
Here are the instructions posted in another thread:
Quote:
Originally Posted by FishBike
1. Start with the car completely off
2. Use the rotary **** on the wiper control to set how many blinks you want. This **** has four positions:
- 1st (bottom) position = 3 blinks
- 2nd position = 5 blinks
- 3rd position = 7 blinks
- 4th (top) position = no automatic blinks
3. Hold the wiper lever in the all-the-way-up position, and keep holding it there
4. With foot OFF brake pedal, press the start button twice so the gauges light up (keep holding that wiper lever up!)
5. Continue to hold the wiper lever all the way up for 5 seconds or more (if you go too fast you will have to start all over!)
6. Let the wiper lever come down one position and hold it there for 5+ seconds (don't let it go back to the middle, just let it come down one position)
7. Hold with wiper lever all the way up again for another 5+ seconds
8. Let with wiper lever come down one position again, and hold it for 5+ seconds
9. Let go of the wiper lever. The right turn signal should flash once. If it doesn't, turn the car off and start again at step 1.
10. Briefly move the turn signal lever down 1 position and let go of it again.
The left turn signal should flash to confirm your setting, but not in the way you might expect. It will blink 1, 2, 3, or 4 times to match where you set the rotary **** on the wiper control, so:
- 1 flash = set for 3 blinks
- 2 flashes = set for 5 blinks
- 3 flashes = set for 7 blinks
- 4 flashes = no auto blinks
Here are the instructions posted in another thread:
Quote:
Originally Posted by FishBike
1. Start with the car completely off
2. Use the rotary **** on the wiper control to set how many blinks you want. This **** has four positions:
- 1st (bottom) position = 3 blinks
- 2nd position = 5 blinks
- 3rd position = 7 blinks
- 4th (top) position = no automatic blinks
3. Hold the wiper lever in the all-the-way-up position, and keep holding it there
4. With foot OFF brake pedal, press the start button twice so the gauges light up (keep holding that wiper lever up!)
5. Continue to hold the wiper lever all the way up for 5 seconds or more (if you go too fast you will have to start all over!)
6. Let the wiper lever come down one position and hold it there for 5+ seconds (don't let it go back to the middle, just let it come down one position)
7. Hold with wiper lever all the way up again for another 5+ seconds
8. Let with wiper lever come down one position again, and hold it for 5+ seconds
9. Let go of the wiper lever. The right turn signal should flash once. If it doesn't, turn the car off and start again at step 1.
10. Briefly move the turn signal lever down 1 position and let go of it again.
The left turn signal should flash to confirm your setting, but not in the way you might expect. It will blink 1, 2, 3, or 4 times to match where you set the rotary **** on the wiper control, so:
- 1 flash = set for 3 blinks
- 2 flashes = set for 5 blinks
- 3 flashes = set for 7 blinks
- 4 flashes = no auto blinks
Last edited by dchar; 12-31-16 at 09:05 PM.
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Chavez562 (01-02-17)
#4
#6
It's shocking what these Dealers don't know. I don't have any issue with the number of blinks, but my new '16 F Sport has a significantly quieter blinker sound than my prior '15 GS....so quiet that you can't hear it if the radio is on even very low. I went by the Dealer and asked their Shop Foreman if they could increase the volume of the blinker sound and they said no. I later looked in the Owners Manual and it clearly shows the volume level is adjustable, but only at the Dealer. This is not the only mis-information I've gotten from service personnel at this and other Lexus Dealers in the past. The more your know about your car, the more you realize these people just say anything and are often wrong.
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#8
Lexus Test Driver
The trick (I found) is not to use the steering wheel as a fixed point to brace your arm on/against, which you'll be using for lowering the wiper lever just one position - because the steering wheel will rotate and then you'll lower the wiper lever too far beyond just one position...and you'll have to start all over again. It's also best to use your dominant arm/hand to hold the wiper lever up and to carefully lower the wiper lever just the one position that is needed. Brace the arm on the dash instead of the movable steering wheel.
I've gone from the default 3 blinks to 5 blinks, and then back to 3 blinks...and now back again to 5 blinks. Sometimes I find that 3 blinks is plenty and 5 blinks to too much - other times I find that 3 blinks is one too few and 5 is one too many. I wish I had a choice of 4 blinks!
#13
Intermediate
I used the Carista App/Hardware to lower the blinker volume. I also used it to set the trunk button to one push without a delay.
Last edited by 06ls430KTC; 01-02-17 at 03:19 PM. Reason: spelling
#14
I just got my 2017 Lexus RX350 FSport which I'm told is very much like the 2016 and I brought it in and got them to change my blinker from the famous 3 blinks to the 5 and they did it in probably less than 10 minutes. I like it much better.
#15
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It's shocking what these Dealers don't know. I don't have any issue with the number of blinks, but my new '16 F Sport has a significantly quieter blinker sound than my prior '15 GS....so quiet that you can't hear it if the radio is on even very low. I went by the Dealer and asked their Shop Foreman if they could increase the volume of the blinker sound and they said no. I later looked in the Owners Manual and it clearly shows the volume level is adjustable, but only at the Dealer. This is not the only mis-information I've gotten from service personnel at this and other Lexus Dealers in the past. The more your know about your car, the more you realize these people just say anything and are often wrong.