New owners with a few questions
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New owners with a few questions
We just purchased a CPO 2010 RX and had a few questions.
1. My wife is much shorter than I am and when she parks the car her seat does not seem to go all the way back. The setting is on "full" for the power easy access system. Does it just not go as far back for shorter folks?
2. Related to 1 it seems that the seat auto set (keyed to the fob) only works when you unlock the door. How do you avoid getting into a seat that is way too far forward in a place such as your garage? Do you just always lock the doors?
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1. My wife is much shorter than I am and when she parks the car her seat does not seem to go all the way back. The setting is on "full" for the power easy access system. Does it just not go as far back for shorter folks?
2. Related to 1 it seems that the seat auto set (keyed to the fob) only works when you unlock the door. How do you avoid getting into a seat that is way too far forward in a place such as your garage? Do you just always lock the doors?
Thanks!
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Have a look in the manual & also this video to gain a better understanding of how the seat memory system functions.
My wife is the primary driver of our RX & I'm not in it enough to be really familiar.
http://www.lexus.ca/lexus/en/owners/knowledge-center#
My wife is the primary driver of our RX & I'm not in it enough to be really familiar.
http://www.lexus.ca/lexus/en/owners/knowledge-center#
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If my wife drove our RX last and she gets to the passenger door to unlock, or the vehicle was not locked, then I press the 3 button prior to getting in as she has the seat so high I hit my head if I don't. There are just the two of us but I am #3 in the RX world.
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My wife got position 3 since it is closer to reach for her if the seat is all the way back for me
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Have a look in the manual & also this video to gain a better understanding of how the seat memory system functions.
My wife is the primary driver of our RX & I'm not in it enough to be really familiar.
http://www.lexus.ca/lexus/en/owners/knowledge-center#
My wife is the primary driver of our RX & I'm not in it enough to be really familiar.
http://www.lexus.ca/lexus/en/owners/knowledge-center#
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Our '11RX driver's seat goes all the way back when the engine is shut off. Easy out. The seats stay that way regardless of door lock or unlock. When someone enters, the seats stay all the way back until the engine start button is pushed. The seat then goes to where it was last set. Pressing buttons 1-2-or 3 overrides the previous seat part of the program. Hope this helps.
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Our '11RX driver's seat goes all the way back when the engine is shut off. Easy out. The seats stay that way regardless of door lock or unlock. When someone enters, the seats stay all the way back until the engine start button is pushed. The seat then goes to where it was last set. Pressing buttons 1-2-or 3 overrides the previous seat part of the program. Hope this helps.
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I wonder if the "seat move back" setting is tied to the preference settings. Maybe when you change the setting and then your wife presses her button or unlocks the car it changes it back? Try using her key and preferences and then saving the settings again and see if that solves the problem.
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I wonder if the "seat move back" setting is tied to the preference settings. Maybe when you change the setting and then your wife presses her button or unlocks the car it changes it back? Try using her key and preferences and then saving the settings again and see if that solves the problem.
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Our '11RX driver's seat goes all the way back when the engine is shut off. Easy out. The seats stay that way regardless of door lock or unlock. When someone enters, the seats stay all the way back until the engine start button is pushed. The seat then goes to where it was last set. Pressing buttons 1-2-or 3 overrides the previous seat part of the program. Hope this helps.
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When your wife stops the engine, the seat should go all the way back, for easy egress, same as it does for you. The seat should stay all the way back until a memory number is pushed. If not, I would make an appointment at the dealer and tell them the way you want the seat to work. That way they will have something to shoot for. I don't think the seat is supposed to go part way back, but I could be wrong.
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There is a setting that allows you to make the seat go back in three positions, none, partial and full. It is in the settings section. Make sure you use the key fob that your wife uses while adjusingt this for her.
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There are no Lexus dealers in our state (Vermont) but the next time we are near one I will have them give it a look.
Here are the personal settings in case anyone else wonders
http://www.lexus.com/pdf/service/RX_with_nav_LPS.pdf
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I believe if the seat doesn't go halfway back, it won't go all the way back like your setting does. You are correct in your original assumption that for shorter people, the "Full" setting doesn't go fully to the rear. If it did, when a short person got into the car, they couldn't reach the brake pedal to start the car.