How do I turn off back up sensors on my 350 Lexus so I can use a bike rack

 

That means disabling the Intuitive Parking Assist.

 

I put my bike rack on and when I back up the auto brake slams on. How do I turn this off

 

Look up Intelligent Clearance Sonar in the manual

 

LOL, where do they come up with these names?

 

So...first time I traveled with my hitch hauler and could not even back out of my driveway...sensor kept "thinking" it was preventing a collision. Turned off my Park Assist and collision sensor...worked. However...it did NOT work when we tried to get out of Wendy's. Embarrasing...every sensor was turned off and yet I had to reverse...go a couple inches...shift into drive....then reverse....go a couple inches until brake...etc. Any ideas?

 

Have a hitch mounted bike rack. When I try to back up brakes slam on and console says BRAKE! Turned off park sensors, rear cross traffic, crash protection. Anythg else

 

Did you disable the ICS?

 

No. Do not even know what ICS is. Will have to look that up. Have not had care long

 

Found out about ICS. That did it. Thought it was part of the crash protection.
Thanks

 

For your 2018 RX 350, you only need to turn off ICS. Leave the center dash display's vehicle settings on ICS so that you simply need to access that menu and immediately toggle the ICS OFF then ON when you are driving.

 

Re: 2020 RX450h

I used my new Kuat NV 2.0 bike rack for the first time today since buying it & my 450 a couple of weeks ago. I attached the rack and secured the bike. As I put the car in R and backed out of the garage the alerts were visually and audibly occurring. Annoying, but the car is doing its job. My previous Lexus, a 2012 ES, would make similar audible and visual warnings, but I could hit a button that would silence them. No big deal. But that older vehicle didn’t have the brake assist. So my 450 kept braking — FIRMLY BRAKING — every few feet as I was trying to back out of my garage and eventually my driveway. I’m sure it looked funny to anyone witnessing this, but quickly grated my nerves, ha/ha. Before backing into the street I finally put the car in P, and turned off the PKSA to stop the beeping and PKSB to stop the automatic braking.

If this is what I need to do each time I put it my bike rack on, I’ll do it. However, are there any other suggestions for such an override?

Fwiw, I will not leave the bike rack on the car except for using it with the bike, as I want to use the PKSA and PKSB features, and not have those features off 100% of the time.

TIA

 

I have to shut it off each time I tow a trailer or use a rear bike rack. Luckily you can do it easily with a couple button presses on the steering wheel. I think it is worth it to have this extra safety feature when backing up under normal conditions.

 

Thanks. To clarify, you shut off both that I referenced in my post, PKSA & PKSB, or only the PKSB?