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Old 11-17-23, 08:47 AM
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Default Sensors freaking out in the snow

First time driving my RX350h in the snow the front sensors got caked with snow and I kept getting 3 different warnings in rapid succession, exiting out of them only worked for about 20-30 seconds and then they came back - super distracting and annoying. Is there a way to disable the sensors in this scenario? I tried the "Silence" function on the menu and that did nothing.
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Old 11-18-23, 09:11 AM
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Common with many cars that encompass sensors 'in the nose' that can cake-up with snow I'm afraid.

Yeah, silencing only turns off the noise, not the warnings. The lawyers prob told them to set it up that way.
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Apparently, the purpose of the nose sensors is to warn of snow. They're working well.
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I haven't had to drive in snow with my Lexus, yet. My Audi SQ5 had nose sensors and never had false warnings in the snow, even when caked on. Have others with new Lexus vehicles had this issue? I would think this would be extremely annoying.
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Originally Posted by Klamalama
Apparently, the purpose of the nose sensors is to warn of snow. They're working well.
That's funny.
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I had mine out in snow/sleet/freezing rain and no issues with erroneous sensors even when they were coated. But real winter is yet to arrive.
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Originally Posted by Eagleboy99
I had mine out in snow/sleet/freezing rain and no issues with erroneous sensors even when they were coated. But real winter is yet to arrive.
yes, we are waiting as well. We have snow, but not much (yet).
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