Before Driving; Driving The Vehicle - Lexus NX300 Owner's Manual

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4-1. Before driving

4-1.Before driving

Driving the vehicle

The specified procedures should be
observed to ensure safe driving:
Driving procedure
Starting the engine
■
→P.157
Driving
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1 With the brake pedal depressed,
shift the shift lever to D. (→P.160)
2 Release the parking brake.
(→P.166)
If the parking brake is in automatic mode,
the parking brake is released automatically
when shifting the shift lever to any position
other than P. (→P.165)
3
Gradually release the brake pedal
and gently depress the accelerator
pedal to accelerate the vehicle.
Stopping
■
1
With the shift lever in D, depress the
brake pedal.
2
If necessary, set the parking brake.
(→P.166)
If the vehicle is to be stopped for an
extended period of time, shift the shift lever
to P or N. (→P.160)
Parking the vehicle
■
1
With the shift lever in D, depress the
brake pedal.
2
Set the parking brake (→P.166),
and shift the shift lever to P
(→P.160).
3 Press the engine switch to stop the
engine.
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Lock the door, making sure that you
have the electronic key on your
person.
If parking on a hill, block the wheels as
needed.
Starting off on an uphill
■
1 With the brake pedal depressed,
shift the shift lever to D. (→P.160)
2 Pull the parking brake switch and
parking brake is set manually.
(→P.166)
3
Release the brake pedal and gently
depress the accelerator pedal to
accelerate the vehicle.
4 Press the parking brake switch and
parking brake is released manually.
(→P.166)
Driving in the rain
■
Drive carefully when it is raining, because
●
visibility will be reduced, the windows
may become fogged-up, and the road
will be slippery.
● Drive carefully when it starts to rain,
because the road surface will be espe-
cially slippery.
Refrain from high speeds when driving on
●
an expressway in the rain, because there
may be a layer of water between the tires
and the road surface, preventing the
steering and brakes from operating prop-
erly.
■ Engine speed while driving
In the following conditions, the engine
speed may become high while driving. This
is due to automatic up-shifting control or
down-shifting implementation to meet driv-
ing conditions. It does not indicate sudden
acceleration.
The vehicle is judged to be driving uphill
●
or downhill
● When the accelerator pedal is released
When the brake pedal is depressed while
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