Lexus RX 450h Owner's Manual page 183

WARNING
Hands Free Power Back Door (if
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equipped)
Observe the following precautions.
Failure to do so may cause death or seri-
ous injury.
Check the safety of the surrounding
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area to make sure there are no obsta-
cles or anything that could cause any
of your belongings to get caught.
Exhaust gasses cause the exhaust
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pipes to become quite hot. When
operating the Hands Free Power Back
Door, be careful not to touch the
exhaust pipe.
Do not operate the Hands Free Power
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Back Door if there is little space under
the rear bumper.
NOTICE
Back door spindles
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The power back door is equipped with
spindles
door in place.
Observe the following precautions.
Failure to do so may cause damage to
the back door spindle
malfunction.
Do not attach any foreign objects, such
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as stickers, plastic sheets, or adhesives
to the spindle rod.
Do not attach any accessories other
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than genuine Lexus parts to the power
back door.
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that hold the power back
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3-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
Do not place your hand on the spindle
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or apply lateral forces to it.
To prevent back door closer malfunc-
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tion
Do not apply excessive force to the
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power back door while the back door
closer is operating. Applying excessive
force may cause the back door closer
to malfunction.
If the power back door is opened and
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closed repeatedly in a short amount of
time, the back door closer may stop
operating. In this case, manually open
the power back door once and wait for
a while before attempting to close it
again.
To prevent malfunction of the power
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back door
Make sure that there is no ice between
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the power back door and frame that
would prevent movement of the power
back door. Operating the power back
door when excessive load is present
on the power back door may cause a
malfunction.
Do not apply excessive force to the
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power back door while the power
back door is operating.
Take care not to damage the sensors
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installed on the right and left edges of
the power back door (
knife or other sharp object. If a sensor
is disconnected, the power back door
will not close automatically.
Close & lock function/Hands free
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close & lock function
When closing the power back door using
the close & lock function/hands free
close & lock function, a different buzzer
than the normal one will sound before
the operation begins.
To check that the operation has started
correctly, check that a different buzzer
than the normal one has sounded.
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