Emergency Flashers; If Your Vehicle Has To Be Stopped In An Emergency - Lexus UX 250h 2020 Owner's Manual

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7-1. Essential information
7-1.Essential information

Emergency flashers

The emergency flashers are used to
warn other drivers when the vehicle
has to be stopped in the road due to
a breakdown, etc.
Operating instructions
Press the switch.
All the turn signal lights will flash. To turn
them off, press the switch once again.
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Emergency flashers

If the emergency flashers are used for a
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long time while the hybrid system is not
operating (while the "READY" indicator
is not illuminated), the 12-volt battery may
discharge.
If any of the SRS airbags deploy (inflate)
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or in the event of a strong rear impact, the
emergency flashers will turn on automati-
cally. The emergency flashers will turn off
automatically after operating for approxi-
mately 20 minutes. To manually turn the
emergency flashers off, press the switch
twice. (The emergency flashers may not
turn on automatically depending on the
force of the impact and conditions of the
collision.)
If your vehicle has to be
stopped in an emergency
Only in an emergency, such as if it
becomes impossible to stop the
vehicle in the normal way, stop the
vehicle using the following proce-
dure:
Stopping the vehicle
1
Steadily step on the brake pedal
with both feet and firmly depress it.
Do not pump the brake pedal repeatedly
as this will increase the effort required to
slow the vehicle.
2
Shift the shift lever to N.
If the shift lever is shifted to N
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3
After slowing down, stop the vehi-
cle in a safe place by the road.
4
Stop the hybrid system.
If the shift lever cannot be shifted to

N
3
Keep depressing the brake pedal
with both feet to reduce vehicle
speed as much as possible.
4
To stop the hybrid system, press
and hold the power switch for 2
consecutive seconds or more, or