Hey all,
New member here and new to the UK as well so I'm not used to the difference between US and UK spec cars, I'm not terribly new to Toyota/Lexus though, I previously had a 2004 4runner, a 2015 corolla, and a 2015 Camry XLE. I recently picked up a 2006 IS250 SE-L and a few things have caught me off guard already like the lack of TPMS and sunglass holder so I've got a couple of questions about the features on the UK cars
1) I've done a bunch of searching on this site and others but haven't been able to find a definitive answer as to whether or not a 2006 year should have auto-locking out of park or once in motion. Currently my car does not lock or unlock on it's own. I've tried putting it in "IG ON" and holding the lock/unlock for 5 seconds several times and got nothing. I have techstream and didn't see any option in there either. My 4runner in the states had these features but again I understand there are some firmware differences. I saw a few comments on threads here suggesting that they didn't put the auto-lock in until 2008 year cars so I just wanted to see if anyone here with a 2006 could confirm.
2) Should this year car beep when unlocking/locking with the remote? I see the option in techstream for "buzzer" when locking and unlocking, I turned it off and back on but I still get no beep. The hazards flash and all the doors unlock/lock so the car is acknowledging the signal. I know it has the equipment to beep because I get the long beep when I try to lock with the remote if I leave a door open. I also get the repeated beeping when I leave the car with the engine still running.
Also, I'm not sure if it's ok to ask but does anyone have a source on a free (or at least reasonably cheap) map download for the GEN 5 nav? I don't care about the maps as much as I would like to have the "I AGREE" screen go away automatically and it sounds like any newer map dvd would provide this feature.
Thanks again, I look forward to hanging around here as I've already seen a bunch of very helpful threads.