Stevek13

We got the dealer to fit the Lexus recommended front/rear dash cams. At first we were disappointed/annoyed to be told 'Lexus will only allow the Nextbase 380GW to be installed as a dealer fit' as it's a dashcam intended for commercial vans But I have to say we were wrong, the fit looks very good front and back, you don't get a real time display of video on the camera but that also means the viewing obstruction is much less. And there is an option to wirelessly connect to a phone for a live camera view (never done it in motion)

I'd say that translates to 'they forgot to include it and are trying to bluff it out' We had a Rav 4 hybrid before the 450hx and it is very frustrating how features that had (like that split Nav/Radio) screen have not been carried over.

The indicated total range is a bit optimistic if you do any dual carriageway motoring. But that said in urban/rural use we are getting that 45 miles electric range and when in pure petrol ~45mpg (Of course if we do a journey where the petrol mode kicks in in the last mile or two it shows ridiculous 100+ mpg which is technically true but misleading) I think it's impressive for a 4x4

Well after weeks of experimenting I can't get this to work. However just tried again after loading the latest software update and a very interesting screen came up. When trying to restore my wife's profile and link her key to it it detected both our keys and asked if I wanted to link multiple keys to the profile - an option not offered before. If this works as per the message then we can have both of us drive the car just using the seat setting to adjust.

Several days of experimenting while we've been travelling and that definitley works - THANKS

So far today it's been promising. I keep screwing up the experiment by unlocking the car with 'my' (ie Guest) key but on pure test cases it worked every time. 👍

Will try that too Stumpy, thanks

Don't know but I'm definitely giving that a try, thanks.

Actually it often has connected but it tells you it hasn't. That 'App Set Up completed' button needs to be pressed whether or not you have completed set up on the App. Otherwise the App tends to tell you it's failed to identify the car. I wish whoever wrote the software well when they start junior school in September 😉

One tip the Tech Helpline gave us If you get in the car and Guest comes up then there is a way round the 'everyone out of the car and try getting back in and hopefully it'll get the right profile and if not repeat the dance until it does' farce: On the Lexus Link App if you swipe left from the picture of the car an option becomes available to 'Login on multimedia device' That will identify the profile to the 'Connect User QR code' on the multimedia screen so saves having to remember and laboriously key in a password. Also the Tech Helpline has a document called 'HOW TO ACTIVATE CONNECTED SERVICES LEXUS LINK APP' which does talk through the details steps to properly link a single account to Smart services. It's 8Meg so can't upload it here. Now off to try more experiments . . . .

We too are having huge issues with profiles. What is a brilliant car mechanically is spoiled with so much key functionality tied up in a profile system that plain does not work and worse is described by a handbook set that could best be described as very poorly and incompletely written. The big problems we have are Second profile = no smart functions Adding a second profile requires linking to a second Lexus Link account and as soon as we do that the prime account loses 'ownership' and all access to smart functions (eg remote preset of temperature, lock/unlock etc). Unlink that second account and the second profile deletes itself from the car in seconds. No second profile means second driver really can't enjoy the car. Prime profile doesn't reliably load If we both get in the car than it's a 50:50 chance whether it will load the prime driver profile or Guest (=no recall of preferences, locations etc). Might be tolerable if the car offered the single key press select of correct profile (as page 59 of the multimedia handbook promises) but guess what, it doesn't. There has to be a way. On the equivalent USA forum, user Kusala says he has the profiles working but here in the UK none of the dealer, the Tech Helpline or the handbook knows how.

Hi all Like most we found this via Google having recently taken delivery of an NX450h