Yes, when something fails in a car (inevitably) you have to replace it for the same amount of money it’s worth.

Don’t believe it’s available on the Highlanders in this gen

We’re not a detailing channel, can’t always have it spotless. Sorry that disturbs you

The enable it by pressing the Brake Hold button down by the electronic parking brake switch. After that, every time you come to a complete stop for more than a beat, you’ll see the Hold light and car will be held and brake lights kept on even if you remove your foot from the brake. Just press the gas pedal when you’re ready to go.

That was Moon Dust!

It does! But we don't typically include those as part of advanced driver assistance tech.

It does not unfortunately. Not a common feature set for vehicles as of yet!

That be a great thing for the future , good for catching bad drivers acting up !!

Lexus loves to limit the special editions to just a few color options. What color would you want? There are normal F Sports that come in more colors!

Oops, just saw you answered that question in the comments below. Maybe update the video title to include the years? Thanks for the great vid!

Sorry didn’t see this comment! Would opt for the higher trim. As the slight range increase and higher charging rates weren’t substantial in my opinion.

That’s a new indicator, the Safety Support. Green when the Road Departure, Collision Mitigation and Blind Spot systems are all on. Green and Gray if one or two of the above systems are off Gray if all systems are off

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If you hit the Home button on the steering wheel and then go down to Show Apps, and the select Trip Computer it should show up. And then you can use Enter to toggle back and forth between trip A and trip B

@@Carsplain thank you much

Can see pretty well since it’s just a single post. Haven’t found a better way to capture the cluster but will be trying a couple other views in the future

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I believe the RAV4 only has the singular warning light. Individual pressures may be visible in the smartphone app.

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It was a very unique set of circumstances it seemed that allowed for such a gap. Not sure if it was all the super subtle shifts that kept it from triggering hands on wheel alerts. But yes, this is by no means a hands off system and was surprising. Was shocked at how long it continued on

@@Carsplain thanks for replying.

Hmm we don’t advise trying to get it to trigger. But just following someone closely typically won’t cause an automatic braking event. Your car would need to sense that your vehicle is about to impact the vehicle ahead. So if the vehicle ahead slowed suddenly and you didn’t, or if there was a parked/stationary object you were approaching. But if two vehicles are simply moving in the same direction, it wouldn’t necessarily alert you or stop.

They are decent assists for what they are. They are not meant to be hands free, and they don’t have any auto lane change functions etc.

@@Carsplain it will follow the front car smoothly but it's not gonna anticipate any non moving objects properly. Late emergency stop only. Plus the warning time while it tells you to put your hands back is too short (compared to korean cars that don't bother you within 30secs)

@@balokurd17 none of these are hands free systems.

Yes it does, comes to a full stop.

Thank you!!! We try our best!

It’s performing as it is intended, as a hands on driver aid. Toyota’s system is not a handsfree system like BlueCruise or Super/Ultra Cruise. It’s advanced over a more simplistic lane departure warning system.

Thanks for the feedback and congrats on your RAV4 Prime! A lot of your driving modes will depend significantly on your own driving styles and uses. How many miles driven per day, terrain, highway/surface streets etc. If don’t often drive more than 40 miles at a time and have easy access to charge up at home I’d definitely recommend EV as much as you can. Some of that depends on your cost of electricity but can’t imagine there are many places where the cost of the battery charge is more than the gallon of gas you’d use. High speed highway points to having hybrid be more efficient in the long run if mixed with city driving needs after your highway trek, but if your total trip can be completed using EV then why bother with that? Maximum power/acceleration is achieved with the auto mode (so not EV only). But did like how the EV only mode kept it strictly EV, even with a firm press on the accelerator. Our driving tech video tries to demonstrate some of the advanced driver assistance systems, but yes there are many options and thresholds that can be selected in the menus. Audible warning vs active corrections, etc. What else did you consider and what car are you coming from?

@@Carsplain well I’m coming from a Chevy Silverado 1500 truck that got 15 mpg on a good day so this is completely new to me. What is still a bit confusing is the “auto” HV EV mode, does that automatically switch to EV when I’m off the highway or to HV when on highway? I’ve noticed the EV getting used on the highway and counting down. For example: I had it on Auto HVEV and when I got on the highway for about 5 miles the EV counted down. I would have thought it would have switched to HV and not touched the EV at all. Maybe I just understand how that all works yet.

Auto Mode just allows for the vehicle to switch between EV (which seems to be the default mode the car tries to stay in) and hybrid. Auto mode will wake up the gas hybrid portion if you floor it for full power. So that’s why even in Auto Mode it’s using up the EV portion first. It doesn’t take into account how or where you are driving. Auto favors EV mode until you floor it. I think EV mode makes the most sense if you’re able to keep your trips within the overall range. This will somewhat lockout the gas portion of the car (if you have enough battery power) and help you from inadvertently dipping into the gas side of things. On the highway you could use HV mode to force hybrid functionality, but I think the EV range will still go down if I remember correctly. Maybe not as fast. Charge mode (accessed by a long hold of the button) can help build electric range while you’re on a long highway stint if you plan on needing EV mode once you get off the highway. But does impact fuel efficiency.

@@Carsplain I did notice that on the first trip today. What was strange was on the highway in HV mode, the EV range went from 31 miles to 26 miles on a short trip. I was able to quick charge at the mall back to 31, but taking a back road route so I could use EV only, by the time I got home again it was back down to 26. My thought here is to use EV around town, but when on the highway, use HV. I would have thought that the Auto HV/EV would do this automatically, but at least on this one trip, not forcing EV vs HV mode manually, it appeared to eat the EV even while in HV mode which makes zero sense.

Definitely hard to adjust for all things and lots to play around with and learn about the new car! At least it has switchable modes. Our Pacifica Plug In Hybrid had no modes. Simply used EV first and then Hybrid after that, or would summon hybrid if you pressed the accelerator pedal hard enough, etc. I’m sure they thought some owners wouldn’t want to think through different power modes but I feel like many initial plug in owners do want to try to optimize and try to mix and match as they experiment.

System works very well, keeps car centered and is reliable for situations it works in. It is NOT a self driving system and it’s not a hands free capable system. Tesla is not the benchmark in this area. Really think systems like SuperCruise and BlueCruise are phenomenal for hands free driving when it’s allowed.

Yes Honda added full speed adaptive cruise recently to the Odyssey. It should be controlled in the same way. Honda doesn’t send us test vehicles directly but we’ll try to get one if we can!!

Yes indeed just like every other car on the market, except for specific cases of GM’s SuperCruise and Ford’s Blue Cruise.

@@Carsplain I’m able to drive hands free for a few mile with my Benz in auto mode.

Watch our Highlander video, it can definitely happen with the right roads and circumstances, but it’s not designed/intended as such. Even in your Mercedes.

This is what we’re saying!!!! Thank you for your kind comments!

Yes it is.

Believe Toyota’s systems mainly detect torque/input into the steering. Not a capacitive/touch based system

We usually try to cover most of the physical controls. We did show the HUD in our driving tech video! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q-CkZJB1lqmro2w.html

It’s not meant to be a hands free system.

i sold mine to much Toyota did cost saving like no led on passenger controls

Mobility (repair and inflate kit) in the lower bin around the 2:32 mark. No spare here. Vehicle also comes with roadside assistance with the warranty period.

@@Carsplain Road side service, 2 am, northern Vermont, 1 ft snow and out of warrenty. back road on top of mountain, Don't you just love these electric car companies. I guess you don/t need a lug nut wrench ether.

Many gas cars don’t come with spare any more either. So it’s not just the electrics.

I believe Toyota noted only about 6,000 units per year. So maybe 2% of Camry production? Dealers likely only get a few units each.

I drive 2:30 hours to get my. Los Angeles/Santa Maria CA.

I don’t remember one being back there… there was a household outlet on the back of the center console and 12v up front

If both blue lines are flashing/blinking usually means that driver needs to steer/provide steering input. It's not meant to be a self-driving/hands-free type of system.

Thanks we're trying!!

That’s a good point!

@@Carsplain thanks for the information.