Rivendell

I had a similar problem with my IS250 Sport. I've got the Multimedia pack and the dealer said it was a known problem with this option. The cure is to remove most of the dash and centre console and re-position the wiring. I had this done 3 years ago and the seriously annoying, temperature related creak has gone, never to return. Any little noise on these cars always stand out as they are normally so quiet.

Seems to be a standard Manual Box Lexus "problem". I've had two IS200SE's and currently run an IS250 Sport. They all clunk going from 1st to 2nd, and I don't think they have the same box. I've made a point of getting the dealer to change the oil at the 1st service for a multigrade gear oil. This seems to sort it for a few weeks but it always comes back. It's not my heavy handed driving either as I have driven many marques over the years and not had this with anything else. The only quirk in what is probably the best car I have ever owned. Saving up for an IS-F, :tsktsk: manual,8 speed autos rule. :winky:

My 2006 IS250 Sport has just developed the same problem on the n/s door mirror. No reverse dip and unable to electrically move the mirror vertically. It started as an intermittant fault and now seems to be permanent. Originally just re-setting the seat/steering/mirror memory sorted it. I can hear working contacts when I operate the door switch(and I don't mean the clicking sound that occurs when the mirror reaches its extreme travel), but no motor whirr. It may just be a seized motor. Does anyone know how to take the mirror glass/carrier assembly out so I can have a look.