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I remember years ago we were in Rouen and my wife had the speciality of the region. The menu was in French, it turned out to be sheep’s foot. It was like a ball of elastic bands in a very strong garlic sauce. Revolting. What do the French do with all the good bits of an animal to eat. The specials always seem to be the rubbish bits.

Why would this fault show if I can't connect the temp sensor to a non lexus battery?

Did a first attempt at doing my front brakes as it was making groaning nosing indicating pads and discs were worn, unfortunately during the process of trying to remove the slide pins it ended up snapping on me! Turns out both of these were complete seized up and while I was able to get the first out the second snapped. Do I have any options for extracting this and replacing the slide pin or is it a new carrier slider necessary?

looking for an ECU and key does anyone have one for sale?

By this time majority of GS450h are out of warranty and people seems to cope just fine. So you are more of exception to still have warranty for it, not the other way around and these cars are perfectly usable and reliable outside of warranty. Could it be that your hybrid battery fails... yes, things like that happens, but it is not the end of the world £600-800 and it is fixed, probably that isn't much more than you were paying for extended warranty? Is it? Going to GS430 is not so much "going back", they are mostly the same, GS430 probably nicer to drive, sounds nicer, gearbox is nicer etc. Ideally you should go to GS460, but those are rarer than unicorns. That said - if you already have GS450h then it makes absolutelly no sense to change, any added reliability that you would get would be consumed by the cost and headache of changing the car... another big issue GS430 is probably £715 for road tax now (£695 maybe)... so again anything that you can potentially save by having more reliable (or rather less risky) car will be consumed just in the road tax... and there are good chance your GS450h won't go wrong anyway. So no GS450h>GS430 makes no sense, even if it is not a step backwards.

I'm a 3k miles a year driver and do all of the battery 'management' stuff like using 'ready' when cleaning etc. and, yes, I can keep the battery at about 12.5v with the help of a battery momitor - fantastic!! The point is that why should we have to do this on a £60k car !!!!!! Toyota/Lexus battery management system isn't fit for purpose. Its's a shame as the car is brilliant in almost every other respect and I love the drive quality.

Thanks Andy, but upon more detailed inspection the crack in the rad is clearly visible ... sadly!

Thank you.

Hi Kevin/Ken I read the same that Auto will prioritise EV and only add engine if you ask for more acceleration so it will quickly deplete the EV battery on a long trip and not save for later. I’ve opted for the same as you both and to manually switch between HV and EV Ken are you saying that while in HV mode the EV kicks in? Is that just the standard hybrid functionality so essentially just the car operating as if the EV was depleted? Or are you seeing the EV range drop while in HV mode? I’m about to set off for a 150 mile trek so will have another chance to test!

My previous GS300 was on 198000 miles when I sold it.It was 1998 GS300 with Prins system and Stako tank. I saw it on Ebay about 2 years later with 220000 miles, almost the same price I sold it for. I now have a 2002 GS300 with a BRC system. The first one I had easily did 100000 on LPG, I had it for about 5/6 years, the engine oil was gold when I bought it, and didn't change oil at all, stayed the same colour. The one I have now had LPG fitted when I bought it with 50000 miles on the clock, no flash lube on it, and its now on almost 90000, same oil. Only problem I've had is gearbox oil, which has nothing to do with LPG.

Mine is arriving in a few days

I have a set, the problem is removing them without damage. That said I am not sure the rubber part at the bottom is in good shape on mine, will need to confirm if interested.

When it comes to MOT - it is hit and miss, some testers will point it out, others will ignore it. The replacement will be expensive if you looking to replace all the lines to the original ones. That said most of the time it is only the flex lines that needs to be replaced, have seen quite rusty cars (particularly GS300), but never seen Lexus of this generation which had actual hardlines rusted to the point of needing the replacement. Again it is usually the part which is in the wheel well and it is the bracket or the nut that is rusted, or it is covered in rusted brake dust, but it is not the lines themselves that are rusted. But as Lucas said - these are soon to be 20 years old cars, metal rust, so with time rust will become an issue.

Picked up the 450 yesterday; total fail with the MA1 😞

We've only had our LBX for a few days (first Lexus). Whilst we're really enjoying it there seems to be an issue with the SatNav: it doesn't appear to know about the London congestion zone. Even with "Avoid toll roads" checked it is still routing us through the zone. Am I missing something obvious, or is this a real issue? Also, I tried to update the map and I get "Problem with map update. Please contact your dealer".

Good write up, thank you. I really like mine too although I’m interested in the 300h because it has the new Mk5 powertrain in it. I’ll be having one of those on extended test soon. I haven’t really got much to criticise mine for. I agree the leather seats aren’t as durable as the nulux version and they aren’t as comfortable either. I don’t understand why they insist on using over bolstered seats in the luxury versions when they can fit bolstered seats in the F Sport models. I changed my tyres for all season and they’re a bit on the noisy side but although the Michelins are quiet, they’re a summer tyre which is no good where I live.

Thanks. I also got 39mpg on a 25 mile journey on the next refill, which was mixed driving at about 55mph overall. However, in the interests of fairness, the return 120 mile journey is much more 'up hill' and I achieved 35mpg for that leg, again with carefulish driving but not stupidly 'slow'. Average of 65mph. Take your point on trip computer accuracy.

hi ya guys hope your okay got my 2004 lexus is200se which has failed its mot on emmisions co and hc, i spent so much money on it now and have reciepts to prove it, a lot of them including new front tyres and recent cambelt new suspension front end recent clutch kit and gearbox has been sent off to bexhill gearboxes and had the bearings done, now im thinking its the clutch release bearing making a noise on and off the clutch, which is wierd as its been replaced with genuine parts it would come with spare flywheel as it has a new one and new* clutch kit, rear arches strut brace i put the 5 spoke wheels on it as i think they look bit better. got recent ngk iridium plugs piper cross air filter new battery ohh front and rear windscreens been replaced rear sills have been welded up got the tte body kit all in BLACK fo the mot which runs out 22nd may 24 it would need cat/exhaust so wondering what people would offer me for it that seems to be all it needs you can check the mot history online was thinking and really wanting a toyota corolla with the vvt-li engine and i seen one at the right money in blue as i had gen 7 celica with fast engine and regret selling it for peanuts (1100) im based in uckfield in east sussex FA54SMV

Anthony ....... how's the sale progressing ? still for sale even ? Malc

Exactly Paul.. Thats the way to go..!!!

Here is the link to Lexus-Tech site, register here with your details and then you will be able to download the file with all the specs of your UX: https://www.toyota-tech.eu:8443/auth/realms/TD1realm/protocol/openid-connect/auth?redirect_uri=https://www.lexus-tech.eu/owin/security/keycloak/ApplicationCookie/callback&response_type=code&scope=openid&state=oidc_state_f82f51521ab244eda0ae27b22cb5d669&client_id=lexus&kc_idp_hint= Once you log in, go to home menu, then repair and select vehicle specifications. The file you download will surely help with the insurance company.

Because Lexus in their infinite wisdom decided that emissions problems require that inbuilt safety systems be disabled. We get the same when there is a minor fault in one of the O2 sensors. On mine it was the pre-heater on the O2 sensor (bank 1, pre-CAT) that had failed, so the engine was emitting too much evil pollution until the sensor reached operating temperature. I assume they do it to "force" you to get it fixed ASAP.

I think thats inline with my expectations

I must thank you all for the replies but i have now found out the Problem I have used Lexus Connect for years now and found it a very useful System albeit a little clunky and a faff to set up. A brief synopsis of what it did i use the word "did", It would tell me on the System any Breakdowns,Accidents Roadworks , I could see a Picture of my Destination as i neared it, I could access uptodate parking spaces in car parks, weather at the destination,Petrol Prices all uptodate and various other things. I can still plan a route on my PC or the Lexus Link app and it will send it to the Car as a Stored Route. Then suddenly all this stopped working and constantly on the screen it would Say " Connection Refused", Your Subscription as Expired Contact Lexus.Eu this was coming up constantly i did eventualy concede that that was because there was some incident and it was trying to tell me but couldnt Hence the Message. I decided to go to Lexus Sheffield but they were scratching their heads and told me to contact Lexus UK which i did but have not had a reply. A week or so later i was visiting my daughter at Hull so i decided to call in to lexus and they told me straight away(i do believe They have had complaints too) The Gent said it is something to do with data protection and they have dropped the Connect System from Cars with the Mouse Controller he did say it was a bummer as hisUX as also stopped working and told me to ring Lexus UK i did But Phone num unobtainable He then said if you think its not right trade your Immaculate GS 450 for a ES you can imagine my responce is final word was to get someone to fit me apple car play thats what he is going to do Maybe this is a Topic for our Colin Robert

Cheers @Barry14UK Yes, I'm well aware of the costs. Decided to take that RX over to our local dealer for an inspection and a couple of suspension parts (rear trailing arm assembly and I think the front control arms as well) had cracked bushings and were suggested to be replaced. Parts and labor came at around 2400 eur. Adding that to the price of the vehicle, not to mention the spark plug replacement being due soon brings me to a sum not far away from having one imported from Germany that's 3 years newer, with half the mileage as well as being sold by an authorized lexus dealer.