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SE-L comes with cruise control as standard according to Parkers. You sure you got sold SE-L? Edit: also found an old uk 2011 spec sheet

hi my power steering has gone slightly stiff and self centres back slowly and when i do a full lock either side theres a slight grinding noise from steering wheel what could this be ? rack and pinion,ball joints, tie rods ,alignment ?

hi my power steering has gone slightly stiff and self centres back slowly and when i do a full lock either side theres a slight grinding noise from steering wheel what could this be ? rack and pinion,ball joints, tie rods ,alignment ?

Hello Masod, Thank you for your reply, As it just happened today the climate control started working and A/C was ice cold too Lasted about half an hour, one more thing my rear view camera wasn’t working as the Climate control come to life my rear view camera started working.🤔 I wonder if anyone experienced this issue.

To be fair drilling out broken bolts is something I could do with some practice on so I may try and source a carrier slider just so I can get the brake job done and on a free evening try and get the buggar out as you've suggested!

Sadly…. I think this is probably best advice. But…. If you have the time to be off road and inclination. Fill the hole with penetrating fluid…. Literally fill it and soak for a couple of days minimum. Then learn or get someone to drill and tap it / or drill out completely + a bit of heat will help. No guarantees even then it’ll budge….. but potentially you learned a new trick and there’s a certain satisfaction of rescuing yourself. 😁 If that all seems a bit too much hassle…. Revert to line one. Good luck.

I had my AA wireless that was in my 2021 Rx450 and worked flawlessly. I’ve got it to connect to the NX but occasionally it drops out and won’t reconnect. Plus the wireless charging does do go through my S24 case so I need to plug it in anyway as the wireless eats through battery

Cheers for the advice Steve, that was my thoughts exactly but wanted a second opinion. A shame as I just managed to refurb my rear callipers only for the front to let me down haha, not a fun expense !

Hi Linas, To be honest my plan is to strip them back and repaint/hydrodip them black. The rubber bit isn't all that important.

I didn't expect that from Lexus, even the wife's previous old 11 plate Yaris had cruise control.

Given how seized the pin is I would go for a new carrier bracket. The only other option would be to drill a hole in the other side and then try and punch the remains of the slider pin out but it looks too far gone to me.

Hello everyone - how does the Lexus Roadside Assistance compare with AA ? Lexus RSA is marginally more expensive but is it worth it?

A brief update on this. The car has been with the dealer for four days now and they are not responding to my calls. Lexus link+ shows it has been locked since 10.30 so they have done nothing today. It is a good car but frankly the dealer network is crap.

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.

taped or siliconed to the top near the terminal. Its in a recess on the original Panasonic.

Where do you put the temp sensor?

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.

Did you transfer the temperature sensor if the replacement did not have one?

Good evening all, I currently own a 2010 GS450h, which I have to admit - like all my previous Lexus - has been a joy to own. It is now on 104000 miles and running perfectly. My only concern is that it has just had its last hybrid warranty service at Lexus and considering my options. I know opinions vary wildly, but how are people finding owning the 450’s out of warranty? Would you consider changing to an older 430 at this point, or is the 450h worth sticking with? Looking at auto trader, they seem to be powering on strong with double my current mileage. All opinions welcome thanks Stew

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

Thank you.