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Well as my car hit 150,000 today I decided to go into reverse and so bought this beauty. It's one year older than my car on an 04 plate and 49,000 less miles. It's in gorgeous condition having only had 2 owners, full service history and only failed 2 tests in the past. (Incidentally that's 1 more than my old car). So, this being my third 430 in Canterbury blue with cream interior it didn't take long looking round it before the deal was done. This has one thing more than my previous car which is the adaptive cruise control radar system, an optional extra at the time. Obviously I can't keep them both so my '55' will be on the move once the reg plates are sorted.

Hello gents, It has been awhile since I've been on the forum. But I did promise to give an update if there was any changes to my GSF (cc. @Big Rat). I've done a few things to it, mostly aesthetics. Here's a few thing's I've done to it to make it my own :- Lowered with Tein Coilover Suspension Tankless Aircup liftsystem for the front Remote Valved Catback Exhaust System by Bulletperformance Tom's Racing from lip and sideskirts Dixcel Japan brake pads RR Racing Air Oil Seperator Full front end PPF Have a great day everyone.

I would strongly recommend you either buy another set of Lexus brand sensors or use the old ones. despite having good quality units fitted to mine they don't seem to like being 'paired' to the Lexus.

Thanks. I know 150,000 miles isn't a problem with these cars but the one I've just bought has 101,000 on the clock and the interior is spotless and still has the lexus carpet mats. The bodywork is tidier too. There's always going to be a point when you look at your car and think that certain areas could do with improvement, i.e. because of scratches or maybe a carpark ding. 2 of the front proximity sensors had coroded and stopped them from working and it's understandable with a cars of these years that they're not going to be perfect so I suppose it's it's just me looking to get as near as damn it to that. The wheels on my 55 plate car were poor and rather than having them re - furbished which really is just the face of the wheel I opted to buy some aftermarket wheels which looked smart, not overstated and as close to the originals as possible.

Hi Bill, Picked it up yesterday, very pleased with it, well worth the wait!

The official capacity for the UX250h is 43 litres. I've averaged 47.8MPG over 16k miles of various types of driving, which translates to between 400 and 500 miles to a full tank, depending on weather conditions, weight of right foot etc. A larger tank, and therefore longer cruising range would be nice, as it is I can just about manage a week's commuting if the weather's not too cold. I feel like an extra 20 litres wouldn't make much of a difference to the handling of an 1,580kg car, but would be very useful for folks like me. Nick

Very nice looking Mark 👍 I am curious though as to the reason for the change?

Congratulations! Both cars look very clean, hard to tell they are more than 15 years old!

Intensive use would be things like towing a caravan, carrying heavy loads, or driving over rough/hilly terrain for extended periods. Basically anything that might put extra strain on the transmission.

Hello, So I've picked up another IS250 last year. I had one previously and I missed it, so here it is. Manual, black leather, sat nav with Mark Levinson audio system, air conditioned seats and the rest that's pretty normal for these cars. Bought it completely stock. Soon after I've done an oil change, I replaced a dirty air filter and put an HKS Super air filter in it and changed the oil cap for a Mishimoto aluminium one. I've replaced a dirty & damaged gear knob gaiter and disgustingly used gear knob that just pained me every time I drove it. Then the exciting stuff happened.. a set of RAYS Gramlights 57CR 18x9.5 ET38 paired with very average TOYO Proxes TR1 225/40R18.. I've used the older compound (T1-R) tyres and they were fine. Definitely a very noticeable upgrade over the previous 245/45R17 Continentals that someone put on it. 245s are just way too wide for the amount of power this car has in my opinion. It feels a lot more nimble now on the narrower tyres, but also much more grippy due to the Toyo's being just better in every way. The AVG mpg's have also changed after changing an air filter & wheels. I used to average 21mpg on my way to and from work (14mile one way mixed commute - dual carriageways, town and country roads). Now it's around 26mpg and strictly motorway driving - cruise control at 70mph went from 36mpg to 43mpg. Safe to say I'm very happy with it so far. Currently I need to get rear discs & pads all round as these are sh*t and very bad on dusting. Plans for the future are: TEIN Flex Z Fully adjustable coilovers to improve the handling. HARDRACE front LCA steering response bushes - that should stiffen up the steering wheel a little bit as it's way too sensitive for me at the moment. GT86/BRZ OEM differential & 4.1 final drive - will reduced the top speed, but will increase the acceleration which is something very noticeable, especially on A/T cars as they have 3.7 FD and M/T have 3.9 FD, but my Manual will benefit from it too. HKS HI-Power exhaust (currently on back order - should arrive in April) - unleash the V6 noises! Sound clip from someone in the USA here Rear diffuser Vland tail lights + lots more but I won't list everything..

After a special order was made to purchase the space saver wheel tool tray, it arrived today. I used to carry my spare wheel in the boot (Photo) because of the large original tool tray/inflation kit arrangement and it was something I just accepted until the part number 64779-33280 was made available by another forum member who wanted his spare under the floor like the US and most of Europe have. So it's done and gives me the solution I wanted since I took delivery of my first first ES back in 2019. Perfect fit of course but at a hefty £278.15 incl vat. I was quoted £231 but wasn't told it was plus vat. No discount as it was a special order because it's not a UK spec part. The dealer let me try it in the boot to make sure all was well and then I paid for it. In 2022 my new ES cost £35,725 after all discounts and PCP allowances so the £278.15 I spent to get where I needed to be was an expensive option that somehow I justify to myself. Plenty of storage space for stuff over and above the basic tools the tray was designed for originally. You can see the huge difference in depth between the two trays. Now I have a more spacious boot.

When I was arranging the changeover from my BMW X2 to my UX I called Direct Line to confirm the details and to transfer the insurance. It seemed to go very well but because I have private plates they had to input the car details manually. The details were fine apart from when the person asked me to confirm the power output as being 107ps. I said it’s more like 184 and this is clearly wrong, he then said that the details are set by the insurance underwriter and can’t be changed. He contacted someone and phoned me back and said unfortunately Direct Line can’t insure me because my car is more powerful than what they have on their database. Meanwhile I had been looking up Wikipedia and found that the 107ps is the power output of the electric motor only. He agreed with me that the database is wrong but that he could not insure my car because the power output details were incorrect when compared to what they have. I’m now with AXA who had all the correct details, but it’s an easy thing to complete an online insurance quote and miss the power output detail. If someone does this their insurance would be invalidated and claims would not be covered. So if any of you are with Direct Line and have a UX my advice would be to immediately call them and change your insurance.

Well there’s at least one in the country!!! The nice thing about the non painted fenders is that if you scrape one, you just pop a new one on rather than getting it painted.

Suggest you remove oil filler cap and check there is no evidence of water mixed with oil on underside. Could you do a compression test on each cylinder? Sometimes a crack can close up as engine becomes hot. Hope it's not that or head gasket.

I think that's your answer, the exhaust isn't getting hot enough at idle and moisture is collecting in the back box (boxes), but when the car is driven the exhaust heats up to such a temperature it 'dries' the water vapour before the exhaust gases exit out through the exhaust, I dare say if you were to rev the car whilst it is idling you would see water droplets emit from the exhaust (letting the car idle is possibly letting water collect in the back boxes making the situation appear worse)

Guy at work has a Mokka with lots of injector re-placements prior to his ownership, surly its some sort of PUG underneath it all? As for Volvo I saw on the BBC a few years back that nobody has died in a XC90 RTA since 2002 so at least they really are safe. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43752226

It was mine. Full history, new brakes etc etc. dealer bought it off my drive last summer. I think the dealer over priced it and painted the exhaust for who knows what reason. Selling it at that price I can only assume he made his margin from the draw.

Evening Folks, Finally cleared the fault and everything is back to normal, the issue was a leaking sun/moonroof blocked drain.... Herbie et al, kindly guided me towards the US Lexus forums and its all there in a fair amount of detail and not overly difficult to diagnose and fix either. To stop the water collecting in that piece of box section/cavity I removed the front bolt holding the black sill cover on and worked the little plastic drain loose. (It reminded me of one of those kayak type drain plugs) As I said above the internal grommets inboard of that area yielded a fair amount of water also. So I've dried out the passenger foot well and the two of the dash lights went off automatically, I cleared the 3rd with my Veepak OBD reader and she running like a dream again. Thanks to all (on both sides of the pond) to remove my pond from the footwell! Regards, JJTJ

Looks perfectly normal to me, is it smoke or just steam upon first start up with low ambient temperature then dissipates once exhaust is hot ?

Yes, if possible lol. Seriously though, cars parked beside the sea and cars in areas with heavily salted roads are much worse than those from drier regions. Not too many folk bother to wash down the underside to clear the salt after a drive, and the RX's aren't well protected underneath. Water ingress to interior shouldn't be a thing with modern cars, but our RX leaked like a sieve. Pete

Not a good news according to TOYOTA Japan group news report regarding the production in February 2022 https://global.toyota/jp/newsroom/corporate/36745968.html The website statement translated to english as followed: Due to repeated review of production plans due to the lack of parts supply due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, etc., we apologize for any inconvenience and inconvenience to our customers and related people who are waiting for them. Thank you very much for your great cooperation in maintaining production. The production plan for February is planned to be about 700,000 units globally. Currently, the demand for feet is very high, and we were aiming for a high production plan in February, but due to the high demand for semiconductor tightness in all industries, we will review about 150,000 units globally. With this review, the full-year production for the fiscal year ending March 2022 is expected to fall below 9 million units. Regarding the shortage of semiconductor-related parts, we will continue to scrutinize the situation and further consider alternatives to other semiconductors while discussing with related companies in anticipation of further prolongation. We will continue to work hard together with our related suppliers to take all measures against the shortage of parts and deliver the car to our customers as soon as possible. Due to the review of these plans, the domestic suspension in February is as follows. We apologize to our customers and related suppliers for the inconvenience caused by this change.

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Never noticed any difference at all. 244 mile journey to bring it home and it was just as smooth. Both still on airbags.

Here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264429713173

That's a niiiiice sounding zorst Sam. Me thinks you should post a few pics of your car whilst on the ground.

That's...truly Kafkaesque. Well done for catching it, and if Direct Line can't get their **** together then they deserve to lose your custom. 30 seconds of internet searching could corroborate the details and the right person could correct their database in moments. Nick

What car model would this diffuser fit into? The regular IS250 or the ISF mk3?

Great looking car - rare aswell given the condition, age, mileage and features I also took the same route (no on my second 430) - unfortunatey mine has picked up many surface scratches whilst just parked on the road which bugs me everytime I look at it! enjoy!

I could live with it as it's the only the once so far it's happened. It's the thought of if the engine getting damaged that worries me. I'd say it sounded like it was the problem with that engines VVTi not keeping the Oil in top of engine until the pressure gets up to get it where it should be looking at YouTube and previous Posts on the same engine noise. Has anyone heard of the engine being damaged by this problem ? Been perfect apart from the once it happened !

When my 4RX decides the batteries need charging it spins the engine between 1,500 & 2,000 rpm. This is usually when I'm stationary and is quite noisy and I can feel a kind of grinding vibration. I don't like it but I've lived with it for 4 + years. I've read that the new engine is nowhere near as smooth as the original V6 but does give me more miles per gallon. I'm amazed at the mpg of the 4RX but regret the vibrations. The worst vibration happens at just over 1,000 rpm but only occurs when the car is hot. Seems strange to me that the first mile or so on a cold morning there's no vibration at all. Smooth as silk. Then something warms up and off it starts. I have to knock the gearbox out of D to increase the revs and the vibe goes. As you spin the engine up the rev range then the thing is like a red hot knife going through butter. So smooth !

I watched this episode a few days ago with my partner; my guess would be that either the drive motor or the battery reached a temperature threshold and the car automatically throttled power output to prevent damage. According to the handbook my UX250h has a similar feature, though I've never seen it deployed. I would be interested to know how the top speed of the UX300e is limited. Is it the limit of motor power versus friction/wind resistance? In that case, an autobahn run would certainly test the car's ability to deliver maximum power at a continuous rate, and suggest that he cooling system was therefore up to the task. If it's electronically limited to instead maintain consistent output at a level the cooling system can handle, then it's quite likely that the car is capable, short-term, of making power power in bursts than that. You get more power for overtakes, on the assumption that any heat generated can then be dissipated over time. Another factor to consider is braking. You brake hard in track driving, to the point where you can quickly overheat the brakes. Braking in an electric car also runs the drive motors as generators, and requires the battery to soak up the output energy. That means that, unlike an ICE vehicle, the drivetrain is working flat out during braking AND acceleration - literally no rest for the wicked. It's also known that charging a battery generates more heat than discharging, so I wouldn't be surprised if its this aspect of track driving that cooked the UX300e rather than the power output. All conjecture, of course, and I agree that Lexus should comment officially on this one. Nick

That looks fantastic! I hate the black-plastic cladding that cars are picking up these days. It's one of the reasons I bought my last UX in grey - it minimises the effect (photo attached). To a certain type of buyer it makes the vehicles look more 'rugged', but I think it makes them look cheap. Those of you old enough to remember when black plastic bumpers were the default and body-coloured bumpers an expensive upgrade will know what I mean... Fashion is cyclical, as they say! Nick

Hi John, In my experience, once a battery has been drained sufficiently that it won't start the car then, unless it gets fully charged, it's prone to draining quickly again. By fully charged, I mean a day or two on a charger, as opposed to 30 minute runs. 30 minutes of driving or running the engine may keep a good battery sufficiently topped up, but will struggle to fully recharge one that's been run down. It's not so much how hybrid cars work, my previous non hybrid car would suffer the same if left for multiple extended periods and not fully recharged. It's more that hybrid cars are often fitted with smaller batteries to save money/space/weight, as they're not used for direct engine cranking. I solved the previous car problem with an obd2 port connected solar charger left on the dash, which kept it sufficiently topped up. Not sure if that would work in your circumstances for periods of extended lack of use.

I also realised this when seeing the videos and the NX configurator on the website. Not sure why LEXUS decided not to colour the wheel arches in the UK. I have choose space grey for my NX. Hopefully it will camouflage and not too obvious with the body colour.

I have a 21 year old E39 petrol BMW which has quite a heavy draw on the battery so I fitted the larger size diesel battery but only use car very occasionally. I therefore use a 'Disconnect'* interposed between the battery negative terminal and negative lead. It only requires a couple of turns on the 'Disconnect' to reconnect and only means resetting the clock which I don't bother to do. It does mean the benefit of the alarm is lost while the battery is disconnected but any thief would have to break the door lock, the ignition and boot lock plus fit a charged battery. I then only have to very occasionally to bring the battery up to full charge using a trickle charger. Unfortunately, disconnecting the battery on my Lexus in this way would cause more problems so is probably not practical on more modern cars. * This sort of thing, https://www.amazon.co.uk/CZC-AUTO-Disconnect-Isolator-Vehicles/dp/B08C2WK32N/ref=sr_1_8?_encoding=UTF8&c=ts&keywords=Car%2BBattery%2BSwitches&qid=1642461951&s=automotive&sr=1-8&ts_id=4919955031&th=1

Great content on your channel, I was wondering how long it is going to take to hear about Sumo on this forum 😄 Sadly can't help you much with the cluster, but hopefully you find the way to sort it out. The only comment I had on youtube was about wires which seems to be a little crusty, event thought (I assume) there is continuity, maybe they short to the board or to each other. I wasn't even convinced the burn mark was from trace on the board - if it would be trace it most likely be burned through. So my bet was on the wires causing the burn, perhaps replacing the wires or insulating them better could help?

Have both heated seats and windscreen, not needed here, but seat heater does function. Turned it on to try it and really not needed here. MPG on the old VW golf 2.0tdi DSG were not much worse than on the CT. We drive short tours. But the diesel engine when never really get the exhaust cleaned in daily driving, so I needed 20 minutes full power to clean the exhaust before passing MOT. Diesel engines are not for shorter tours. Pure EV is for those having charging station home and not for those who should charge outside. I believe that price for electricity will go so much up that it could be expensive to fill the batteries if not having solar powered supply home. Plug-in hybrids are carrying both a heavy battery and an engine so on longer tours MPG will suffer. I am waiting for hydrogen filling network as batteries are no good in cold climate and efficiency go downhill with years passing.

Received notification today that build is complete and my 450h+ has left the factory! Dealers indication of a mid March delivery looks possible! 😁

I do. I was not aware that there are companies that would import the exhaust on my behalf when I looked tbh. Regardless, the 4 inch tip is not for me, does make yours look super mean though. Just to mention, this clip was recorded pretty late in the evening and I did not want to ***** off the neighbours. Once the exhaust has worn in a bit, I will get some proper exterior sounds!

I went for White Ash smooth leather. Dave T

Finally collected my Lexus UX a Premium Plus Pro in Terrane Khaki, from Lexus Bolton. 3 Months 17 days after ordering. I set off from Leeds at 9am to be in plenty of time for the handover at 10.30. Very pleased with the car. Dave T

Why restrict it to errant ones?

We never found anywhere in the UK but we got one from here. Delivery was very quick and it's a very good quality product.

I don't have manual, but I have driven one and the points related to manual are as well quite well documented and common knowledge on forum. First of all is the road tax - automatic was £325 and manual was £585 last time I have checked, probably more now. At least for me it makes no sense to pay same road tax for IS-F as it costs to run IS250 manual. Second point is reliability and cost of maintenance, manual gearbox just costs more - fluid in manual gearbox needs to be replaced every 40k miles and is expensive job, whereas in theory automatic does no need it at all (but I would say at least once in 100k miles would be good idea) - so in short you will need to spend £400-£600 to replace fluid 2.5 times more often on manual. Same for clutch and DMF - neither exists on automatic, so you don't need to worry about them, on manual it is £1200 just in parts. Third point - how fun it is to drive... I would argue manual is more fun if you know what you doing, but particular one fitted in IS250 just doesn't suit the car as well as automatic, doesn't suit UK speeds either. So automatic in this case suits the car more and feels smoother and more luxurious overall, gear ratios are better for UK and I would argue it is even more economical where it matters. Manual is "more fun" - but IS250 isn't a sports car and doesn't really benefit from additional "control" you get from manual, but suffers from worse economy and other manual gearbox related issues. I mean sure - if you plan to use IS250 as cheap drift car platform, fit it with rock hard coilovers, change suspension geometry, fit LSD, strip the interior and trash it on the track... then sure manual is the way to go. But for daily driving, comfortable, reliable, entry-luxury car the automatic just makes more sense.

I'd like to 'moan' about posters that post one or two posts only, with a car issue, receive LOADS of helpful and supportive advice, accept it all and then NEVER update on whether the advice was useful/the problem was resolved - even when gently prompted for an update.

In a similar spirit - and as the post is simply headed ‘Miles to a Tank’ - I would like to offer another potentially irrelevant observation…. When I had the 2.2 diesel Accord, the potential mileage on a full tank was predicted as 660 miles. With the Lexus the figure is 330. Initially I thought the Lexus must have a smaller tank, so was surprised to see it was almost a litre bigger. Fortunately, consumption is not a consideration for me. Mainly because we appear to have stopped going anywhere! 😒

I’m sure lots of us have seen the viral picture of a ‘Beware of cyclists’ road sign where somebody has added some *ahem* rather rude graffiti describing what he or she thinks of them… …obviously I won’t be adding the picture here as I’d end up moaning (to nobody in particular) that I’d been banned from this place! In all seriousness, 90% of cyclists are like 90% of motorists, being entirely sensible and not wanting to cause anybody any trouble or inconvenience. As usual with life, it’s the other 10% who are the problem.

As you know Colin nothing in life is "free" but I concur with 2 x major plus I minor over 3 years roughly equates to £40+ per month.

The tool tray graphics show the two types of tool trays that exist and a full size spare would need the two piece tray on the left compared to the tool tray on the right which I fitted for a space saver wheel. A chassis number would drive the choice if ordering a Takumi tool tray in the US from a dealer. You can see how the "bucket" which the actual tools would fit in would pass through the middle of the flat tray allowing the bucket to end up in the space of the upside down full sized alloy wheel sitting in the wheel well.

I saw the programme on Quest 8pm Thursday 13th. To have a serious problem like that shown on TV surely deserves a response from Lexus. You would think they'd want to provide an explanation in order to protect their enviable reputation for reliability. I wonder if anyone from Lexus monitors posts on this forum.