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I've never tried charging the rechargeable Toothbrushes that way John, how do you stop then falling over when you go round a bend?🤣

Hey Lexus Family, I am delighted to announce that I recently picked up my very own Lexus LC. It is a launch edition LC 500h, 1 of 5 in the UK. I will attach some photos of my new car below.

My 91 year old next door neighbour is a sprightly chap. He still plays golf, crown green bowling, and is still fit and physically active. Purely because of his age, his premium went to £1,478 for a small Peugeot 107.

Someone called 'Aden Shomefun' on the Facebook group 'Lexus Owners Club UK' has just posted this in the last few minutes: Found this parked up in East London. Obviously stolen. Chassis number ends in 7013. Anyone missing an RX?

Surely that can't have been caused by hitting a post? It's a circular hole that's been drilled through the undertray, or at least that's what it looks like to me, but for what purpose I don't know. Aircon condensate drain?

Talk to Lexus UK and complain. They've offered to fit if free of charge to my car, and collect return the car.

The caps for the SC430 wheels are definitely all plastic.

Firstly, in various tests and reviews it took more than 5 minutes to defeat, and that's going at it with hammers, chisels and saws. Secondly, just ease of use. It's far easier to use and store than the full disk-cover types; when I take it off I just plonk it on the floor behind my seat. Oh, and it doesn't damage the steering wheel either. I've seen some people say that the disk-lok is a tight fit so it could cause some damage.

For those who might be interested RX450h F sport LN16EMV has had the CANBUS plate fitted and is now on a forecourt somewhere. I traded it a week ago for a Mustang. Not a change directly influenced by the thefts, but I got to thinking about what I would replace it with if it went missing. The Mustang was the only car that pushed any buttons and we all know how that thought process goes..... If anybody sees it, it is a good car , I had it for 4 years and it performed faultlessly. I expect Lexus Customer Services and their CEO will be happy to see the back of me. One point though, the Mustang, despite 450+HP, cost half as much to insure, which is a measure of how insurers are viewing RX's at the moment!!

I would say my non-air Luxury model suffers similarly on roads as you describe. It's a tall, heavy car and I presume they gave it fairly firm suspension to limit body roll. I can drive on similar roads in my 1992 LS400 and the ride on that is in a different league. Even the 1999 Avensis with 277k miles that I occasionally drive is better. When I changed to a full set of Continental all-seasons from an aged mix of Dunlops and Michelins the ride got a bit better, but I'd say it's still the thing that's least like a luxury car about it. That being said, it's other qualities of smoothness and refinement are why I still enjoy it after 4+ years, and I have no plans to change it for at least as long again.

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Yes, in petrol HV mode all of the time. Compared to our previous 2018 model RX the NX falls in to EV mode automatically much more regularly and at higher speeds.

https://news.sky.com/story/could-a-truck-thats-powered-by-hydrogen-and-only-emits-water-help-in-the-climate-change-fight-12916780 As the piece on Sky News TV notes, the issue with hydrogen as things stand is the amount of electricity needed to produce it.

£60+VAT for me.

After my initial optimism on this recall we are now seeing exactly the same: several journeys unrecorded. But at least Find my car and remote air con are now working - well they are until my tempting of fate leads to their demise

Welcome. If you read back through all the past posts on this forum, like I first did, you’ll discover tons of useful things about our fabulous car.

I'll be buying a new hybrid just before they are banned unless a) fuel cell cars come forward at a sensible price b) BEV get significant reliable range and much lower charging time and reduce in price, and c) the EV infrastructure improves dramatically. I'm sure I can't be the only one thinking like this...

I tell you why. Because Toyota are actually using their brain. Hybrid is better for them. Ofc Tesla doesn’t have a choice it being EV only manufacturer, but for the rest of them it’s better to make hybrids. At least for the foreseeable. https://www.thedrive.com/features/toyota-is-right-we-need-more-hybrid-cars-and-fewer-evs-heres-why

I don't understand why Lexus are releasing this as another "self-charging" hybrid instead of EV. There's no need for more hybrids and their only half decent EV is the RZ which is crazy expensive. Lexus seem to have lost the plot.

Wouldn’t be the first time a dealer was wrong. They would legally have to state it wasn’t all leather if it were the case. Part of the confusion is the two parts feel different - partly because one is perforated and one isn’t but I also believe the bolsters are more heavily lacquered for extra wear protection which gives it a less natural feel.

There hasn’t been a F Sport UX in the UK with that combination. Either fabric and Tahara (UK name for their fake leather) or full leather. The choice depends on the year and options pack.

Yes, the F Sport seats are leather.

Yes it should be covered. Makes no difference if it is Takumi or any other grade - the warranty is identical.

I agree with you. The 3 year manufacturer's warranty is more comprehensive than the 'used' Relax warranty and doesn't have the exclusion for trim. I would therefore insist this is fixed under warranty unless they can prove it was caused by neglect. As for the leather, it's a common complain, especially for perforated leather, and Lexus seem to put it down to wear and tear and a character of the natural material. I don't think it's bad enough to take it to court for not being fit for purpose.

Indeed - this is not EV bash, it is bash on idiotic idea of banning internal combustion before making any steps to build infrastructure which could handle EVs and just expecting everything to sort itself out. I personally have no issues with BEV, but I do believe they need to stand on their own two feet, without subsidies, without coercion... and if people still buy them and they work for them... perfect! Maybe one day they will be so good that people just going to prefer them over "outdated" ICEV and ICEV will naturally decline and disappear (same as steam engines disappeared in the past) - that is fine as well. But every sane person understand that BEVs just don't work for most, so if left to their own natural evolution and adoption they won't get adapted even by the end of this century... what is the solution? Ban people form buying what they want and need... and then expecting everyone will be happy about it?

Please shoot me down in flames if I have this wrong ! If these are solid "silver" coloured plastic covers / inserts . as they, the centre caps, are on my original Ls400 wheels .. cannot the paint lacquer finish be totally removed, to get back to the original solid plastic and colour, with the rest of the wheels painted / powder coated to match the finish and colour of the solid plastic inserts ? Then you'll never need to worry about the " finish " breaking down in anyway just a thought Malc

Don't dismiss a late example of the 3rd gen RX, up to 2015/16. I find mine to be very capabale and competent, and I don't believe they suffer with the Canbus theft issue. Apart from the rare SE on 18s, they run 19" wheels which offer greater choice than the 20s fitted to most 4th gen models. I've had no issues with mine in 4+ years and 47,000 miles. I avoided a model with a sunroof or air suspension. The latter can be an issue on the 3rd gen RX, but they dropped it on the 2016-on model.

Looks ok from what is difficult to tell just from photos. It seems to have had quite a lot of rework in the past, I wonder if chasing the same fault or something different. I think the fact that you can make the fault occur by touching the wiring is probably the best place to continue the diagnosis. I'd remove a section of the black wiring shroud back to where you were moving the wiring so you can move each individual wire to identify which one has a problem. It could well be a break in a wire if the harness has been moved a lot in the past, or it could lead to a problem at the connector/pin - especially if the wiring is a little tight when fully assembled and there has been any strain.

It does have me bamboozed/almost pulling my hair out haha

Here is some I took tonight

I can try yeah 🙂 It is going into Lexus Glasgow tomorrow morning and I am going to ask them to test the amp too 🙂

Thanks Neil, you are a star! Greatly appreciate your help!!

I think the best bet would be to get the same model from a facelift car, assuming it's the same. Have you opened it up to look at the connections on the PCB? If it is a cracked /dry solder joint or something similar it might be worth a repair. It must be something like that for it to work intermittently. https://svtservices.co.uk/lexus-mark-levinson-power-amp-repair-service/ There is a thread on here or clublexus that goes into the problem of the connections on these amps with a close up pic of a broken connector where it joins the board but I can't find it. I suspect that if all of the pins are okay then this could be the fault.

Hi Neil, Should I be looking for a different part number from what is on the side of it (86280-0w070)to avoid it happening again?

Yes that does sound like the known issue with the early amplifier. I've found one ML amp but it's not the same part number. We need to find the thread that deals with this issue to find out if it can be fixed easily.

Well it's good that you know where the problem is. It's likely to be a broken/loose connector or pin on the amp. If it is, then it might be possible to fix / solder it. There's a company in Edinburgh that have fixed amps in the past but I'm not sure if they are still doing it. I think there are a few threads on here (maybe the LS forum) and a few on clublexus that cover this type of fault. I will look for the amps I have later to see if any might help you out.

The good news is it seems to be the second connector at the back of the Mark Lev amp that is either loose (or the amp is on the way out?) When I hold in the connector the amp powers on for a few seconds and the audio comes through, then the amp fans stop and the radio goes back off. In your experience do you think its the connection needing adjusted or a new amp? Thanks,Thomas

Nvm, wrong part I was reading off, yeah mine is 86280-0w070 too!

Hi, I believe my serial number is 86011-24011

Hi again, Thanks for watching, yeah I changed the 10A and 30A radio fuses already. I have pulled the ML amp out of the boot and put it back in. Thanks, I am actually struggling to adjust the balance etc, I can get that setting up but I cant seem to adjust it as balance and fader are stuck on 5. Thanks, Ill go have a look at the amp 🙂

Thanks!! I got his working on my IS and RX, the SC doesn't want to play ball 😞

Hi Thomas, I've seen the vid, the head unit looks okay. Have you replaced the radio fuses? I would check/replace the 30A audio fuse in the engine bay and look carefully at the connection to the ML amp in the boot. Try the balance/fader knob on the head unit. If that doesn't produce anything on the head unit display then it points to a connection failure to the amp or an amp issue. I think this explains what you were trying to do but I'm not sure how much of it works on the later versions. https://www.wikihow.com/Override-Lexus-Navigation-Motion-Lock Let me know the amp part number, I may have a free spare. I think it's supposed to be 86280 - 0W070 ?

Try this:

Interesting. I recall now seeing something like this for RX. Then promptly forgot.

If anyone has an SC and has a method of getting the self diagnosis display up I would be eternally grateful haha

Cheers I tried it this morning but no luck with the SC, worked fine on my IS though!

Thank you I will give that a try!

Is it intermittent for the radio and the CD/tape or does it not work at all?

easier to press the screen when the brightness/contrast settings are displayed. press top left, then press bottom left three times.

On my GS it's (I think) ignition on, hold info, flick lights between off and sidelights 3 times.