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Hi Andrew, I have read what you have written, several times, boy, all that in one breath! now you're not from Italy, - where I reside - which would account for that, but there are not enough " e's or a's " as word endings. Perhaps you have got an old 'Enigma' machine and forgotten to tell us todays wheel settings! or, you may just be taking the P. I don't know. We on 'LOC,' are always willing, 'to throw a life jacket to a drowning man' and give our best council, but firstly we must understand the problem. At large we are quite a bright bunch, - after all, we are Lexus owners, mostly British, generally well travelled, but where you come from, or live, doesn't matter, (I just wish that we could write our country, instead of, 'Other/Non UK,'), our communication is done in English (UK) mainly. Having said all that, Britishness is unique, we can sit around a bare table and someone would find something humorous to say about it. this is quite visible from the replies you have had so far, - a bare lady comes under another heading!! It may be worth pointing out also, that we don't use ****** words, OR SHOUT, it's just not that sort of site. If you really have a problem with English, write in your own language or use Google translate, most of us are multilingual, we have now cracked American also, Now to your little problem. So, you were blind drunk and came of the road, landing in what you thought was a big puddle, but was in fact the Danube, however, you managed to get to the other bank and back onto Terra firma again. - the river's quite wide at Dresden, after a short period you'd sobered up enough to find, - to your surprise, that your car was flooded and that somehow water had mixed with the oil, but lucky for you, - being an intelligent Lexus owner, you had in the boot a spare set of plugs, some oil and a battery operated hair dryer, you set to work. After a short time you saw what at first looked like a large man heading towards you, but it turned out to be a large gorilla, - aren't they all, it had escaped from the local zoo, and was headed in your direction. He was a big lad and you didn't fancy any of that, so you legged it home, pretty swiftly. The next day you returned to your Lexus and tried to set fire to it, without success, so you took it to a shop that you own. Your next move was to try and get your Lexus dry and working again, some success was had, but as you hadn't checked the engine coolant, so it over heated, it also over revved for some reason, but then, this was an angry Lexus, after all you had tried to drown it the day before !! Next, you removed the 'Tps' system, the sensors are in the tyres as far as I know, so you must have removed the tyres, you also did a little clinical work in the engine bay, to try and resolve your Lexus's illness. - I think that in English we would use the gentile term, 'Blind, mindless buggering about.' Any old how, after a while you felt sufficiently confident to give your now very sick and tyre-less Lexus a test run, after you'd run 30 metres you realised that your Lexus hadn't moved, so, in your blind anger, you put a rope around it and tried to throttle it, not to mention the baby dolphin trapped inside calling/clicking for help. Now don't say all of this in one breath Andrew!!! This is my perception of your problem, if it is, I would suggest that you give your trusty Lexus a decent burial, pine coffin, gold handles and all, it deserves it, after all you've submitted it to. However, if this is an incorrect perception of what you wrote, please re-submit your original, but make it a trifle more understandable to get a better response from members. Best wishes. Michael.

This is quickly turning into the best thread of 2016 by far. Seems like Andrew is trying to rebuild a lexus in a different solar system, maybe NASA can help?

good luck with the Legend, I was close to getting one myself just a few months back but got a 3.0R Spec B Legacy instead, it too has a brilliant All wheel drive system and its a hoot to drive. Legends are fantastic but parts can be eye watering, so its something to watch out for. You cant get parts for this in a motorfactors (aside from consumables). MPG between that and my Subaru wont be that much difference but the Legend will be far more comfy. Driving rare and off the wall cars is cool and bucks the trend of what most people have with boring soulless cars. Post up pics, in the mean time some photos from Simply Japanese Fest...

Hi Andrew, 'well, I doo declare,' that I'm pleased things are beginning to go well for you, at last, I've been away at the local sanitarium for a few hours, so am having to play a little catch up as I write. I told you that we were a clever bunch of blokes on LOC. and I have to keep in trim. In my first effort I got your town/city wrong, so just substitute Colorado for Dresden and the Colorado river, for the watery bit. Sorry about that. Yes, you should be able to start your car with a set of 'jump leads,' - as we call them in the UK, attached to another car whilst it's engine is running. Just make sure that you have the polarity correct, Red = + and Black = - , but be careful, if you get it wrong you'll get a pretty firework display and a badly damaged Lexus. If by chance you have a Hybrid, do not attempt this and in any case, have a knowledgeable person with you at all times. In respect of costs, in UK we usually talk in terms of ounces of gold, not money, to get a Lexus repaired and least an arm or a leg. I would think that it is the same in the USA ? expensive toys. Now, just as a footnote, I am one of the last of the, 'Old Anglo Saxons' and I think that, 'VERBOUT' - above, was either personally, or had a relative on the field when King Harold lost his eye, so we go back a bit. Have you ever thought of using the American Lexus club, there may be an expert living near you, who could give some , 'hands on help,' free. How is the wife now? I hope she's better. Check your computer also if you can, I think its had one too many and is repeatedly sending the same message. Best wishes and good luck. Michael.

Could be an anti-theft system. Thieves get blinded before they reach the car.

What's happening.....?

Thanks Mike. I've phoned them,and they will get back to me soon. Change of number to 01273 508606.

Not sure what a Mk4 is, but in my 2002, I took the battery out and no ill effects. The clock, stereo etc all go back to zero and need to be reset. Obviously, you then need to lock it manually.

I saw this on a Mercedes website this morning and it reminded me of the happy days long before I had imagined I would ever own a Lexus. I hope that it excites your memories as much as it did mine. Regards John How Old Are You? Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favourite 'fast food' when you were growing up?' 'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him. 'All the food was slow.' ‘C'mon, seriously … Where did you eat?' 'It was a place called 'home,'' I explained. 'Mum cooked every day and when she got home from work, we sat do wn together at the dining room table, And if I didn't like what she put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.' By this time, the lad was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I'd figured his system could have handled it: Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore jeans, set foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card. My parents never drove me to school … I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed (slow). Before I had a bike I walked. We didn't have a television in our house until I was 7. It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the air at 10 PM, after playing the national anthem and epilogue; it came back on the air at about 12 noon. Pizzas were not delivered to our home … but milk was. All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers — I delivered a newspaper, seven days a week. I had to get up at 5.30 every morning except Sunday when I had a lie-in until 6.30. Film stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the films. There were no movie ratings because all movies were responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or violence or almost anything offensive. If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just do n't blame me if they bust a gut laughing. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it? MEMORIES from a friend: My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died recently) and he brought me an old lemonade bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old. How many do you remember? Headlight dip-switches on the floor of the car. Ignition switches on the dashboard. Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. Soldering irons you heated on a gas burner. Using hand signals for cars without turn indicators. Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember, not the ones you were told about. Ratings at the bottom. 1. Sweet cigarettes 2... Coffee shops with juke boxes 3... Home milk delivery in glass bottles 4... Party lines on the telephone 5.. Newsreels before the movie 6. TV test cards that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (There were only 2 channels [if you were fortunate]) 7.. Peashooters 8. 33 rpm records 9. 45 rpm records 10. Hi-fis 11. Metal ice trays with levers 12. Blue flashbulb 13. Cork popguns 14. Wash tub wringers If you remembered 0-3 = You're still young If you remembered 3-6 = You are getting older If you remembered 7-10 = Don't tell your age If you remembered 11-14 = You're positively ancient! I must be 'positively ancient' but those memories are some of the best parts of my life. Don't forget to pass this along! Especially to all your really OLD friends …. I just did! (PS. I used a large type face so you could read it easily). Regards John

Didn't have one in any of mine

Hi Barry Pretty sure not. There is an optional self-input security code though for the sat nav unit as theft prevention. It is optional and you can set/not set/change it. Before you do anything you may want to access the security settings via the unit menu and see if the security feature is on or off. You may be able to switch it off without entering the code given that you have the ignition key - not sure.

There is a place in Brighton called http://grovegarage.co.uk/ They dont have a problem with LPG. They have worked on mine and many other LOC members.

Horse drawn rag and bone man... Cars with indicators that flipped up at the side... Early closing on a Wednesday afternoon...

I had the same problem a knocking sound ( like a clang ) only when cold in first or reverse gear when first setting off but because of the vibration of the noise we could not pin it down after numerous visits and many many parts being replaced lexus could not find the fault after several months of going back and fourth no joy even the visit of the so called lexus expert could not replicate the noise I even had the lexus mechanics on a few occasions come to my work place put the bonnet up an sit on the engine while I drove the vehicle slowly they hear the clang say ok take it away then a few days later drop it off saying fixed only to hear the noise the following morning so fed up spoke to a mechanic friend and he said straight away top mount I phoned lexus to book it in and change it hey presto no noise now a happy driver lol

OK boys lets keep it friendly. .

You have done your fronts - you will manage the rears no problem. Just take your time. It is an easy job and one an owner should understand as if not regularly greased the pins WILL seize. I do mine every 6 months - doesn't take long as you will find out and its good to understand how they work. I use Toyota rubber grease for mine - have done for a while with no issue but a lot of people use different greases with the same effect. Just don't use anything that will attack the rubber boots (a lot of the greases wont state compatibility on the tub) Pictures below are from the post I made on how to change the rear disks but will show the parts in question - picture 2 below shows the calliper rotated to its lower pointy before removal - the top bolt is visible still in the rubber boot. At this point it will slide off. It looks like I didn't take the pads out first when I don't this. Picture 6 below indicates the pins holding the pads in the calliper. There is only 1 securing pin (arrow 1) securing the pins in the calliper. Arrow 2 are the two brake pad pins that hold the pads in the calliper that need to be cleaned. Once the securing pin is out then the pins can be tapped out with a hammer and a nail punch or something similar. The image below is of the brake pad pins after a clean - they wont be spotless but you should be able to get them smooth (rustless) As well as this, re-apply copper slip to the shims before putting the pads back in to prevent brake squeal.

Can't see, too much vibration in the picture. A simple push/pull of the offending part or using a pry bar is usually enough.

They won't stay that way for long. The brake dust is something else