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Well March 10th struck down with Covid, hospitalised Apr 6th, and only this week did I get the LS out for a drive to the office to pick up some papers so I could work at home. So after so long not driving (other than short trip to get MOT sorted and there was no other cars about), the 15 miles to work was weird. Firstly forgot what happens when you put your foot down with a 4 litre engine Secondly seems like everyone coming the other way is a potential threat (I recall that feeling when I was learning to drive) Judging the width of car had me all over the place - just need a bit more practice But such a lovely car to be in compared my wifes new Mazda (which is okay, just not an LS). Roads busier than I was expecting, but quiet enough for me to start building confidence. Looking forward to when I have the stamina to drive out to see some friends in Wales, but suspect Dr will say take it easy for a while longer. Also decided to touch up key scrape down both off-side doors, just to make the car a little tidier looking, as not got the cash to splash on a respray. For sure it will still show, but not as bad as having a five foot squiggly white line. Just need to complete the job so that it looks okay(ish)

My experience with sale repairs suggests that it will be a mobile repair. My last RX450h had a tear in a door trim and after repair it was difficult to tell it had been done.

Glad you are on the mend Pete. Your observations mirror mine after being cocooned for 22 weeks. Take care, work less enjoy more and remember that our are not marked "return".

Well that settles it, halogens it is, thanks!

No matter how sure we are that our trusty steed will pass it's MOT, it's still a relief when it does. Glad to hear that you are now without interferance - - although as man becomes more immersed in technology, this will happen more frequently in future - - I'm just waiting for the day when some 'erbert near me, instructing his drone to simulate a barrel-loop, co-instructs my pacemaker to speed up!

Now that I can drive my car again ( no reoccurrence of the interference ), just had my Service and MOT. All fine, for a 17 year old car, apart from a hole under the rear nearside wheel arch requiring patching and welding. It's a bit of a mud trap. Japex did a great job though...

The front brakes on the GS450H are no different to the non hybrid versions as there is no drive to the front wheels. So I do not see the problem of it being a hybrid. If you find a local machine shop, and take the discs to them to be skimmed they will probably charge you less than £50 to skim them. John.

Welcome back Pete. 🙂

Shahpor, you are right regards the price of the new discs, our cars have massive front discs and they cost much more than lets say GS300h would. If you remember we were all surprised at the price Lexus charged you initially, it was a very good price. What I want to say, I had a very similar issue (I think I still some times do) with brakes - pulsing, and whatever I did it didn't help, I tried a few hard stops, I lubricated pins and slides, I changed pads and at the beginning it was slightly better but then judder was coming back, actually it got worse after a few hard brakes. So I phoned a couple of places in Glasgow regards skimming the front discs, the price would be just under £100 per disc, the main reason is that they are massive! So, some company have you remove the front discs and some can do it while the brake discs are on the car, bare in mind. Anyway, none of the companies were able to help as one of them had a broken machine and a 2nd one i can't remember tbh. So I started to talk to my wife, preparing her basically that I need to spend quite a few pennies on a new brakes hoping it will fix the problem, bare in mind, at that point I already had 4 new sets of pads all round, when she said that her workshop at work (she works in a big factory that do pumps) might help, next day she phoned me and said that the guys can do it and they do brake discs ALL THE TIME but they need to be removed. By then, for me to remove both front discs (I re-lubricated them twice within 2 months) would take 20 minutes, so I removed both discs and the guys skimmed them, I tell you, these brakes were never that good, it actually made me stop thinking of changing the car as by that time I was really ****** off with the quality of braking! So, it was all done about 8-9k miles ago, when I said it sometimes comes back, I was not joking, I am not sure why it is though, it is mostly at slow speeds, just before stopping but in most times the brakes are fine. May be yours do need to be lubricated, cleaned and put back together, now I do it to Lexus brakes this procedure every 4 months or so, last time it was done in April, took me couple of hours. So, if your discs have plenty life in them, take them to any machine shop around and get them skimmed, with the mileage you do they will easily last another couple of years! Especially if no one can promise that new discs won't have the same issue, get more out of your old ones! Do check any machine shop 1st, before you go to people who specialise on it, you might pay half the price and for a distance cnc machinist it is a pretty simple operation! Shahpor, keep us updated and good luck, I do hope you will sort the brakes! By the way, I do hold the car as well by brakes while stationary at the traffic.

Shahpor, Has anyone actually measured the warping? I wonder in view of advice on this thread if removing the rotors, thoroughly cleaning the hub and flange and refitting in orientation which gives least run-out might be worth a try. John

The MOT changes now make them illegal. If you've passed the new test since then, you've either had a lenient tester or one who doesn't know what he's doing - or maybe one who just doesn't care. The new rules state that the light source must be the correct type for the light fitting. In other words, if it's a fitting designed for halogen bulbs then anything other than halogen in there is a fail; if it's a fitting for HID, then anything other than HID is a fail, and so it is with LEDs too.

Apologies for confusing people earlier, it was the one in the original link at the top. Now only 7 hours to go, still £1800. Based on Royoftherovers comment, wonder what stopped previous sale.

I have read other comments about the seat bolster is on the I S 300 wearing quickly, that said mine is in good condition still despite my high mileage. If a Lexus dealer is going to get a professional in to repair it there is a very good likelihood that it will be done to an incredibly high standard, Smart repairers can work a multitude of miracles. Worst case scenario if you are not happy with the repair on the seat you can walk away from the deal, I appreciate that’s a massive letdown after building yourself up and looking forward to the new experience of Lexus ownership but, ultimately if you’re not happy with the vehicle then You may need to walk away from it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There is a buyers and sellers corner section if you scroll through the forums. In any event you should have no trouble in selling the front to back side rails. There have been 4 or 5 people seeking these since I have been on this forum including me (and I had to buy new as not readily available used)

Ride quality is a very subjective thing. There are cars that are noted for a soft ride particularly many French models whereas many German cars give quite a hard ride. Yet even with the latter there are owners who fit still larger wheels with ribbonlike tyres and compound this by fitting shorter and higher rate springs and shorter and firmer shocks. This is fine for the track but for general road use must provide a bone shaking ride on our poor roads. To such drivers the RX suspension must feel very soft! My RX450h has air suspension and I find the ride about right for me and the type of car it is. My regret is that I didn't try a conventially sprung model to make a direct comparison before purchasing mine but on other marques air suspension is supposed to give a smoother flatter ride. (Road testers took a particularly strong view of this on the Audi Q5 for example). It is interesting that Lexus dropped air suspension for the 4th Generation RX450h. One can only speculate on whether this was becase they had had a lot of trouble with the air suspension on previous generations, wanted to keep costs down or found a combination of springs/shocks that were at least as good as provided by air suspension. Use to which a car has been put and the way it has been treated as well as age and mileage, tyre type, size and pressure can all make small differences. I rembering reading a road test by a regular tester who found a 3rd Generation RX450h bouncy and floaty which mine is not, so as I said subjective.

I would get brake judder after a lot of town driving, in my CLS55 but this disappeared after a couple of high speed stops. The most common cause of brake judder is not ensuring that the disc to hub interface is spotlessly clean when replacing the discs. Just the smallest spec of rust and crud can throw the disc out and after a period of use cause judder or more descriptively, a pulsing on application.

Used CT owner here. Recently drove from Edinburgh to Teesside to visit family. On reaching my destination, noticed horrible scraping/squeaking noise coming from underneath the car which necessitated a visit to Lexus Teesside to check it out before making the return journey. As suspected it was the loose exhaust heat shield problem which is a well known issue with this model. Heat shield was resecured and an ongoing issue with the tyre pressure was also reset and resolved (without asking for this to be looked at) Car was also given a quick clean and vacuum all for the total price of £15 ! Nice to know wherever you travel, you're never far away from good customer service from Lexus :-)

i spent a lot of time looking into trackers, in the end i decided to spend my money on trying to stop the thieves taking the car in the first place,

Thanks for all the replies. I spoke with my local Lexus dealership today and he has reassured me that they have not had any issues with past replacements carried out by autoglass, so i feel a lot more comfortable with this and all of your comments. Booked in for tomorrow so I will give it a go.

Hi everyone, I´m a new member of the group, I am a proud owner of a 2001 Lexus IS 200. I hope i can help you as much as you can help me.

Megazip ( https://www.megazip.net/zapchasti-dlya/toyota/computer-navigation-8684148060?q=86841-48060 ) come back with that part number only fitting the Rx350 and Rx400 from 2005/2006 onwards. Dec.

Most people seem to go for an upgrade to an android based system instead

Not really surprising Re skimming - don't bother. Look on the bay - you can get pads and discs for way less and the labour's the same - you would need new pads. It's never worthwhile skimming normal cars brake discs. Sent from my PSP7551DUO using Tapatalk

Lexus Indie Garages (1).docx Time to consider an Indie Shahpor ? I`ve attached the current list.

Many thanks Paul.My mistake. Sorry .

I've been missing proper DRLs for my GS450h... mainly because here in Finland, we need to use some headlights even in day time. And the AUTO option of GS will switch all lights off if it is bright enough... So, I installed Osram Led DRL+Fog lights to replace the original fog lights. https://www.osram.com/ecat/LEDriving FOG-LED fog lights-Cars-Automotive Lighting/com/en/GPS01_1074552/PP_EUROPE_Europe_eCat/ZMP_1188268/ I first disassembled the original fog light housings, then manufactured custom brackets from aluminium. Here is couple of pictures of the process & end result: Old parts: New parts: End result: Have to say I'm really happy with the end result! 😉 BR. Sami

It`s been on before and if the reason for sale is true, it should have been sold immediately, in my view.

I find it strange that many people buy leather treatment products to treat a plasticised material. "Leather" certainly is not what it used to be !

That's good news. I must confess it's difficult to really see the issues from the pics. However once you get your car treat yourself to some Gliptone leather conditioner. I use it on all my car's leather seat's. Easy to use and gives the car a lovely leather car smell. https://www.liquidleather.co.uk/leather-care-c57/conditioners-c85/gt11-leather-conditioner-250ml-p157 Sent from my G8142 using Tapatalk

That looks similar to my car when I purchased mine. Mines a 64 plate and had just under 21k on the clock. What mileage has yours done as I don't see it mentioned... Sent from my G8142 using Tapatalk

As much as we'd like to believe that a car is a purely rational purchase based on financial values and long-term planning, if that were really true we'd all be driving Fiat Pandas or something. I would never have considered a vehicle from the German manufacturers because long-term reliability is no longer a priority for those brands. I also wanted the latest-generation hybrid system, as we're not quite there with electrics yet. Running costs attracted me as well, especially compared to my last car which was so thirsty I avoided using it. But I'm also logically aware of all of the shortcomings, the areas where other manufacturers provide more attractive offerings: a) Outright performance b) Interior/cargo space c) Cost d) High-speed fuel economy e) Infotainment Ultimately, my decision was weighted towards the aspects that appealed to me, both logically and emotionally. I had to be able to justify the purchase to myself certainly, but I also had to *want* the car I chose. Aren't cars fun? 😄 Nick

Welcome! Having owned a couple of Lexuses (Lexi?) then jumping to BMW (118i) and VW (Polo) I'd never go back to those again (both awfully unreliable). Like any forum, there are woes aplenty (go to the BMW ones and there are pages and pages of common issues) expressed but overall, from my experience, you can't beat Japanese for build quality and reliability. Lexus just seek to top it off with added luxury. Hope the CT serves you well. Driving a self charging hybrid is an initially weird experience but gets more fun over time I find.

I have a feeling that they will have a "specialist" come repair it at a lowish cost for them. They would not replace the covers with new. My IS was under warranty for unusual wear given the mileage and they honoured it, but under extended warranty conditions its not covered. I would inspect it throughly and try to get them in writing does the repair have any guarantees at all. At least within that time frame you'll at least have some piece of mind. There are good aftermarket leather services that specialise in leather repair but from what I've seen they are workshop based and very few and far between. I very seriously doubt if Lexus would ship the car out to have repaired for a sale car. Anyway thats my assumption. I could be wrong, but having best friends in dealerships it seems the norm to use people like 'Chips Away" etc

I have no problem with the HUD. Like most things it is a question of getting used to it. Its important to adjust it to get it to the optimum position for your personal comfort. If wearing polarised sunglasses it needs to be switched maximum brightness.

Welcome to the LOC Gavin! I too was a previous VAG customer for over 17 years. After terrible customer service I finally went over to Lexus summer last year and love the CT! You will definitely be happy with this brand. My local dealer Lexus Birmingham is fantastic! Well done on making the move 👍

Guys, Granny sucking eggs and all that but please check and double check the terminal configuration before connecting up a new battery to your pride and joy, as can be seen from above some retailers do not supply the correct battery ( terminals in wrong posistion) for your car and if you inadvertently connect it up with terminals at the back ( where they should be so as not to stretch them to the front edge of the battery! ) then you will end up in a world of pain with blown main bus bars and fuseable links = £££'s.

The AA (which runs Lexus breakdown) and the RAC use multi-fit spare wheels. A large percentage of new cars don't have spare wheels so instead the breakdown service will fit its own wheel. You can then drive the car to get the flat tyre repaired or replaced and the multi-fit wheel is returned to the breakdown service. Here's the AA's webpage explaining it. I also came across this training video the AA produced for their breakdown staff. It's too long for me to watch all of it! But it was interesting to see that there's a certain amount of complexity to fitting the wheel correctly.

This is the first time I hear of such a lot of hot air from people who are supposed to be professionals. If this happens in uk what would they expect to happen in hot countries like UAE! I changed my front rotors by originals some time ago and as far as I remember, there is no brand engaved on them, only the minimum thickness. I would conclude that they fitted rotors out of a rejected batch or non original rotors. Inferior quality and lower price is associated with poor casting and machining resulting in poor performance. Chris

Certainly holding the brakes on whilst stationary if car has just previously had the brakes strongly applied can cause pad material to transfer to the discs. However, if this is the case, I would expect both front discs to be similarly affected. Ask them to explain the discrepancy if you have not yet done so. If the pads were sticking in the caliper this might be a possibility but should have been determinable when individual brake performance plotted and was not offered as a base cause of problem.

Yes. It stops the car creeping forward! John

Hello John, you are running the same tyres as myself I find the ride to very smooth and compliant. I did also own a Jaguar (S-Type facelift) many moons ago, had the best ride of any car I have owned, nothing rides like a Jaguar. Unfortunately it's very difficult to make an SUV ride and handle like a car.

According to Toyota this should be the part number for the female plug 90980-12303, 6 pin inline waterproof ( not too sure on the last word looking at the damage!) There is nothing mentioned for the male connector fitted to the compressor but a decent auto electrician will be able to re-pin both the plug and socket.

Hi My RX450 runs with Michelin Cross climates "SUV", 235/55R19. I have 35psi all around and find this is great for a smooth/quiet ride!

Nail, head. Comparing a Jag saloon with an SUV is apples and oranges. I had an RX300 before my current RX450h and have been more than happy with the comfort, effortless driving and general waftiness with both of them 🙂

Gary, Also, the inside of the rim where tyre sits on it may have some corrosion which is causing leaky seal. Removing tyre, cleaning rim and replacing will cure that. John

I've got an aftermarket intake and deactivated the flap, it growls a lot more low down!

My ISF and F30 🙂 Both of them were my dream cars when I was younger.

2010 USB ISF - all options ticked by first owner. Was my first choice for a colour and it was the right choice 😀

On the steering wheel controls you can set the trip to show MPG from Reset or from Start of journey or from last fill-up. The default is since last reset so this will be since you picked the car up unless you reset it. I am not sure why they get more efficient... it may just be that things loosen up but after a few thousanf miles you do see the figures go up by a few MPG. You can also learn to drive the hybid by looking how it is storing energy... The trick with the prius was to accelerate quicky up to speed and then back off the gas completely so that the EV light comes on then catch up the speed on the throttle position in EV to maintain the speed. Likewise ensuring your battery has good charge by going a little quicker on an A road before you start a hilly climb gives much better battery assistance and greater fuel economy. You can then recharge the battery on the decent by gently braking all the way down the hill to increase charge... If there is someone behind you and you don't want to dazzle them with constant brake lights you can drop down a gear on the paddles and it has the same braking effect (on the prius you have a B position on the gear lever for just this reason on the 300h the paddles do just fine). It can actually be quite fun challenging yourself on a route you do often to see just how much better MPG you can get. The MPG unlike most cars is very dependant on how you drive it.