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  1. Did my first oil change in my Rx450h today ..... every nice and smooth as you would expect until it came to re-filling with new oil .... for whatever reason, Lexus made it impossible to use a normal funnel to help avoid oil spills .... some kind of plate is immediately below the hole.. I presume because the mounted it above a camshaft.... why couldn't they adjust the casing to make it possible (grrrrr.. ) first car I've ever had like this.. ... so I decanted the 5L tub into 1L and poured it in very carefully... real pain. I can see the Lexus garage has also seen some spills in the previous services... really grates me to have spilled oil on the engine, only attracts dirt. However, I noticed the 1L tub as exactly the same thread as the filler cap (was bored while waiting for a shower to pass) .... so next time I will make use of the old 1L tub (cut down) as a makeshift funnel ... next time should be a bit easier.
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  3. No one ever said owning an aged limo would be cost free, so while I've still got some teeth left I'm biting another bullet. Last November I replaced my air shocks with new Arnott ones but they've started to make annoying rattling sounds over small bumps (just like if drop links were duff). I'm in negotiations with Arnott over it, it turns out I'm not alone. So I've ordered new spring shocks from Strutmaster, again in the US. They have Eibach springs and either Bilstein or KYB dampers. Maybe someone needs to be the guinea pig to see if they really are the solution, so let's see. They should arrive next week, although their shipping doesn't compare to Rock! Having done it once I'm hoping I can do each corner in an hour. And in case you're wondering, the car is so good it's worth the outlay I think.
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  4. a prime example of overcomplication. most likely driven by marketing. By the way for 1600 pounds you can buy a car..
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  5. Hi all Proud owner of a CT200h, picked it up this afternoon and loving the car 😃. In some respects it’s like learning to drive again, especially after watching video’s and reading how to drive and get the best out of the car. The car isn’t perfect by any means but managed to get an extended warranty for an additional 2yrs, pictures to follow. Thanks all for your help and welcome. Thanks Colin
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  6. Hello James, Thanks for the clarification.....it would have been too much of a coincidence to have turned out to have been mine. Regarding your reference to my fame, the only thing that makes me famous is being the village idiot. I’ll spare you the name of that place to protect the innocent. Enjoy your IS; TBH it’s difficult not to. I had 13 years of fault-free utter pleasure in mine. Never missed a beat. I trust you will derive the same motoring pleasure. Welcome to our community. There is a wealth of wisdom and knowledge amongst the members (I don’t include myself in that count) all of whom will help you in any way they can. BFN. PeteTP
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  7. Pictures will definitely follow once I've finished with the lil bits of work I'm doing to bring it right back to as-new! As for my stumble towards lexus ownership, it was an odd one. It was time to get rid of my Alfa MiTo Cloverleaf which I adored but no longer fit my lifestyle, I am doing a lot of miles now and really wanted a refined saloon car. I was planning treating myself and getting a new Giulia as I had just got a new job, however realised that it would be better to put the money towards other things. Thus begun my search for an older luxury saloon, I had an E46 3 series as my first car which was great but so unreliable so BMW's were out, Audi's are too common and quite frankly not refined enough and mercedes are not my style. Thus for the combination of reliability and luxury in an older car, the is250 really was the only logical choice! I'm unbelievably happy with my decision and it was exactly what I was looking for. Very happy new Lexus owner!
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  8. What a nightmare. My car is a 2009 approaching 90k miles so have contacted Lexus today to inquire about doing the preventative work and having the rad/transmission cooler replaced plus any likely ancillary parts. Had my ATF replaced earlier this year and all was clean and uncontaminated so I'm hopeful the problem had not yet started on mine. Awaiting the quote but I'll be sure to share it on here once I get it so those of us awaiting this time bomb have an idea of what it might cost to prevent it before it happens. Dan.
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  9. I noticed on my display that the AC option was flashing on and off today. I pressed it once (OFF), pressed it again (ON) and it stayed on. Will need to keep an eye on it... ( I should check the small green window too. )
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  10. just an excuse to bump up the list price of cars and advertised as 'progress'. IMO the advantages don't outweigh the disadvantages. Advantages eliminate blind spot reduce drag an amount of customisation Disadvantages loss of depth perception as you are just looking at a 2D image - difficult to judge distance and speed focus distance is near, therefore eyes need time to focus from looking out windscreen to the image displayed on the screen camera and LCD screen refresh rate lower than human eye - reaction times increased screen can be washed out by direct sunlight cost of initial purchase cost of repair - higher insurance premiums the first three reasons are why mirrors are used on multi-million pound fighter jets and not cameras/screens.
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  11. Agree with Herbie ... they look like a universal aftermarket kit ..... if they were properly integrated into the dashboard it would look better. I get the benefits of varying angles, but a mirror is pretty simple ... but the need is small (in my eyes) .... beyond auto dimming at night, I cant recall wanting any improvements to a mirror it will take a few years before these become a thing... but cars are already becoming more 'self aware' with self driving capabilities... this feels like a bit of tech that is too late
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  12. I don't use the car very much so there could be a 4 week gap between use so I guess it's not as obsessive as it might have come over as. I can tell you the oil in the RCF at the moment is still golden and clear from the last service, never trusted TPMS so I have to check them manually. I guess having owned a Lotus on and off since 1973 you get into the habit of checking your car regularly.
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  13. Thanks for looking! The vin plate doesn't show anything related to towing, pretty sure towing is a no with these.
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  14. I agree about Lexus servicing and also the warranty costs, I really can't understand why anyone would be so dumb as to not have an eye on the future sale value of your car. I've mentioned it before but my AMG CL65 was due a major service and I was quoted just under £3K from MB World Brooklands Mercedes, fortunately somebody was interested in my car and I sold it before the major service was due. Having said that I'd have swallowed the service cost because I had an eye on selling it in the future. As for the Lexus Warranty I've just re-newed mine for £900 for two years my Mercedes Warranty was £2K per annum. Anyone with an ounce of mechanical sympathy/understanding/common sense must surely know the importance of regular oil changes if not just checking oil and tyre pressures every other time you take the car out.
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  15. Do they stipulate Lexus servicing though ? No real issues with Lexus specialists but I recently saw a car that had a stamp from a back street garage at 15 months, so outside of the service schedule for warranty purposes and serviced by someone who had probably never touched an RCF in their lives, all to save some pennies. This is what I can't get my head around, why someone would buy or lease a £60k car and treat it like that. Well plenty do it appears unfortunately.
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  16. Does make you think about that! I have now checked the readings again, yes there is a difference on the values required. (year 2000 to 2003). Plug terminal to terminals was just out of spec at 1.09-1.106 k ohm.. (Required 1.5 k ohm - 1.7k ohm) but open circuit to body ground so that puts that sensor back to the supplier as faulty. Got another on order from different source and if that goes gaga then Lexus here I come! (Probably go that way anyway but when after market ones are £15-£30 ... 'nuff said!)
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  17. I have a Lexus IS 300h Sport Edition and I love it. I bought it brand new in 2015 and nowadays she still looks like new and I never had problems with it. 😎
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  18. My car history: 1. Volvo s40 1.8 GDI. Had it from 96000-195000 miles. Flawless. Aside from an air mass metre and the most tapety engine around it was a great car. It had stints for so many members of my family. It still lives I believe as a courtesy car for a small garage. 2. Alfa 156 TI 1.7 twin spark. Bought it with 50 or 60k miles on it and sold it about a year later. No problems at all, just needed to keep the oil topped up by 500ml every 2000miles. One of my favorites! 3. Subaru Forester XT 2.5. bought at 110,000 miles but with a huge service history and one owner. Head gasket went about 8,000 miles later. Crap engine, it happens to all of them. Sold it at auction for 1/5th of what I paid for it. 4. Alfa Romeo 159 TI 2.2 JTS. Had it for 6 months with no problems but the guy who had it before had timing chain issues which again are common with that crappy Opel engine. 5. 2016 Ford Fiesta ST. Bought with 3,000 miles and sold with 13,000. No problems. 6. Alfa Romeo 166 2.5 V6. Bought with 16,000 miles on the clock and sold at 21k. Totally flawless car for 20 years old. In concourse condition. Stunning machine. 7. Alfa Romeo 156 2.5 V6 - 1998. Bought for €900 5 years ago. I've spent a lot of money restoring it but it has actually been incredibly reliable and I could have driven it as is. It's never once let me down in 20,000 miles. Wishbones go very quickly in it though and the exhaust had to be replaced...with something very loud obviously. The interior is very rattly and squeaky though although everything works fine. 7. Lexus ISF - I've had it since January and the only thing it needs so far is an exhaust manifold. Build quality is exceptional although it does have a small rattle or two. All in all the Subaru is the only one that has been an unqualified disaster. They aren't worth the risk imo as the repair bills are very high. Alfas have been great in my experience and I would have zero hesitation getting another. Sent from my Lenovo P2a42 using Tapatalk
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  19. I’m a bit confused here.. so PetePT sold a very nice Is250 to Jason but didn’t as he sold his to local village idiot who then passed it onto another Pete who sold it to Jason? 😀😀😀
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  20. The last four RCF's I've looked at have had incomplete service histories or some kind of anomaly. An 18 plate, 67 plate, 16 plate and a 65 plate. I think this is down to people leasing the vehicles in early life so not really caring as they simply hand them back and also the outrageous Lexus dealership service costs for the RCF. I think some people also struggle with the concept of 12 month servicing when their vehicles are low mileage, compared to conditional servicing as offered by the opposition.Still at least Lexus still have a dipstick unlike BMW.
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  21. Hello Nilesh and welcome to the LOC.
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  22. On this version, the mirror kind of slots into the metal plate on the windscreen, but basically wobbles all over the place without the bolt. The bolt goes through the base of the mirror which is threaded with the end pushing against the plate. Basically it is the only thing that really fixes it to the screen - it is pretty intrinsic to the fixing of the mirror. Glue might be possible, but it isn't a direct fitting between the two sections as they have to be slid together - it would probably cause a bit of a mess and there might not be much glue left in contact. It seems pretty odd that they wouldn't have just gone for a standard metric bolt. I keep trying sellers who are breaking or those selling the mirrors themselves on eBay, but have had little joy in finding someone who hasn't discarded the bolt. I have one option at the moment which looks like the right thing but a long delivery time for some reason. From a 2010 model so I hope that wouldn't have changed...
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  23. You may have a bit of a drive for this one so it may be worth checking for similar companies nearer your home. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEXUS-IS-220D-STAINLESS-STEEL-CUSTOM-BUILT-EXHAUST-SYSTEM-DUAL-SINGLE-TAIL-PIPES/111085693810?hash=item19dd392b72:g:jEMAAMXQS6pRp2pm
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  24. Cost me £220 front and back discs and pads, do not bleed them without a techstream, you can push the pistons back as normal. My pins were ok so get some red rubber grease for calliper pins and brake grease for sliders Took me 3 hours with a thorough clean. The discs I got were coated so even a 18 months on they look like new. Front discs and all pads were from euro carparts and rears from Andrew page. Rears discs are a pain to find unless you want overpriced Lexus ones I paid £83 for rear discs as a comparison to Lexus Birmingham £140
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  25. Bit of bad news - After checking the main showroom brochures, the vehicle spec pages, the pricelists, and even the optional extra brochures I can find zero mention of a towing capacity. In fact even the optional extra book should have had some reference to a tow bar but nothing, zilch, zip, hee-haw in fact. I used Google translate via the camera phone over all the pages but no joy. Have attached the main pages showing the vehicle specifications in case I've missed them, should be able to run the images through a translator hopefully. Just wondering about the VIN plate - all my imports have one, shows the vehicle paint code, transmission codes, etc. You sure they haven't riveted it on somewhere? In other news, after reading through the later gen3 brochure I now want a fully specced Harrier G-Sport instead of a RX450h.. 😄
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  26. I must confess that even though I posted those two pages from the workshop manual, I've not actually looked at it in the car and so I'm still not sure what part this screw plays. What does it actually do? Does it simply hold the cover on? What I'm getting at is, could you not just forget the screw and use a bit of glue to hold the cover on instead, if that's the job of the screw? Alternatively, could it be a different thread, such as BA or something else other than metric? The text below is taken from http://www.wheels-alive.co.uk/need-to-know-series-no-4-threads-spanners-and-things/ Conceived as the age of electricity dawned to fulfil a need for small to sub-miniature nuts and bolts, BA fastener sizes are designated by a number, allocated on the basis of ‘the smaller the diameter, the higher the number.’ The series starts with 0BA – the biggest bolt diameter, at 0.236 inches (approx. 6mm). Standard diameters down to 12BA are still easily available, and the series is specified down to 25BA (0.25mm). Sizes smaller than 16BA (0.79mm) and odd numbers like 3BA, 5BA etc are rare. Extensively used in electrical and electronic equipment and fittings, over the years BA fasteners have found wide application in instrumentation and similar equipment built in Britain. Use was also widespread over many years in British motor vehicles, with BA nuts and bolts found in minor part attachments around the vehicle, and in externally sourced ancillary equipment, including fuel pumps, wiper and heater motors, dashboard instruments, and sundry auto-electrical equipment. BA nuts and bolts have their own unique spanner sizes, which, though today quite expensive, remain available. It’s also possible to obtain so called “nut spinners” (similar to a screwdriver but with a miniature socket on the end) in BA (and small metric) sizes, useful when dealing with small nuts and bolts in confined spaces. A set covering 0BA, 2BA, 4BA and 6BA should cover most classic automotive work. Since the 1970s, BA threaded components have been replaced by small metric-style fasteners, in sizes such as M2, M3, M3.5 and M4, bringing a delicious irony to what was one of the great survivors from the age of independent British engineering. The BA series dared to be dimensionally unique, but shared a 47½ degree thread angle with the small metric thread set dreamed up in 1878 by Professor Michael Thury of Geneva University and known as Systématique des vis Horlogères. The BA thread design has roots in both Joseph Whitworth’s ideas and British simplification of Thury’s complex metric thread dimensions, and survived well into the 1970s – but the Professor’s design fell by the wayside when common thread standards for metric fasteners were agreed in 1898.
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  27. Cheers 👍, haha yeh its pretty loud although on idle its not too bad... its just that deep noise when pulling away that will give it up. I will go for the Toyo R888r after these, i got these very cheap through work (£5 per tyre!) As they was taken off a sales car, i wouldnt normally go for Nankangs although these are there track tyre and have a few decent reviews, i just couldnt turn down that very cheap price to get me going on the road. I think if i go down the R888r route i will also switch to a 265 on the back rather than the 255
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  28. Welcome on board. I've just traded in my 2017 NX F Sport (for an ES, after my wife got a UX) and had no issues at all! One thing on the margins just to watch was that occasionally the buttons in the centre (above the control pad) got stuck - so be sure to keep that area clean. That was it! These things don't really break...!
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  29. Totally agree, i would not touch this with a barge pole (i really hope it doesn't bite someone!), sadly the current era of Lexus cars is well behind the latest modular chassis design, in a car as capable as these its just not worth the risk
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  30. Brake repairs depend on your ability .If your going to do the work it's just parts cost and your own time ,if your doing the job get new calliper slider pin kit + discs and pads I reckon £300 all round lexus parts direct .if your using a local garage add £150 .lexus do have menu pricing for this work .if you do it yourself your clean up parts and spend more time doing the job to your own standard .Garages will wiz wiz done and no clean up or slider kit ,Plus you can clean up back plates and re-spray etc this seems weird but in a few years they will rust and cost a fortune I've seen this on RAV4 .One of the guys on here bought a rx450h and took all the wheels of and cleaned and sorted out any surface rust and did a great job .
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  31. The real danger in repairing a heavily damaged car is getting envolved in another accident. If the initial damage was structural a second hit can be lethal as crumple zones will not be affective anymore
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  32. was torn between the V6 Legend and GS when i was deciding to change from the Accord.. Which was a fine car by the way and bulletproof engine but the GS won me over again. i still find my self lurking online looking at Legends every now and again. very understated car would have sold like toilet roll if it had a German badge on it.. When i was in the market for a nice coupe cruiser some years ago, the Accord coupes V6's caught my attention but by the time i was ready not good examples were out there so settled for Ford Cougar with the Porche built V6 engine nice cruiser for its time.. some ford models are underrated and the Cougar V6 was one of them..
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  33. Yeah you would expect to change oil every service or something, the dealer told me the last lexus service on that RCF was at 15k miles. Whats the point in owning the car if you're not going to look after it!
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  34. Wow, how could someone be so inept as to not check the oil in a car? I know both my RCF and Mini Clubvan don't seem to use oil but I still check it every two weeks just to be safe. I'm afraid I'm of the opinion you deserve all you get for such vehicle abuse.
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  35. well that's upped the possible failures list without warning .................... any more likely guys ?? I'll leave it a few days and await anymore issues, then I'll compose it into a proper schedule Thanks one and all Malc
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  36. The whole philosophy of these hybrid cars is aimed at not using the mechanical brakes. So in an ideal world they would never wear out. On a conventional vehicle, the car wastes energy when you brake, effectively throwing away the energy as heat. These hybrids aim instead to capture this energy and store it in the battery rather than throwing it away. Running the generators captures the energy and at the same time slows down the car. Of course, in the real world you need mechanical brakes for emergencies, for precise control at low speeds, and for the times when the generators are not powerful enough to slow you down as much as you need, like when coming off a motorway. But if the car is driven moderately, planning ahead for traffic light stops and so on, the experience of Britprius above (140,000 miles on original discs and pads) should be the norm.
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  38. Since the Traction control is also switched off by the VSC Off switch, should be easy enough to test if it is working or not. Try to do a burnout. If it spins up then it's disabled so push the switch once and then try again. If it still does a burnout then the VSC and Traction Control is not working and you have a problem. If it doesn't do a burnout then you just have a busted bulb/led for the VSC Off light. I'd definitely recommend reading the OBD2 codes to see what shows up there. Often it's disabled by the stupidest things like defective pre-heaters in the Lambda sensors. Why Toyota chose to disable safety features just because the car might have slightly higher emissions until it warms up is beyond me!
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  39. hello. went outside once it was dark and yes they are directional lights and were not both on at the same time so i must have had the fog lights on which is a mystery as i am normally pretty aware of what switches i have put on. anyhow all good now. thanks input from each/all of you.
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  40. It's the other way around actually. Cornering lights only work up to around 20 or 30 mph. If you look at these lights closely, you will notice that there are two lights built into the housing. Cornering lights on the outside, fog lights on the inside. Sent from my Galaxy Note 10 Plus using Tapatalk
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