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Thanks for all of the replies. I have decided to buy out the finance and keep the car for another coupe of years and then see what is on offer then.

Good, glad you managed to get it sorted 👍

Could be wrong but I don't think dealers remove the pins and regrease. If they're seized they replace the whole caliper. Or that's what I recall from a conversation with Lexus Sheffield re: my RX.

The car is back with me, it was only one sensor that need replacement. I didn't have a chance to check the work they have done on the wheels neither to check which sensor they have changed as it was dark and raining, hopefully this morning will be dryer so i can go outside and have a look and take a photo. I also wish to give a car a proper wash but the weather disagreeing with me, it is cold, frosty over nights and roads treated so the car will get dirty pretty quickly if I go even for a short drive. It is clean inside though, i usually clean inside once a week. Beautiful! Nice photo!

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spoke to him today, he certainly knows his stuff. He's confirmed the battery is dying and replacing a few cells will get me out of trouble short term but in the long term its a new battery that's required. He can supply and fit a new battery for the same money as Toyota can supply but the cells are supposedly able to hold 15% more energy and they last longer, as a result ev performance and overall mpg will be better than previous. The battery will be replaced soon and Im pretty sure im going to go down the new route. I plan on keeping the car for another year, by which time it will have about 230,000 miles on the clock when I come to sell it. I'm just hoping that a receipt and a new battery will help me to sell the car......and all the other receipts that I have for the car as well.

AA's quote of £541.17 - now ring them and negotiate, you may well get it for under £500. Give it a try.

Check out some of the Paintless Dent removal videos on Youtube. Some of their work is amazing.

About the question, no the is200 is an indirect injection, it injects the fuel on top of both intake valves. I did a very basic video showing the process and explaining all the steps to take and recommendations to get the best result, is being uploaded as we speak so ill post it here in a couple of minutes once it's ready.

Straight forward insurance claim through Admiral I'd say. As Steve says, GAP/Asset covers you for something 10x worse (ie a write off) but the others aren't relevant.

Hello Sunil, welcome to the LOC and sorry to see the damage to your new NX. The main damage appears to be to the plastics around the rear arch, these would hopefully have absorbed most of the impact so damage beyond this to the metal structure should be minimal if any. The plastics are generally clip on or screwed. The door should knock out with a decent body shop and paint job. If you go via your insurers it shouldn’t be a write off but if that is the case you have the gap insurance, your NCB will of course suffer plus your premiums due to a claim.

Plus here’s how to strip a seat down, everyone needs a pair of hog ring pliers 😀

Well, that's not too horrific I guess... clearly pays to shop around! Although if you have modified those socks in any way you must tell your insurer!

Here is how to test the seat cushion heater continuity (1997 model):

The LC500h and the LS500h in the UK use Lithium-Ion traction batteries. The ES worldwide was using a NiMH one but Japan started using Li-ion sometime last year and the MY21 models built in the US also now do, but it seems not the European ones which is a shame as the boot space is bigger and it does slightly improve mpg. I suspect all the red tape of getting the new model type approved for Europe wasn't worth it, and the price increase might has nudged it over tax thresholds.

I purchased & installed one of these & I am well happy, works exactly as described

This taking advantage of existing customers is not limited to Insurance. We have the Radio Times delivered through their Subscriptions people each month and have just received a letter saying the price will be going up to £91 for 6 months of issues. This was quite an increase, so I checked on Internet and found W H Smith cheaper. I rang Radio Times Subscriptions on this and they immediately dropped the price to £65 which I accepted. (It was a little less than W H Smith even). Seems you need to haggle these days. Now must look at that subscription to SKY.............

50mph for me. As soon as I exceed 50 the petrol engine switches on. As others have said, the slightest increase of pressure on the accelerator at speeds between about 30 and 50 will do the same. Have to treat the accelerator like it has eggs underneath it!

Thanks. Had a little jiggle of the jump leads and all’s well now. Guess was just a dodgy connection. Was in a bit of a rush as it’s snowing quite heavily!

Silly question but what are you jump starting it with? have you got a good enough connection, if you have no joy why not take the battery out and charge it overnight(assuming you have a charger)

This is unfortunately one of the pitfalls of buying from abroad, the packaging gets thrown around so many times. My order from Rock which arrived last week had a couple of spark plugs completely out of their boxes, thankfully not damaged.

Hi Vlady I've no idea why anything was done on my car in its history. I've only had it 6 months.

I've always found Car and Classic's website very good. It tends to attract serious buyers, and it's free.

Well my order is in. Great that I can track on Lexus Link. Dealer thinks we are looking at April but maybe a little sooner. No rush to be honest as can't go far at the minute 🙂

https://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/tutorials/article/270-1996-ls400-removal-of-centre-console-trim-and-climate-controlaudio-unit/

I posted something under the How To heading about removing the centre console. Basically it just clips in. Carefully lever the wooden trim up at the rear first, although removal is easier if the gear selector is in drive or neutral.

+1 My car and my wife's car - both when under warranty had sized callipers. Lexus simply replaced them ...

Just finished another call with my dealer regarding CarPlay. They recommended to call/send e-mail/letter directly to the importer (Toyota (GB) PLC in UK). The dealers themselves have very little power to put pressure on Toyota/Lexus Europe (Toyota Motor Europe) to get the ball rolling regarding the development. I have sent an e-mail to Toyota Baltic (importer in my region) regarding that. If we put enough pressure on the importers, then they might make it more of a priority. I encourage everyone that wish to have it on their LC/LS to send a polite reminder that the retrofit is highly anticipated - the number of requests matters! People outside of the UK should contact your local importer (your local dealer can provide the required contacts).

If it was easy to do or if I knew for a fact that penetration oil would do the job I would be doing this on a regular basis!

I agree with observing the rules of the forum, but when I got a number of bell notifications about a reply I had made to the post, and wished to see on clicking the bell I was informed "I did not have permission to view this content". No explanation on why that made me wonder. I had done something wrong? John.

Perhaps along with regularly checking the caliper pins we should be putting a drop of penetrating oil on the tyre valve stems? John

Hi. I had a similar problem with my SC which had been unused for a while before I bought it last summer. A liberal dosing of WD 40 between mirror and its bracket did the trick. Good luck - and enjoy

It’s actually better than 99.9. The reading can’t go any higher. I’d say this is easily 135.6 mpg

Just been on My Lexus. Both rear brake calipers were replaced on my car in June 2016 @ 58k miles. I looked at my calipers in autumn. The pins and sliders came away easily so I greased them up and put them back in. So definitely yes to checking them at least once a year depending on mileage done.

Swapped the cars on the drive, nothing else to do!

Hello folks Been many years since I checked in on the Lexus Club, and very happy to see a few Aristos lurking! I was enjoying looking through this post when I found a pic of my Aristo - Black with the 19" Advan Sienna II's. Well, its still alive I'm happy to say, although currently undergoing some significant repair work. I'm hoping to have it back on the road in the summer... Now I know there is still some limited Aristo related activity here I'll check in more often! Take care all Tony

Just checked and my Lexus Breakdown Cover is part of my Extended Warranty, not my service plan.

Did the annual service at the dealer and got the car cleaned.

^^ Agree about the interior, it’s superb! I think they were - as usual for the motoring press - making their point about the infotainment but conflating that with the interior in general. Journalistic standards these days aren’t what they were!

Will be giving this a go, sounds like a real time saver, as I prefer to have MP3 physically on phone to play in car, but at home on PC just stream spotify. I have been using Audacity to record and then edit for last 12 years, works well, but time consuming, given I have about 4000 tracks stored from Spotify. By the way anyone wanting a DRM for BBC iPlayer, should look at Get iPlayer (on Github). Means I watch the programs I pay my licence fee for, when I want, not within 28 days. Get Iplayer (Installation)

here an image of glyn's premium audio boot install

Without a crystal ball? I doubt it Seriously though, it could be any one of a hundred things. You need to do some methodical, logical, diagnostics and fault-finding or, if you haven't got the necessary tools or skills, take it to a proper auto electrician - not a general mechanics garage but a time-served and qualified auto electrician.

I too thought about putting an "old geezer" no my insurance but as I am 74 and my wife is 76 it's getting quite difficult to find any friends who qualify.

Congratulations to both - shows another advantage of being forum members.

Excellent news Paul, thanks for the update. Any piccies of the handover ceremony? What`ll you get now Paul in the RX lineup? Let`s hope she comes back and reveals her new offspring.

You can often find the ADVICS ones on ebay for £120/130 from a Lexus trader...like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-OEM-Lexus-IS220D-IS250-N-S-Passenger-Side-Rear-Brake-Caliper/232707467941?epid=2235156801&hash=item362e722aa5:g:ZV8AAOxyc2pTYkt-

At my garage it cost £39 for all 4 to check and re-grease... 'Grease is the word'

No wheels need to be off the vehicle. We are not all mechanical minded, so do not be afraid to ask better safe than sorry. Plenty on utube and the like. It seems daunting but is not really. Like above have said if your not confident you may know some body who is. Like most of us on here, things seems scary or complicated and really are not. At the end of the day we can not all be good at everything. Learning and doing these kind of jobs is satisfying and also saving money.

Is it a job that can be done with the wheels on? ( Forgive my ineptitude )

From past experience I have stopped using the usual choices of either molysuphide? or copper grease on my slider pins, I now used RRG (Red Rubber Grease) which is quite thick and only needs a thin smear but up to now 100% effective in preventing seized slider pins.