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Well as my car hit 150,000 today I decided to go into reverse and so bought this beauty. It's one year older than my car on an 04 plate and 49,000 less miles. It's in gorgeous condition having only had 2 owners, full service history and only failed 2 tests in the past. (Incidentally that's 1 more than my old car). So, this being my third 430 in Canterbury blue with cream interior it didn't take long looking round it before the deal was done. This has one thing more than my previous car which is the adaptive cruise control radar system, an optional extra at the time. Obviously I can't keep them both so my '55' will be on the move once the reg plates are sorted.

Hello gents, It has been awhile since I've been on the forum. But I did promise to give an update if there was any changes to my GSF (cc. @Big Rat). I've done a few things to it, mostly aesthetics. Here's a few thing's I've done to it to make it my own :- Lowered with Tein Coilover Suspension Tankless Aircup liftsystem for the front Remote Valved Catback Exhaust System by Bulletperformance Tom's Racing from lip and sideskirts Dixcel Japan brake pads RR Racing Air Oil Seperator Full front end PPF Have a great day everyone.

I would strongly recommend you either buy another set of Lexus brand sensors or use the old ones. despite having good quality units fitted to mine they don't seem to like being 'paired' to the Lexus.

Thanks. I know 150,000 miles isn't a problem with these cars but the one I've just bought has 101,000 on the clock and the interior is spotless and still has the lexus carpet mats. The bodywork is tidier too. There's always going to be a point when you look at your car and think that certain areas could do with improvement, i.e. because of scratches or maybe a carpark ding. 2 of the front proximity sensors had coroded and stopped them from working and it's understandable with a cars of these years that they're not going to be perfect so I suppose it's it's just me looking to get as near as damn it to that. The wheels on my 55 plate car were poor and rather than having them re - furbished which really is just the face of the wheel I opted to buy some aftermarket wheels which looked smart, not overstated and as close to the originals as possible.

Hi Bill, Picked it up yesterday, very pleased with it, well worth the wait!

The official capacity for the UX250h is 43 litres. I've averaged 47.8MPG over 16k miles of various types of driving, which translates to between 400 and 500 miles to a full tank, depending on weather conditions, weight of right foot etc. A larger tank, and therefore longer cruising range would be nice, as it is I can just about manage a week's commuting if the weather's not too cold. I feel like an extra 20 litres wouldn't make much of a difference to the handling of an 1,580kg car, but would be very useful for folks like me. Nick

Very nice looking Mark 👍 I am curious though as to the reason for the change?

Congratulations! Both cars look very clean, hard to tell they are more than 15 years old!

Intensive use would be things like towing a caravan, carrying heavy loads, or driving over rough/hilly terrain for extended periods. Basically anything that might put extra strain on the transmission.

Well there’s at least one in the country!!! The nice thing about the non painted fenders is that if you scrape one, you just pop a new one on rather than getting it painted.

Relatives lease their Volvos a XC60 and also a V90. Wife has had 4 XC60 and Husband has V90. Had a few BMW's in their day and Jag E pace. Come back to, or stick with Volvo. Great if you can afford to lease, or new under warranty, then buy another. Say's not had a problem. Owns his own company and has covered 40k a year in the Volvo's at various times when out bringing in new clients. He loves his Volvo. First owned Volvo was a 1999 V70. I like the models that are rear wheel drive. 240, 740, and 940. Owned all 3 models since 2002. Cheap, under £400 and reliable. Currently have a 1996 Volvo 940. Run in at 207,000. As new as I would go with Volvo is a phase 1 V70. I also have a Toyota Auris Hybrid. James.👍

Suggest you remove oil filler cap and check there is no evidence of water mixed with oil on underside. Could you do a compression test on each cylinder? Sometimes a crack can close up as engine becomes hot. Hope it's not that or head gasket.

Guy at work has a Mokka with lots of injector re-placements prior to his ownership, surly its some sort of PUG underneath it all? As for Volvo I saw on the BBC a few years back that nobody has died in a XC90 RTA since 2002 so at least they really are safe. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43752226

It was mine. Full history, new brakes etc etc. dealer bought it off my drive last summer. I think the dealer over priced it and painted the exhaust for who knows what reason. Selling it at that price I can only assume he made his margin from the draw.

Evening Folks, Finally cleared the fault and everything is back to normal, the issue was a leaking sun/moonroof blocked drain.... Herbie et al, kindly guided me towards the US Lexus forums and its all there in a fair amount of detail and not overly difficult to diagnose and fix either. To stop the water collecting in that piece of box section/cavity I removed the front bolt holding the black sill cover on and worked the little plastic drain loose. (It reminded me of one of those kayak type drain plugs) As I said above the internal grommets inboard of that area yielded a fair amount of water also. So I've dried out the passenger foot well and the two of the dash lights went off automatically, I cleared the 3rd with my Veepak OBD reader and she running like a dream again. Thanks to all (on both sides of the pond) to remove my pond from the footwell! Regards, JJTJ

Bore size, GSF’s have a bigger bore whereas PPE’s are probably the same bore as ISF manifolds

Looks perfectly normal to me, is it smoke or just steam upon first start up with low ambient temperature then dissipates once exhaust is hot ?

Not a good news according to TOYOTA Japan group news report regarding the production in February 2022 https://global.toyota/jp/newsroom/corporate/36745968.html The website statement translated to english as followed: Due to repeated review of production plans due to the lack of parts supply due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, etc., we apologize for any inconvenience and inconvenience to our customers and related people who are waiting for them. Thank you very much for your great cooperation in maintaining production. The production plan for February is planned to be about 700,000 units globally. Currently, the demand for feet is very high, and we were aiming for a high production plan in February, but due to the high demand for semiconductor tightness in all industries, we will review about 150,000 units globally. With this review, the full-year production for the fiscal year ending March 2022 is expected to fall below 9 million units. Regarding the shortage of semiconductor-related parts, we will continue to scrutinize the situation and further consider alternatives to other semiconductors while discussing with related companies in anticipation of further prolongation. We will continue to work hard together with our related suppliers to take all measures against the shortage of parts and deliver the car to our customers as soon as possible. Due to the review of these plans, the domestic suspension in February is as follows. We apologize to our customers and related suppliers for the inconvenience caused by this change.

Dip

Never noticed any difference at all. 244 mile journey to bring it home and it was just as smooth. Both still on airbags.

Surely that would only be if the details on the policy are correct? On mine it just says the engine size, doesn't say anything about power.

I concur with you …i have 3 sets of alloys for my RCF and all fitted with tpms 19 OEM with OEM tpms all works perfect 2X 20” with good quality TPMS fitted which only 1 set 1/2 reads them ie are being read and no warning lights showing but does obviously if pressure goes down but it doesnt give me the individual pressure readings on dash… other set i have the warning symbol on dash, regardless garage spent ages trying to get car to read them……they wont marry up 100%

Here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264429713173

That's a niiiiice sounding zorst Sam. Me thinks you should post a few pics of your car whilst on the ground.

What car model would this diffuser fit into? The regular IS250 or the ISF mk3?

Just to verify: sometimes they use standard 0W-30 oil for all models (not so professional if Lexus official service does). Another think to verify is the oil level that should NOT exceed the max level at WARM engine.

I've taken all extra measures to make sure it will deploy as correctly as possible 🙂 like i mentioned in my original post that even if it deploys correclty, it's all about timing. If the timing is way off then it will effect it's effectiveness. But I have take measures to make sure the timing is minimally effected as possible by allowing the breaking points to snap easily 🙂 I'm making a few more for some of my IG followers including a 3IS one soon. Will post photos once they are installed 🙂

..and totaly understand that. Not only do I only look at the 430's, I'm only interested in the blue ones for myself..it's just my favourite colour

When my 4RX decides the batteries need charging it spins the engine between 1,500 & 2,000 rpm. This is usually when I'm stationary and is quite noisy and I can feel a kind of grinding vibration. I don't like it but I've lived with it for 4 + years. I've read that the new engine is nowhere near as smooth as the original V6 but does give me more miles per gallon. I'm amazed at the mpg of the 4RX but regret the vibrations. The worst vibration happens at just over 1,000 rpm but only occurs when the car is hot. Seems strange to me that the first mile or so on a cold morning there's no vibration at all. Smooth as silk. Then something warms up and off it starts. I have to knock the gearbox out of D to increase the revs and the vibe goes. As you spin the engine up the rev range then the thing is like a red hot knife going through butter. So smooth !

A man of taste and discrimination. When I get around to it I have all new sensors for my front bumper. They are black but the one I have already replaced blends in nicely with the blue bumper. Mine has a few chips and scratches but is mostly good ('04 @ 132k miles) and is a keeper. 😁

Anyone see the latest Fifth gear recharged programme. They had a run off test on the track between an Audi Q4 etron and the 300e. When the 300e was run they seemed to like the quietness and handling but when put under accelaration it lost power. So they put it in the so called pits took it out again and it failed again loss of power when asking for more accelaration. Wouldnt reccomend they said. Wonder if any of you saw this. I watched it again tonight think it was on Dmax channel earlier in week i thought it was on quest.

I watched this episode a few days ago with my partner; my guess would be that either the drive motor or the battery reached a temperature threshold and the car automatically throttled power output to prevent damage. According to the handbook my UX250h has a similar feature, though I've never seen it deployed. I would be interested to know how the top speed of the UX300e is limited. Is it the limit of motor power versus friction/wind resistance? In that case, an autobahn run would certainly test the car's ability to deliver maximum power at a continuous rate, and suggest that he cooling system was therefore up to the task. If it's electronically limited to instead maintain consistent output at a level the cooling system can handle, then it's quite likely that the car is capable, short-term, of making power power in bursts than that. You get more power for overtakes, on the assumption that any heat generated can then be dissipated over time. Another factor to consider is braking. You brake hard in track driving, to the point where you can quickly overheat the brakes. Braking in an electric car also runs the drive motors as generators, and requires the battery to soak up the output energy. That means that, unlike an ICE vehicle, the drivetrain is working flat out during braking AND acceleration - literally no rest for the wicked. It's also known that charging a battery generates more heat than discharging, so I wouldn't be surprised if its this aspect of track driving that cooked the UX300e rather than the power output. All conjecture, of course, and I agree that Lexus should comment officially on this one. Nick

I also realised this when seeing the videos and the NX configurator on the website. Not sure why LEXUS decided not to colour the wheel arches in the UK. I have choose space grey for my NX. Hopefully it will camouflage and not too obvious with the body colour.

Hi Mike, I am compelled to respond to your pain. My car is a 2020 F Sport 450h with less than 3k miles. When new I left it for 3 weeks while traveling overseas and on return it would not start. At the time I thought I left a light on that drained the battery. I jump-started and drove it for an hour and since then drove at least every day for half hour and did not have issues. I left it for a week and it could not start, jumpstarted and drove it for 30 miles to a mall. It could not start when I returned to the car. Jumpstarted and headed home and called Lexus for service. When I went in today, they told me that it must be driven at least twice a week or start the engine twice a week and run it for 30 minutes to keep the hybrid battery which starts the car charged. Essentially saying, you can't leave the car at the airport and travel for 3 days because you won't start on return. Is this how hybrid cars work? Is this how Lexus expected consumers to operate it? If so why did Lexus not disclose at the time customers purchased these type of cars? I am looking for anyone else who has similar issues because it is exhausting. On the brighter side, once the car starts it is a great car. John

Great content on your channel, I was wondering how long it is going to take to hear about Sumo on this forum 😄 Sadly can't help you much with the cluster, but hopefully you find the way to sort it out. The only comment I had on youtube was about wires which seems to be a little crusty, event thought (I assume) there is continuity, maybe they short to the board or to each other. I wasn't even convinced the burn mark was from trace on the board - if it would be trace it most likely be burned through. So my bet was on the wires causing the burn, perhaps replacing the wires or insulating them better could help?

At that age you'lll be going between pre- and post-update cars - from memory they changed a few things in 2012. I don't anything too significant was revised, so gor whichever is in better condition. Try to avoid air suspension as noted above, make sure the power tailgate works OK (cold/damp weather seems to bring on a spate of failures each year), otherwise I suppose just look out for the normal things on a used car. Good history, sensibe number of owners who've each kept it for a while, etc. Watch out for the 12v battery if it'll go for periods of time without being used. Will a Lexus approved car be within budget? That'll get you a decent year's warranty, but I believe the Relax warranty will cover you if you have it serviced by a main dealer up to 10 years old, and there's an additional product available at 10+ years old and under 150k miles. I don't believe mileage should be an issue on a well-maintained example. My 2014 Luxury is admittedly relatively low mileage for its age at around 52k, but I'm planning on keeping it for some years to come and I have no najor concerns about that.

I’ve got GSF manifolds on my ISF, S/S cat back sports exhaust system, I’ve got (not on yet) full 2011 suspension and RR lower arms to hopefully stop inner tyre wear…… manifolds go straight on, oil tube needs to be reformed to miss larger manifolds and exhaust lip on underside flange connection has to be cut off and a gasket installed……. The difference is very noticeable.

I just went to the same fuss like you in October last year. Managed to pick a facelift 30k miles '14 Luxury for 11.5k from the IoM. Done a huge lot of research beforehand and I could give you some advise: - heated windscreen is not present at all in any UK specced cars - if you are fairly confident, you can buy an obd reader and run Dr.Prius to check the life of your ct battery before you buy it -make sure you the car didnt stay parked at all for longer than 1 month, this will affect the overall lifespan of the batteries -service your lexus yourself, do a hybrid check with dr prius yourself once in a while and the money you saved are way over compared to what you get in comparison with the car's loss of value due to not servicing at dealer -on 100k+ CTs, the possible danger of a blown head gasket is steadly increasing but I am yet to see any CT (although I seen gen 3 Priuses) with this issue -clean your egr valve/pipe and intake manifold every 50k miles or 5y to postpone the head gasket issue

Clever workaround Sergio

Things wear out over time and gradually become loose, rubber parts deteriorate

I went for White Ash smooth leather. Dave T

Finally collected my Lexus UX a Premium Plus Pro in Terrane Khaki, from Lexus Bolton. 3 Months 17 days after ordering. I set off from Leeds at 9am to be in plenty of time for the handover at 10.30. Very pleased with the car. Dave T

My previous RX had its service book all stamped by Lexus Carlisle but it was not until I checked the details with them that I discovered the ones close to the 60,000 miles ones had not been the big important one with the sparkplug change.

I'd like to 'moan' about posters that post one or two posts only, with a car issue, receive LOADS of helpful and supportive advice, accept it all and then NEVER update on whether the advice was useful/the problem was resolved - even when gently prompted for an update.

In a similar spirit - and as the post is simply headed ‘Miles to a Tank’ - I would like to offer another potentially irrelevant observation…. When I had the 2.2 diesel Accord, the potential mileage on a full tank was predicted as 660 miles. With the Lexus the figure is 330. Initially I thought the Lexus must have a smaller tank, so was surprised to see it was almost a litre bigger. Fortunately, consumption is not a consideration for me. Mainly because we appear to have stopped going anywhere! 😒

Location: Yorkshire YES ......... I think it's the Wallace and Grommit syndrome effect ... all SC430s will be subject to this but only in Yorkshire I'm afraid Malc

The tray was £278 incl vat. The space saver wheel was £45 (used) on ebay (Lexus GS450h) and the securing fitting that holds the wheel still in the wheel well was £8 (used) on ebay which is a standard item on all Toyota and Lexus cars.

As you know Colin nothing in life is "free" but I concur with 2 x major plus I minor over 3 years roughly equates to £40+ per month.

I saw the programme on Quest 8pm Thursday 13th. To have a serious problem like that shown on TV surely deserves a response from Lexus. You would think they'd want to provide an explanation in order to protect their enviable reputation for reliability. I wonder if anyone from Lexus monitors posts on this forum.

Dude you are one crazy guy 😁 looking very good, I assume the air bag will deploy correctly if ever required?