Leaderboard

Traitors ........... 🤩 .... hahahahaha, ............ wishing you well with the Merc . ............. have you upped your credit card limit yet ? Best wishes Malc

I did get a low warning sign on the dash panel of my 3rd Gen RX450h but not long before it stopped working. I expect like me most owners have only one remote fob with them. In my case a local garage I rang managed to get hold of a CR1632 replacement which my daughter collected and delivered to me. Lucky for me I had a small spectacle screwdriver to undo the 4 miniscule screws which hold a plate that secures access to the battery compartment. With the battery swopped over it just remains to replace screws slide back part of the outer shell you removed initially. To avoid such a recurrence in future, I will keep a spare battery and miniature screwdriver in the car and as soon as a low battery warning shows, put this in my pocket for replacing the battery as soon as practicable. The later RX450h fob has no screws to access battery and you can use the metal key to help prise the case apart and press together after swopping the battery which also sensibly is a larger more common size. However, the battery could still fail at an inconvenient time, so again worth having a spare with you.

New discs and pads replaced this morning using new pad fitting kit and anti squeal shims. All Lexus OEM stuff I bought over 12 months ago. New discs and pads had been fitted by the previous owner but they were not OEM, the anti squeal shims and the spacer bracket things were missing. Intention was to leave the brakes until they really needed replacing. However, a few months after I bought the car there was a slight judder braking from motorway speeds. This seemed to disappear after a few weeks but over the last 6 weeks I had a pulsing brake pedal at low speeds when coming to a stop. Also, and this has always been the case since I bought the car especially after washing the car, when reversing off the drive you can feel and hear the front pads moving and clunking. Probably due to the spacer bracket things missing. Time to fit the new discs, pads and fitting kit etc and check the caliper pistons are ok cos it could have been that causing the pulsing. More common on floating/sliding calipers though. Pistons were fine, looked very good with very little rust on the piston front edges. Took me about 4 hours really taking my time, cleaning everything and applying the correct brake grease in the correct places. Working out where and how the anti squeal plates fit took a while to make sure I got it correct, workshop manual helps of course but still needs some brain power. Took the car for a short run, brakes are smooth as silk now and pads do not move when reversing. The brakes were fine before regarding stopping power. Even after just a short drive and before the discs/pads have bedded in, the difference is big. If anyone is thinking of replacing their discs and pads etc with aftermarket ( which I don’t do, I inherited after market discs and pads on the car), my advice is don’t……………use Lexus OEM stuff. The OEM discs and pads are not more expensive than decent aftermarket stuff but the pad fitting kit and anti squeal shims will add £100 to the cost if they are missing or not reusable.

I think it's perfectly normal that infants who have underlying health conditions, that make them more vulnerable, are offered the vaccine. In fact I'd think it was scandalous if they weren't. From what I read, it's just being offered, no-one is being forced. I'm really struggling to follow your logic with these claims of using the vaccine to commit genocide. Let's imagine for one minute that I wanted to kill millions of people. Surely I'd have had more success doing nothing, while people dropped liked flies from the virus, rather than producing a vaccine that almost immediately reduced the number of deaths. Maybe a small number of people died from vaccination complications, but millions of deaths were prevented. As for 15 minute cities and low traffic neighbourhoods, it's swings and roundabouts. A 15 minute city is not much different to a village, and lot's of people like those. Equally, the "villagey" type areas in many cities/suburbs are often the most popular and expensive. That said, it doesn't suit everyone and won't work everywhere. Naturally though, the hard of thinking types in local authoritiies will see this kind of thing as the answer to everything, and feel it makes them look as though they're doing something. The end result is that there'll be some poor implementation, some good, and some will get scrapped; pretty much the way local councils deal with other stuff, like parking and bus lanes. Most likely things will get implemented badly, but that wlll be largely down to incompetence rather than an evil plot. There are some valid arguments against 15 minutes cities, as well as against other measures taken in the name of climate change or local pollution, where people might agree with you. However, ridiculous claims of genocide and population control aren't amongst them, and only serve to bounce the discussion into loon territory. If I was a conspiracy theorist, I'd say that you were secretly pro vaccination and 15 minute cities, and were trying (quite successfully) to make the arguments against them look ridiculous 😉 🙂

Actually places like kick fit are owned by tyre manufacturers. They'll recommend the brand the shop is owned by. It's not just 'cheap' tyres that are bad but some so called premium ones too. I hate Michelin as my experience some years back proved. When I bought my is250 3 years ago it came with a cheap tyre on the front. Eurovis. They were good to a point but with easy over 5mm tread on them they've been scared and replaced with Bridgestone turanza t005 like my rear tyres. And boy oh boy the suspension gives up before the tyre now lol.

Hi all, I'm new to the Forum and thought I should introduce my near matching MK4 LS400's. Im a big fan of 90's Japanese cars and brought my first LS400 at the beginning of March as a practical but fun daily. Im really enjoying all the creature comforts the LS400 has to offer and I love the combination of the comfortable ride with the smooth and powerful V8. I loved it so much I ended up buying another one a month later! I recently collected the LS400 from @lincsnick and plan to get the car back to its former glory once some engine issues have been resolved. I had them parked up together yesterday to play a little game of spot the difference. The main difference is the new one being a DHP model and having the larger 17" alloy wheels. It also has a full leather steering wheel and gearstick, where my original has the wood trim and leather option. Both cars have the lovely dark blue paint and beige interior. They are also both generally rust free and nearly all of the electronics work, besides them both having the same faulty washer fluid level sensor funnily enough.

51.8/49.2 tonight

Thank you all for your feedback and suggestion. I purchased the car and it is on my drive way now.. It will be going for full detailing tomorrow, I may have to spend some time with it and let you know the niggles and any other issues after few days.

Two LS400s is almost greedy! Good luck with it Callum, I hope the fix is a simple one, it's nice to know it's gone to a good home. As you have bought the car and I can see you're not going to break it, if you do want the spares I have feel free to make me an offer. I'd rather you have the use of them than have them sitting on the shelf.

One could suggest that they've a trumpet with a strumpet!

Of course, yes. You are supposed to love the royals. Like we all do. Not so much in Spain, since the former had some rather serious mistakes that were published. Maybe not so much anywhere as who needs to have several castles and so many waiters and other personnel that they are hard to hold count of? And then, look at the US where they have no royals (except the people with money) and they have a trumpet trying to be king and no matter how much the trumpet is out of tune, half of the people there still think he is in-tune.

It doesn't need to be "that much" out of alignment to cause such wear and indeed potholes can easily knock out the wheels out of alignment. To be fair potholes are most likely the only thing that usually knocks the wheels out of alignment. If you hit very big one then a single pot hole could be enough, but running over 1000 small ones will have same effect over the time. As well remember that most of RWD "sporty" cars wear inside edges anyway and IS300h is no exception, knocking wheel out of alignment just speeds-up the process. Generally speaking, every time I replace the tyres I do 4-wheel alignment and I do recommend it for everyone. When you fit new tyres it is best time to do it, because you have "known good" tyres with even wear etc. so you get best alignment. Likewise economically it is the best time to do it, because it makes sense to protect your new tyres and to get most miles possible out of them. Doing alignment on used tyres is kind of pointless, first of all simply because of cost and secondly, if they already have uneven wear then aliment is quite unlikely to fix it.

Drilling a hole on the edge of the rear bumper is necessary if you want the guard to sit flush the screw will hold it tight. More to prevent any strange noises or risk of it ripping off should you one day drive off a high kerb etc. If you have a have a jack taking the rear wheels off is easy providing the nuts haven't been over torqued & the wheel isnt seized onto the hub. If you know how to change out a wheel in the even of a puncture you have nothing to worry about. Plenty of youtube guides available. I followed this guide to give me an indication on what to expect before I started. All in less than an hour ob.

Signed up on MB Forum, and not as good is IMHO an understatement. I liken the Lexus forum to being in the Club or First Class Lounge at Heathrow (relaxed, informative a nice place to spend an evening or works time, and easy to navigate [to the drinks and food]). The MB forum is a bit like The Works - that high street book shop (a bit confusing, probably informative but not the kind of place you would strike up a conversation while sampling a fine whisky). Having said that it is 20 years since I last enjoyed the BA lounges so they may be less enjoyable than the Lexus forum. Anyway off for a run to Heathrow in 2 hours to fetch the wife and daughter after Yoga break in Goa - wont have time to pop into any lounges

I think on the rear only the toe is adjustable so too much toe out could be a reason. Unless your suspension components are bent out of shape from an impact. I would recommend getting a 4 wheel alignment done when getting new tyres it can prolong the life of the tyres and also reveal if anything is amiss.

That'll be it Malc, and they'll get the boots with the fattest mark up for the retailer carefully camouflaged as "best deal of the week". 🤥 Thank you Sir (or Madam), do come again ... and they probably will. 😉

does the average punter just wanting to replace tyres have any chance of understanding wot on earth it is he/she should be buying ......... Average Punter, 20 million or so in the UK is it ! I'm talking about Not a hope in hell's chance methinks ...... just go with whatever the tyre sales place advises eh ! Just walk / drive in to KwikFit, Halfords whatever and say . do i need new tyres, well, yes sir for sure and these are what you could be buying sir.... . or madam Now which card do i use today 😉 Malc

Yes, that will disarm the immobiliser/alarm. Obviously you use the metal key to physical unlock the door first (which will set off the alarm).

Just to recap, Eric.... Your original claim was: I showed you that there are annually many natural events that 'trouble the average Briton' whose damaging effects could be mitigated by an advanced alert warning. In our own village there are about 40 homes susceptible to field run-off caused by flash floods. The local Water Authority does a fine job issuing web-based warnings, emails and such-like. But they are scant consolation when you discover torrential overnight rain has left your ground floor ankle deep in water. No-one here is going to feel that being woken up in order to deploy a flood barrier is the devious machination of a controlling Government! However, your answer to that point was to ignore it. Instead you ask: This is not a question many would ask as most people appreciate the distinction between climatology and plate tectonics. However, this event, the rupture at the San Andreas Fault, probably did mark the start of seismology as a science. Along with volcanology, the ability to predict such natural events has progressed significantly and when effective alerts have been issued, lives have undoubtedly been saved. A better example would have been the San Francisco Fire that followed, which destroyed 80% of the City. More importantly, it killed 3,000 people - almost all of whom might have been saved had they had the technology to receive an alert warning message. Apart from those paranoid few, obviously, who deemed them a Government plot to control the population of the City...or something.

There's a brief report on the LC500 in the new,May, issue of Motor Sport magazine with the above heading. The final paragraph sums up the article.."I really liked the car despite its myriad flaws.But would I walk past a Porsche dealer to get one?Not a chance" I can see some of what he means,but having owned both a Porsche and a Lexus,I would certainly feel more comfortable walking past the Porsche dealer.My ongoing bank balance would agree too.

I’m not going anywhere Malc 🤣 looking after the Merc as it’s my sons and wife uses it. I’ll buy it when opportunity arises as it’s worth keeping.

Yes - it is about the looks only, but as far as stopping power they are likely worse 99.99% of the time.

Excessive air pressure typically wears the center of the tyre too much. It's low pressure that does the sides in... but not one side alone. Looks like a suspension set-up thing. Be it as a result of a pothole or excessive toe/camber.... or both

Ballard Power Systems reaches new hydrogen fuel cell vehicle milestone By TAMI HOOD https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/author/tami-2-2-2/ The company has announced that its H2 equipment has now powered vehicles over 150 million kilometers. Ballard Power Systems has announced that its proton exchange membrane (PEM) hydrogen fuel cell systems have now powered vehicles in commercial heavy- and medium-duty motive tasks across a total distance of over 150 million kilometers (about 93.2 million miles). This new milestone for the company also represents an industry-leading total for this H2 application. The total distance travelled by vehicles powered by the PEM hydrogen fuel cell systems from Ballard is about the equivalent to circling Earth’s equator more than 3,700 times. In order to arrive at that milestone, Ballard’s equipment was installed into more than 3,800 buses and trucks. This allowed them to travel in about 15 countries worldwide for zero-emission mobility applications. “We achieve this industry milestone at a time when we are seeing growing customer interest in the adoption of hydrogen fuel cells in our key mobility verticals of bus, truck, rail, and marine, as well as off-highway and stationary power applications,” explained MacEwen.

Most of the mark 1Vs had the faulty washer bottle float and it is an easy fix ,remove the float dry it out and coat the float in a thin coat of clear epoxy that is it and it will last for the life time of the car , mine has.

I do not know car companies that are building cars in a pure first come / first serve model. They usually try to predict the mix of RHD / LHD cars + trims and options they will have to produce and organize production (and procurement) to meet these forecasts. Ordering a statistically "rare" combination will set you in a specific waiting list or even a "special order" which must be squeezed into the production schedule Europe is seen by Lexus as a priority market for 450H+ . You can correlate that with the taxation policies followed by different countries. In France, for example, half of new cars are bought by companies which will get tax exemption if they purchase PHEV cars, free registration and weight tax exemption. The taxation policies are also making impossible for Lexus to sell a 350H AWD as the price gap becomes marginal vs. the 450H+ and as the 450H+ TCO will be better -> this is the situation we have on this side of the Channel and it made Lexus France cut the 350H out of its line up except the FWD in an entry level trim). ThiOn the other hand the 350h is a more "global" vehicle sold in every Lexus markets. I do believe that many other continental Europe countries are in the same predicament. This shifts the sell mix more heavily to 450H+ and then influence the production allocation in return 350H is also a global vehicle which is sold in every markets around the globe and is in high demand pretty much everywhere. Ontario factory only provides 350H for North America and Japanese factories have to build for the rest of the world. For many months, these factories experienced production suspensions (sometimes equivalent to 40 % of the production time) . Situation returned to "normal" on production side only by the very end of 2022 / early 2023. So yes a combination of factors, including revenue optimization, are working to have tremendous waiting time for the 350h for us in Europe and RHD markets may be in a more dire situation than LHD ones (as they compete with LEXUS home market for allocation)

I think they're a reasonably snug fit when seated properly Barney. I remember removing mine initially, because of rattles, but then had to replace it to cover something and it hasn't rattled since, even over speed bumps.

Are we talking a car dealer or private sale here as Statutory Consumer Rights provide protection for the dealer sale? This will be the pre-facelift model so prone to a few known issues with rusting doors under the trim and delaminating windows going cloudy which were addressed on the later version.

Good find regarding splash shields. I am not saying Rotinger are bad, nor I am saying Brembo is good... just more "recognised" brand. In principle - as long as they are straight and machined to the right dimensions I can't see how discs themselves could make any difference. In the end of the day they are just piece of pot metal. I kind of trust most of the brands they can achieve the most basic dimensions. Sure there are high performance cars with two or even 3 piece discs, carbon discs etc.... and at that point it may be important. But for cast iron discs I agree with you, I don't think there is much of the difference. Coated discs are nice, because they don't rust as much on the "other" surfaces that are not touched by brake pads, makes no difference in performance, but looks more tidy. In my experience drilled discs tends to warp under heavy braking, slotted discs are just more noisy, slotted + drilled.. have disadvantages of both. So internally vented without any fancy holes are the safest bet. I was told "j-hook or c-hook" designs are apparently beneficial, but again... that maybe is important for off-road and I doubt makes any difference on the street. Apart of that just get right size discs and it should be fine.

They look very similar to me, and driving them, or even better being passenger in them, is a comfortable way to be transported from one place to another. Must be similar to a MB 300SEL 6.3 we were driving in very long time ago. No difference is obvious to me between them, nice classical cars with all the pros and contras. Lucky you. Enjoy. And - welcome to the forum.

I was considering getting this one the front looks straightforward but not sure if this one requires drilling in the rear. ￡12.75 50%OFF | for Lexus IS IS200T IS250 IS350 IS300 IS300H XE30 2014~2023 Mud Flaps Mudguards Splash Fender Guard Front Rear Wheel Accessories https://a.aliexpress.com/_mO1gs9m Good to know that you dont need to remove the wheels as that sounds like a big pain to do.

Could also be something loose in the wheel well area.

Seems a bit strange that the guy couldn’t “find any voltage going to the wire” Bit too much of a coincidence that before the work was carried out all was well electrically/electronically but since then a wire has broken causing a fault don’t you think? There are basically three types of wire, supply voltage (12/5 volts)ground and signal the latter 2 having no discernible voltage present one being at ground so 0 volts and the other carrying either a specific waveform signal only viewable on an oscilloscope or a variable voltage. If you want to see great examples of proper vehicle fault diagnosis take a look at “Diagnose Dan” on YouTube.

I'd agree. By their very nature, the elderly residents of Care Homes tend to be vulnerable to respiratory infections such as pneumonia - which is normally the more commonly cited cause. During the pandemic, GPs who certify Care Homes were, as I recall, advised that it was acceptable to initially name Covid-19 as the cause if it was actually present - but on the basis that later tests would confirm it or otherwise. If you're referring to the San Francisco fire of 1906 then, sadly, this event is all too true. It rates as probably the worst natural disaster in American history. It was caused by the earthquake resulting from the slippage of two tectonic plates at the San Andreas Fault. There was another, lesser, earthquake at the same site in 1957. The US Geological Survey has predicted that another tectonic slippage event similar to that of 1906 could occur within the next twenty years. Something to bear in mind if you're offered any cheap real estate!

I was probably wrong to say he discounted it. When he found it, he was confident it was the issue but lost that confidence when he couldn't find any voltage going to the wire. I suspect that was because ECU shut that relay down when it first found wire wasn't connected.

Thanks Jim, yes I agree, they seem quite rare in that colour and spec. Just hoping nothing goes wrong between now and a week tomorrow when I’m due to collect. Car is awaiting some minor wheel refurb, hopefully it’s in great condition, not seen it in the flesh yet.

Here's a question, please excuse my automotive computing ignorance. If one were to disable passive locking/unlocking on the car side, (I've seen it in one of the menus. Where now you have to press a button to unlock the car, and you also need to put your key right up against the start button to read off the immobilizer code), would that defeat this device that is sending a key validated signal? Assuming of course there are two types of key validated signals being utilized by our systems (passive vs active), and this hack is only sending the more common passive validation?

what's the price then . if she's going to cost you £20k then probably not But if she's only £1500 then yes for sure Cars are NEVER an investment and should be used to best advantage, taking them out every day to enjoy ...... and then to pay the inevitable bills for sensible running costs ......... you're buying a V8 and petrol costs should never be a consideration, if they are then you simply can't afford to buy and enjoy her Dings and dents and running blemishes come with a 20+ year old car and parking her will often generate even more somewhere down the line . supermarket trollies are the worst .. just don't worry too much about it .... ENJOY her while you can BUT how much £££££££ ............. hehehehehehe Malc

I think the process, if possible, would be very expensive and not worth the trouble. Did you buy the UX from a Lexus dealer? Cazoo? Cinch? Moral of your story is to check the specification carefully. Personally I would never buy a car unseen.

You'll need to take a good look at it yourself but, as Malcolm says, underseal alone won't fix it. It may just be surface rust, in which case you can clean it all off and then treat and underseal it, or it might be the start of something worse, and the reason for sale. Either way though, some corrosion is to be expected on a 20 year old car. For the record, there's a place in Herts called CSK automative that does rust treatments. Whether you choose to pay for something like that depends on how much you pay for the car, how long you plan to keep it, and how much you're prepared to do yourself.

Potentially a coil pack.

Each and every new Lexus and Toyota car in Poland is equipped with additional Vodafone immobilizer and MyConnectedCar app. We have 6 months security protection and tracking. If the car is being stolen there is an alarm triggered to the mobile security folks. It works for the whole Europe. Believe me or not Toyota and Lexus brands are still number one stolen cars no matter how good is your alarm.

Wow, this wakes up a memory etched on my harddisk. Some 15 yrs ago hot summers night in paris around 23.00 hrs going from terrace to terrace from bar to bar until i saw a silver 300SL convertible hood down parked in front of a terrace. Red leather and definately in original never restored shape. Patina as they call it now. I convinced my mate to have a drink at this terrace as i wanted to look at the SL. And i will never forget what happened next. Out from the cafe came a 60 plus years old playboy type character wearing a fur coat, t shirt, jeans and cowboy boots. Full whisky tumbler in his right hand and clearly inibriated. He walked to the SL, got in fired it up waved his hand to upcoming traffic and just drove off like he did for decades not giving a f*ck. I just could not believe it. A scene straight from a movie and what a car. Anyway, i like Mercs and truly understand your choice for an E class i do expect this to be one of my future cars as well

Also noted it's marked as a private seller. Is it, or are they being a little naughty?

Read the manual at the section where there is a list of settings that can be personalized.

Making sure it's seated properly woud be a good start. Also worth checking that the rear seats are secured fully as they can sometimes rattle too. If all else fails then strategically placed self adehesive pads should do the job

Can only think that the OEM struts are flat at one end for added strength. If only the flat end could be unscrewed and swapped over. The boot operates lovely now. Cheers Neil.

Which mode is the audio receiver on? DAB, FM, Android? I once had this same problem, I changed Mode from Android to DAB ( FM would do the same ) and problem was solved

That's a wonderful tribute to your father Sarah, well said you. He and I had many enjoyable exchanges especially as he knew my overriding affinity with Greece and the Greek people. They have a saying, (one of many) which roughly translated says, "don't walk behind me as I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me as I may not always follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend". This for me sums up your father exactly. Warmest of wishes Philip

Anyone want to buy my BMW 330d sport ?