leprechaun

Thanks, but when opening the bonnet it doesn't look like a job for me. Will have to take it to Lexus. Hi Ahmed - I have similar problem on my IS220D with Xenon lights. Passenger (left) Xenon light comes on when I start the car but goes off after a few minutes. I can get it back on again by quickly turning off the lights and back on again. The offending bulb looks slightly dimmer than the other so I expect its a bulb failure. Know what you mena about opening the bonnet. Lights are not easy to get at.

Thanks NICNAC - I've tried it twice now using those tools - still no success. The mechanic who wanted to strip my boot was in Denis Mahony in Kilbarrick, Dublin - I agree he might have been thinking about the previous model even though I repeatedly told him mine was the latest. I don't think they sold too many MM systems here in Ireland so the knowledge base is a bit thin - I had to import my car. There is a service dealer in Rathgar Dublin , Murphy & Gunne, and the guy knows what I'm talking about so at this stage I'm committed to going in to him to get this done. They are aware of the special tool (with suckers on) but don't actually have one - naturally. Anyway I hope to get sorted during this week and I look forward to seeing the vast improvement in the coverage of our bumpy Irish roads. I forgot to mention that the dealer I bought the car off in London wanted £600 sterling (I kid you not) just to supply the latest DVD. Thanks to this forum I got mine in double quick time from the map-updates website http://www.lexus-mapupdates.eu/ for €159 - serious saving. Thanks to ye all for your replies - I'll post again after my visit to Rathgar. From Leprechaun Hi Leprechaun, can I ask how much you saved, by importing it? Many Thanks Hi Meister. Hard to know exactly how much I saved as I haven't seen the equivalent car for sale down south but I reckon between 2000 and 4000 based on what the dealers here were looking for 2006 IS220D Executives in January. My car (Exec + Premium + Multimedia + Metallic) would cost about 59,500 new. I reckon its worth it. Any of you guys import???

Thanks NICNAC - I've tried it twice now using those tools - still no success. The mechanic who wanted to strip my boot was in Denis Mahony in Kilbarrick, Dublin - I agree he might have been thinking about the previous model even though I repeatedly told him mine was the latest. I don't think they sold too many MM systems here in Ireland so the knowledge base is a bit thin - I had to import my car. There is a service dealer in Rathgar Dublin , Murphy & Gunne, and the guy knows what I'm talking about so at this stage I'm committed to going in to him to get this done. They are aware of the special tool (with suckers on) but don't actually have one - naturally. Anyway I hope to get sorted during this week and I look forward to seeing the vast improvement in the coverage of our bumpy Irish roads. I forgot to mention that the dealer I bought the car off in London wanted £600 sterling (I kid you not) just to supply the latest DVD. Thanks to this forum I got mine in double quick time from the map-updates website http://www.lexus-mapupdates.eu/ for €159 - serious saving. Thanks to ye all for your replies - I'll post again after my visit to Rathgar. From Leprechaun

Hi NICNAC, My first entry - I just got the new 2006/2007 disc but cannot get it installed in my 2006 IS220D SEL MM. One lexus dealer said he needed to rip out the boot lining and do 2 hours work - nuts :o . I tried popping the hazard light panel in the centre console (as per the manual instructions) but could not get it off to change the disk - without wrecking it. Can I ask who installed your disk or did you do it yourself. If the latter did you have trouble. Thanks in advance. Leprechaun.