JCC

If I look under the bonnet there seems to be 3 horns (the electric type) 1 at the front centre and 2 on the right side of the engine bay. Are they all sounded when you press the horn buttton? Is one just for the alarm?

Unfortunately the problem is most likely to be within the LCD unit. Lexus Carlisle sent my HiFI away to a company in Bradfor to replace the LCD unit. I do not know the company name, but a call to Carlisle Lexus would probably get you the name & phone number. Taking the Hifi out of the console is not too difficult. But I would not want to take the unit apart.

I took the car to my local HI-Q outlet and asked them to put it on the lift. The heat sield on the exhaust in front of the cat had corroded away and there was a section about 10 inches long loose on the pipe. They took it off and now the rattle has gone. Cost me nothing!

Could this be the same rattle that I asked about? (Rattle down below)

I have recently noticed a metallic sounding rattle from under the car somewhere. I asked the dealer to have a look, but they could not find anything loose. It seems worse when reversing up a hill. Any ideas? By the way the sound proofing must be good as I only noticed it because the window was open! Now I know its there I can't forget about it.

You also need you foot off the foot brake.

Alloy wheels are generally not painted. They are powder coated. This gives a much tougher finish. I have tried touching in the chips etc with silver paint, but it never looks right. Usually there is a layer of white corrosinon on the surface where the coating has been that needs to be cleaned off. You will also need to prime the alloy before you paint it and you need to get a good 'seal' with the original coating otherwise the alloy corrodes and the paint lifts. You can get your wheels refurbished. They grit blast the wheels and powder coat them. I think it costs about £50 per wheel.

I checked my light units and there is no hole in the plastic. To fit a bulb I would need to drill/cut the backing plate. Also there are no 'unconnected' wires

You need to remember that it is illegal to show red or maroon lights at the front, because it confuses people and they think its the back of the car! The police tend to ignore bluish lights at the front, but will pull you over for red ones! The LED lights are not street legal, so you would need to replace the originals for an MOT.

Does anyone know how to get rid of condensation in the headlights of a GS300 Mk2? Mine has it in both the inner and outer units. The water droplets are mostly between the outer clear plastic and the silvered sections at the top and is impossible to reach. I do not want to buy new ones.

By the way you have 3.0 SE 4d Auto GS Saloon (1993 on) down as both group 15 and group 17. Also I was quoted group 17 for insurance for my SE and believed it was group 15/16 only to be told that these are only guides and that an individual insurance companies could put a car in any group of their choosing and charge what they like!

Other release reviews: http://www.autosite.com/Previews/2006-lexus-gs.asp http://www.imakenews.com/autospies/e_article000216106.cfm http://jdmautoworks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=467 http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=6744 It will probably be some time before we get the road tests.

Here is a USA review and a video link http://autoshow.edmunds.com/news/autoshow/...16/page056.html

The V6 is currently available in the Lexus ES in the USA. It is 3.3 litre developing 225bhp. If you go to the Lexus.com site there is a page showing a video of the announcement for the RX hybrid. Sounds impressive. http://www.lexus.com/autoshow/index.html

If you look at the cars in the showroom you will see that they are quite often fitted with rubber wheel arch delectors at the rear of the opening, not mudflaps as such.

I used to run my IS200 on Yokohama tyres and they were quieter than some other tyres I had tried. My GS wears Dunlops and they are reasonably quiet.

It makes the ride a bit harder, but not too bad, not as hard as my old GTI. I mostly use it for 18 mile journeys or shorter so mpg was bad, 22mpg including a long run. Should add a couple of mpg.

I have my tyres at 37psi all round as a compromise for economy and comfort. If the pressure is too low the side walls flex a lot and generate a lot of heat from wasted energy, which is why they suggest higher pressures for high speeds. Also the higher the pressure, within reason, makes the sidewalls less flexible so the car should float less when cornering hard.

Mine is a September 1999 model. I do not know what type of radio it is. How do I find out? Can you post the info on this topic? I could not email you. Can you email it to me?

I have the same problem on my 99 GS300. Can't seem to find the cause. Sometimes it is worse. I think it is the rear of window seal as the noise seems to be behind me.

I could not find the recirulated ventilation inlet in the passenger footwell or any reference to it in the handbook, so I contacted Lexus and got this message: Dear Mr Carpenter I have spoken to the technical department. I have been informed that the recirculated air intake on the 1999 GS 300 is behind the glove box. If I can be of any further help or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. Kind Regards, Tim Cayless Lexus (GB) Customer Account Manager 0845 278 8888 So it is on the passenger side, but not one of the vents that you can see. I think that the best bet is to remove the filter housing blanking panel in the glovebox beneath the CD player and spray the de-ordoriser behing the filter or even take the filter out and spray it in directly. JC

The AC smells musty when it switches to recirculation mode. Can you 'sterilise' the internals or does it have to go to a dealer? Has anyone tried to de-odorise it? Does anyone know where the recirculation inlet on the system is located? I could maybe put some air-freshner near it.

How much use is the parking sensor? I thought about fitting one, but the spec on most systems says from about 1.5m down to 30cm. It seems that the spacing between the sensors limits the short distance range because they only 'see' across 120 degrees, so you get gaps in the coverage at shorter distances. I usually need to get closer than that when parking, like within 5cm.

Has anyone tried to get a spare CD cartridge for a Mk2 GS300. I have not asked the Lexus dealer because I assume it will cost an arm and a leg from them.

You need to get the rolling circumference (the distance travelled in one revolution of the wheel) about the same for the different combinations. You can work out the circumference as follows (diameter of wheel & tyre) * 3.142 the diameter of the wheel is the size eg 18", to this you need to add twice the height of the tyre. The aspect ratio is the 55 bit or 45 or whatever and is a percentage of the width (the 225 or 235 bit). However the width is in mm. So a 225/55 tyre has walls 123.75mm high and a 235/45 tyre has walls105.75mm high. The difference is about 18mm or 3/4" so you would get a 1" bigger wheel to keep the speedo about the same. Roughly speaking a 225/55/16 is about the same as a 235/45/17 combination.