richard55

On my 220d (which has the beige leather interrior) I have just noticed a mottled discolouration over the emtire parcel shelf. It looks like circular greyish blobs "shining" through the beige fabric on the shelf. I am wondering if this may be the glue securing the fabric to the shelf? The car is about 18months old. Has anyone else noticed this?

Just started to notice a slight rough texture when I rub my finger over the alloys. There is also some dark coloured pitting. Is this the beginning of the problem? Grateful for advice on the symptoms to look for.

Just renewed fully comprehensive cover for my IS220d with Swift for about £250. Includes commuting to work. A bargain I think!

Thought I would add an update to my post above, having now got the car back from the dealer after they had it for 2 days. I had a number of conversations with the service manager who seemed very genuine and went to some lengths to look into the issues for me. I advised him what I had read on this board, particularly the discussion on ECU mapping. He told me that they would not be able to do anything with regard to mapping as he was not aware of any new software from the manufacturer which would allow him to do this. What they could do, and in fact have done, is to recalibrate the ECU, whatever that means. Not done enough mileage yet to see if there is any improvement. On the horrible vibration when using 6th gear below about 70 mph they concluded that some bushes needed to be changed associated with the rear axle??? This will be a 6 hour job and the car will have to go back again. Interested in any thoughts others may have on this.

Nearly a neighbour ....but not quite. My home is in Horsham. Richard - firstly Hi and Welcome to the Forum. I understand it is down to the new Euro5 compliance. I think what you've done is sensible - you need to let the dealership take a close look at the car, paying particular attention to: 1) Injectors - some cars have had faulty injectors, ranging fom the emmisions controlling injector 5 to all injectors 2) ECU Remap - they should do this as a matter of course for - you'll notice that the car will perform slightly better at lower revs, and 6th is only marginally better too. On the whole though, 39MPG is not too bad for this car as many have had worse (though bad if you compare it to a BMW535d), the best you'll get unless you drive like Mrs Miggins from Blackadders local tea shop is 42-46, but that would be total M'way journeys using cruise control and sticking between 1500 and 1900rpm, without labouring. That's my experience... PS - is it a Sport, or Non-Sport? PPS - where are the pictures - we love pictures Thanks fo this, I'll see what the dealer says next week. The car is an SE not the Sport and has done about 11k miles. Pictures........mmm.....need to work on that!

Hi everyone, I am new to LOC and this is my first post. About 6 weeks ago I purchased my first Lexus, an IS220D first registered in June 2006. Overall I am very pleased with it. Before buying the car I had browsed this site and had read all the postings about fuel economy. I was hoping that my car wasn't going to suffer from this problem. However, this seems not to be the case and I am experiencing similar problems to others on this board, including the 6th gear issue. Two thirds of my daily commute of 70 miles takes me on A roads and motorway with the final third through urban rat runs. The best I am recording is 39mpg. I think I should expect to do better than this on the basis of the publicity data for the car. I have been back to the dealer (Lexus Croydon), who said they had to contact Lexus GB about this. After 10 days I contacted them again and they will now take the car in and have a look at it next Wednesday. The point of my post is to seek your comment on what you think the outcome of my approach to the dealer may be and any tactics that have worked for you in getting them to take the matter seriously and deal with it! Any feedback would be very much appreciated by this newbie!