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Hi, I haven’t been here for a long time, but I need to point out an issue arising from the spread of ULEZ zones to other cities. I recently tried to sell my wife’s 55 plate GS300 SE. I checked the registration with Transport London and as expected it is said to be ULEZ compliant. However, I then checked with Transport Scotland as ULEZ zones are about to be introduced there - and it says that it is NOT compliant! Also, I had a keen buyer from Bristol and when he checked with gov.uk website, Bristol (and Birmingham) would want to charge for entering their ULEZ zones! This is crazy, because the V5 for our Lexus clearly shows that the emissions are CO: 0.17g/km, HC: 0.050g/km and NOx: 0.020g/km. These are well below the Euro4 standards. My first thought was that Transport London has the correct info in its database, but some cities are simply checking the date of registration and if it is before 1 Jan 2006 they automatically say not compliant. BUT, how then is it possible for the gov.uk website check to show that there would be no charge in Bath, Bradford, Greater Manchester, Portsmouth, Sheffield and Tyneside, but there would be in Bristol and Birmingham? Are some cities allowed to have better standards than others? Any thoughts?

It's some time since my last post, holidays etc got in the way. I'm happy to say that Lexus UK finally came through and paid the full cost of the work!

My wife wrote to Lexus UK. A telephone message from Lexus was left today, expressing regrets but no offer. She will write again and if no joy then I will encourage her to take it up with Watchdog or Honest John or both. Personally I think it stinks that Lexus issued a TSIB for cars with the same engine, having the exact same fault, in other countries but don't do the same here. From TSIB EG007-07 noted in previous posts, it says they have to replace 2 oxygen sensors with ones of a different design, making a modified EMU necessary. This is exactly the remedy suggested by her dealer, so it is obviously a known design fault. Goodness knows how many people have spent money on new sensors only to have the same fault reappear later. Also note the following Quote from TSIB EG007-07:- Applicable Warranty**: This repair is covered under the Lexus Emissions Warranty. This warranty is in effect for 96 months or 80,000 miles, whichever occurs first, from the vehicle’s in-service date. ** Warranty application is limited to correction of a problem based upon a customer’s specific complaint

This does seem to be the same problem though! What is the difference between the Middle East and UK engines?

My wife's 2005 (55 plate) GS300 SE has had exactly this problem for a few months. The lights come and go -exactly as described. She has just been to the dealers today to be given exactly the same estimate for replacement ECU and 2 oxygen sensors. The car has only done 28,000 miles but she has had it for 9 months and the warranty she had from the (non-Lexus) garage that sold it to her has of course expired. The dealer said it was a problem they had seen "a few times" and the implication was that Lexus did something about it for a first owner car - he suggested that she get in touch with Lexus but didn't seem to think we would have any joy. This looks like something that is a design fault and should be replaced free of charge. Can we find out how many people have already been affected?