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  1. Have searched and found many posts for the 'Check VSC' message, however it appears in all the car is still driveable - not so with mine! IS 220D (Feb 08) c.35k miles Today, drove fine this morning, then this afternoon pulled onto the main round off the drive, seemed OK, as I came out of the 30 zone, foot down to accelerate and the enginge just cut out. Dropped the clutch and hit the start button (which usually restarts the engine if you stall) but it did nothing. Pulled over and tried again, still nothing. Turned ignition off and tried again, engine just ticks over constantly but doesnt fire, and 'Check VSC' message is shown. Phoned Lexus and told no one in to help until Monday, to phone my breakdown cover. So, had to wait an hour to be towed the few hundred yards back home! Took the car in before Christmas as it was throwing out a lot of smoke at random intervals and performance seemed a bit variable. It was due to excess carbon build up (I think), and had a new lower half of the engine put in, or so I was told. Seemed ok for a month or two, but then MPG started dropping and noticed performance issues (not picking up as well, occaisional 'cough' like stutter when doing a constant 30mph) so booked it back in and was told there was a loose bolt on the fuel pump. I also asked for a full check as the warranty was running out end of Feb. Everything fine I was told. Seemed OK for a week, then driving home on a Friday there was complete lack of power, and no pick up when overtaking. Seemed OK on the Saturday, but booked it back in again incase 'the bolt had come loose' again. On the Sunday when driving in road work traffic, doing a constant 1,400 rpm in 1st gear, it was very jerky - felt like I was flooring the accelerator and lifting off repeatedly. Took car into Lexus on Thursday, said the bolt was fine, however it sounded like the fuel pump as they had seen it 3 or 4 times before. Said there was nothing they could do until they had a fault code, but they would phone Lexus and give me a call back same day. I was told to carry on driving and if a fuel pump light came on (didnt know there was one?) to bring it back, but it was fine to drive. Still waiting for that call 3 days on, and now I am completely with out a car!
  2. Mine varied from a grey to a bluey tint. Blue smoke can also indicate (I think) something like the head gasket is going. When my car was doing it, I couldnt get it to do it at will, but every so often I'd look in the mirror after accelerating and there would be a big cloud filling the road - it would do it picking up from 30 smoking all the way up to around 70 when starting to lift off, then wouldnt do it again for a short while.
  3. Mine started to do this - took it to the dealer and they ran some checks and it was due to a build up in carbon. Basically they had to replace the lower half of the engine - they said it would have cost £7k if not under warranty - so hope yours is still under and get it there quick!
  4. Also did you experience any problems with the car/engine etc as a result
  5. Can anyone tell me where I can find the GPS co-ords on google maps? Have they changed it as I cant seem to find them!
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