Sam Chandra

I bought a 4-yr old IS about 2 months ago, had severe rattle which was fixed a week after I took delivery.

Mainly from the left and right front door, dash squeek, and sunroof.

The roof had been replaced with a new one about 2-yrs ago, and probably will be there for the life of the car.

Dash was taken apart, there was a TSB in the states on the 05-06 model.

To date it's partially resolve, and will probably get this re-look at again next month for the schedule service.

Apparently this is pretty normal with toyota / lexus.

Sam

My IS, which I took delivery of on January 25, has already developed a very slight rattle in the driver's side front door. It's not loud, most of the time I don't even notice it, but I am still annoyed since I believed this car would be free from such matters.

I now have three questions for all you other IS owners out there:

1. Have you experienced this, or something similar?

2. Did you approach your dealer about it?

3. Was the dealer successful in resolving the issue?

Many thanks for your advice on this.

As a side note, since Thursday my car (white pearl) has some gray spots on it. I have not seen this before. Could it be volcanic ash? The car is not super clean. It's been a couple of weeks since I washed it, but most of the dirt is on the sides and rear, having sprayed from the tires and road. These new spots are all over the hood, roof and boot lid, so it seems to have come from above. Anyone else seen this?