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Standard south east England winter temperatures. So between 4 and 10 degrees recently.

Thanks. I'll give it a shot

Yes, the light comes on. I thought to reset it that I'd have to turn it on and off in a particular order but nothing seems to be working.

It was for something completely unrelated (brakes) but I think they probably disconnected the battery at some point because the switch to override control of the electric windows also seems to have stopped working. Also the radio had lost the station names, although their frequencies were still programmed. The clock was right though!🤷‍♂️

Hi All Haven't been here for a while but my car was recently in the garage and now that I've got it back, the front demister no longer works as expected. Previously when I switched it on, the aircon would come on and automatically go to max. Now, the aircon comes on but at whatever speed I've got the climate control set to. I have to manually turn it up (and down again obviously). Any idea how I can get it to go to max speed automatically? 🙏

Same here. Should've taken the advice I was given before buying it and gone for the 250. Wish I could afford to change it but just bought a house! :(

The previous owner of my car had them done and was billed £90+VAT for each bulb and £180+VAT for fitting. They are not too difficult to fit, but there is a bit of disassembly required because there isn't enough space to open the bulb door. On the passenger side, it's easy - you just unbolt the windscreen washer bottle funnel and pull it out - this gives plenty of space to change the bulb. It's more difficult on the driver's side - the engine air intake needs to be removed, to get access to the bulb. Cool. Thanks. The passenger side's the one that's gone so good to know that it's easy. I know I should change both but If I can do the one that's blown at least I'm still on the right side of the law

One of mine has just gone too. How much does Lexus charge to supply and fit them? Can I fit them myself? Is there a guide somewhere in the forums? Those Osram are on amazon UK for £122 so not too expensive.

Yes, it's happened to me on a few occasions. I've had my neighbours knocking on my door to tell me that my windows were halfway down. I think I may have pressed the unlock button inadvertantly and it's a feature I only renectlt discovered.

I've had my 2006 220 Sport for a little over 2 years and after the first couple of months of ownership I noticed smoking after sitting in traffic then accelerating away quickly. I do mostly urban miles and a stop-start 17-mile journey into the office every day. I'd previously been doing 30 miles which was stop-start, then about 10 motorway miles, winding country roads and a stop-start last 2 miles. I had numerous calls and garage visits to Lexus but they couldn't recreate or diagnose the problem. I even posted about it here. Eventually they followed me on a typical journey and saw the effect for themselves. I took it in and they said I'd need a new engine!! Fortunately, it would be replaced under warranty. Last month I had a stuttering effect driving down to Wiltshire but didn't think much of it. On Tuesday I drove from London to Manchester and it was more pronounced but I got there without any problems. Yesterday I was driving back from Manchester and 40 miles into the journey the warning light (check VSC), engine and traction light illuminated. I stopped, called Lexus Roadside Assistance (the AA - pfftt!) who advised that I do a regeneration. I literally drove all the way back to London at 3.5k RPM! I was getting a loss of power pretty much the whole way and I was surprised I made it home without the dreaded "Limp mode" I'd heard so much about. Car still not great on my drive into the office this morning but stil no limp mode yet. Now I'm beginning to think that the great plumes of smoke that I used to see before the engine was replaced was actually a good thing and my system was cleaning itself out! If I take this to Lexus and say that I think it was a direct result of the misdiagnosis and replacement of the engine maybe they'll fix it for free! (And pigs might fly right?) Anyway, does anyone know of anywhere in London (or counties to the N, NW, W and SW of London) that will reliably remove the DPF and do a ECU remap (or DPF emulation) at a reasonable price?

Does anyone know anywhere in London (or counties bordering N, NW, W and SW London) offering the same service as PandP?

I like the look of it with the minor exception of the rear reflectors. Look like they've been added as an after-thought. Shame I can't afford one!

Thanks for your exhaustive research Matus. I'd like to know how this translates to a 220D Sport but I suppose there are some general common sense rules that we can follow. It would be interesting to know what revs you should change up at to maintain the revs you refer to at different gears for point 4.

I'm afraid to say that is normal.

Got my car back this morning. Lexus had had it for a few days and guess what? They couldn't recreate the problem!! :duh: So I told them I'd drive it to work and let them know. On my usual route, in the same place that I usually see the smoke, there it was as bad as ever. I reckon it must be my driving style!! Getting fed up with this now. It'll be a while til I can take it back in but I think I'll call and arrange for someone to follow me so that they can see what it looks like.