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You might indeed find that the front belts are unique to the US, we fit unique belts to our US "world cars".....not for legislation reasons, for.....and how can I put this delicately, differences between US and rest of world anthropomorphic statistics......the US belts are longer! :D You know there just might be something in that B) Ah well - keep searching Thanks David

My US RX400h has done the same thing occasionally ever since I have had it (31000 miles in 3.5 years) - almost always when the car is cold and it's the first brake application, more so if the air is damp. I found that releasing the brake pedal and immediately reapplying it worked, the regeneration brake engaged and all was fine. Not noticed anything with the consumption though but I rarely watch that part of the display. Overall consumption has remained static at 23.6 mpg (US gallons). I did question my dealer when I first noticed it, they checked the car thoroughly and found no faults. Lexus dealers in the US right now are paranoid after that crash involving a loaner car fitted with after market floor mats which jammed the accelerator pedal. That happened locally and got a huge amount of coverage so they are extra cautious when dealing with reports of anything to do with braking or acceleration. I have stopped worrying about it as it isn't serious and I have the dealer report (somewhere) giving the car a clean bill of health. Cheers David

Hi, Please could I ask anyone with an RX400h - 2008 model year for preference - to take a look a their seat belt labels and see if EVERY belt has the "E" mark in a circle with a number code. The number code is not relevant, just the "E" mark. Only the rear belts on my car have this mark but all belts have the legend "conforms to F/CMVSS209" so I'm wondering if the French DRIRE is going to make me change all my seat belts which could get expensive. I tried to put an image of the label here but it won't let me so I have posted it in an album in members pictures: Thanks in advance David

http://bahamutcars.free.fr/workshop/RX_03-07/contents/index.html Not sure if this would help - worth a try? Alan Thanks Alan - that's a great resource David

I agree, the 400h is not only more economical, its more powerful and much nicer to drive. We were loaned a RX330 when our 400h was in for service - even my wife commented on the difference and she was riding shotgun Cheers David

Hi, Just to add that the battery problem exists here in the US as well in a warm & sunny climate. I have an RX400h (2008) and my brother has the (mechanically identical) Toyota Highlander. Unattended battery life is 3 weeks maxiumum - leave the key in the ignition and its one hour, leave a door cracked open and overnight a dead battery. Part of the problem is that many electrical components are "live" and actually functioning when the vehicle is switched off ) only a battery disconnect solves it and then you have to reprogra, everything: It's a royal pain. However looks like you guys may have come up with a couple of partial solutions (70ah deep cycle and/or portable jump start)which is an option when I ,ove to France Cheers David