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I've got the Einszett version in the garage so I'll dig it out - sounds like it's still the best type of product to use after all these years thank-you both 👍

Are any of you using anything like Einszett Gummi Pflege on the door seals or other silicone lube etc to keep the door rubbers in good shape through winters? I guess waxing the body where the rubbers meet it would help too. When we had the cold snap earlier this week all of the doors on my LS460 were frozen shut, we got to about -6c where I am and it probably didn't help the car took the brunt of freezing winds off the moors. Also one of the plastic door trim pieces physically debonded from the door frame when I tried to open it - not sure if that's a common problem seen here before but I'm going to replace the trim part when it warms up a bit (no point fixing it for now). I've had to change the additive in the washing bottle as it froze solid and took 1h 45 mins on a journey before the washers were working again, seemed to take forever compared to my Volvo which from everything I've experienced so far is better designed for the freezing weather. I'm just wondering if there are any good cold weather tips for the LS please - engine wise it was fine but getting in was a challenge on Wednesday!

If you sign up for the My Lexus part of the Lexus website and then register your vehicle via the VIN you will be able to access a history of work done each time the car was at a dealer: https://www.lexus.co.uk/my-lexus/ Register your car there and then scroll down and on the right you'll see Service History - a bit further down you'll then see Full History which will take you to a page listing any work done at a dealers.

Blimey I'm amazed you found a car park in Buxton as quiet as that looks at this time of year 👍 There's a very similar LS400 I see parked up near the football ground in Guiseley a lot, that also looks in very good condition for the age and not sure whether the owner is on here.

Hi yes in mine I just swapped the disks, it showed an initial loading screen with a bar loading and then it's been fine since. I've got to admit I can't remember seeing Japanese writing but I wasn't taking that much notice - the American systems had the HDD and the non-HDD system is much easier to update without a dealer trip. Are there any scratches on the disk that you put in at all? Did it run at full speed on the old disk? Personally I do tend to use TomTom more on my phone but just wanted to get the system updated to show our home address (the old disk in the car didn't have it as it wasn't built then) so I couldn't set the home location. I always reset the systems when buying as a habit, it's mad how many people sell a car leaving their home address on the satnav systems.

What problems did you have? I've got an XC90 D5 and it's been a superb family car for us - the only bad thing is it can be a pain in some car parks as it's too big so I have to go and shop elsewhere 🙂

I was looking for a motorway muncher a while back to run alongside my Volvo AWD and after browsing Autotrader at various diesel VWs and Audis I ended up looking back at the world of Lexus and ended up with my 3rd. A quick update from my many years away from LOC - after selling the Aristo V300 due to getting a company car I ended up going through various hire cars from work (VWs, Peugeots, Vauxhalls, all sorts really). I bought a 2006 VW Passat and racked up over 60k in 6 months. I had a baby on the way at the time (6 years ago) and swapped the car for a VW Passat CC TDI GT which I drove all the way up to 200k before chopping in for the Volvo). Amusingly it took the wife over a week to realise I'd changed cars when I went from the Passat to the CC 😄 I live in the moors these days so bought a Volvo XC90 which has been flawless in bad weather wherever I've been, but unfortunately it triggers a shoulder injury I have from a few years ago and long drives (which I do a lot of) really take their toll. I fancied being back in a saloon so I get the best of both worlds - the Volvo for bad weather and shipping the kids around and I did a fair bit of reading and it seemed the LS460 was a pretty reliable motor assuming looked after properly which some hitting bonkers milage figures over in the USA and over here. I had traded in a 2008 VW Passat CC 2.0 TDI DSG last Christmas which hit 200k and was still like new inside and out - that was a great car and fared me well so I wasn't afraid of high milers. So I found one fairly cheap with ~140k miles which would be a nice easy intro back in the world of Lexus and help minimise shoulder problems for me. Full Lexus dealer service history with lots of parts replaced over the years including the seats replaced just 12 months ago and as part of the sale it had the usual issue with the control arms so I had those replaced and a clean MoT as part of the sale. I picked her up from SE London and it was a lovely trip home other than the TPMS warning flashing up on the dash all the way home, Luckily I had a Carista on hand so could see it was because the spare was missing and as the pressures were all ok I was happy to do the >200 mile drive back up North. All was fine and dandy until the car went in for a full service and geometry check at Lexus and it came back out with a PCS error which unfortunately took Lexus weeks to figure out working with Lexus GB and turned out to be the radar sensor failing while at the garage so it needed that replacing and the front Lexus badge. During that period I pretty much read the workshop guide cover to cover. On the plus side it didn't need the new brake disks or pads I'd bought so they've been put to one side. I've actually only had the car at home 4 weeks out of 8 weeks of ownership due to it being in the garage - it gets worse as this week it threw a brake pad warning when they all looked ok and turns out the cable at the loom side has been chopped off and the wires bodged to the other connector. It was fixed but while the garage had it they've damaged the front bumper on the yellow ramps so it's gouged to buggery as well as doing similar to the steering wheel which I'd only just sorted out 😕 FFS! They're not responding to my emails at the moment so I'm going to have to call in and see what they say - even more worrying was that there's a clip missing from the dashcam which suggests it was removed and then when they connected back up and took into the garage it was all talk of the car being "fast as f*ck" - hoping I won't be getting a ticket in the post soon and just proves you shouldn't trust feedback of a garage from Facebook these days. @abdallian will be very familiar with the car as he owned it previously which I'd pieced together from old posts before it went off to auction. In terms of work done since I've had it: New lower control arms 4 wheel geometry at Lexus Full major service at Lexus Latest 2017-2018 v2 E1G satnav disk New Yuasa Silver battery (I was trying to rule out voltage issues causing the PCS errors) Mixture of BG 44k and Shell V-Power to clear a couple of misfires logged on Techstream New front radar sensor (ouch!) New front Lexus emblem (picked up a spare I've got sat in the garage now too!) New spare wheel & toolkit (rolled my own TPMS scanner using an SDR I had sat here and used Carista to program it in). Lexus LED projection lights for the doors (the daughter loved the ones next door had on their new Peugeot so they were an eBay special) New clips to replace all the missing ones from years of removing the engine shields New uprated Osram Night Breaker Laser D4S HID bulbs (they need adjusting up still yet) Refreshed the headlight units with the 3M polishing kit and 3M clear coat New Lexus Sport LS460 gearknob from Japan as the old one was quite worn on the leather. Cleaned up the interior with Dr Leather products (they're excellent if you haven't used them before) A pass through with an odor bomb to remove smoke smell. Added a Raspberry Pi system for kids films for the daughter so she's got her own media setup Picked up some Lexus headsets (and it also works fine with third party headsets set to band A) Still to-do I've got a full deep clean valet booked in for January Get the wheels refurbished as they have the typical Lexus rot Get the paint tidied up - to be fair it was in pretty great condition for the age with marks on the bonnet and boot which look like a parking barrier has closed on it and now the front bumper has been mullered this week. I've been quoted £1k by a local guy with a great rep but he's fully booked until July 2019 😮 The car is showing a solar circuit issue which I think is the rear window demister as it's not the most efficient (it is 12 years old) Sort out a problem with a rear cabin temperature sensor I'm debating whether to fix the rust on the sunroof - it seems fairly common on the LS460 from what I've read. Thinking about a Grom V-Line 2 but hear mixed reports. I may just leave that alone and stick to media burned to disk as the factory Mark Levison system sounds amazing! A long post but pretty much covers the journey so far, it's been frustrating but touch wood things will settle down a bit now (please!) I've bought the full set of diagnostics since buying the car (I have a mistrust of garages from experiences over the years) so I always like to check that what they're telling me adds up. I started off with the cheap copy Mini VCI cable which turned out to be firmware 1.4.1 and couldn't handle various things so moved onwards and upwards through the VCX Nano and then finally a GTS OTC VIM which I've tested on up to the latest 2018 cars with the latest Techstream licensed from lexus-tech.eu (not the hooky version). I also bought a Denso Intelligent Tester 2 with oscilloscope probes when trying to figure out the PCS error but that's overkill for my needs so I'll be getting rid of that at some point now I have a reliable Techstream up and running - for now it comes everywhere with me as I'm not quite confident it won't throw another random error - I've seen more engine lights than I care to with this one! Fingers crossed for a bit of stability going forwards now anyway 👍

Unfortunately not but I did get some goodwill from both LGB and the dealer which brought the price down substantially - I needed the car back for work so didn't have time to explore other avenues unfortunately. I've just gotten it back again today as it had a brake pad wear sensor issue - touch wood I can get some milage out of it now 🙂

Is it location dependant? If so it could be radio interference on the 433Mhz frequency the key works on - things like energy monitors, remote garage door openers, weather stations and wireless doorbells also use a similar frequency to the key fob so could be interfering if you've recently installed a new one (or the neighbours)

I think I saw the advert for this one when I was re-evaluating mine and if it's the one I'm thinking of it looked lovely so congrats. The satnav disk was in the glovebox in my 2006 SE-L - you eject it via the OSD and then I replaced it with the E1G v2 2018 update disk and it works fine - you can save a lot of money by buying just the GB disk from eBay, it was around £20. My LS460 has spent 4 weeks out of the 8 weeks I've owned it in the garage - not what I was expecting at all tbh and after another day at the garage today (faulty brake bad wear sensor) I'm hoping I'll get some mileage out of it now! I've got all the diags on hand and know my way around Techstream and the Intelligent Tester 2 quite well now 🙂 I won't leave the house without the Carista OBD2 dongle and IT2 in the boot just in case it throws an error as it has been that bad. So far I've had a full service at Lexus, a 4 wheel geometry (although the steering wheel doesn't seem quite straight after two attempts by Lexus), replaced the control arms, sorted out an issue with the front brake pad wear sensor, programmed in a new spare wheel with TPMS, replaced the front radar sensor and the front Lexus emblem (that literally took three weeks alone to figure out and was £££), fitted new Osram Xenarc Nightbreaker Laser HID bulbs and I've got new brake disks and pads to go on but I've been advised to wait 3 or 4k first as the old ones are still not that bad. Definitely get the 4 wheel geo done to minimise tyre wear, get the control arms and bushings checked and see how you go from there. Hopefully I've just been very unlucky. Also check your sunroof - it seems pretty common they hold water and rust away - mine has done. Techstream is a worthwhile investment to see exactly where you stand in terms of issues - the cheaper cables can't do everything though so it may be worth spending a bit more on something like the VCX Nano instead of the old 1.4x firmware cables you can find on eBay. I was seeing some misfires in Techstream which cleared up with a few tanks of V-Power and an Italian tune up and I've got a can of BG44k ready to throw in before the next service which should clean the insides nicely.

Hello all - it's been a long time since I was around these parts but I recently picked up another Lexus for motorway cruising to cut down the mileage on my other car. I'm married with two kids these days so older, greyer (and fatter) than last time I was here 🙂 I wanted something nice for the motorways so picked up a 2006 LS460 SE-L - I think it was @abdallian's old car from what I have read and pieced together and it has a stack of paperwork and jobs performed over the years. Unfortunately the front radar sensor died during a full service so it's needed that and the front badge replacing and I've had the control arms done and a new Yuasa Silver battery since I got her too. I also refreshed the yellowing headlights with the 3M headlight restoration kit to brighten things up a bit and have some new Osram Night Breaker Laser bulbs to go in which should help with the winter nights. I'm really hoping things will calm down a bit now - I've done 200 miles since picking it up yesterday and so far so good! I have noticed the sunroof has the rust / rot which seems to affect the LS460. I've worked my way through the diags and now have a full working setup - an SPX OTC VIM for the latest Techstream and an Intelligent Tester 2 with the oscilliscope and probes for when things get nasty.

I bought an LS460 a few weeks ago for motorway munching which stands me at £3k in repairs already. The control arms needed doing which is common wear and tear so I had those done initially, but then a few weeks later while the car was in for a full service the front radar sensor failed so it resulted in needing a new radar sensor and Lexus badge which has now been done. I'll never know why it failed so suddenly, from reading forums they tend to play up in bad weather first more and more before going but this went from perfect operation to being unable to drive more than 100 metres without the car dinging and logging errors. For reference it was a C1646 error in the IPA / Parking Assist Monitor ECU saying Power Steering Control System invalid. It took the dealer a lot of work to identify the exact root cause as the radar module but it's now done 200 miles since I got it without any more drama (touch wood). TPMS was throwing an error which turned out to be a missing spare so I bought another and used SDR to work out the new code and then used Carista to program it in - very useful indeed and worth having one in the car for emergencies. I've bought diagnostics as well for the car and Techstream is good - certainly better than anything available when I had the IS200 or Aristo. The cheap MiniVCI cable I had with firmware 1.4.1 and TS10 wasn't great - the VCX Nano WiFi or SPX OTC VIM Work much better with full functionality in the latest Techstream from lexus-tech.eu.

Have you tried ac-auto-locksmiths on eBay as they offer an unlocking service - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEXUS-SMART-KEY-UNLOCKING-SERVICE/121908977682?hash=item1c62576012:g:4V0AAOSwQYZW05ML:rk:6:pf:0 I'm tempted to order a couple myself as a side project for a rainy day - supposedly you just reset a couple of values in a couple of NAND pages on the chip and that's it the key is fresh again. Once the relevant value has been reset you should be able to get it reprogrammed into the car via Techstream, IT2 etc or one of the OBD machines available.

I had Dunlop Wintersport 4D on my previous car and they were great - currently I'm running 4x Continental WinterContact TS850P on a Volvo XC90 and it had no issues going up and down the steepest hills around here in the moors during the snow of last winter while other cars would be sliding all over with zero traction - the 4WD helped.

I just found out that unfortunately Johnboy passed away recently - those of you who remember him will know he was a great guy. I just noticed there was no mention on here that I could see so I just wanted to send my regards to John - rest in peace mate and my thoughts are with Jo who he has left behind now.

Did you check the fuse boxes in the kick panels of the car, maybe the one you're after is in there and not the one in the engine bay?

This may do the job: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2000-Lexus-...lsQ5fLiterature Alternatively if you call the dealers and ask for parts they should be able to source one for you :)

Having some of these bad boys on the new Audi I reckon :)

What about these here fella: http://www.game.co.uk/Consoles/Xbox-360/_/...3400&cat=11 I haven't played a PC game in years! It's just easy throwing a disk in a console and off you go :)

£194.77 from Amazon fella with extra controller, Lego Batman and Pure, and then two of out Fifa 10, Borderlands and Wet. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/re...;pf_rd_i=506846 Sainsburys had about the best offer going but it's gone again! I got mine from PC World on a right steal but they cocked it right up - I even told them at the till they were mischarging me but they insisted they were right - I got an Elite, extra controller and those two crap games it comes with, Batman Arkham Asylum, Prince Of Persia, something else and a pad charging unit thing for £199!

Merry Christmas ladies and gents :)

I don't think it's been done on a MK2 - on the MK1 it was just a case of bypassing a resistor or something on the PCB but no-ones done it on the MK2 yet which is a bugger! From reports I read there may also be an issue with the gearbox changing with the SLD fitted at very high end speeds when you let off - ie it tries to kick down a gear when you're flying! Have to admit the one time I took it up to sily speeds it was fine though! Dave Ellens the man though as he saw this happen on the autobahns I think?

Do you use chemical wheel cleaners on them? If so that's probably why they're going yellow as they've been left on too long and have attacked the metal itself. I think a refurb is the only option?

Would probably be easier to just go with the IS300 as a full thing if it's not smashed up! The 3 litre 2JZ engine is a much better base to work on though, stick a supercharger or turbo on it, for which there are many kits available, especially if it's a left hand drive! I had fun in my supercharged IS but I've had a lot more fun in the twin turbo'd 2JZ-GTE Aristo :D

That's bizarre mate! At least you've done better than me - I had a knocking noise and it turned out the spring had snapped! Or at least it had given way when I got up to Charlesworth ! Ooops!