thewelshman

Thank you Britprius that has fully made my mind up to get a ordinary battery and save £200. And thanks to everyone who posted, I'm very grateful. Phil

I thank you all for your time and helpful info. Whichever battery I go for I still have a question from my first post ie. a fused connected wire to the battery holder bracket which leads to the back of the batt where there's a white fixing holding it. My question is, is this white fixing a plug just holding the wire in place or another connector?. After reading lots of posts on this forum and a few from Lexus forum in USA, it appears that a normal 12v battery can be used with the only mod being the removal of the temperature monitor and taping it to the new battery, or is that white plug/connector need modding to fit?. From what I've read from the American site is that Lexus are playing the salesman bluffing game as all sales people do " their products are best ".

I phoned Lexus Cardiff last week, £218 + vat = £260 ish 4 times the cost of a normal battery which has 70mah compared to 45 lexus batteries

Good day all. The 12v battery on my GS450H has decided to give up. I have looked at the battery and noticed a number of connections and wires attached, on the left of the battery there's the Neg terminal, vent pipe and I believe the temperature sensor, then a fused connected wire to the battery holder bracket which leads to the back of the batt where there's a white fixing holding it. My question is, is this white fixing a plug just holding the wire in place or another connector?. I have seen Bosch, Exide batteries on the the web stating they will fit the GS450h but the measurement seems different from the one on mine, I have roughly measured mine without taking the battery out and there seems to be a small difference to those advertised. Has anybody else gone and changed their battery and if so, where did you buy yours?. Thank you for reading and hope for any help, getting desperate now.

When going up Ben Nevis, what did you put on the tyres, chains or crampons ? ;))

The sat nav in my 2002 ls430 is a total waste of space. I leave home in the S Wales valley heading inland and over a mountain but the piece of junk shows me in the middle of the Bristol channel, I reset it and minutes later shows me miles away from my current position. Thank god I've got a good sense of direction

Lexus introduces new anti-theft device

That african guy did'nt know what he was doing. These tory basket weavers know exactly what they are doing when they stick two fingers up to us

Here's another site referring to CEO's of companies who you can complain directly to. Saga is listed but I don't know how up to date it is. No harm in trying. http://www.ceoemail.com/. Good luck

Take a look at this sight http://www.police.uk/ put in the 2 postcodes and compare to see if the crime rate is any different between them.

Try this. http://drivers.lexus.com/lexusdrivers/info/my-lexus/resources/submit-owners-manual-search Hope it helps

Hi everyone. Due to water ingress into the boot ( as stated in another thread ), a lot of the electrics were buggered including the fuse box relay on the n/s side which is totalled. Water was also all around the sat nav box and what I believe is the radio "box". As the radio & sat/nav are not working, I am thinking of fitting a single din slide out DVD, Sat/nav,Radio system in place of the cd player fitted, or a double din in place of the cd player and radio/tape player. Has anyone fitted one of these systems in the 430 as the local auto electrician recons it could be a nightmare to fit stating problems relating to the CANBUS wireing. Any feedback would be very welcome. Thanks Phil

I can't thank everyone enough, very helpfull people. I will look tommorow at the drain tubes and pull the rubber seal. The panels on both sides of the boot are wet from top to bottom. As for "suffer a leaky rear end" i've only one word for that " PAMPERS " :)) Phil

Hooray, found the door release and opened flap. Many thanks for all your help. Boo, wet all around it. Had a look around the rest of the boot and it's the same on the other side. The well where the sat nav sits is soaking, that might be the problem why the radio/sat nav failed. Maduggo suggested ( thank you ) it could be sun roof drains being blocked, would this cause this amount of ingress? if so ( sorry to be a pain ) where are they situated?. At first i was thinking it could be the main rubber seal like on the LS400s. I can't find any posts on this for the LS430. Phil

Sorry for the delay in getting back, been away from PC. Thanks for the photo's, had another look but no joy. I will try and get the side panel off later today and see what's behind. I have to look to find where all the water is coming into the boot as I think that it's the cause with all the electric problems i'm having. I'll keep you informed. Once again, thanks to all for your help and suggestions. Phil

I've looked in the boot and moved things about and there's no release cord, handle or other to be found. As for the pull push idea, tried and no luck. I can see where the pull lever should be ( an indent in the lining ) but it was not installed for some reason. I was hoping for a quick easy fix but it looks like i'll have to pull the linings out and look for the motor or whatever it's called and go from there. I am very grateful for all replies and suggestions, your a great bunch of people, many thanks Phil

Many thanks brendangeorge. I don't think it's a fuse but will check as i can hear the door release trying to operate. Thanks also for the other info and your quick response, I'm very grateful Phil

Hi everyone. First post, so here we go. I've had my LS430 2001 for approx 5 months and had nothing but trouble with it, all electric and it's doing my head in. First radio and sat nav fails, noticed water coming in boot so have to sort that out, but thinking of getting a new system to fit in dash. had a few other elec probs and sorted them by buying a new battery eg. boot motor continually running which meant i could not close the boot and the fuel door opening when it wanted. Now I can't open the bloody fuel door. I've looked in the boot for the handle to open it but it's not there. Theres an indent in the panel where it should be. Now my question, is there anothe place where it could be hidden as i'm running low on petrol and getting desperate. Failing to getting it open can someone lend me a match and some petrol ;)) TIA

Hi. I've just bought an ls430 and got one centre cap missing. Found this on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEXUS-LS430-WHEEL-CENTER-CAP-2001-2002-2003-2412-2450-74159-/110951067513. It's in California, so i mailed him for P&P to uk, he replied saying it was $16 but would reduce it to $12 and send two caps for the price of one. So $32 = £20 for two inc p&p. Hope this helps. Phil