Beejay

Had really good results from Lexus Guildford Moorfield Road, Slyfield Green, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1TB :)

OK I finally read the Owners Nav book and using the Memory section I scrubbed all the unwanted waypoints etc. Job done. :-) Stanley Kubrick once said he always unboxed new gadgets and immediately plugged them in/fired them up and eventually had to give in and read the Instructions!

"If they cause corrosion on the alloys how do you know what else they are causing to your health?" Scaremongering won't help answer the original post will it? It isn't very hard to cause corrosion on aluminium alloy castings used in car wheels - unless you spend loads on forged ones with superior [expensive] coatings......

Any guidance as to how to remove the previous incumbents' Routes/Destinations and Home settings? A clean start is the aim. All answers gratefully received - Thanks

The LED interior lights i bought seem to fade/rise in the normal manner, maybe a tiny fraction quicker than incandescent ones but smooth and acceptable IMHO.

Take a pic and text it - they might save you a journey/money/time.....

Fitted the interior LEDs and they are a brighter item - white - easy to fit if you have a thin flat steel blade to gently prise open the lamp housings.

I used http://www.satnavi.com/lexus.php for my aged 55 Rx400h. Map Man was v.quick - next day delivery. He lists the 2012 DVD as being suitable for the 450h and yesterday I did a 300 mile out and return in the fog/mist across Surrey Essex Suffolk and it was spot on. Finding the Sat Nav DVD player alongside the tool kit was fun. I thought the 450h had a hard drive setup? Thus allowing Lexus more control.....

Happy with my 400h. I just did a 300 mile foggy trip from Surrey Hills/Hog's Back to Snape/Aldeburgh - Round trip 300 miles via blocked Dartford Tunnel/A3 Guildford and took 5 hours and 45 min, 70/80+'s at times and i see my mileage is 32.2 mpg on regular unleaded @52+ mph average. I also have quite a bit of petrol left in the tank. Sat Nav warned me of traffic blocks well in advance and Audrey Hepburn or whoever was offering guidance did not intrude. Happy with my first longish run in a 55 SE- L model with full service history. Shame the 450h Head up display isn't a retro fit.....

No but when I get home I will. A pal fitted them and they seem fine. I did my MK IV Supra Twin Turbo and that was fine. Some computers think the bulb has failed and flag it up.

Dan, I used this guy... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261047792762?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

AFAIK the plastic battery box defines the absolute limit in battery size. Don't know about capacity but I see the Rx450 has a much bigger battery. If you look at someone like Halfrauds, their catalogue items [2] for the Rx400 have one battery that doesn't even fit either width or length-wise! The smaller battery has the terminals on the wrong side compared to the OEM Lexus version. I carry a backup battery device in the boot. My 'Man' at Lexus told me to only use the key when intending to drive off, avoid the Aux position [for sat nav and radio] for long periods and no DVDs while parked and don't leave interior lights on either. I am putting LED interior lights in my 2005 Rx to reduce battery drain.

I work as a Freelance Film Tech type so income and marriages varied as did my car requirements! [ I won't include the cars the wives drove...] New Mini Van AC Ace New Mini Minor New Mini Cooper 'S' 1071 Ex Cooper Cars Saloon Champ 1964 Mini Cooper 'S' 1275 New E Type 4.2 Conv New Austin 'Giant Land Crab' 1800 E Type 4.2 Coupe New Vauxhall 2000 Estate New Rover SD1 Mk 2 Jensen Interceptor Mk 3 Jensen Interceptor Volvo 240 Estate BMW 2002 Coupe Renault 5 [ 1st divorce!!!] Alfa Romeo Alfasud Mk 4 Jensen Interceptor Porsche 912S Porsche 911 Targa LHD [in California] Mercedes 300 TE estate Range Rover Vogue Vauxhall Viva [2nd divorce!!!] BMW 635 CSI New Citroen CX 25 Safari Mercedes 500 SEC Mercedes 320 TE Estate Dodge Stealth TT LHD [Mitsubishi 300GT USA version] Toyota MK IV TT Coupe Auto Toyota MK IV TT VVTi Tiptronic Lexus Rx400h The so reliable Toyota MK IVs were the longest owned [from 1994 - 2012 - still have the VVTi]

Lexus Guildford did a superb job and the charge was v.reasonable. I am a happy bunny

My 400h wheels seem ok [@116,000] but a friend has had her wheels refurbed twice because of corrosion. I think she must be driving on a beach somewhere..... She has 300 wheels now because they don't corrode so much she says. Anyone else had similar experiences?

Lexus called and the big 100 or 150 Amp? fuze protected the vitals! Apparently the Halfords battery is the wrong size [strange as it fitted inside the plastic battery box perfectly] so Lexus want to fit their own battery. I can see that Monday morning may result in a few words being exchanged as I would prefer to fit the correct size but maybe a Calcium variety with more capacity. Anyway at least the main problem is sorted.

OK I did something really stupid........ This morning went to start the Rx400h and no power to move the machine. I am the second owner. Looked at the tiny battery and realised it was the original. 2005 model so that's 7 years of use. I found a replacement on the net and as the car wouldn't move I fitted it myself. Big mistake coming up. it was the right size - and fitted in the box and when I connected the second terminal all the headlights came on. I swiftly looked in the front. No keys - they were in my pocket. Dashboard dead. Pulled the terminal leads off to discover I had managed to connect it - with positive earth!!!! My excuse was that the terminals were almost the same size and because I had put the battery in with the terminals as per the original and it was dark in the garage I had really screwed up. Anyone else done anything as dumb??? The RAC guy found many dead fuses but once he got close to the 650volt area he had to say it needs a Lexus garage. So it is off tomorrow to be revived - hopefully. Now most fuses are replaced all the fans run at high revs. One of my Macs used to do that and I had to reset the PRAM. Anyone else been down this painful road? Thanks in advance......... BJ