Wolf02

Interesting, No the type i got were the acorn tapered style (type 1 in that post), went through the car selector guide online before buying. The ones that came off my car were I believe type 1 as different lexus' have different styles of wheel from a quick check on the forums. They were definitely NOT flat bottomed as per type 2. The only complication was that there WAS a washer on mine as well as it being tapered! I will take a photo and post it on here when i get home.

FYI Lexus dealer was not much help, Said they couldn't give out the code as they don't keep them on file. Offered to remove the bolts IF they ended up being Lexus bolts but only if I could get the car to them. Said I had a puncture so can't get the car to them they couldn't do much. They suggested the aa but the AA said they couldn't as I didn't have homestart package and couldn't guarantee removal. So ended up stuck, just glad the specialist was local and did call outs otherwise I would be stuffed!! Lesson: don't trust garages to give you the wheel nut key even on an expensive car! Trust no one!

Well finally got it sorted. Ended up having to call out a specialist as the locking nuts had the rotating suround and most places could or wouldn't attempt it. Cost me £80 to get all 4 removed, guy came out and removed all 4 in under 1/2 hour no damage to the nuts or wheels, real pro job! Ended up getting some cheap halfords locking bolts simply so I had 5 bolts per wheel back on ASAP! Don't care about them being locking nuts really just wanted some bolts back on the car!! Thanks all, luckily puncture was repairable too so not too bad in the end but cost about £140 all in to get a simple puncture sorted!

I have a bit of a problem, bought my gs a few months back and never thought to check for the locking wheel nut key! I now have a flat tyre and the local garages wont touch it and keep referring me back to lexus to sort it! BUT as far as I can tell the 450h doesn't come with locking wheel nuts so I doubt lexus will be able to help (other than offering to force them off) can anyone confirm if the gs 450h 2008 came with locking wheel nuts, if it did its worth me chasing lexus for a fix. If it didn't I need to find somewhere to get the locking bolts off all 4 wheels without paying a fortune! can anyone confirm if it came with them ? and if lexus are likely to be able to help.

As the subject says just bought a GS450h after getting good advice on the forum. I took a GS450h out and it felt a bit sluggish but after reassurance from other GS owners that this was not the norm i drove another one and was hooked! Bought it a couple of days ago and cant get out enough in it now! Amazing car!

Well I didnt buy the first one i took out, but did take a test drive in another GS450h....... And I bought it !!! :) This one drove amazingly! totally different car to the first one i took out. Drove in in my Audi S4 and drove away in the GS 450h ! Great day !!! Thanks for the responses people, im now one of you!

As above - but from what I think you are describing sounds like there is a delay in revs for longer than normal and also when you are probably already on the petrol engine . Best try a few others if you can. yes absolutely was a significant delay in revs, the second the revs kicked in the power started. I will have to try another and hopefully it will be a better experience! Why do I have to be the person to find the one duff lexus in the world!

Thought it was worth saying that my S4 is a manual so obviously no possibility for delay in gear engagement there. I havent driven that many auto's and never a CVT before, but my wife has a auto focus and that i consider to be quick to respond, her X3 before it was a bit slower but still OK for a big 4x4, this car was truly slow to respond by comparison. Ive looked for videos of people doing rolling starts to compare but cant find anything of anyone already doing >30 mph and seeing when they floor it compared to when the car responds. But from what im hearing its NOT normal for a gs450h to respond anything other than instantly.

I was doing around 50 when i floored it so the engine was definitely running i would think. I did think of that at lower speeds but dont think it was the case at 50+ As for the engine revs, there were none for a few seconds either, its literally like floor it, nothing, nothing, slight push and big rev increase, then full push. Once it got going it was quick but that delay was truly epic. Im going to go see another one asap to compare, but i would like to buy the one i test drove is possible as its good price and the spec i wanted. IS there anything i can do to kick it into life (eg disconnect the battery, old FTO autos suffered from this and a reset fixed it). Could it have been the really low fuel level causing it to go into some sort of safe mode ? Im just wondering if its worth going back to the original garage to see if its actually ok i just had a bad run because of X or if its a walk away job. For a lexus i would be surprised that i just happened to find the one bad one!

Hi, yea i tried power mode and tried shifting it to the manual sequential mode, nothing changed it much. If i didnt know better i would say that the electric power wasnt doing anything until the petrol kicked in, either that or the gear engagement was delayed (but based on what ive read i dont think the gears work that way).

Hi all, Im planning on buying a GS450h 2007 model. HOWEVER!, i took one out for a test drive today and i was very disappointed with the car i took a test drive in! It was a 2007 with around 70k on the clock, car was in great condition and i was very tempted right up until i took a drive. The problem was, and let my try an explain this accurately.... When driving along at a steady speed everything is fine but if i put my foot down hard it took around 1-2 seconds before the power kicked in! Literally no reaction from the car for at least a second before the car even registered that i had done anything. Im fairly sure thats not right, but the garage owner suggested it could just be because of what im used to (audi S4). Ive read loads of reviews on the GS450h and they all say about the amazing acceleration and the torque. Having just driven this one either something is very wrong with the car or my expectations of this type of car are wrong ? The car has been sat at the garage for no doubt a few days, it had no fuel in it until the guy topped it up just before i went out in it but only with a VERY VERY small amount of fuel. Asking those who own the GS 450h here, is there something that low fuel, having been sat for a while, ecu remembered previous drivers lazy style etc etc etc that could have caused this ? OR is it really just what this car is like, my wife's BMW X3 was a bit like it, hesitated before changing down and pulling away when you planted your foot. And finally, should i just walk away from the car, or should i take it out for another drive but only after having done (X,Y,Z) to see if its ok. I really like the car and its in my budget but i dont want to buy a 450h if they really are that lazy to respond. To be clear, pulling away from a standstill was fine, not groundbreaking but fine (felt slower than the s4 even though they are 90% same on paper 0-60). Only when already travelling along and planting my foot was the problem evident, if i gradually accelerated all was ok and it was quite a surge but always felt like the car was catching up with me, 1/2 a second or so behind what i was asking it to do. Help please!