katabrontes
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I would ignore it and see what happens. i regularly get warning lights for Brakes/ABS and one other which come on at random. Sometimes while driving more often after starting up. They always clear after switching off and restarting. No fault codes ever found with my mini dongle of my garage ( not Lexus) more sophisticated system on their laptop. Never failed an MoT on this account. Everything works normally. No one has managed to diagnose the reason over about past 10 years.
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The obsession with MPG has always puzzled me. The biggest cost, if you buy new, is depreciation which puts the cost of fuel in the shade. If EVs become liable for VED, which looks inevitable, and insurance costs continue to increase due to problems with repairs, battery damage worries and increasing write offs when damage is slight then any financial advantages of EVs will erode considerably. Of course I have focussed on the 'business case' but it does puzzle me that those who are happy and able to spend verging on six figures for a car are so focussed on the relatively small costs of driving it around. Environmental arguments are quite another thing but they are rarely mentioned in this forum!
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You might find NHS Occupational Therapy services or specialist disability support groups would be more helpful than commercial suppliers as they should be able to offer experience from those actually using the equipment. I tried to find the shooter in Cyprus who had a system fitted to his 4x4 but I don't have his contact details.
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I have seen various adaptions to either allow a special seat to rotate and drop to make access to a wheelchair beside the care easy or a hoist fitted to a special roof rack which does the same. A man in a wheelchair used to use something like this to go clay pigeon shooting in Cyprus and it allowed him to be completely independent. I don't have a source for this type of adaption but I am sure your local occupational therapy department would be able to help.
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A bit fiddly as you need to remove the large plastic cover on the drivers side. There are a few hex head bolts projecting behind the light assemblies which control the orientation of the headlights. The top one adjusts for the height. I find a small hex socket on a flexible shaft is easiest tool to do this. A small adjustment makes a big difference so make sure you don't raise the beams too much to cause dazzle. I stand in front of the car about 5-10 metres away to check this.
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Comment by Nemesis is informative. However it seems very strange that it is OK to replace inadequate headlight bulbs on an older car but not on a newer one. Not unusual for unintended consequences to arise from 'official' pronouncements, legislation or regulations but odd that this has persisted for so long without being corrected. I dipped very bright headlights are a problem whatever the age of the car and are a function of a careless driver not a dangerous vehicle.
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I have seen this posted and there is a note on the Philips bulbs that they are ' for off road use only'. However my RX has passed its MoT every time since I fitted the first conversion to HID and enquiry to my independent garage who does the tests confirmed that they are not a problem with MoT. The other point that has been raised is on insurance as the change of bulb could be regarded as a modification from standard specification but the same argument could be used if, say, roof bars were fitted to a car supplied without them or even fitting a CAT restraint system or even the recently introduced under wheel arch shields to deafest Canbus theft.
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Stolen RX 450h in Wembley, UK
katabrontes replied to Eko's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
Very bad luck. It confirms my decision to hang on to my 2006 RX350 which is not vulnerable to the Canbus method of theft. I would not buy one of the affected series of RX 450. -
I had the same problem with my RX 350. My first effort was an HID conversion which was good and really bright but it had an irritating rather slow warm up so full brightness took a little time to develop when first switched to main beam. Once they were warmed up it was instant. Fitting was a bit complicated as the high voltage supply had to be fitted and secured safely. This year I changed to a Phillips LED which is excellent. Very bright and instant on. Again a little tricky to fit as you need to set the orientation of the bulb accurately which is quite fiddly and the mounting ring which you have to adjust is quite delicate. Once done however they are very good. I used these https://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/hb3-hb4-philips-ultinon-pro9100-led-headlights-pair.html Good luck. i think you would do well to use a high output LED for the reversing lights as well. The standard ones are rubbish.
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Maybe worth using a small local garage to do your MoT so you can explain how to clear the problem if it happens during the test. Big boys are probably less flexible. As it doesn't affect any safety critical features it shouldn't be a fail issue but some people always take too precautionary a position.
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Mine is very intermittent and quite unpredictable. It used to happen a bit more often in the rain but not consistently. So far it has defied diagnosis but I have stopped bothering about it as it doesn't seem to affect the braking and always resets when the engine is restarted. Sometimes it just goes off on its own. Best suggestion was that it was a glitch in the main 'computer' which resets every time the car is started which is why it clears. Don't lose sleep over it and learn to live with it. It could otherwise be a very expensive fix for precious little benefit.
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Hi David, mine is still a mystery but it is less often since I changed the main beams to LED even though the HID conversion was stated to be CANBUS compliant. I don't worry about it any more. It always clears if I stop the engine and restart it. Never failed an MoT as my garage knows the stop start trick so if it happens they can clear it.
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Check the tyre pressures. I have a similar problem with these lights coming on at odd times. It was suggested that it could be due to imbalance in the wheel sensors. Could be a bit of dirt or if the pressures are adrift then one wheel will turn slightly faster and might cause it. Never found the cause of mine although it happens much less since I replaced the HID main beam bulbs with LEDs which suggested it might have been a CANBUS issue. No fault codes ever appear.
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I used to get this on a tight lock on my old Toyota Surf (Japanese import of FourRunner). It was traced to the point where the coil springs were fitted into the supporting cup. I assume from the OP that your 300 has air suspension so this isn't likely to be your problem. You do seem to have renewed all the potentially suspect parts.
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Attempted Theft of my RX450h 2020
katabrontes replied to Rob62's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
A recent report on car theft in Paris put two Lexus models as 2 & 4 most common. Both have 'keyless' systems. Recent report from Connexion "The top five most frequently stolen cars in 2022, according to the Franco-German car magazine Auto Plus, were also predominantly hybrids: Toyota Rav4 “5” Lexus NX Audi A3 “3” Lexus UX Renault Megane 4 " -
Here we go again!
katabrontes replied to rayaans's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
Of course I meant to write "bumper"! -
Here we go again!
katabrontes replied to rayaans's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
Two weeks seems a long time to fix a number! I had a dent in a door pulled out and filled then the door resprayed in 3 days.