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Until you can get the new security canbus and software sorted, it is cheaper to buy a crooklock for the steering wheel than lose your car. I use mine every time I park anywhere outside my home garage. Annoying to have to keep fitting, and yes thieves can get through some of the locks - just takes them more time, and they are likely to look for easier pickings elsewhere.

Brilliant towcar - often pulling on just electric - very stable with a 'van around 1500kg - unless you are looking at one of the newer wide bodied twin axle jobs, you should have no problem. Just make sure you have enough user payload in the caravan, as this is often the main issue with capacity of both car and caravan load limits.

I am still waiting to get my canbus fitted - in the meantime I am using a good old Halfords sourced crook lock on the steering wheel - clearly visible and an extra deterrent - on top of this the car is always double locked - if they can still get away wiht my pride and joy, then I know I have done all I can.

You can always negotiate, and even if they won't drop the price, they may throw in some extras, such as roof rails, or anything else vital to you, even an updated satnav?

I have never used clamp on mirrors - find they are not rigid enough. I have a pair that use strong rubber straps that go round the body of the car mirrors, one end is permanently attached to the towing mirror, the other end is attached to the other side of the towing mirror after stretching the strap quite tight. The strap is fully adjustable for any size mirror, and mine have now done a Toyota Camry, lex 400h, and now the 450h, and are probably nearly 15 years old. From a google search they are Ring Towing Mirror (Twin Pack) 

I tow a caravan with the RX, so went to Caravan club Greenflag, and same cover as Lexus, but without Europe, as I don't need it, and cover for car and caravan comes in at £105. Moving cover now.

Anyone else had a renewal for Lexus Roadside Assistance recently? Just had mine through, gone up 24%, to £155. I presume Lexus are having as laugh, as even though the service is good, that is a ridiculous rise, and sees me changing assistance provider.

Haven't got the exact figures, as I can't remember the full price - somewhere around £1300/£1400 I think I was quoted - ended up paying a straight £1000. Which is a huge amount, compared with the £300 it cost on my old 400h. BUT, this is a removable ball unit, and the socket swings back up under the bumper, so looks very neat when not in use, so if I had a removable bar on the 400h, I think this price is about double, after discount. The price may also have reflected that I got a set of roof bars included for free.

Sure, I can find it by post-code, but last RX 400h, had all National Trust properties in POI tab - why have they dropped it in the latest version, or is there a setting I am missing?

Hi All,

Just tried searching for a National Trust property in satnav, couldn't find the property. Checked other NT property names, and it seems the satnav does not hold any NT properties in this version. Previous 400h model satnav had all NT properties. Anyone any ideas pleaase? Is this a satnav setup issue. Tried searching manual, etc, but couldn't find anything. Thanks. Rob

Pictures from my 2016 450h tow bar fitting - quite neat

Hi Ron - I also have a Lexus approved and fitted towbar on my 450h gen4. The tow bar and 13  pin have pre-defined boxes they fit in, and the cutouts should be as close to the edges of the boxes as possible. Mine are very close, they could be even more accurate, but they are close enough for me. Mine was fitted by Lexus Cardiff who were very caring about how things were done.

On a related point, on a 4th gen 450h, I have the red cover over the positive as shown above, together with an uncovered similar point, which is presumably the negative - Can these points be used for trickle charging when the car is laid up? It is a right pain to have the boot partially open to have a trickle charge feed direct to the Battery.

I have a Gen 4 with dealer fitted towbar, bought as part of the negotiated second hand car package. Checked all suppliers for a Gen 4 towbar before purchase, and even Witter do not do one, so it has to be Lexus part and Lexus fitted. Also saves warranty issues. It is a removable towbar, and the electric socket hinges up into a space underneath out of the way very neatly. Yes it can be pricey, but if you get the Owners Club Gold Card and use the discount on that, it makes it more feasible. The Gen 4 is a dream caravan towcar, despite most of the caravan pundits espousing diesel. I average about 25 mpg towing 29 cwt single axle.

Had exactly the same issue last week, and a couple of times previously. Only solution seems to be to delete the pairing on both phone and car, and re-pair. I also found that after this I lost all my contacts in the car phone system - took a couple of days for the pairing to settle down, and then I could re-load contacts. No idea what causes this, but it is a right pain.

Thanks Herbie - good idea - odd that the phone has worked fine for months, and then decided it is unhappy - I have a full signal on the phone. It is an Android Motorola, with as far as I know, no software updates, and the phone bluetooths with my laptop, so I am running out of ideas.

Had my 450h for over a year now, and every now and then the phone status bar shows 'No Service'. Bluetooth must be connected as phone Battery status is shown. Have unpaired and re-paired phone and car, and get intermittent connection. Having deleted pairing and re-paired, I lost all my contacts - tried re-loading, and connection failed. Any ideas please on what is happening and how to resolve?

Thanks guys - the tyre pressure gauge matches what the dashboard tyre pressures show - so I am happy with that. The tyres are the same all round. The old rears had to be replaced as the shoulders had worn more that the centres, so on balance maybe the fitter used a , and upped the pressures - I'll run it for a while and see how harsh the ride is, any change to mpg and wear marks on the tyres. Thanks.

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I have just had 2 new rear tyres from a UK Lexus dealer ( yes I know, but their price was competitive) -  they set the Bridgestone 235/55 R20 102V pressures at 36 psi (2.5bar) yet the handbook, Lexus website and door post label says pressure should be 2.3bar (33 psi) - which is right please?

Yep - all part and parcel. I have no idea of cost for buying and fitting seperately. Bear in mind mine is a 450h, so I have no idea if 300's even came with them as an option originally

I was told that roof bars have not been crash tested with a panoramic roof, so Lexus will not sell them. I have a panoramic roof, albeit with roof rails, and as long as you do not open the panoramic roof you should be ok

Hi - I searched very hard for a gen 4 towbar from anyone other than Lexus - as you say £1200 approx - Gen 4 is a totally different towbar to gen 3 and earlier - my local man also searched for me, and no-one makes one other than Lexus - so I bit the bullet, but with Gold member discount that made a decent saving. The other thing Lexus told me was that if I have it fitted by anyone other than themselves it will invalidate the warranty - and presumably your Gen 4 is still in warranty?

Hi - I have an RX 400h, been towing with it now for 4 years with no problems - I have towed Bailey Unicorns all this time - towbar was no issue, just got my local man to fit it, and electrics caused no issues with the car lighting or Battery - even tows at 60 on electric on level motorways

Justin - I live near Worthing, and have always used Lexus Hedge End - they give excellent service and seem fair on prices, especially with owners club Gold membership. Have't had to have aircon done, but they have done other bits and pieces on my 08 plate 400h.

Roger

did your upgrade allow you to put in the full postcode in the search, or is it still a restricted post code?

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