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Well a few weeks on, the mystery is sorted!! That little rocker switch is an on/off switch for the rear parking sensors!

Well guys, I'll report back when I know! Got a work stint for 6 weeks abroad now then back and she'll be in for a service not long after. They can go figure..! Ha!

It's weird actually... A one owner car, older chap, very low miles for age and full Lex history... Strange...

Just tried that... Nope, but thanks. Well, it's definitely wired into something as I can see black and red wired clipped neatly to the main loom running under the jack. Being an electrical menace I'm loathed to strip it back much further so I'll probably just ask the garage what they think when it goes in for a service.

Bingo!

Right it's not appeared has it.. Only got the iPhone to hand at the mo, will upload from laptop in a bit!

Ok here it is... Top left showing the red side. It's located above the flap for the jack on the LH side. Tried it on and off with the radio on and it makes no difference. Cheers for any help.

Hi All, I've looked in the handbook and no answer there so apologies if I'm being very thick... But, on the RH side boot carpet of the IS200 saloon, there is a small rocker switch I noticed today. Press down and it is painted red, other way, black. Looks factory fitted to my eyes. So... Any ideas?

Lovely, thanks... I'll have this done at service time in the early Autumn.

This is weird. The brakes on my IS200 are excellent and work well. The discs look good and pads still have wear. However, if the car changes direction, in other words if going forwards and then reversed up a bit or vice versa, there is a loud metallic clank from one of the front wheels. Usually this only happens once after the change of direction. Then all is silent and all is well. Any bright ideas? If not ill get it checked at the service in 2000 miles time. Cheers all.

Yep. I think I'll bung it in autotrader over the summer and see if it gets any interest. The car is in outstanding condition so hopefully things should work out. Just depends if anyone wants to part with £15 - £16k for a used car. Still full warranty though I suppose. Thanks for the words of wisdom guys.

Yep -- it's on a PCP scheme. Not too bad at the outset so I thought. £16k is the agreed settlement figure so I may advertise privately and see if I can get near that. Still staggered they could only give me £14k and then tell me Astral Black and Oakham trim was 'not a great colour combination'. That was after they described it as 'stunning' when I put the order in. Don't you just love salesman bullsh*t?! Don't think I'm ever going to use car finance again if I've been stung. Did the usual checks though - Lowish APR, haggled £1000 off purchase price. I bet the pricey sat nav option has let me down here. At £2500 in March '04 it was a pricey extra.

I got one hell of a shock at the weekend. Went to have my 04 IS200 SE (with DVD Nav) 14k miles valued as I'm going to need more boot space etc. Lexus could only offer me £14k top whack as a cash buyer, and an independent garage said max. £13.5k to trade for a car on his forecourt. Really peeved as even with a good initial deposit I still have nearly £16k as a settlement figure. Similar cars are still advertised at £17k on Lex forecourts. They claim that used IS's are very difficult to shift with the new model coming out soon, but that valuation left me very surprised. If anyone seriously wants an 04 Astral Black/Oakham trim manual SE spec with Sat Nav and can make a serious offer of £15k PM me. Other than that I'll have to struggle on until the finance 'half-way' point (10 months!!!) when I can just hand it back. If anyone knows of another solution, let me know. Cheers guys and sorry for the long post.