Hello everyone. I'm a new member, and as you'd imagine, I have lots of questions! Many thanks in advance for any replies.
Car in question is an RX300 SE-L 2003 on 102,000 miles.
Cambelt is due and hasn't been changed by previous owners. I'm looking at getting the belt, tensioners and water pump changed. I've been quoted by Toyota at £935 and £780 (two different dealers). Two local garages wouldn't touch it. Is this par for the course? Air suspension has failed. It worked on the test drive and then sporadically after purchase. I've had a look and found a broken wire to the compressor. I presume this is the likely culprit? (Picture below). Appears to be stuck in high at the moment. The headlights had a lot of cloudiness to them. I've used headlight restorer to improve them, but they are not perfect. The cloudiness remaining appears to be internal, not on the outside. Any ideas? I've changed the pollen filter and air filter (both absolutely filthy) and have booked the car in for rear diff oil change, transfer box oil change, gearbox/front diff oil change. The coolant will be changed with the water pump. Brakes and fluid sorted fairly recently by a previous owner. Anything else to be done? It appears to have an oil leak, although unsure at present where this is from. Read this could be something other than an engine oil leak. Any common leaks I should know about? Mark Levinson stereo is installed, NSF speaker sounds terrible. Looks like the speaker has come apart? Common? Front wiper arms; one is normal and I have changed it for a new one, the other appears different. Is this the case? There is a note within the documentation from Lexus about a non-standard part being fitted. Headrest monitors, one of them has worse picture quality than the other, some wavy lines etc. Known issue? There is what appears to be a 3.5 mm jack to the centre console pointing towards the rear. This doesn't appear to output any sound from the DVD player and I don't see any reference to an auxiliary in, what might this be? Almost looks like an aftermarket fit. Tail pipe trim is rusty. Can this be replaced separately to the back box? Tow bar with power is fitted. Appears that the rear bumper has been cut to fit this. Is this usual? Previous car was a RAV 4 that had porous alloys. The Lexus' alloys aren't perfect and don't appear to be holding pressure. Is this the same issue as the Toyota?
Many thanks and appreciate any responses.
Mark.