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  1. olliesgrandad
    I Had all 4 wheels on my 2015 RX450h refurbished last year as a goodwill gesture Just had a wheel replaced on my 2017 RX450h under warranty due to the start of corrosion near the wheel centre. The clues are all there...
  2. olliesgrandad
    OP possibly says this because some people don't get on with the ECVT gear system - let's face it the motoring press are always critical for some unknown reason.
  3. olliesgrandad
    Sorted. i didnt realise it was 15mm sat nav I needed to input. Now got PW675-00A38 as the required card Many Thanks
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    With all modern diesels the way that it has been driven affects the issues they suffer. Having owned many modern diesels I had no problems because my car was always hot and travelling big miles. (4 Ford's, Fiat Punto, Alfa Romeo, Mini Cooper x2. Mercedes C220, Mercedes E250 cabriolet). I know a number of people who bought diesel cars to pootle a mile or so to the shops. These people have all had huge repair bills. ( makes include Toyota RAV 4 - issues at less than 3000 miles, Audi A6, VW golf, VW Touran). I wanted a Lexus for a long time and was put off by the reports I read on the diesel. I waited until the Hybrid was in budget for that reason. I would suggest that if you are buying a used Diesel Lexus the chance of finding a car that has always been running hot are fairly slim and would therefore avoid to prevent any potential issues.
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    AVOID the is220d at all costs. There have been some very recent sad tales of purchases on this forum of cars which have turned out to be total lemons. Get yourself a nice petrol version instead.
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    Seeing the cost of replacement water pump labour on my 2017 car the warranty is cheap as chips (Water pumps are a known Toyota weakness).
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    My 2017 had a new fuel pump fitted at the request of Lexus UK in October. This is not showing in Lexus link, but is shown in a printout supplied by the dealer last week. Likewise this shows a replacement water pump. This was £115 for the part and an eye watering £736 for the labour to fit. VAT not included!!!!!!
  8. olliesgrandad
    Sounds like the car is no longer economically viable and has 'reached the end of the road'. Sadly time to part company and put the money into something else.
  9. olliesgrandad
    Gen 3 RX450h doesn't have a rev counter at all, unlike the later model.
  10. olliesgrandad
    Had Primacy 4 on my 2015 GS300h and they were fabulous. Cross Climates on RX450h are superb.
  11. olliesgrandad
    Quite agree, but the location was unsuitable and the felt seems to have done the trick. Fingers crossed.
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    Trust me if they were watching you, you would never find the device without specialist equipment 🛰️
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    The Big centre armrest in the front of my car has an annoying creak when leant on. Today I took a look at it and realised that the 2 catches either side of the lid seemed to be the cause. A quick search in the garage found a pack of small self adhesive backed felt pads One either side of the lid next to the catches and hopefully all is sorted.
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    Think your first step is to replace fuse with new one and check all contacts are clean.
  15. olliesgrandad
    Hope you are now fit and well. Fortunately I released the tailgate smartish and grandson OK. Crazily Lexus had just replaced the gas struts because I wasn't happy they were holding the tailgate up effectively. The new ones weren't as good...
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    Don't know if you've seen my post elsewhere, I got my dealer to print out the full history of my car. While my car was on the forecourt for sale in October Lexus UK got the dealer to replace the fuel pump. Sounds like an issue they deal with in service rather than a recall. Wonder if your car has been subject of the same modification.?
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    On my RX450h if you select radar cruise it sets to your speed what you are doing say if you push lever down. Say you are doing 37mph. If you lift the lever it goes to 40 and then only goes up and down in 5mph increments. I believe that what PRT68 says is probably correct regarding normal cruise (I haven't tried it yet).
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    No you can't get discount on warranty (tried it). Interestingly sold my car having paid monthly over 6 months for the warranty, because I hadn't claimed I had a £450+ refund which I was very impressed with. The warranty is definitely good value. The dealer gave me a print out of my cars history. It had a £115 +VAT water pump replaced tin August. The labour was £760. That was without VAT. So if the car had been 5 months older and out of manufacturers warranty that is £1000 bill. 2 year extended warranty paid for in one hit....
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    B You know that Cheltenham give 15% discount to Gold members? 😊
  20. olliesgrandad
    Just wondering why? Mercedes S class parts are sure to be expensive if genuine.....
  21. olliesgrandad
    Ctech trickle charger is a good idea as it keeps the battery healthy
  22. olliesgrandad
    I think you are probably right on this one. The seats in my RX450h certainly don't appear to work without occupation (my wife left the passenger seat on high yesterday) and it was stone cold when empty.
  23. olliesgrandad
    Certainly a lot to learn and I'm still finding things out after my first 2000 miles! I couldn't work out why the car moved slightly when I put it into park. especially as a loan car yesterday Didn't. Then I checked the online manual and realised that the auto parking brake was turned off. Duh. All good fun.
  24. olliesgrandad

    Hi Rick, 

    Just thought I'd let you know that the water pump is a very expensive job. 

    I had one under warranty on my 2015 GS300h and it was half hours labour. I see from service sheet on the RX labour alone was £736 plus vat. The part is only £115 +vat 

    Extended warranty worth purchasing 👍

    1. Old Sandy

      Old Sandy

      Hi Le

      Thankfully I got an extended 36 month warranty with it so I'm hoping the only big out lays I get will be for tyres and possibly brakes and servicing.

      Although just before I traded in my NX I had a parking assist sensor fail, it was one that was behind the grill and it had stone damage, and it would have been £294 just to replace one sensor supposedly not covered by the warranty. My argument with them was that if it's so sensitive to a stone chip then it should have extra protection to prevent damage. Anyway trading it in solved that problem.

      Thanks for that info about the water pump as well.

      I find that so far I'm getting around 35 mpg over the first 400 miles.

      My big battle now is trying to get an owners manual out of Lexus. 

      Cheers

    2. olliesgrandad

      olliesgrandad

      The best owners manual is probably the pdf version as you can search it. 

      The navigation manual is also available online. 

      I am still trying to work everything out, they are a very complex machine. 

      Over 2000 miles I have averaged just over 35mpg, which is pretty impressive. 

      Regards Les 

    3. olliesgrandad

      olliesgrandad

      Your comment about the parking sensor reminds me of the stone damage to the ordinary badge on the front of my 2015 RX450h. 

      With 15% discount that cost £197 to replace. God knows how much a front radar unit would be. 

      Did you not get any paper manual with your cat. Mine came with quite a lengthy tome but no navigation or ML manual.

      Brakes are very reasonable. 

      My last car had front discs and pads replaced for less than £300. 

      Has your car had the fuel pump replaced?

      The invoice said' Replace fuel pump as requested by Lexus UK'. 

      I assume that as the car was on the forecourt for sale that it was a 'service modification'. It was done on 11th October 2019.

      Regards Les 

  25. olliesgrandad
    My car was at Lexus Cheltenham for the day and I was in a loan 19 plate RX450h (actually a car for sale they gave me off the forecourt). I had a couple of issues when my car was handed over, the front chrome lower strip was split, tow eye cover missing and there was a small pinhead sign of corrosion on the rear offside wheel centre. Strip replaced and a new wheel fitted so all now looks great. The service guys also gave me a full service history print out at my request which made interesting reading. The curse of the Toyota water pump leaking resulted in a replacement in August when the car was serviced and coolant bottle found to be depleted. Most interesting was the Lexus UK request to replace the fuel pump in October 2019 so this is possibly an' in service' modification. This work doesn't appear in the 'my Lexus' app on my phone. Interesting to see if anyone else here has the fuel pump replaced by Lexus. Car nicely polished and valeted so a good day.
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