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please see link above or here After a massive information gathering over the weekend, I now suspect it could be the reluctor ring based on the fact I get a clicking noise and no abs warning lights. Are there any brake specialists in this forum that can confirm? Also I am still very much looking for an independent lexus specialist in Scotland that can help me on this. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

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So here's the outcome from the mechanic today: He put the car on the ramp and stripped down to the brakes. Couldn't see anything wrong with calipers or shoes, or ingress of dirt covering braking system, checked ABS sensor and visibly he said looks fine. He reckons its not the ABS sensor, he thinks its the ABS pump. He did also say he is not 100% not knowing exactly the problem. He put it on his diagnostic equipment which is £1,000 system and generic, therefore he suggested I should take the car to someone with a more detailed Lexus diagnostic system to double check and see if they can maybe confirm it is the ABS pump, even though there is no engine management light. He stresses he is not 100% sure, but suggests its the ABS Pump. What are your thoughts? Secondly I inquired about a problem with the windscreen wipers. They go on and wipe perfectly. However the intermittent function does not work, only medium and fast speed. Also when you stop the wipers, they stop exactly on the windscreen, they do not go back down to settle. You have to use the manual control on the steering wheel to get it back down which takes a bit of precision. He said it needs a new motor. (The rear wiper does not work at all, or if when working, goes extremely slow, I never asked him to check that for me.) Conclusion: Please can anyone suggest or support with the following; 1. Suggest a Lexus specialist in Edinburgh or Glasgow? (I am based in Scotland, when I created my membership it came up with Gloucestershire instead of Glasgow) 2. Agree or disagree with ABS pump being a potential problem? 3. Suggestions on the front windscreen wipers - are the motors prone to failure? 4. The rear wiper, equally are the motors prone to failure? Any help on the above would be highly appreciated.

Thank you everyone for the input. I equally suspected the warped brake disc, however when slowing it clicks, rather than shudders, and it clicks till almost dead stop but stops clicking sec's just before dead stop. Therefore in my opinion (which is limited knowledge of Lexus) I do not see a brake disc warp if there is no shudder and you would feel it on the wheel till dead stop. As for the ABS sensor, this was my first and foremost suspect, however if it were the sensor then the management light would come on? Would it not? Would the management light come on if the sensor was dirty? Currently there is no engine management light at all. I am taking to a local mechanic for his opinion, although I am nervous recognising that they primarily work on European Cars i.e. Peugeot, Renault etc.I will update you all as to the problem if I can get it solved, once again, I appreciate all your input, thank you!

Hi all, My car - Lexus RX 300 SE 2002 Firstly I have seen countless posts regarding braking and read through them all. None are unfortunately related to my issue. My problem is when you press the brake pedal to stop, you can feel it pulsating, also, you here a clicking sound coming from what seems to be the front of the car until you stop dead. You do not hear the sound when driving, pulling off, starting, only when you braking/stopping. As soon as you stop pushing the brake pedal the noise is gone. It does not matter how slow you push the brakes, or if you 'stamp' down on the pedal more than once to slow, the noise will still be there. It almost sounds like when you were a child and you put a playing card pegged on your back bicycle wheel spokes and when slowing down the card would make less noise until it stops, if that makes sense? My mechanic said today (and he is not a Lexus specialist) that it could be anything and plans to strip and check everything tomorrow which worries me (£££££), I am good with cars, although never had a Lexus before and not sure where to start looking. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated!