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  1. I was looking for this recently for a poster and gave up! If we do find it, and it’s in here somewhere! Can ADMIN please post it as a Sticky/Pinned post at the top of the section page ( instead of the useless ‘car meet’ post that’s been there since the first lockdown and had minimal replies!!)
  2. I think, not sure, that they are the on-line selling site for Lexus Swindon. Check out this How-to and see if it is gonna be doable with your skills and tools before you get waist deep!
  3. Think the change interval according to the Lexus schedule is more to do with keeping the emissions to their absolute lowest, and a wearing ( but perfectly acceptable for the running of the engine ) plug may start to affect the emissions slightly if the gap say were to be bigger and therefore not produce such an intense spark for the combustion process. That’s my first train of thought on the change interval and I agree the 6 year time interval is really irrelevant but keeps things nice and neat in the service schedule!
  4. The fresh batteries might have made your fobs signal of better strength than that of the interference.
  5. Fault finding 101, always start with known good parts ( even new out of the box parts have been known to be unserviceable!). Glad you got it sorted ( cheaply) and as the key fobs are ‘always transmitting’ I change the batteries every year with Panasonic ones from Ebay for pennies! So hopefully negate ever having such calamities!
  6. Check part No’s here.... https://lexuspartsdirect.co.uk
  7. It’s quite a job to get a shaft out when you want to, so I’d like to know how it ‘come off’... UJ failed or shaft failure at some other point. The actual connection has multiple fixings!
  8. Check also on the US owners website, as there are a lot more IS’s in the states and therefore more likely this fault may have occurred/been raised! https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-2nd-gen-2006-2013-163/
  9. +1 on getting amongst the old amp and checking it out, could be something as simple as a blown capacitor ( easy/cheap fix) but I would definitely be inquisitive enough to get inside if the replacement one cures it!
  10. It is the battery temperature sensor for the battery charging system and is normally clipped to the side of the black plastic battery enclosure.If you no longer have the battery case then try and place the sensor ( somehow?) as close to the battery as possible and not allow it to be near anything hot/warm as it may give the battery charging system false readings and over/under charge the battery.
  11. .....so you’ll have to initialise the windows/sunroof now then! Or other windows won’t operate from drivers door switch panel.
  12. Lots of threads (failures !) of this amp on the US owners site, ClubLexus as there are a lot more IS 250/350/ISF’s over ‘there’ .
  13. Gotta ask yourself if the seller can’t sort that out, what else might be lacking!
  14. I have an 07 250 and have fitted a VL-2 unit which ( using android) brings the infotainment system bang upto date, you can install google maps, Waze,TomTom, whatever you wanna use, it is let down though by the limitations of the screen technology ie. no ‘Pinch’ option etc and the definition. Although a plus is the fact that the dash still looks completely factory.
  15. +1 on above procedure, need to do this for each window before drivers panel will operate other windows remotely ( also Moonroof will need resetting if battery has been disconnected or voltage has dropped below a critical level)
  16. So after locating this module what exactly are you gonna do to it as regards to the aftermarket VL2 unit?
  17. If I remember correctly then you can pass a suitable size cable/Zip tie through the slot between the two flat smooth areas and yank the clip out!
  18. The last model in any range should always be the best of the lot! Wheather it be cars, TV’s, computers etc as all the developments in that item have reach its peak.
  19. I know it’s prob not what you wanna here but I would put nothing less than a Denso on. Not cheap but if you have to revisit the problem then it very well may work out cheaper. have you read this thread, and the problem James250 had with a replacement Alternator until he fitted genuine Denso?
  20. I don’t think the nut is missing, if you zoom in on his pic you can see the hex on it, and the Flats on the tie rod, Question though, what does the other side look like compared to this?
  21. I just added installation instructions for a IS250 if that helps anyone, ISF shouldn’t be majorly different!
  22. It does leak out slowly in time so without knowing when it was last re-gassed then it might have a leak that warrants investigating or it might just need it periodic top-up. If it has got full LSH then you can check if it has been gassed in the past on ‘Lexus Link’
  23. Think you need to actually take a 250 out for a drive ( if you can at the moment) as I would say it IS a comfortable car as opposed to something like my son’s 335 BMW which feels like you are in a go-kart! Very solid and not to my liking ( with all standard running gear)
  24. Here’s what the little blighter looks like when doing it’s stuff!
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