RevPhilip

I am that friend and the camera has worked perfectly since the day Phil lovingly whacked my IS250C, God bless him

Hi Paul, Sorry that I missed your post, I hope that you have got your roof sorted now? What was the problem? I am back to having more roof problems! The boot opens, the two ‘arms’ start to move, then everything stops. Have been quoted £900 just for the part. So today if am hoping to take everything to bits and see what the problem is. I have been told it’s a gog-wheel that has missing teeth. I will try and upload photos later.

One microswitch and £239 later the roof is working again.

Hi Brandon, Sadly my roof is playing up again! This time it’s stuck in the boot and won’t come up, and I get the same message your getting about the roof. It turns out to be a microswitch playing up for the rear windows, not the back window. So basically the switch doesn’t work, tells the car the window is up, when in fact it’s down, and hence the roof stays in the boot. Car is in the garage currently, local one, not Lexus, the switch is on order, I will up date tomorrow. Philip

All fixed now. My local garaged fixed it. One part had got stuck.

Hi All. Tonight I went to put up the drivers window, which every time I have closed it for the last week or two, had been closing more and more slowly. But tonight it would not go up! Or move at all. As it was dark, I have taken the door card off and managed to help the window to close, so I could lock the car and know it was safe tonight. I will have a look at it in the morning. But any help, tips, you have had this before and did...stories would be most welcome. The same window did this before, but was fixed under warranty at my local Toyota garage, so I don’t know what they did to fix it. Thanks in advance Philip

Thanks Dave, That is good news to hear. The car only has 42,000 miles on it, so am hoping that it will be good for a few more years yet. I love having the roof down in the summer....and Autumn and Spring...and sometimes the winter!!!!

I try not to think about that Glyn, as I think the price could be the stuff of nightmares!!!!!!!!!

Hi Paul, Hopefully the photos speak for themselves? I found the plastic in the section above the windscreen. No rattles yet, but haven’t driven the car much. I have taped over all the connecting parts of the roof to the car to stop rattles in the past. EDIT Just looked at the photos and they don't speak for themselves! One spike has a plastic cover, the other one doesn’t. I will seek to glue it back on in the next few days.

Good news is that my roof is fixed and up before all the rain that’s forecast came. A piece of plastic had come off and stayed in one of the holes the roof goes into above the windscreen, so the car thought the roof was already up and closed. I removed the piece of plastic, and the roof went up with no fuss, and my Lexus IS back to its normal reliable self. Thank goodness!

Hi Paul, it’s a 2010. I have had it two years never been any trouble until today!!!

Having read the pdf, I think that the car can stay with a cover over it tonight, as taking the boot lid off and bits of the roof seem beyond me tonight. Thanks Glyn for your help.

Thanks Glyn, I am on the case and will let you know how I get on.

Hi All, I wonder if anyone could help me. I went to put my roof up and it won't move. I get a warning that says 'check retractable hardtop system'. Has this happened to anyone else? Does anyone know hope to manually close the roof? Thank you in advance for any help. Philip

That is great news Eamonn, i found that it transforms the car

Hi all IS250C owners, Since buying my 250 convertible, there have been an annoying rattle coming from the back of the car, sending me crazy. This weekend I had had enough of the rattle and set about tracking it down. The rattle was described brilliantly by Eame64, in a post when he said: is it coming from the roof or from the back where the pull out is or parcel shelf? My mrs IS250c has a rattle from the the rear parcel shelf on rough roads but is fine on motorways and dual carriageways. I have tried some small wedges and even some bungee cords but can't seem to stop it. I don't drive it very often but when I do it drives me nuts but the mrs said it doesn't bother her. It is a common problem and people have had the roofs replaced under warranty but still didn't cure it. I think its one of the down sides to a hard top convertible even our previous Merc SLK rattled away on rough roads. In fairness we did know about the rattle issues on these when we bought it but the mrs wanted it and it doesn't seem to bother her. A great car otherwise though. I did a bit of research and came across this video on You Tube - see below I followed the instructions for the back two hooks and I now have a rattle free convertible. Which has made me fall in love with the car, all over again. I hope it helps any other convertible owners who have the same Rattle. Now to phone Lexus Hedge End and cancel my appointment for them to look at fixing my roof, as I have done it in Ten minutes with 4 strips of gaffer tape.

Hi Nick, Thank you for the info, maybe I should try the youtube gaffer tape fix, and see how I get on? If it ever stops raining!!

Hi Eamonn, You have described my rattle perfectly, I was going to start a new thread on it. I did do a lot of research about the rattle and thought I had read somewhere that Lexus had come up with a fix, which was adding some washers, after they had taken the roof to pieces. I have also see on YouTube a fix using gaffa tape on the hooks within the roof sections! Maybe I should try the gaffa tape first? The car is still under warranty, so am hoping the garage I got it from will pay for it all?

Thank you Alan, I did mean Hedge End

Hi All, i need to get my convertible roof looked at, as it is making a lot of noise when on rough roads. The closest dealers to me are Southampton or Guildford. Does anyone have good or bad experiences of either? Thank you

I will have to investigate....I am still try to read through all the manuals that it came with....

Hi Eamonn, I am loving the 250C, it is such a nice car, so much better than my Audi convertible. There are a few things that I miss....being able to close all the windows with one button....1:8T speed.....errr.....hmmmmmm....that would be all though. Am loving the quietness, quality of build, metal hard top, the Mark Lev sound, keyless entry and the super smooth gearbox. Only one problem so far, the wife keeps taking it instead of her car! Edward - I am hoping to try and see how Good the wax is, over the weekend.

Hi All, Not sure if it was just my local Halfords, but this autoglym HD Wax should have been £47, but a big sign said it was £25, instead of the sale price of £33! Not sure how long it will be £25. Just in case anyone was thinking of buying some. Philip

Hi All, Not sure if it was just my local Halfords, but this autoglym HD Wax should have been £47, but a big sign said it was £25, instead of the sale price of £33! Not sure how long it will be £25. Just in case anyone was thinking of buying some. Philip

Just a quick update, I took my Lexus to the local Toyota main dealer today and had the window runner replaced and all is good now.