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Intruder alarm on a 2009 RX 450h
Passerby replied to N13GEY's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
+1 and moths; usually when I leave garden plants in the car overnight..one of these days I'll learn. -
Rx450h major failures list
Passerby replied to Lager shandy's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
Only if there are few others to talk about. The water pump seems to be the most commonly cited one. -
Damp smell in Lexus RX
Passerby replied to Mitch1231's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
I have that problem, happen to know if there is a favourite source of the water? -
Windscreen wiper failure
Passerby replied to Planner's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
I had a wiper failure on an RX450h and feared lots of hassle. Turned out to be the nut which secures the arm assembly to the drive motor, it had worked loose. Readily accessible with the bonnet up on a 450, can't comment on a 400 but worth a check. -
Creaking Centre Armrest Cured
Passerby replied to olliesgrandad's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
a little blast of 'dry PTFE lubricant' or similar often works wonders on squeaky plastic -
Rx450h rough idle
Passerby replied to darrude's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
Its an old approach but, if the car is doing mostly rural mileage, take it for a blast down a motorway and maybe engage sport mode to get the revs a little higher. Used to be referred to as the 'Italian Tune' - gets the internals nice and hot and clears out the cr*p. -
12 volt battery replacement
Passerby replied to Haken8's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
Only fitted just before Christmas so I can't give you a long term view.... But otherwise I have had no issues. -
Check Hybrid System
Passerby replied to Island Dave's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
If the car is new to you and you have a warranty of some description then now is the time to make use of it... this sounds like an unusual problem and one for a dealer to sort -
12 volt battery replacement
Passerby replied to Haken8's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
Just chipping in on this as I have just replaced my 12V battery on a 2010 RX450h ... the original battery (dated April 2010 so probably with the car from new) was a D23 wet lead acid battery, a Panasonic battery with Toyota stamped on it, pretty bog standard, not deep cycle. The ones identified above by GSLV6 are too big to sit on the undertray so mayby there are some suble changes in the battery area between 2010 and 2014. I went for a slightly larger size than the D23 and purchased a Bosch S4 Car Battery 005 for £87 from ECP. It fits like a glove in the battery undertray and gives some additional capacity plus a 4 year warranty. Easy enough to fit. -
driving through water
Passerby replied to barry mason's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
Not on my sheet, all rolled into the service price. Give them a call. -
driving through water
Passerby replied to barry mason's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
See my thread here for the saga They can generate an itemised list for each service -
driving through water
Passerby replied to barry mason's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
The 100k Lexus service that I have just had done included a transmission fluid change. They did try the 'sealed for life' line on me but didn't clarify what 'life' was.... Feeling lucky? -
re - driving through water
Passerby replied to barry mason's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
Water in the electrics can be an issue, cant see keeping the revs high will help. The guidance for land rovers is to create a bow wave which helps to keep the level lower inside the engine bay; something similar but at a lower level might be viable for a Lexus but I would prefer to try it out in someone else's car. The one thing you don't want to happen is for water to be drawn into the air intake and hydraulically lock a piston.. bent or broken con rods and other pain results, probably a new engine. Most likely to happen when the engine is running, can't easily see how slipping the clutch and keeping the revs high will avoid that, just encourage a more spectacular failure. -
re - driving through water
Passerby replied to barry mason's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
The only link I can magine is that driving through the water caused a rapid cooling of the diff casing and diff oil which (somehow) exacerbated a problem that was already brewing. -
driving through water
Passerby replied to barry mason's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
pretty sure that the transmission failure and your trip through water are unconnected. If water had got into the transmission then I would have expected emulsified oil. Suspect it is just coincidence but a very unusual failure for an Rx450. If you have a purchase warranty then it's time to make a call, if not, I would investigate getting a unit from a breaker if you have a good garage willing to do the fitting, Lexus main will not entertain that option. -
Thought I would report back on the outcome of the original post: After ploughing through the service paperwork that I had been supplied with when I took out the 2 year servicing deal from Lexus, I realised there was more uncompleted work than just the brake fluid change. The major service that I had committed to in the srvice cotract was the Major 100k service which, from their Lexus paperwork includes amongst other things: replacing the brake fluid, replacing the hybrid inverter coolant, replacing the front and rear diff oils and the transfer/diff box oil. None of this had been done. There was a background issue that, when the service contract was set up it was configured by the sales rep to run until July 2020 (2 years 8 months, something of a sales tweak...) and hence there apparently 'wasn't enough money in my account for the service' when I booked the service at the end of year 2 with 100k on the clock. When I dropped off the car for first time this really wasn't made clear to me and I was told it would be 'sorted', I would have sorted it there and then if I had been asked to. Anyhow, I kept all communication in writing (e-mail) in case it became more formal and, after having fielded some lines such as "we now do that at 150k" and "we dont repalce that anymore, it is sealed for life" I pointed out that we had a clearly written contract which I expected them to honour in full. At this point the Service Manager took it on the chin and agreed to book the car in for the outstanding work, which has now been completed. I am not going to name and shame because it has been resolved to my satisfaction in reasonably short order. The moral of this tale is simply to get in writing a list of the work that is scheduled to be done according to the contract or service you are paying for and don't assume that, because it is 'Lexus' they will not make a 'mistake' - check the post service paper-work against your contract and chase if there is a discrepancy.
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Was that a major or minor essential care service? If you have a search on the Lexus UK website you will find the service schedules for both. The major essential service schedule includes a brake fluid change... Some dealers are able to produce an alternative schedule on the day which saves them this expense......
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Heating taking time on 450H
Passerby replied to Kopper's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
It will depend on the terrain which controls the speed that the engine warms up. I live 2/3rds of the way a reasonable hill. Going up the hill I have warm air within 1/4 of a mile, going down the hill and along the flat through town it takes a mile or so. And yes, that is longer than my old P38 Range Rover.