Middleman

On 13/02/2018 at 4:07 PM, normski2 said:

Thats odd. For a while I had a iphone 4S and wifey had a iphone4.

Both connected and shunted all contacts across. Sounds like something has been attended to in the facelift version.

Or possibly in one of the apple IOS updates

37 minutes ago, Linas.P said:

It is not as much of the issue of the car, but more of the issue the way people drive them. Modern diesels are not suitable (at all) for short journeys and low miles. In addition to that IS220d had relatively weak head-gasket which was prone to failure, slightly weird gearbox (more suitable for EU 90MPH limit, not so much for 70MPH) and therefore these cars seen more breakdowns then other makes. At the same time say BMW320d had issues with timing belts and plastic pumps, 325d had issues with belts and turbines and all of modern diesels driven on sort journeys have issues with ERG/DPF's.. so IS220d issues are not isolated to the brand or car, yet it is as well true that it is least reliable car of the brand and the head gasket is weak on pre-FL cars, which is as well true.

Funny you should say that as my other car that I still own is a 2014 Volvo diesel which i have been doing circa 8k a year in without issue. Its a Peugeot/Citroen PSA engine. I am aware of the head gasket issues with the D4D's so i suppose I took a chance as I didn't actually need a diesel but couldn't find the spec I wanted in a petrol. Mine is a sport so I'm LED to believe it has different ratios to the SE and doesn't seem to suffer from the 'weird gearbox issue' that I can see. I'll keep on top of maintenance, take it for good long run once a week to let it regen and see how it goes, have RAC cover to get it lifted if required.

Would be interesting to see the stats on how many 220ds were sold and what sort of mileages people have managed to get without  head gasket problems just to put things in some sort of perspective. There are review sites online that do have some good reviews and it people are more likely to leave a bad review than a good one. Seems to me there are so many variables on why these things go wrong that it is hard to point to one exact cause. 

13 hours ago, Shahpor said:

I can think of one way of doing it - Get an Android phone

That might actually happen as my Iphone is out of contract this month

48 minutes ago, Shahpor said:

It is certainly not truth that they are time bombs.

I wouldn't take what is said here to heart;  it is a truism that you mostly hear about the problem cars because inevitably people go on forums to ask questions when something goes wrong.  I am sure there are plenty of IS220d/IS250's out there plodding along nicely. 

Speaking from experience, mine has given me 28k trouble free miles and counting.

Run it properly, do the little extra maintenance tips that are mentioned here and there's nothing to suggest it will give you any trouble.

On here isn't even as bad as the Facebook group where there seems to be a real anti diesel/anti electric sentiment. The seller I bought the car off was a Lexus enthusiast who did buy the IS220d because he was doing 20k+ a year. He was meticulous with his maintenance regime on the car and did all the maintenance mentioned here and in the Lexus schedule. I might replace it with a petrol or hybrid when I'm ready for a change depending on how my experience goes but I am realistic that it is a machine and machines do wear, all I can do is attempt to prevent. At the money I paid for the car if it does develop a serious fault as mentioned on here and it's not economically viable to fix I'll move on. The Volvo owners club were very good. Lots of supportive help no matter what model you owned and there are particular problems with certain engines in that range too. Kind of gone off topic here but a positive thread regarding the 220d seemed hard to come by at least on here.

1 minute ago, Shahpor said:

Yours should be Gen 05 as well.

Since I am an Android users, I can't comment on iphones.  Doesn't it have the option to share contacts?

Not as far as I'm aware. Think it is one of the criticisms apple always get. I stand to be corrected but I can't see any way to do it.

Congratulations on your new purchase.

Having just joined the forum and purchased a 220D I'm just happy to see a few people who were relatively happy with theirs. Only picked my car up and was ready for putting a for sale ad up after being on here. Touch wood the car doesn't appear to have any issues and has been pampered by it's previous owners. Is it not the truth then that each and every one is a time bomb? Having come from VAG and Volvos I was beginning to believe that all Lexi had issues, petrol and diesel.

21 hours ago, Shahpor said:

Assuming it has a Gen 05 sat nav system, this should hopefully be of some help:

 

I have an 06 IS Navigator and was having this problem with an Iphone 6S. I just assumed it was the fact that you couldn't push the contacts on apple that was the problem. What Gen would my system be?

Thanks