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The light stalk should be set to high beam

I am assuming nothing gets “de-programmed “ when you disconnect/ re connect the battery and I can drive away without having to reset anything?

Thanks Colin. Will try this

Would any of the above “alternative” batteries last longer than the 3 to 4 weeks without running the car or charging? I would like to leave my car at an airport car park for longer and even though I have a jump kit I understand letting the battery run flat will shorten it life

There are quite a few threads about which give details of what battery to buy and how to fit them without going to the dealers or messing with any electrics. Latest one is in the GS300h forum headed Mysterious Battery

Have a similar problem although the smell I am getting is more of a rotton smell than chemical. Have noticed that it tends to wear off after a few miles and the smell is l getting less each time I take the car out. As I live in the country I can only assume it might be some small rodent that has got in somewhere and died in one of the heating ducts!

Thanks Peter. Very useful, I did not realise it was related to speed to such an extent. At the time in question I was going fairly slow hence the lower beam. Thanks again.

Thanks Peter, yes I do have adaptive auto lights and that could be the reason, will check it out next time

Was driving the other night when I noticed that the lights never went onto full beam. They dipped with on coming traffic but never went all the way up when the road was clear. When I switched to manual full beam they lit up for more road than when on auto. Has anybody experienced this?

Lexus Parts Direct were doing a pretty good deal on windscreen wipers last time I looked

Once again many thanks John. I remember half way though the journey my wife had spent a lot of time trying to get a USB plug to fit and must have accidentally pressed it ( you have to blame someone!!) all systems working Thanks again

Just come back from a 200K trip, drove into my garage and nudged the end wall ( no damage fortunately) what had happened was the sensors were not working, funnily enough I now remember going through the last couple of toll booths and the side sensors were not bleeping. Have I accidentally turned them off, I cannot see any button with a "P" on it. I have gone round and given them a wipe to no avail. Is there a test I can do?

Thanks for the link

Do have more details of the battery fitted to your car Eldrid ? Sounds like an ideal alternative to the Lexus one especially if it fits without any modification and lasts longer. It is all very well having jump start packs and trickle chargers but leaving the car at the airport for more than two weeks will actually weaken the battery if it gets too flat.

Interesting. They had changed the aircon setting on mine after the recall, it was on the maximum.