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Did they say which year?!! 🙂 Paul

In my case map updates are still free (that may be the last one that is though) so no point in not updating it. It also integrates with the HUD (which on my vehicle AA and ACP do not). You are correct that on MM19 systems the map data is 6 months old when released. Paul

I was at the dealer yesterday and the new fix mentioned by Lexus in March is not yet available. (All that there is currently is the RX CANbus plate) Paul

You should be able to download the updates from Lexus Tech and do it yourself. https://www.lexus-tech.eu/ Just beware that if it goes wrong, it may cost you a new multimedia unit.... (if it goes wrong with the dealer doing it then it would be up to them to put it right) Paul

Just to let everyone know - for MM17 and MM19 systems - 2024v1 maps have been released (based on Q3 2023 map data) and when loaded via USB stick they work fine (as do speed camera alerts - which may not work if on OTA update is done). It took the usual 65 to 70 minutes to complete. Paul

Interesting that all the user comments and Lexus replies from that Lexus magazine web page have gone missing!

Unfortunately this looks like scratches rather than the coating lifting off. Not sure if you can get a new plastic cover? (Issue is it may only be sold with the screen as one part). Paul

Our NX screen coating was gradually damaged when the car was valeted (I no longer let anyone else clean the interior of our cars other then the dealer vacuum at servicing). By the time I realised it was happening it was too late (it started lifting at the edges). The anti glare is very susceptible to common interior car cleaning materials. I believe there was an admitted fault on some IS screens but that may have only been in the USA. When it happened on our NX I complained and got nowhere. So I just went to the valeter, asked what he used, bought some myself and used that on a micro fibre cloth to remove the rest of the coating. Took a while but it all came off. And once it was completely removed I could not notice a difference between when the coating was undamaged versus completely removed. As long as the underlying screen surface is not damaged you should be ok. IIRC the product was Frogchem silicone gloss. Hope that helps. Cheers, Paul

You will probably have an MM17 version of the multimedia system in that vehicle which should be able to do at least a 128GB stick when formatted fat32. As Adrian says, check it really is FAT32 - modern versions of windows won't format fat32 natively and you need a third party application to make a fat32 filesystem on large sticks. There are also restrictions to number of directories and max file limit but I would guess unless you have 10s of GB of music loaded already you won't be anywhere near that. Paul

I had also noticed that April had changed to "coming weeks". A bit of a worry. Paul

Interesting. My only two data points are that 128GB works on a 2015 NX and a 2021 RX. Never tried in an RC. I know the MM21 system in the new cars has an upper limit of 32GB (progress?), but MM13/15/17/19 should do more. All need to be FAT32 though. David - is it possible you had a 32GB stick formatted as FAT32, but larger ones with something else?

Our 2015 NX will play 128GB formatted with fat32. I suspect it's the filesystem type that is preventing it playing. Modern versions of windows can't format fat32 in large filesystems so you need a third party program. Paul

very interesting....

Colin, I am not sure about this. I think the official word on this from Lexus is somewhat ambiguous - it talks about 1 iteration, which I assume to mean only 1 version of the plate has been created. It's in the comments section. https://mag.lexus.co.uk/lexus-uk-statement-on-vehicle-theft/comment-page-4/#comments Paul

Looks like the person who alerted Watchdog has set up a website to record theft cases: https://reportcanbus.com/