Silverdust

14 hours ago, royoftherovers said:

Keep your receipts and sue him. It is easy to do it on line Huw.

Deffo. Invoicing the dealer shortly, then online claim. 

Many thanks 

Cutting the dash is a bit extreme! 

Looked into the Grom Vline 2, still seems to be firmware issues encountered by some owners fitting it. 

Also a bit confused, ours has no sat nav or infotainment from the factory - so where does the screen go?

On 12/5/2021 at 4:14 PM, Herbie said:

It's really all very messy and nothing is guaranteed to be as good as they look.

I spent about £200 on a Carlinkit from Aliexpress but I just couldn't get it to work. I then decided to get a Grom Vline 2 which, as it turns out, was faulty so I'm waiting for a new replacement to be sent out, but I do have to say that I'm more confident about getting the Vline working than I was with the Carlinkit.

Other options are to use Waze, Google Maps or Sygic on your phone, or to get a stand-alone sat nav such as a TomTom.

Thanks, I may heed the warning regarding aftermarket units!

Wonder if its plug and play to retrofit factory sat nav from car of same age. Ours has no media display, so could involve some cutting of the dashboard but not impossible. 

Sadly the independant dealer went to ground, offering no comment regarding their responsibilities to consumers. Effectively leaving no choice but to pay to fix car ourselves, as the headlight units required changing to pass an mot.

28 minutes ago, diabolik said:

@Silverdustdid you pay anything in the end? 

Yep, all £1086

29 minutes ago, diabolik said:

@Silverdustdid you pay anything in the end? 

What options are there for aftermarket sat nav?

I have seen some chinese infotainment units that replace the headunit in the centre console, are they any good? 

Finally had the headlights replaced after a 2 week wait for parts. Throughly recommend Lexus Bolton, for efficient customer service👍

5 minutes ago, royoftherovers said:

If you bought it from a Dealer within the last 6 months it is His responsibility to fix.https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/how-to-reject-a-car-your-consumer-rights/

Really, had no idea. Will contact them in the morning. Thank you

39 minutes ago, Silverdust said:

Hi just joined having bought a 2012 CT200h this summer. It's a SE-L model, great car we really enjoy it's blend of efficiency and comfort for urban or motorway driving.

Friday it went to a Toyota dealership for it's annual test, whom failed both headlamps do to the beam being to low. Apparently the headlamp units on both sides have burnt out around the low beam thus the adjusters are rattling around in each unit.

Toyota want £1158 for 2 hrs labour and 2 new headlight units. Lexus have quoted £650 per side inc labour. 

Could anyone advise of where to buy 2 new headlights from? They are halogen units.

TIA

13 minutes ago, royoftherovers said:

Welcome Huw. Sorry to read your news.

Did you buy from a Dealer or was it a Private sale ?

Sadly an independent dealer. 60k miles, full  history, although last service was performed by the garage that mot'ed and sold it to the previous owner (not the dealer we bought it from). 

Nice car, silver with black leather has F Sport trident alloys, carbon pack inside

Hi just joined having bought a 2012 CT200h this summer. It's a SE-L model, great car we really enjoy it's blend of efficiency and comfort for urban or motorway driving.

Friday it went to a Toyota dealership for it's annual test, whom failed both headlamps do to the beam being to low. Apparently the headlamp units on both sides have burnt out around the low beam thus the adjusters are rattling around in each unit.

Toyota want £1158 for 2 hrs labour and 2 new headlight units. Lexus have quoted £650 per side inc labour. 

Could anyone advise of where to buy 2 new headlights from? They are halogen units.

TIA