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Spark plugs schedule says 60K but can wait till 100K. Stick with petrol as they are more reliable than diesel. Had my car for 3 yrs and nothing gone wrong. Only wear and tear items such as tyres, brake pads and discs. Car tax £300+ services at Lexus and low mpg in Cities makes it expensive to run, but I still love my Lexus.

Michelin CrossClimate, but I don't know if they do the tyre size for 18.

Looks like you need to use techstream to get the fault code.

Possibly caliper slider pin.

Techstream 

IMHO yes.

Looking at your list alot is what I class as wear and tear. 

I will agree that the Lexus maintenance is more expensive than alot of other car manufacturers. Unfortunately sometimes it best to go back to the main dealer to get things fixed. 

Finally Lexus cars are well screwed and I'm hoping its better fighting off rust than my old Honda, which lasted for 16 years.

I have a 2009 which can connect phone and stream bluethooth to car stereo.

So my car failed the MOT due to warped discs. Wished the garage picked this up during the service. Regretting not going to Lexus main dealers. Anyway that's another story. So instead of going with indy garage recommendation Pagid, I checked online and purchased these Prianha.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255559710073?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=zcFw4YnRR-G&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=vAucZxGEQTG&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Gotta be better/longer lasting than the Apec which were fitter back in 2018 (less than 15k miles). Garage said the disc and pads had plenty of life, but the discs have warped.

Let's see how these perform.

I saved money, by getting my car service by independent garage. Lexus quoted £650 for 60K service, Independent garage £375 but I had to supply the service kit which cost £185 so all together £560 saving of £90. I think I would of paid the £90 for 1 year peace of mind warranty from Lexus.   

Glad to hear all is sorted and no lasting effects.

I'd start by checking the fuses. 

1 hour ago, CiaranMcK said:

Oh, and what MPG are people getting? I’m at 23mpg since getting it (suburb driving). Is this normal? If so OUCH! 

Yeah the mpg looks right.

ony thing I can suggest is putting the key in Faraday pouch or box. 

Love the colour of the alloys

Back seat mat

On 3/2/2022 at 1:12 AM, McShmoopy said:

I'm getting similar style mats with a custom F sport Logo put in by a local guy for £140, how do yours look and is the quality decent? 

Not real leather, but it does a good job covering the carpet. See attached.

I recommend these, their not rubber mats, but they do fit nicely. 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000828258426.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.17764467xOwrLQ&algo_pvid=fb7d480b-b9da-4801-a743-d16eb6b02876&algo_exp_id=fb7d480b-b9da-4801-a743-d16eb6b02876-7&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id"%3A"10000008671820193"}&pdp_pi=-1%3B42.07%3B-1%3B-1%40salePrice%3BGBP%3Bsearch-mainSearch&currentVehicleId=2382185641-0

Delivery can take a month, but worth the wait in my opinion. 

Has anyone installed any rear footwell lights in their IS250 / IS250C? 

I'm thinking of installing some as it's a little dark in the back of IS250C at night. 

I'm hoping I can piggyback the wires from the front footwell lights to the back of the front seats. 

Hi Lee,

I would go with option B, take it to your local mechanic - old school, honest and hard working. It maybe a slight inconvenience sourcing for serivce pack online and supplying it to garage, but you have found a garage that is honest and I think you trust. 

Option A seems very cheap for major service. I was quoted £650 for Major service at Lexus Leicester. 

John

After ripping out the panels in the boot, it turns out that the water is coming in from the rear lights. Looks like I will need to remove the lights and apply some sort of sealent and reinstall. Another one for the to-do-list. 

I did check the vents as shown in the above video and they were fine and the area was dry. 

Thanks Paul

On 8/16/2021 at 2:07 PM, Texas said:

The rubber flaps that are in the side vents are just a gravity seal, they are there to remove stale air from inside the car when it pressurised by either the fan or forward movement of the car, if the contact area of the rubber flap gets dirty it will not seal properly and may let in moisture, mainly from spray on wet motorways for example and not just rain showers.

Hi Paul, 

Sorry where are the side vents located?

I too am finding water in the spare wheel space. There are rubber spaces that I can push/remove to drain the water, however I'm unsure where the water will go. Instead I have been drying the wheel well and trying to work out where all the water is coming from. 

I have checked the drain holes and they seem clear. 

Any advice welcomed.

John

So yesterday I picked the car up from Lexus Leicester and £700 pounds lighter. 

Fault was due to a window sensor switch which they took out , cleaned tested and reinstalled. Majority of the cost was due to labor as they had to manually put the roof back up to get to the panel of the window sensor switch. 

Lexus has kindly cleaned the car and it's now very clear that I need to get the car machine polished due to the tarp scatching the paint work. 

Anyone know a good detailer in Leicester?

57 minutes ago, Beamish said:

 

Hi John,

Sorry to hear about your issue.

Just one thing comes to mind, did you do a window re-set after you reconnected the battery?

Just a shot in the dark but may be worth a try as the roof system is reliant on knowing what position the windows are in.

Dec.

Hi Dec,

I'll be honest I dont remember, tried so many times. Didn't even think if about the position of the windows.

It's with Lexus now, lets hope it's something simple.

Thanks for the reply Dec. 

John

Hi All,

So on Saturday afternoon after the weekly shopping i decided to vaccum the boot, and whilst i was vaccuming the boot I thought I'd get inbetween the roof arms and clear out the dry leaves that have fallen there. To get better access I opened the roof part way and cleared all the leaves out and this is where I went wrong. What I should of done was to close the roof, but no I foolishly opened the roof to complete the cycle. 

Once complete, I tried closing the roof and "Please check retractable system" 

I tried the following:

1. Turning the car on and off.  (Several times)

2. Disconnect the Battery for 30mins

In the end I resorted to covering the car with tarp. 

Just my luck two nights of heavy rain and high winds!

Today I took it into Leicester Lexus, they said they couldnt look at it today, but were happy to store the car in their workshop. 

Only positive so far was the open top drive to Lexus Leicester. Got a lot of stares, not about the car, but the idiot who's driving with the top down in the rain. 

Fingers cross it's a small issue and cheap fix. 

Will keep you all updated.

John