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Thanks. For comparison this was one button in my old A3 Etron (Drive mode : EV > Hybrid -> Charge hold - and it defaulted to what it was set to last time). You could also force a harder regen mode by selecting sport mode which was useful when coming up to a junction or going down steep hills. Given the EV range it had it was all a bit academic but still miss the Audi/VAG infotainment/trip computer system.

Thanks, will give it a go - not played with HV/EV for some time. As you say it always seems to use EV at very low speed if it can. Never quite got why it needs 2 separate buttons for HV/EV and Auto HV/EV.

Back from a longish trip where I filled up with 20 miles range showing and again only squeezed in 37 litres (so 18 litres / nearly 4 (UK) gallons short of the actual capacity). So does anyone know if the fault is: a) tank has an air lock and you can never get the full 55 litres in so the car is actually near empty when it shows 20 miles range. b) tank never fully empties and we have 15 litres sloshing around that we could actually use if "brave" ! After filling up the car shows 450 miles HV range (0 EV), but I actually get 320 miles before its back to near empty again. Trip computer shows around 45mpg on these trips. This is a trip of mainly dual carriageways and motorways averaging 50-60 mph. Car is now showing 24 miles HV range. So if I can force it to run on petrol whilst having EV available I may be able to answer my own question...

Same here, never put in more than 36 litres

I had my maps updated last month at the dealer. I'd had the same message on the screen stating "contact dealer" at the end of last year and had asked the dealer to update the maps when it was in for a service in January. Unfortunately they failed to order in the correct part (assume a USB stick) so car had to be re-booked in 6 weeks later. It took them 2 days to do it and they had to take the battery off before the update would "take". Previously at the start of 2023 it successfully updated itself over the air, all very annoying.

I was surprised/annoyed to discover that the traction battery did not keep the 12V battery charged, especially as I always left it plugged in. Has happened a couple of times, locking me out of the car when its been left for 3+ weeks. Manually opening the car and putting it on charge or attaching a battery pack eventually got it going again. Looking at this thread on Club Lexus 450h charging question it shows the car was trickle charging the 12V whilst its charging the hybrid battery but not when it completes charging. I'll be manually trickle charging the 12V battery every so often from now on. I'd seen a similar type of issue reported on a Kia eNiro EV where software controlled when the 12V battery was charged from the main battery but the algorithm it used was flawed and ended up locking people out of their cars as the 12V slowly discharged.

Would starting the climate through the App just before you go out help? I used to pre-warm my A3 e-tron in this way when it was on charge in the garage and it purely used the mains power so did not affect the EV range,

My upgrade message said you need to update "MyToyota" and when I clicked the link it went to the MyToyota app in the app store. I did not download it. Tried rebooting phone , but made no difference Deleted the app and reinstalled/re setup and now looks OK again.

Tried to start the above app (on iPhone) and it says "New version available - An update to MyToyota is required to continue". Clicking on the Update button takes you to MyToyota app in the app store. Anybody else ? What might be related was that I had to change my lexus website password yesterday to log the car back in (it had the cannot sync profile message of doom again). So perhaps they rolled out a new version badly. I can't believe they would want Lexus owners to use the Toyota app (even if the backend is the same) so assume its a glitch.

Yes it seems like a missed step, when virtually every other manufacturer gives you the option to default it to on (so I assume its not a legal thing). A year on with ours and I remember most of the time to switch it on at the start of the journey.

...and still wrong, Its infuriating.

EV range after last recharge to 100% (after a long motorway trip) was 40.5/38.9 in the App. My band between the 2 EV range figures has always been quite narrow since I got it. I think Highest I've seen is around 45/46 and it seems to be accurate for EV range. The HV range however is wildly optimistic.

I have the car in garage so its simple to just use the granny charger and a 13 amp socket to charge it overnight. Seems to charge slightly quicker than 8 hours from 'empty' as well. If/when we get a full EV we'll put in a charging point but seems pretty pointless at present for us. Hope your wait is not too long, they are great alll rounders. What colour/spec have you gone for.

I had same issue all last year. Appeared to happen mainly after stopping and starting the car mid journey. Multiply logging it back in did not fix it and on long journeys it was a real pain as you cannot get rid of the prompt which comes up every 5 minutes or so without logging in. Also tried resetting the Lexus app and the profile in the car but no joy. However as GeoNX above the car finally received the OTA update at start of this month, and so far I've not seen the message ... 🤞

This is an interesting question. My previous A3 etron hybrid would noticeably do no regen charging when charged to 100% (which it always was from start as the range was always so small so I always stuck it on charge after every trip) - it always felt like a lost opportunity. I'll see if the NX is the same.