John Walker

Did anyone tried those tyre socks or whatever they call them? Saw some youtube videos and they seem to work pretty well, not sure which ones I should get though for my 20” wheels. Will go to Scotland soon and the summer Good Year tyres i have might be an issue.

I bought 4 GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymetric 3 SUV from Halfords for £670, it seemed to be the best offer and they seem pretty ok so far, will see how they wear. I chose them based on my previous experience with GoodYear on a z4 i had and i loved them. The tyres size is pretty ridiculous for a 20 inch wheel and not too many options out there. I would always chose Michelin but unfortunately it s almost impossible to find them in stock. Cross Climate 2 SUV seem to be a great choice for this car but they don t do the size yet. Second choice would Primacy 4 SUV as everyone says are super comfortable. Not really worth to look for Pilot Sports because the car itself is not made to be very sporty. I had Pilot Sport 4 on my previous gs450h and they lasted for over 30k miles and i was really pushing it, what a car! PS : I would avoid Dunlop, had them on 3 cars and they were rubbish, all my friends confirmed. But maybe the newer models are improved, not sure.

You guys are right, when it s too cold outside I shouldn’t use the ac on recirculation. I left it today on Auto and it run most of the time taking air from outside and it was perfectly fine. However when there is a very smoky car in front i would get some smell inside. My cabin filter is brand new. But it is what it is, the air filtration is not brilliant, i can live with that. The lane assist however doesn’t work almost at all (does come on sometimes) and i wonder if it has to do with what 08ISF said here, that it suffers from condensation. Will check for any water ingress although i hoover the car myself regularly and didn’t see any water. I also have rubber mats.

The thing is that my car was just serviced at Lexus Twickenham but they didn’t say anything about the back suspension.

I run my car on ECO but after you told me i tried keeping it in Normal and then Sport, i also made sure the climate control setting is on Normal/ Fast and not on Slow. Nothing seemed to work.

Thank you for all your replies guys. I called my local Lexus garage in Twickenham and they said I might have to pay for the first hour of labour (£190) if the issues i have are not covered by the warranty which I think it s ridiculous and it spoils the whole Lexus ownership. This is my 5th Lexus and never had any issues. Then I decided to try my luck with other dealership and just to find out that Lexus Guildford won t charge me anything no matter if the issues i have are covered or not by the warranty so I scheduled the car for a check next week. If you feel like your local dealership is ripping you off, go somewhere else. My friend had the same car with the same issue, it was fixed by Lexus Twickenham under the warranty and they didn’t tell him about any extra charges in case the warranty wouldn’t have covered it. BUT he bought the car from them for a hefty price (second hand) I m also very annoyed that my windows are getting foggy on a longer journey despite the fact that my AC is always on and on recirculating as i don t like to smell the pollution from outside. Does anyone else have this problem? More recently discovered that a strange sound it s coming when the petrol engine is cold (at low speeds) feels like the exhaust is not in place or something like that. I also read on this forum a quite a few people have problems with the panoramic roof, water getting in. My car had this issue and apparently it was fixed on warranty by the previous owner. The water damaged the sat nav system and they had to change the whole thing. This is not the Lexus i got used to. I previously had a 2012 gs450h, sold it at 210k miles and NEVER had any issues. One of my other cars was a 2016 GS300h that i sold at 326k miles and YES you read correctly, 326k miles, i was the second owner, it was previously a company car, again no issues at all and you would never be able to guess the mileage. I had lots of faith in this brand but I might change my mind. Next on the list is a 2020 RX Takumi, if that is as well a disappointment….i might go back to a GS or an LS.

Hi everyone, recently bought my 5th Lexus which it happens to be also my first SUV, RX450h Luxury with 78.000 miles, full Lexus service history and very well maintained overall. A few months after I realised that there is a squeaky noise from the right rear when I go over bumps. Initially I thought it could be the rear seats or something from the boot. After checking it carefully I realised it comes from the suspension. I ve heard about this issue from another two people. Did anyone encountered this problem? Would Lexus sort this out on warranty? Second issue started to appear when the temperatures got below 3 C degrees, the lane assist system won t recognise the lanes almost at all, it works only for short periods of time. The checked the two from sensors and they are clean. And there is actually a third issue, my windows get foggy when i use the climate control on recirculating with AC on, this never happened in any of my cars before unless the AC wasn’t working. Very frustrating after I ve had high mileage Lexuses without absolutely any issues.