Kam_Lexus_IS_200t

You think it’s best to ignore this issue and hope that it goes away? Even tho I have driven the car for 9 hours today. 4 a bit hours each way. I haven’t paid much attention to the smell recently but it seems to gotten a lot better.

I’ve driven Manchester and back from London. And have probably driven a few hundred miles before too. The smell is there but a lot less. Only when I open the door I get a the smell.

Some context for weeks across the road someone had been installing External wall insulation and boards have scattered across the road I park on. One day I took the car for a drive after a while and saw smoke coming from the passenger door and later released that something got stuck and burned on the exhaust see the attached image. I took it a local mechanic and he advised me to keep on driving and it’ll burn off. Well it did sort of as you can see in the second image but the smell still persists. So I took it to another garage and he removed or painted over it I’m not quite sure and said he added a new cabinet filter to get rid of the smell. I thought it was the end of that but today I took it for a drive again and the smell still comes especially when you open either the drivers or passenger side door. No smell comes from the engine bay and the engine temperature reads what it should be reading. What should I do next?

Just the place I was looking for someone with experience as a Lexus Mechanic. Thanks at least now I have a place to go if need be.

Thanks I will look into this

In that case I’d stick with the dealer to have the reassurance with the warranty they provide.

Yes you are right it is an easy car to work with tbf. Me and my friend changed all the discs and pads on my IS200t and it was straight forward although there was a lot of lock tight applied to one of the bolts other than that is was okay even with limited tools. I will be servicing the car at Lexus every year to have the piece of mind with the warranty they give every year.

London preferably

Can anyone recommend a Lexus/Toyota garage other than a dealer for general service and small repairs. Would like someone that is knowledgeable on Lexus and Toyota, thanks.

I have a Lexus IS200t Premier which I assume has TPMS which it does because there is a tyre pressure warning light that has come on and I’ve seen the sensor in person but wanted to ask why I can’t view pressure readings on my dash? Is this an American thing only or a never thing? Surely there is something wrong? When I go to the central screen in my dash on the ‘i’ section and go through the options it shows where the tire pressure reading would be completely blank with no figure of the car either. Just would like to know why I can’t check my readings although it clearly has the TPMS and it is a Premier model so I’d expect it to have the ability to give readings. Hope someone can answer my query, thanks in advance.

I did check the valet mode and it was off I tried it on and off and the button still doesn’t work. No idea why the button would stop working. It works on the key fob.

Not sure if this is a real IS350 in the UK or not but here’s one for sale. Maybe it’s just a moded IS250 with a 350 badge on it. But I was under the assumption none were ever sold in the UK. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1196491787724210/

Again I agree with you had I had a choice between an IS350 and IS200t I would go for the 350; however, there was only one options personally I don’t CVTs and hybrids so IS200t was the only choice for me unless I look at other car manufacturers which means compromising on reliability and build quality.

Shouldn’t have been too harsh on the 300h it is a brilliant car. There is no other hybrid I would consider and in terms of Golf R and S3 I’d prefer a saloon like I have now I’m not that obsessed with power I’d rather have increased reliability and a better sound system which both of does can’t compare to Lexus’ ML sound system and not to mention the ride quality, build quality and reliability. And yes lets not forget the ventilating seats which is a rare sight in a lot of cars even the German ones.

In a lot of city driving and some motorway between 23-27 mpg is a optimistic view. Heavy city driving will for sure bring it below 20-18 mpg.

I was under the same assumption that the IS200t facelifts never made it to the UK but a few weeks ago I was proven wrong by this one https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202303235538837. I genuinely thought someone listed their IS300h as an IS200t but it is indeed an genuine facelift IS200t. I guess a few slipped by before Lexus stop selling these in the UK. The Lexus I have didn’t have it’s previous services carried out at Lexus but I’m hoping to get it done at Lexus to gain that 1 years warranty that you get with every service and as I fear the electrics may be something that may fail rather than mechanical as you pointed out with your seat motor. And on that note I noticed someone minor I’m not sure if it’s me but when I press or hold the boot release button near the steering wheel it never works? I know it works on the key but it don’t work when I press that maybe because my engine is on but will need to double check that hopefully it ain’t a fault. Whatever case may be with power I still believe it’s enough to be fun and I enjoy it to be fair and far better than a CVT 300h. I also like the fact non of the vents are fake *cough Audi and Kai*. In terms of fuel it isn’t that bad at first I thought it was and it is when driving locally in congested traffic but on long motorway drive it does do well last week I managed 39.1 mpg the highest I’ve ever gotten. I doubt the IS350 or RC F can manage high number likes that. But yes it is disappointing when driving around town I did expect it to better than that. And yes the ML is fantastic and given the opportunity I would jump to buy an IS350 if there were any sold here which they weren’t unfortunately. But a 3.5 V6 won’t do good in fuel economy, road tax and even to insurance so another thing to consider. I’m also super curious whoever converted their IS200t to a 3.5l V6 and where do you even get an engine like that from apart from importing it?

Firstly I’d like to say that I appreciate your detailed response and yes I agree that Lexus can be weird at times. The lexus LFA dash is a thing that I am missing out on, oh well. On the topic of cruise control did you state that the IS200t facelift variant has adaptive cruise control at all speeds? And I wonder what it whether it still uses laser based or radar. From my understanding the older one which mine is uses laser which can cut out in heavy rain or snow. After reading all that you have stated it’s not worth upgrading anything really and what I should be doing is appreciate the strong reliability of Lexus’ in general compared to German revivals. If really wanted power I could have gone for a 340i or something but reliability and owning something a bit more less bland and more rarely is certainly better. So what are the positives of this car that you would note? And on the topic of reliability would you regard this as a reliable car not just in terms of comparing this to NA Lexus’ because NAs tend to be more reliable anyways but in terms of comparing this to a VW Golf R, BMW or Audi for example? In short, I was looking for a saloon that is stylish, extremely reliable, fast enough to be fun, comfortable with a good sound system. Hopefully, I hit the mark with this one unless there was a better car out there that ticked all those boxes. I forgot to mention how do you even go about removing the “unintended acceleration prevention”?

I assumed it is a difficult ECU to deal with and in terms of tuning boxes I both hate and like them I hate the idea of having something plugged in all the time and bits of plug in things in the engine bay. But I do like the idea that it can be removed quite easily. Would love to know if 300bhp and 450nm is achievable and would would it take?

Hi all I'm a new member here having just registered today. I've just bought my IS200t late last year with just over 19k mileage and having owned it for the last couple of months I've come to love it a lot. It is a premier edition and one of the main things I wanted was adaptive cruise so I jumped to the opportunity to buy this Premier under the assumption that all Premier models came with this (I was wrong, they don't), so I'm glad I bought the one which had this option fitted although I'm quite disappointed that this was not fitted to Premiers as standard. Nevertheless, I wanted a IS200t over the IS300h and IS250 because of the power, direct shift gearbox (which I assume is a dual cultch correct me if I'm wrong) and turbo power of course. I've enjoyed the car a lot but wonder if I could push it beyond 241.2bhp and 350nm of torque. I would love to hear what power levels are achievable with ECU tunes, air intakes and maybe an exhaust system but I'm keen on keeping the same exhaust as I don't like loud exhaust. My understanding is that this car does use the same gearbox as the IS350 and the same brakes as well so there is room for a performance gains without effecting the wear and tear levels of the gearbox. However, I'm not expect and I'm quite new to all this and would love to hear everyone's opinion on all of the above. And on another note I'd like to know if there are some things I need to be weary of in terms of things going wrong and maintenance. It is a rare car in this country with 130 or so sold with 20 of these being Premiers, so I'd like to look after it to the best of my abilities. Thanks in advance for your recommendation and advice it's much appreciated.