andrew-amazing

On 5/7/2024 at 3:22 PM, Srishail Kumar said:

@andrew-amazing Did you manage to get this issue resolved? I have a similar sound coming from my 2020 UX 250h

Hi ! I'm gonna send the car to the dealership to solve the issue, keep me posted in case you solve it

I tried to change the steering wheel position but the sound is still there.

It’s like there is something clacking behind the steering wheel, doesn’t seem from the wheels or suspensions 

It seems like the noise comes from the steering wheel and not from the tyres or suspension, I don’t hear any sound when turning at full lock. If I rotate it quicker I feel it louder, if rotated slowly I can barely hear it 

4 hours ago, Notamech said:

I think it should be. Its very unusual for Toyota axles to fail like this. Maybe open the window turn the wheel completely to one side and drive the car slowly on full lock if it clicks and pops then ita most likely your axle has failed.

5 hours ago, Al D-Much said:

I wouldn't know, best ask Lexus.
But, I doubt it, as they are a wear & tear part on a 6 year old car, also depends on mileage.

Is it something that fails commonly after many years? 

6 minutes ago, Al D-Much said:

Sounds like one of your CV joints is on the way out.

 

front wheel drive, you are likely hearing a failing half shaft on on side of the car or the other. The creaking and clicking comes from the worn out components of one or the other CV joints on the half shaft which connects the transaxle to the front wheels

Hi!

That’s an interesting feedback, do you know if it can be solved under Lexus warranty?

3 hours ago, Ken R said:

Is that not just the sound of the tyres turning whilst the car is stationary and  transmitted through the steering? Do you notice the same when the car is in motion?

Hi Ken!

I cannot hear the noise while I’m driving, as with the wind and engine sound it’s a bit tricky.

That’s why I’d like to get your feedbacks as you can see if the you have the same noise at stop.

Let me know, thanks! 

Hello guys!

I noticed the steering wheel produces a strange noise while I rotate it, is it normal / common on this model or also generally speaking for Lexus&Toyotas?

See video attached !

Or maybe there is something going wrong here?

Let me know your opinion, thanks! 

Hello guys,

I noticed the driver’s door to clack while being opened or closed.

I tried to see if the screw are well tightened and that’s the case, also added some lithium grease in the hinges but the noise is still there.

I attach the video at the post.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks!

I solved the issue with some simple WD-40!

To maintain the effectiveness of lubrication over the long term, I purchased this SIlicone Lube, perfectly compatible with the trunk lift struts materials 🙂

2'500 EUR avoided from dealership! 

Hello guys, 

Anyone that may help?

Do you think some silicon grease or silicon oil will make the job for these trunk arms?

Let me know your opinion, thanks! 🙏

7 hours ago, Spacewagon52 said:

I am getting 27 mpg - it is winter and I am doing very short journeys. So I would not worry too much. Take it on a long run and see what you get. Last summer I averaged 45 mpg on holiday with a roof box.

Oke thanks for you feedback!

why in winter the engine consumes more?

normally the efficiency should be better due to lower temperatures

2 hours ago, Al D-Much said:

Nope. And there are certain circumstances where an auto feature could be more of a hinderance then help 

I loved how in the Mercedes with a harder press of the brake pedal the auto brake was activated 

21 minutes ago, Al D-Much said:

It's not an auto brake hold.
It's a brake hold button for autos. So the same as the one already installed on most models of NX.

So it will not solve the fact to push all the times the hold button to activate the fonction?

1 hour ago, wharfhouse said:

I think that is just for BEVs (maybe PHEVs?) but not the normal hybrids like IS 300h, NX 300h, ES 300h, UX 250h etc.?

Aaahhh.. that's why! Yes i believe you're correct on this! It's for BEVs or also PHEVs..

Well so for hybrids cars, therefore the pnly important fact is that the hybrid health check is fine

1 hour ago, wharfhouse said:

I think the hybrid system would raise a fault code if there was a problem - certainly all those on this forum across all cars have either had no issues or a fault code - so long as its had the hybrid health check at the specified interval then it would be a warranty replacement of the battery if a fault code indicates a failure that can't be fixed any other way - to my knowledge Lexus do not have any threshold (at least published) for the hybrid battery capacity and nothing in the warranty about being below any threshold. 

See the paragraph extracted by Lexus extended preference warranty for French used car sales, showing the threshold of 66%

21 minutes ago, wharfhouse said:

IIRC there was a thread on here a few years back along similar lines with the upshot that the techniques you are using cannot check the health of the hybrid battery. TBH best best is to get Lexus to do the hybrid healthcheck every 12 months / 10k miles (whichever comes first) - free with a Lexus service or about £60 if you pay for it separately - and then they will warranty the battery for 15 years with unlimited mileage - which seems like a good deal to me. I have a 2014 IS 300h (so basically same drive train as NX 300h and I've now done 143k miles with no issues whatsoever with the hybrid system to date. There is at least one other member who I think is on around 250k miles in their IS 300h with the original hybrid battery and another member with an IS 300h who did have a hybrid battery fault at 190k or so miles and had been using the hybrid health check and so had the hybrid battery replaced under warranty. Also the tech is basically the same as the Prius of which there are many thousands of cars happily running with no hybrid problems having covered hundred of thousands of miles. IMHO if you are concerned best to get Lexus to do the hybrid health check and if it passes then don't worry about it (but get the check done on schedule to keep the hybrid battery warranty in place). 

Yes I did it this week and all is fine, Lexus said they’ve no idea on how to check the residual capacity of the traction Battery.. 

So I think even if in the warranty contract for used Lexus, there is the possibility to replace the Battery if the capacity is below 66%, in the real world they’ll never do it until the hybrid health check will say something is wrong..

Btw I find the consumption still high for an hybrid ..  

Hello guys, 

“I noticed” this loud noise from the trunk arms when closing / opening it, do you have any suggestions to solve it?

I heard Lexus changed 3 times the supplier of the arms for some recalls until the v3 seems to work. 
 

Anyone that has passed from this experience or recall?

Let me know thanks! 

15 minutes ago, Ken R said:

That's very low. When I had my NX300H I averaged c41 mpg over a 4 year period and 32k miles. I recorded fuel consumption at every fill (brim to brim) from day 1 and never was as low as 28. I got mid tolow 30's in the winter months and as high as mid 40's in summer. I would get this checked.

I recently bought the nx, she has already 7 years so the Battery has probably a reduced capacity.

I’m not able therefore to know the consumption in the earlier stages of her life 

58 minutes ago, Spock66 said:

If the battery capacity has dropped that much I would expect there also to be an impact on fuel economy as the vehicle will be using EV mode much less.

Yes indeed! I’m around 12.6 km/L, so 28 mpg on my NX 300h 2018.

What's your average ?

19 minutes ago, ColinBarber said:

No, I highlighting the fact that this is an issue in multiple countries - this one from part of Canada is an example.

Also in France, the nx is ranked N2 

1 minute ago, e-yes said:

The other hurdle is that U.K. is not the “significant” market for Toyota/Lexus compared to North America. Are the thefts occurring there as well in significant numbers.

 

Indeed, has Lexus agreed to install the metal plate also to the ES to try prevent the theft? 

25 minutes ago, ColinBarber said:

TMC also has millions more in profit to fix it.

Sure, but on a larger scale, recalls for security are more expensive and I’m sure we know about this security problem but the majority of Toyota or Lexus users don’t.

Starting such kind of recalls will make an impact on also all those who had no idea of these things and Toyota probably is worried of the media coverage it can result in 

16 minutes ago, ColinBarber said:

Are you sure you aren’t just reading State of Charge? I don’t believe there is a simple health figure you can read from OBD for NiMH battery hybrid vehicles, it’s part of the reason the hybrid health check takes time whilst they perform several tests.

I’m also not aware of any specific figure the pack has to be replaced at, certainly nothing in the UK warranty, unlike the EVs with Lithium Ion batteries. 
 

No one here that I recall has had a battery replaced on any Lexus hybrid that wasn’t producing a hard error. 

Interesting!
 

I’ll check the system in different moments to see if the reader reports always the same value (confirming it’s the residual Battery pack capacity) or if it changes (meaning it’s in reality the status of charge)

Let you know! Thanks 🙏 

Are Lexus Online services still available for Nx 300h?

I can’t get them to work as we speak, but I see there is a Lexus store available to purchase the applications reachable via pc:

https://www.lexus.fr/tme?language=fr&country=fr&b2c_env=prod&mylexus-b2c-ui-prod#/eStore

Has anyone installed this auto brake hold in the NX 300h?

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EyrGlRr