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Can anyone help me please. Id like to have red callipers and red rim protectors on my IS300H F-Sport. its not a dealer option, so can anyone suggest anything please?

Hi All, I was hoping to get a recommendation on tyres to use on my 2014 IS300h F-Sport. Took it for service at Lexus over the weekend and one of my tyres is quite worn on the inside. Booked it into Kwik-Fit and used their tool to find the correct size based on make and model (225/40/R18 Bridgestone Turanza T005 good for the front and the back per their tool). Turns out that's wrong (should have checked the wall) for the back they're actually 255/35/R18 and the ones I currently have are Bridgestone Turanza ER-33 with a nice protective lip to protect from curbing - the T005s do not have such an advantage. The ER-33 are on all my wheels currently with a slightly different size on the front. I can order them and they can fit it but it will cost about £100 more than the ones that were previously suggested which isn't too bad (but not great). My issue however is that they seem to be terrible tyres from the ratings - F for efficiency, C for wet and I've seen a few user reviews from different sites saying they are bad in the wet and common for aquaplaning. I've had my car almost a year and never experienced any issues but now thinking is it worth spending so much on what seem to be terrible performing tyres (mainly in the wet) with the only plus point being that they are hard wearing? May favourite tyres of all time are the Good Year Efficient Grip (but they don't seem to be produced in this size). So my question are: 1. Should I stick with the ER-33s as they may be better than suggested in the reviews for people who have IS300h and have used them longer than I have? 2. Or should I change and if so can anybody suggest an actual tyre to go with which has the protective lip over the alloys as well? I need to change the tyres quite quickly and get it booked in before the weekend (MOT) so quick responses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot, Ken

Hi all, I am thinking about upgrading my 2003 IS300 Sport to a fairly recent (ish) IS300h F Sport. Now this is a big step for me as I have not bought a new car since 2003 when I got my IS300 from Lexus. I love this car but it is getting older and it uses quite a lot of fuel driving to and from the lake district. I was thinking about an IS300h F Sport in black with black interior. Now should I go for the fancy Takumi F Sport model and is it possible to find the holy grail of a black one with takumi and mark levinson audio? I was probably going for a 2016/17 model. I tested one yesterday at Lexus Hatfield and first impressions are good. Anything to look out for? What price should I be looking at? I see some are shod in Dunlop tyres. My first thoughts were to sack those off and stick Pirellis on. Worthwhile? Thanks so much!

Ive just changed my oil AND filter while is was on The štandu i took off The wheels AND nožice The rear have Ware on the inside they have only Done 23000 miles is This normal Thanks just ordered 2 new rears

Good afternoon all. I hope someone can help? I have had a look through the forum but could not find the answer to my question - Sorry if it is there...😇 So over the lockdown my battery kept dying and I charged it using a AGM compatible charger. Now that I am back at work and driving it normally i find that the battery goes flat every couple of days so definitely time to change the battery. I have found a battery but.... Does this vehicle have a Battery Management System that needs to be reset by a main dealer or is it effectively plug and play? Many thanks in advance! 😍😍 Roddy

So today is time to say farewell to my much loved IS 250 second gen 56 Reg, and start a new journey with the IS 300H F Sport 63 Reg Would love to know what you all think. Thanks 🙏

Hi All, Hoping this is just a quick one - the pinkish coolant in my 2014 IS300h at near the bonnet (I am assuming for the radiator) is getting close to minimum. I asked Lexus (as I have had the car under a year) what I should fill it with and if I should come and buy coolant direct from them to do it. They said it just needs any pink coolant. Is that correct and if so would anybody suggest a brand to use? Just for clarity the colour of the coolant running low is the same as the tank you see kind of in the middle of the engine (also pink). Thanks Ken

I just received an email from Lexus Cheltenham announcing Lexus have come out top in the 2020 survey. I won't bore anyone with the details as I'm sure forum members will be reading it for themselves. Les

Hi, I hope everyone is well in the current health crisis. I have an IS300h that I fitted wind deflectors to about 18 months ago because part of my trip to work involved sitting on a car ferry. With the windows cracked open for air, the rain came in hence I fitted deflectors. I now have no need for them and have just removed them. However, I see that the window seal on both front windows is deformed. I went for a drive and there is more wind noise than when they were fitted. Will the seals "recover" their original shape? Is there anything I can do to remedy this situation? Have I made a major mistake in removing them? I never liked them anyway and had always planned on removing them when the car ferry ended. Thanks.

I owned an IS300h for a while and a GS300h turned up for sale at my local Lexus dealer at a very good price. I much prefer this GS which is smoother although not as fast because it is heavier and fuel consumption is higher too. I preferred the styling of the IS but the GS looks fine standing against its competitors. I do find the "Sport" mode impressive. My only disappointment with Lexus is - you buy the shell then pay for the wheels, the tyres the wipers the windscreen....... Only joking but if you buy second hand make sure you know what extras are fitted my first IS was minus a navigator which I needed and thought was fitted. I kept the IS Lexus bootliner when I swapped - it's in as new condition and didn't fit my GS. Anyone want to buy it?

Hi guys, My wife and I have clocked about 2k miles in our 2014 IS300h F Sport and we seem to only be averaging 37-39mpg. I exepected quite a bit more from the car so wondering if I’m doing anything wrong? I read somewhere that accelerating reasonable quickly but not flooring it and then releasing the acellerator, then pressing back down gently so the car goes onto electric is an efficient way driving. I do this whenever I can but figures still stay in the high 30s only. Since we got the car I fill it back up every week and work out the average cost per mile. On Sainsbury’s petrol at around £1.24 per litre I consistently get around 15-16p a mile which I don’t think is not bad but could be much better if I made it into the 40s. Car is mainly used for school runs with some stop start traffic with the wife. At weekend I put it on the A13 to go in and out of London but again once you get there it’s stop start again. Wondeing if anything wrong or this is normal. Before I bought the car I looked at the ‘realmpg’ site where individuals post their mpgs and it calculates an average. On there it was 48+ which was part of the reason I bought it. Any advice would be helpful before I approach dealer. Thanks K

Hi All, Just a quick one and it may be totally normal but just wanted to check as I haven’t had the car long 🙂 Noticed that when I slow down to go over a set of ramps, soon as I go over and accelerate lightly but enough for the engine to come on and not just use electric, the engine revs increase as if I were accelerating harder (even if I’m keeping a relatively consistent speed). When I get to the next ramp and reduce speed and go over the same happens when I get back on the throttle. Is this normal? It’s a bit annoying I just say because I’m not really accelerating. May just be the way yeh CVT works, but just wanted to check as it’s been bugging me. Thanks Ken

just bought my first lexus changing from jaguar

Hi All, Can anyone tell me how to log in to connected services? I went to a website I googled for Lexus Europe I believe and it said it no longer available. Wondering if it’s the wrong website and anyone has a link? I’d like to use it to send routes to my car without having to use the system inside and more importantly to get traffic updates. Also, does anyone know how to update the map? Bit embarrassed today when I was putting in a postcode for my wife to take our kids to a birthday party and that particular postcode wasn’t available in the postcode part of the sat nav. She had to use her phone lying on the centre console. Not safe and not great for car we just bought albeit 2014. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Ken

Hi All, Had my IS300h for almost a month now and I love it so far. Had a few niggles to begin with but gladly sorted by the dealership. I have however noticed that the inside of the car steams up quite easily when its more that just me. Even when the heating is set to auto and the A/C is on. this has only started happening as far as I can remember as the weather has got colder and it's been raining. Has anyone else experienced this and is there something I am doing wrong? Had a 2005 BMW 120d before this and I would stick it in auto heating mode at 20 degrees and turn the AC off an the windows never frosted up regardless of weather. Was expecting this to be an even better system being a Lexus - so sincerely hoping im doing somthing wrong as sonctantly turning on the demister can be annoying. Thanks all, Ken

Hi All, Hoping someone can help with an issue that’s what really irritating me. I’ve had my IS300h 2014 F-Sport for just over 3 weeks now. But I’ve noticed a squeak from the wheels at low speeds - probably up to 25 mph. If I had to say I’d say it’s louder when turning left. I’ve booked the car in to have it looked at for this problem and another but dealership can’t get to it until mid October. As I got it from a Lexus dealership I have the year’s warranty. I've seen a few posts on this in here but no resolution as the original poster doesn’t come back to say if it was ever sorted or how that was done. Understandable as we’re all busy I guess. Anyhow, anyone else had this issue and found a resolution? Paid a lot for the car so a bit disappointed by this and a few other niggles but hopefully just teething problems. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi All, Hoping someone can help with an issue that’s what really irritating me. I’ve had my IS300h 2014 F-Sport for just over 3 weeks now. But I’ve noticed a squeak from the wheels at low speeds - probably up to 25 mph. If I had to say I’d say it’s louder when turning left. I’ve booked the car in to have it looked at for this problem and another but dealership can’t get to it until mid October. As I got it from a Lexus dealership I have the year’s warranty. Ive seen a few posts on this in here but no resolution as the original poster doesn’t come back to say if it was ever sorted or how that was done. Understandable as we’re all busy I guess. Anyhow, anyone else had this issue and found a resolution? Paid a lot for the car so a bit disappointed by this and a few other niggles but hopefully just teething problems. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Ken

I have had my IS300h from new since 2016. I will be upgrading next week to an ES300h F Sport Takumi. Last Sunday my car was reversed into in a Sainsburys Car Park so I have to get it repaired before swapping over cars. As the IS is going, I have available winter rubber mats for sale - used for 3 winters only then swapped back to OEM Mats, a rubber boot liner and 2 x ash trays (used to keep sweet in them and handy to stop elbows slipping into the cup holders). The total new was around £230.00 new. These won’t fit my new ES, so they are up for sale, if anyone is interested. As I am not on these forums a lot - email: stevewise00@gmail.com, if anyone is interested, please make me an offer. I am based in RG12, postage will be charged on top. If no one is interested by Tuesday next week (17th September) then I will let them go with the car when it goes.

Hi guys, Having an issue with my 2014 IS300h, F Sport on 38k miles I purchased 2 weeks ago tomorrow and looking for recommendations of good Lexus dealerships near me I can take it to for them to look at it under the 1 year approved used warranty. My choices are: - Sidcup - Woodford - Southend-On-Sea - and at a push Tunbridge Wells Can anyone recommend any of these dealerships please as this is the first Lexus I've ever had so have no experience? I bought the car from Lexus Wolverhampton which is 148 miles from me os no chance I can take it there. Hoping to make a booking today so if anyone could help I'd really appreciate it. Just in case you were interested, the issue I am having is as follows: On Wednesday for the first time I needed to parallel park and I found that as I was moving the car forward and backwards to fit the space the brake pedal was vibrating intermittently and I could hear a noise from the engine bay as it vibrated something like a groaning/grinding noise or could have been a pump activating? I wasn't at full lock so don't think it's that and it definitely coincided with the brake pedal vibrating. I've felt it before if I am at maybe in traffic, release the brake to move forward a little and then press it again. But this time I guess because I was going backwards and forwards it was much worse. Anyone else experienced this? Any feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks! Ken

So, it's been exactly a week since I purchased my 2014 IS300h on 37k miles and with the F-Sport trim. I know people on here like to hear about the experience of Lexus 'newbies' so thought I would share my thoughts for those interested: What I like/love: - The refinement - It's so quiet and civilized in the cabin that now the slightest rattle (from my children's baby seats) catches my attention (and also mildly irritates me) :-D Even when you floor it and the engine revs, with windows closed its not that bad. A drastic change from the previous louder than normal 2005 diesel. I also like that it feels solid which was something my previous car lacked. - The convenience and tech - love the double edged sword of comfort entry (convenience v security - though I have bought a faraday box). Really enjoy the seat memorization and their comfort as well as the smell of the full leather (dark rose). Enjoy using the rear camera (and wonder how anyone can do without it as visibility isn't great through back window). - Styling - still loving the F-Sport styling and the look of the dash when it's dark and it all lights up (though I don't like it quite so much in the day). - Fuel economy - so far getting mid 40s which is good I think. It's similar mpg to the much smaller, much less refined BMW 120d I had prior. My wife drives it as well and I notice every time I come back to it after she has had it the battery seems lower than when I have it (perhaps she's not braking early enough for the regeneration or just using it more pottering about at low speeds). What I've noticed: - Acceleration doesn't feel as brisk as my previous BMW 120d. Accepted, it was a much lighter car and has a turbo but on paper they weren't too far off and this one has +40 BHP (at 220bhp overall) and a lot of people say the IS300h is quite fast in sport mode. What I notice though is that it doesn't feel fast or you don't get that push into seat acceleration, but then when I look at the speedo I'm doing 70mph so maybe it's a perception thing? I do notice a definite lag though between putting your foot down and the acceleration. Another thing to mention is I haven't found this 'kick down switch' people talk about on autos in this. Kind of like a notch for extra power at the bottom of the pedal. Floored it today to see and felt no such thing. Am I doing something wrong? Oh and finally on this topic something weird I've noticed. In sport mode if you release your foot from the accelerator pedal (to coast) , weirdly it seems like the car almost instantly slows down a little and loses a bit of momentum - much quicker than if you were in normal mode. It's really weird, I tested it a few times this morning. Has anyone else noticed this? - Sound from Dolby system - unfortunately for me, the car I found with most of the things I wanted and at a reasonable price point doesn't have the Mark L sound system. I find the Dolby one a bit lacking in bass and when I turn it up sometimes there is quite a bit of resonance and I feel like I may damage the speaker. Funny thing is when I play certain music it sounds a bit better so not sure if its because I'm streaming from Spotify when its bad and better when the song is downloaded? Wondering if I can fit a small active sub or if I shouldn't dare with all the hybrid electronics? - Navigation has an ugly light brown background on the map during the day but looks nice at night when it changes to the 'night color scheme' which is much less in your face. Is there a way to change the background color in the day mode anyone? Even my wife doesn't like it and she is quite easy going on such things. I on the other hand...:-D - Cup holders in weird position - just makes it uncomfortable for front passenger but someone provided me with potential solution of a cup holder bin (its for an Auris, but may fit). - Music currently being played via Bluetooth doesn't update on the screen when next song comes on (but some helpful people on here tried to help me with this). One said when you plug it into the USB and use it in that mode its up to date, you get slightly better sound quality and screen art - which is true. But its a bit of a faff plugging the phone in each time - which they also acknowledged. Well those are my thoughts after week 1. Would love to hear what you think! Cheers Ken

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone had found a way of covering the cup holders in an IS300h so the surface is flat? It's quite uncomfortable for my wife and me when I sit in the passenger seat. The elbow seems to rest right on them. Such a weird thing to do to such an otherwise comfortable car. Can anyone recommend anything I can use to cover them? Thanks Ken

Hi All, I am due to go and see an IS300h tomorrow which I'm quite interested in buying. Was wondering if anyone had any advice for me on things to look out for? Details are as follows: - 2014 F sport (pre face-lift model) - 37k on the clock (so low mileage for age) - Full leather interior - Upgraded sat nav (with the mousey thing) and reversing camera - Standard sound system (NOT the Mark L version - which I would have liked but not sure if standard is decent enough?) - Heating/cooling seats - Buying from a Lexus main dealer with 1 year warranty and paying extra for the maintenance plan which will cover next 2 services - including the big 60k one (for around $1.3k all in). Is it worth extending the warranty? Part of the reason I'm buying is that they're supposed to be very reliable so seems counterintuitive. Aside from this I'm a bit worried about the security of the car due to keyless entry (I have a drive) and wondering if anyone has any advice - though it seems either faraday box/bag or turn off the transmission from key (by pressing unlock key twice while holding down lock). I'd detest having to put a steering lock on and off each time I park in my drive just for the convenience of not having to press a button to unlock the car! Any advice/help would be much appreciated. Cheers, Ken

Hi everyone, I'm looking to fit a reversing camera to an IS300H 2015 and after taking off the boot lid cover it looks like the wiring is already there. So I was wondering if anyone can point out from the pictures, which specific wires would be for the camera. Cheers.

Hey Guys, As I am a huge Lexus fan, I made a video on the top things I love about my 2019 Lexus IS300h Premium. I hope you guys enjoy the video, feel free to comment things that you love about your Lexus? Thomas

Hey Guys, I am loving my Lexus IS (first ever Lexus) and loving my first few months of ownership. I made a video of my car if anyone wants to give it a watch 🙂