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cant say i have seen it before - heres a few things to check

1) Check ride is all smooth with no clunks and gearbox is smooth

2) Check coolant is red orangy colour and not contaminated

3) Check all electrics - steering motors tend to fail

4) Check the suspension goes up and down when flicked

5) Check for rear glass demalination

6) Check bonnet opener is working - the cable tends to fail

7) Check boot is easy to lift and open - otherwise struts might be shot

8) Check for rust around body especially front doors around the plastic trim and rear numberplate

9) Check parking sensors work - they tend to fail and are normally switched off

10) Check sound system properly with volume on high to ensure no blown speakers/woofer

11) Check you have 2 keyless keys and the function works and the soft closing doors aswell

12) Check of the cabin filter has been changed - these are often overlooked

thats all i can think of at the moment HTH

Posted

just wanted to add i dont what he means by new shape - there are only 2 shapes in the ls430s and this is the old shape

Posted

That's what I was going to say, it's not the new shape, new shape starts at late 2003

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Worth a trip to view I think.

Words of advice remove your own postcode from the Autotrader link, we all know where you live within a few houses, as a public forum some one may be looking for dishonest reasons and if you do buy this LS430 they know more or less where you live and you have just bought a nice Lexus.


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Worth a trip to view I think.

Words of advice remove your own postcode from the Autotrader link, we all know where you live within a few houses, as a public forum some one may be looking for dishonest reasons and if you do buy this LS430 they know more or less where you live and you have just bought a nice Lexus.

Thanks Steve - think my cache is doing screwy things - the page I can see has got it removed. Could you send me a private message with the postcode that you can see.

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Well after a 4hr round trip this morning I can confirm that all that glitters is not gold.

  • Seller had in no way prepped the car, needed a good wash, rubbish in all the various pockets around the car and on the floor, history file an un-ordered mess
  • Windscreen chip in Zone A
  • Has had rear end repairs at some point, dents in the bootlid, paint runs on the bumper under the NSR lights and wheelarch
  • Front parking sensor fault
  • Steering wheel goes up and down but not in and out
  • Sat on very worn budget branded ditch finder rubber, didn't recognise any of the brand names, one tyre curbed so badly all the information had been worn away

Is the suspension mean to to raise and lower while stationary and with the engine running? It didn't - apparently the seller prefers to drive it in high anyway.

Didn't get much further than that, thanked the chap for his time and drove home.

Regards

Iain

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Quite disappointing to travel for 2 hours and to find out it is a lemon. Do not feel bad, I have travelled a lot further in search of a car to find it in similar condition..Better to walk away and absorb the fuel costs to get there and back. The problem is that there are not that many about and you have to travel some distance for these cars.

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V 718 FPN...... has been relisted. It was over £3K but now over £2K

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Hi folks, sorry to trouble you again, going to look at another LS430 tomorrow. It's an 02 again, how do I get to the diagnostics on the nav screen, will it be the flashing the lights on and off method or pushing the corners of the nav screen method?

Regards

Iain


Posted

hi

ian it will be pushing the corners of the screen - there i a video on you tube

why do you need to get to that?

Posted

Thanks, just want to check to see if there are any gremlins hiding in there

Regards

Iain

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Hi folks, thanks for your help, I've taken the plunge and bought a LS430 today. I'll post up details in a bit

Regards

Iain

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Hi folks, thanks for your help, I've taken the plunge and bought a LS430 today. I'll post up details in a bit

Regards

Iain

Dont forget some pics. Mike.

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