Things to fix

Shepherd · October 13, 2016

Hi, So I have had the car now for about 3 weeks. Slowly making a list of things to do. Car is RX300 at 103K

Timing Belt + Water Pump Change (Booked with Lexus, surprisingly cheapest and cheaper than 3 quotations from local Indys)
Fix ticking sound coming from dash. It is most probably the air-circulation motor on the driver side. (any one know the part number?)
Transmission Fluid , couple of flushes. Its dark red, so may as well do it ASAP. Will get Toyota Type-IV from Lexus, flush at local garage.
One rear Wheel arch has a bit of rust that seems to have been covered up by touch up paint. (don't know if I should leave it or get it sorted). I plan to have the car for at least two years. It is parked out side on the road.
Will need new tyres for front very soonish.
Service, Oil/Filter, airfilter, pollen filter
Rear breaks are squeaking, may be seized calipers or breakpads coming to end.

Anything else that should be on my radar at 100K?

Thanks

PCM · October 15, 2016

Looks like a good list and VERY similar to mine.

1. Yes.

2. I had it done under warranty. Drove me mad until it was fixed. A stepper motor, I think ...

3. Had mine done too. Well worth it I thought - and smoother too.

4. Ditto. Tiny patch. I just touch it up occasionally.

5. Snap. Replaced all mine, with Michelin HP Tours. Felt it was safer to replace them all.

6. Ditto. Including diff oils. And gearbox I think?

7. Same again - 2 seized callipers replaced ( under warranty )

Also changed my wipers (Bosch), side lights to LED and newer dipped bulbs.

And a jolly good clean and polish.

And switched to Shell Nitro... and a dash cam. And better mats. And an ioniser...

( And I also got my air con serviced )

Shepherd · October 24, 2016

@PCM

Got the Timing Belt/WaterPump/Coolant done. Also got the tuchup paint so will be touching up the rust patches. There are a couple more patches I found over the weekend. Lexus said transmission oil does not need changing. Not sure to believe them or not. I don't have a Shell near me, closest I can get to premium fuel is a Jet petrol pump. I am not sure if its worth the extra if its not Shell or BP.

Air con service is required but probably get it done come spring time.

PCM · October 24, 2016

I got the Trans fluid 'done' at an independent... felt like money well spent.

Check the colour of yours...

sorcerer · October 24, 2016

I got my local independent guy to change the transmission fluid and also the internal filter, although the filter probably wasn't necessary. @ChrisKaye said that from what he'd read the filter doesn't really need doing until about 250k if I remember right, but it just seemed counter-intuitive to me to change the fluid but not the filter.

I managed to get a great deal on the fluid, 10 litres of Toyota Type IV from the Toyota dealer for £75.60.

Verbout · October 24, 2016

On 10/15/2016 at 9:18 AM, PCM said:

Looks like a good list and VERY similar to mine.

1. Yes.

2. I had it done under warranty. Drove me mad until it was fixed. A stepper motor, I think ...

3. Had mine done too. Well worth it I thought - and smoother too.

4. Ditto. Tiny patch. I just touch it up occasionally.

5. Snap. Replaced all mine, with Michelin HP Tours. Felt it was safer to replace them all.

6. Ditto. Including diff oils. And gearbox I think?

7. Same again - 2 seized callipers replaced ( under warranty )

Also changed my wipers (Bosch), side lights to LED and newer dipped bulbs.

And a jolly good clean and polish.

And switched to Shell Nitro... and a dash cam. And better mats. And an ioniser...

( And I also got my air con serviced )

PCM · October 25, 2016

It's great. Fresher air in the car, plugs into a 12v socket, £15...

Lydiamight · October 25, 2016

Unless it is a warranty job don't bother going to a main dealer to get the rear callipers freed up----they will try to sell you a couple of new rear campers at a not inconsiderable cost. A good local independent should be able to remove the slide pins, clean up, grease and re-fit for a fraction of the cost quoted by a dealer. A quick search of this forum for "seized rear callipers" should give you loads of information.

Verbout · October 25, 2016

14 hours ago, PCM said:

It's great. Fresher air in the car, plugs into a 12v socket, £15...

I did look them up after I had read your post, used to have one for the house in the '80s, didn't know they made them for cars.

Verbout · October 25, 2016

6 hours ago, Lydiamight said:

Unless it is a warranty job don't bother going to a main dealer to get the rear callipers freed up----they will try to sell you a couple of new rear campers at a not inconsiderable cost. A good local independent should be able to remove the slide pins, clean up, grease and re-fit for a fraction of the cost quoted by a dealer. A quick search of this forum for "seized rear callipers" should give you loads of information.

I may set myself up as a Lexus brake calliper repairman.

It seems there's a market, because Lexus dealers don't check and remedy the issue during a service. Not on mine anyway when the previous owner had it serviced under warranty.

steveledzep · October 25, 2016

Had mine serviced last month and nearside rear caliper was diagnosed as siezed.

Goes in on Friday to have it replaced......fortunately I have a Lexus warranty on my IS !

PCM · October 26, 2016

9 hours ago, Verbout said:

I did look them up after I had read your post, used to have one for the house in the '80s, didn't know they made them for cars.

It's a "PureMate® XJ-600 Ionic Air Purifier & Ioniser for Car & Vehicle". About £14 and great on long journeys or for smokers - NOT that I am one ...

Verbout · October 26, 2016

10 hours ago, steveledzep said:

Had mine serviced last month and nearside rear caliper was diagnosed as siezed.

Goes in on Friday to have it replaced......fortunately I have a Lexus warranty on my IS !

I get confused when people report a seized calliper.

Is it the sliding pin that's seized? which most of the time I would imagine can be unseized.

Or is it the actual pistons, which would either require a strip down and refurb or new calliper, which may be cheaper.

Is this made clear to customers?

ChrisKaye · October 26, 2016

Yes usually sliding pins seize - you can easily clean them up or even replace them between £11-13 each (two per calliper) but Lexus always charge between £300-400 to replace whole calliper and with labour rates at £100 per hour, you can see how a couple of hours for a tech to refurb a calliper is the same cost as just replacing it!! Crazy.

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PCM · April 13, 2017

On 13/10/2016 at 11:30 AM, Shepherd said:

Hi, So I have had the car now for about 3 weeks. Slowly making a list of things to do. Car is RX300 at 103K

Timing Belt + Water Pump Change (Booked with Lexus, surprisingly cheapest and cheaper than 3 quotations from local Indys)

Fix ticking sound coming from dash. It is most probably the air-circulation motor on the driver side. (any one know the part number?)

Transmission Fluid , couple of flushes. Its dark red, so may as well do it ASAP. Will get Toyota Type-IV from Lexus, flush at local garage.

One rear Wheel arch has a bit of rust that seems to have been covered up by touch up paint. (don't know if I should leave it or get it sorted). I plan to have the car for at least two years. It is parked out side on the road.

Will need new tyres for front very soonish.

Service, Oil/Filter, airfilter, pollen filter

Rear breaks are squeaking, may be seized calipers or breakpads coming to end.

Anything else that should be on my radar at 100K?

Thanks