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[Andrew Britton]

Hi all,

Ive owned my GS450h for over 3 years and it looks like I’m going to own it for quite a while longer as I’m taking the plunge and starting my own business (Providing business development services to technology developers and associated companies in the automotive arena if anyone is interested 🔌!)

As my car is 9 years old and with 83k miles on it are there any problems looming that I should be aware of and taking preventative action about? It has been serviced by Lexus up until it’s last service which I had done at Halfords. Are there any indie specialists in the West Mids  who can service these as well as a genuine Lexus service centre but more competitively?

Lastly I have a grinding noise from the front offside on full lock. I’m told it is the disc touching the backplate which is easy to fix by tweaking the backplate away from the disc with a screwdriver which sounds straightforward. I’m just a bit nervous in case there are any HV cables near there linked to the regen system that I’m not aware of. Can anyone offer any guidance?

Cheers

Andy

 

 

 

 

[Texas]

Hi, firstly please don't be taking your car into Halfrauds and thinking you are going to get it 'serviced' to the same level as if you took it to Lexus! It sounds as though you kinda prize your car ( why do I say this? because you are on here talking about it for one ) so it is wise to find a indie garage that you can build a relationship with and get a better service from like you are trying to do. ( sorry can't help any in your location)

As for the grinding noise then yes, brake back plate can be the culprit and very easily fixed. Was it Halfrauds who told you it was this? ( If it was seen by Lexus at service time they prob would have sorted it!) As the backplate 'moves' with the hub so should be touching the disc all the time really, not just on full lock, may be a hose or cable involved somehow? Need to have a look sooner than later I reckon, that's if you are confident in tackling this of course, if not I reccomend you continue to have you car serviced at Lexus for piece of mind and know it will be done to the highest standards.

As for the HV circuitry then it is not going to be in that immediate location if you wanted to have a look at the offending backplate, prob gonna take longer to jack up car and remove wheel than it is to do the fix!

cheers Paul m.

[Andrew Britton]

Thanks Paul!

[Texas]

1 hour ago, Andrew Britton said:

Thanks Paul!

No problem, have a read of this and you might just drive on past Halfrauds/KwikRip next time!