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Some pictures as requested, thanks to Paul for some TSB's regarding water ingress, which i put to good use Remove the centre under floor plastic compartment, this is held in place by two black plastic clips either side of the compartment, you can grab this and pull up which will loosen the clips then you can remove them (press the buttons to flip up the floor to get the box up) Close up of clip & location These clips are reusable With centre box removed, looking towards offside of vehicle. Its these side compartments that need to come out as this is where the water was coming in. Remove the front bolts and rear nuts holding the flappy panels, i also removed the tool box just to do a bit of cleaning up. You can now remove the side compartments. Looking towards the rear panel from inside, you can see where the water has stained the sealant flowing in (the black smudges above the clip) Close up of under the side compartment, the water was pooling to the left just by the plastic clip After reading the TSB's, it was stated that RX's suffer from the seam cracking above the upper back door strut mounting Close up of the offending seam, you can see it is discolouring and cracked too. It only takes a pin hole for water to enter I cleaned and resealed these seams, water tested and bingo! no more swimming pools :) I just hope this helps someone else from major problems as have been revealed,

Maybe take it to another garage mate or even lexus, they charge £45-60 for a diagnostic with no obligation to have work carried out. At least you'll know for sure what up then. I hate garages that give you the most expensive solution!

Bought this off the bay a couple of days ago. Press release pack for the 98 gs and ls range. Has some great photo's and facts, My gs300 navigator cost £34,000 new and another £2500 for the sat-nav. WOW.

The problem with ratteling sounds is now solved on my car :) They have isolated the injector and fuelpipes i think.?? Representatives from Lexus Norway told me that this problem is not adressed to the main office in Japan by anyone. This means that the different lexus representatives in the different countries hasnt taken the situasion seriously! But the sound is now bearly noticeable in my car, so I am happy! So for all of you with this problem, tell your dealer to contact Lexus Norway for the solution.

My I phone is better than Lexus sat navs lol

So the winner is...... find out after the break :)

I'm confused. You noticed before you lowered it, it didn't have much in the way of ground clearance, but you went ahead and lowered it, and now you want to change wheels to increase the ground clearance because it's too low? Hello - change it back to stock springs and your ground clearance issue will be better?!?!

Heaven forbid you ever have to use a second-hand car dealer's warranty anyway. Chances are you'd end up in the situation of (1) not knowing where the car is, (2) what work is being carried out and to what standard, (3) when you'll see your car again and (4) what other faults have been created in the process (or parts swapped without your knowledge). This is exactly what happened to my wife's horsebox which was bought as a new conversion on a second-hand Movano (aka Master) chassis. When the vehicle developed serious engine trouble, it was returned to the seller at his request. It then basically did a disappearing act for several months. Turned out the work had been outsourced to "Joe Bloggs up the road" - which we only found out after a phone call from said Mr Bloggs. We had been promised many times by the dealer that it was "nearly ready", and "in the process of being test driven" etc. etc., when in fact the remedial work hadn't even been started! We turned up at the premises unannounced. Imagine a chaotic scrap metal/breaker's yard in a large asbestos shed (without room to swing a cat) and you'll get the picture. The paintwork was scratched, the door was in bits with the panel slung on the seat (when there had been nothing wrong with the door) and the top half of the engine was off, with "parts on order". Understandably, my wife went ballistic, not just because of the damage, but on account of the fact that we'd been lied to hand over fist by the original seller. He kept saying that he used them "because they are very good at what they do". In fairness, they did make good on the paintwork and the engine has since been OK, but a worse nightmare you couldn't imagine. In fact, it was one signature away from becoming a legal matter. The mechanic also turned quite nasty towards the end, and I do wonder if he ever got paid by the dealer for the work. So BEWARE of dealer warranties. No dealer is going to take on warranty work with a good grace.

I have had several of these done before and have walked away from three cars. I used : http://www.mycarinspections.co.uk/vehicle-inspection.php last time and ended up with a very comprehensive report that highlighted several faults on a 4 year old Toyota Hilux with low mileage that was eventually proved to have been heavily used on a construction site in Kent. The MoT would not have identified impending issues with the 4WD drive train. Being not highly mechanically savvy, I would not buy a car without an inspection now (If I am not buying from a Dealer with an associated one year warranty.)

For peace of mind have it done although as mentioned there are cheaper alternatives,should also help reduce the possibilities of there being any nasty and expensive surprises.Having said that do also bear in mind its no guarantee though.

There is a way to check the prior MOT Advisories too thru' DVLA or whatever ( or is it VOSA ? ) . you need the log book detail for this, not quite sure anymore but you can look it up on-line I guess. This should give you a good idea as to anything that's looming for attention that's not already been dealt with and the mileage at that time. And of course a fresh MOT will tell you everything else that's current. You can visually check tyre condition etc anyway. Good luck Malc

A Lexus dealer will do a pretty comprehensive "safety inspection" for about £90.

That's great Ian... Love stuff like this. :)

I can't say that I have, but I guess you could take the car for an MoT - which would probably be as useful. If the mechanic was amenable (and not too busy), you could offer him a bit extra to look for some of the non-MoT issues (such as possible accident damage, etc.).

Hi have had audio/sat nav unit lock out before try taking negative terminal off battery for a few minutes and reconnect. Sometimes have had to disconnect audio unit its self though which means taking it out of dash! Sent from my GT-I8190N using Tapatalk

Hi not aware of any aftermarket replacement and when we used to send them for repair nobody could get parts but that might have changed! I have fitted customers secondhand amps before as new were really expensive! Someone on forum might know of any though Sent from my GT-I8190N using Tapatalk

hi looking on your profile you have a ls430. When I worked at main dealers ls430 used to suffer from amp probs causing similar faults that you have especially on levinson amps hope this helps Sent from my GT-I8190N using Tapatalk

Sadly you might just have to live with it,sacrificing practicality for looks like a lot of things has its down sides.

I'd want more evidence of a failed HG to be honest. What is their reasoning? Did they do a sniff test showing up exhaust gases in the coolant? If your oil and water are not mixing (making mayo emulsion in the oil or having oil in the coolant, easy to see it floats) if no exhaust gases in the coolant and no mixing of fluids I'd be sceptical. And did your car overheat or loose it's coolant with no trace? And did your car smoke excessively even when warm? What codes did they pull from the car? I assume they ran a diagnostic to retrieve fault codes?

Like the tomtom that was built into the advance.

Bloody Sat Nav

I think you can stop worrying about the head gasket then. HG on these don't go just like that. You'd need to run it overheated for a bit. These cars do give off a bit more heat than others, one if the first things I noticed when I first got one but if your temp needle didn't move should be ok. Sounds like previous owner bunged the leak up in the rad and sold it to you. The eml could be anything but I don't think your worst fears are going to be realised. Hopefully just a coil pack or sensor or something. The coolant sensor is in that bottom corner of the rad so could well be that. Come back and let us know how you get on or if you need help once you have the fault codes

Firstly... You need to plug the car in to a diagnostic obd2 code reader and retrieve the fault codes. That's always your first move when the EML comes on. The TRC flashing normally indicates a misfire but not always but I wouldn't be too concerned that it's blinking. Happens a lot when the eml is triggered. You say the car ran hot? Did the temp needle on the dash rise? And if it did, did it go into the red? You say the rad leaked? So coolant everywhere in the engine bay as if it's been sprayed from a water jet or has it dumped the coolant? If it's dumped it, where has it dumped it? On the floor or no trace? If you put coolant into it now what happens? Does it just come out or does it hold it? Let's not jump to drastic conclusions mate such as head gasket and £1000! The eml and trc could just be something as common as a misfire and the rad could just have a leak. Need more info and we really need those fault codes.

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