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Finally, tomorrow is the day I get the IS!!! After loving the CT for the last 15 months I need a car for work and the IS fitted the bill perfectly. The car has been at the dealers for over two weeks while there were some paperwork issues but got the confirmation this morning all is good and we are ready to go! The dealer were kind enough to send some pictures though! It is an Executive Edition in titanium which is going to have a life as an emergency vehicle so it will have a few additions to make it 'stand out' from the crowd! Fingers crossed the dealership doesn't burn down overnight!!

Tightening the bolts which hold the seat down sorted out a similar issue for me.

Rip off prices, for that sort of cost they should never have failed in the first place!

When you think of some of the crackpot schemes, foisted on us in the interests of the environment, how is it acceptable for a major car manufacturer to throw away a perfectly serviceable part, for the sake of a repair costing a few pounds? Mind you, our marvellous rulers decided it was a good idea to pay us to scrap perfectly good cars, and replace them with economical diesels, which are now considered, only a few years later, to be poisoning the planet! Wonder how long before they are bribing us out of our oil burners with another whizz bang scheme.

Hi Pete, The car just ground to a halt one day and showed the Hybrid System Fault message. I immediately restarted it and it ran fine in petrol only mode. I ran it for 6 months like this until I diagnosed the problem. Lexus never saw the car; I would never let them near any car of mine as they seen to have a history of replacing parts for the sake of it instead of properly diagnosing. I didn't take it to a garage (I never take a car to a garage unless I know what the fault is likely to be), only when I hired the ramp for the day. I read the fault code P2797 and did some research and saw that many other people have encountered the same problem with the same end result; a new pump! I then checked the power to the pump controller and resistance of the pump motor windings and fuse, etc. I paid a small fee to JustAnswer to get some advice from a Lexus Tech and he gave me the same advise; new pump required. I spoke to Lexus dealer and told them my issue and they too said that the only solution was anew pump at £3240. So, it is at that point I decided to investigate the pump fault myself, with the solution found and fixed on the same day. If you look at the post "GS450h Loss Of Power", that gives you all the details throughout my diagnosis. Giles.

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Insurance Companies who will not insure LPG vehicles are very much in the minority. I have never had a refusal or an additional premium charged.

Hi Mark, No, the pump on your link is a different part. From memory, it looks like a RX400h/450h pump. I have attached some photos. The pump can be seen from underneath the car when on a ramp. It is located on the lower off-side of the gearbox, so is pretty easy to get to. I had to remove the gearbox mounted exhaust bracket to get to it properly before removal. As you can see, it is a well engineered, simple part with one moving part; the impeller shaft. The three coils are fixed, therefore there are no brushes to wear out and the shaft has the magnets mounted on it. There really is not much to go wrong with it. It's just a shame that Lexus made a poor choice of bearing specification. The two bearings can be seen in the photos. One is located under the circuit board (this is the shaft position sensor board) and the other is at the bottom of the motor housing (can also be seen mounted on the end of the shaft in he photo. Hope it makes sense. Giles.

There is no recommended service interval. Having said that, it is prudent to replace the ATF periodically. When you do drain the fluid though, only 2 litres will come out. What I do is replace those 2 litres at regular service intervals, say, every 20k or so. This has kept my gearbox as smooth as butter and the fluid also stays a nice red colour. Incidentally, there are alternative ATF brands now available which have the exact same spec as Toyota T-IV. These are Comma ASW(3309) and Mobil 3309. Both are reasonably priced products available either from ebay or your local parts shop.

The RE031 are bad. Very little grip when it gets wet.

As you say the torso area this is a longish shot but - I had a noise from the right hand side of the drivers seat over bumps. Turned out that with the seat at its lowest position, the side plastic panel was rubbing on the plastic below it at the rear of the chair. To be more precise - the side panel with the buttons on - at the rear of that, at the bottom of the panel, it wraps underneath itself. There is virtually no clearance to the top of the plastic section this sits on top of (at least with me sat in it!). By raising the seat a fraction at rear the noise disappeared.

no credit to me, I just hosted them afte blanking the number plates. Credit all to Niraj for the pictures, cheers matey :D

Good pic's mate :D