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I needed to find a replacement for the Panasonic S55D23L battery as it was not holding charge for very long. A straight replacement of a Lexus dealer was over 300 quid, so I decided to see if there was a possible alternative. I found Yuasa YBX 5005 to be a like for like replacement in terms of the housing as it fits perfectly in the space without any modifications. The main issue is of course that it is not an AGM type and needs to be vented. While the battery itself does not come with any accessories I rang Yuasa UK and they kindly posted a vent plug and an elbow. The vent is on both sides so, one end needs to be blocked off and the other connected to a hose. It took about 20 minutes to swap the battery. These batteries go for £78 on Amazon, so even if it lasts 3 years, it is still worth it. They are of 65Ah capacity, so very much on par with the revised Panasonic (70Ah) that the dealer quoted me for. I’ll keep an eye on it to see how it performs and report.

Gary, you should take an enormous amount of credit for the way in which you dealt with the matter. I understand that Lexus Carlisle is operated by the Border Motor Group which does not I understand, have any other Lexus Dealerships. A strong letter to the M.D. of the Group might be appropriate and should you so desire you can report that your report to the L.O.F was received with utter dismay by several long standing Members who might be of a mind to request Lexus.U.K. to carry out a formal appraisal of Carlisle`s suitability to retain the Lexus franchise. Many thanks for your candid assessment of Lexus Carlisle.

Ive be having this trouble soaked carpets & when opening the tailgate water running down A panels at rear. Dried it all out today removed all boot trim. Rear lights seals all good Tailgate seal all good Gas struts letting in water wear joining body,taken of resealed. Black trim besides each tail light grommets for screws letting in lots of water into boot floor dried up sealed gromets back in with sealant Water tested for 20mins with a hose hey presto problems solved now water tight again.

The YBX 5005 has the rollover-proof lid and is tested for such event.

Classy! A single underground carpark in that area is worth more than my house!

I agree with Herbie regarding his comments regarding Lexus Teesside. It’s my nearest Centre and I’ve purchased my last 6 Lexus from them. CT, IS, GS, NX, ES and RX in that order. GS F Sport was the best my a country mile insofar as quality over the others whilst the ES was the most advanced and complete. I haven’t driven my RX much yet to make any useful comments. When dealing with Teesside I either speak with David, Tom or Chris on the sales side.

I do indeed live in Preston (funnily enough I married a Carlisle girl and we have family up there) but I'm afraid I've not yet had any dealings with them. We bought our car from Lexus Teeside and at that time Preston didn't have a Lexus dealership. Teeside were excellent to deal with in all respects so we took out a service plan with them, which has now expired, and that means that I will begin dealing with Preston in the next couple of months.

I am new to lexus and to be honest it is the best car i have ever owned, it is on lpg and i must be getting 40 plus to the gallon, it needs new suspension which i will be sorting spring,

This is the first time I have felt necessary to write a review on my recent service received from a Lexus garage (located in Cumbria). My car a 2019 RX450h was booked in for its second service (major), I dropped my vehicle off at Lexus and a Toyota Yaris was provided to me as a courtesy car (the dealer didn’t realise that I had requested a courtesy car so I had to hang around whilst they found a suitable car) other than that the handover went ok. I picked up my vehicle following the service and was initially concerned with the inconsistent tyre tread wear. This was recorded as follows: Year 1 at 10,000 miles Front tyres NSF 5.10 OSF 5.50 Year 2 at 16,000 miles Front tyres NSF 2.50 OSF 4.00 I raised this concern with the service representative and asked why the tyre wear would be so inconsistent across the tyres and what could be the reason for such a huge amount of wear in only 6,000 miles. He was unable to answer my questions and the mechanic had left no notes. I also noticed that the 4 wheel alignment check hadn’t been carried out even though this is part of the 2 year (major) service schedule. I did ask why it hadn’t been carried out but again the representative didn’t know and his solution was for me to take my vehicle to a Kwik Fit garage and for them to carry out a tyre inspection. On a separate complaint the so called “complementary valet” carried out on my vehicle was extremely poor with the interior of the vehicle covered in dirty marks and smelling like a wet dog as if it had been quickly wiped over with a dirty cloth. After arriving home and going through the paperwork I also noted that the front/rear differential oil hadn’t been changed and the charcoal canister had not been inspected as noted on the service sheet. I emailed the service principle (Dougie) who called me back to explain that the items I noted were actually no longer part of the 2 year (major) service for my model and that Lexus had failed to supply the dealership with the correct paperwork/service sheets. He could not comment on why my tyre wear was so poor other than taking it to a tyre specialist. He apologised about the valet and said it was a known issue with them. I even had to ask why they still continued to use them to valet their vehicles with such standards). His explanation didn’t really sit right with me so I contacted Lexus customer services for clarification. It turns out that the three items mentioned (diff oil, charcoal canister and 4 wheel alignment check) all should have been carried out as per the service schedule supplied by Lexus. Lexus customer services contacted the dealership who have since collected my car and carried out the missed items (whilst also completing the recent recall service). I am still none the wiser around the tyre wear as the dealership didn’t supply the alignment paperwork. To say that I am disappointed with the Cumbrian dealership is an understatement. The service principle at best incorrectly understood the service requirements of a Lexus RX450h (model 2019) or lied to me. I will from now on use another Lexus dealership for all future business. What makes it worse is that this was the dealership I bought the vehicle from in the first place....!

Hi all, Had mine android auto installed last week, the technician was at pains to tell me only the maps would work to manage my expectations however Spotify, WhatsApp etc all work as expected too. Gamechanger, my NX feels like it has just rolled off the production line.

I think it will be tight and maybe full lock not available but I don't believe anyone has tried and confirmed either way.

Lots of vehicles have their 12 volt batteries in the boot area, my Mini did and it was of course in 1976 a wet battery. I remember the battery cable shorting out where it exited the boot ...now that was exciting. 😀

And ‘seems’ is a key word here. Time will tell.

Yuasa batteries, Japanese company, very good reputation.

Clocks are only for people in a hurry. Sit back, chill out, enjoy the ride and you'll get there when you get there!

Seems perfect then, good find.

Okay that’s interesting I wonder if this has been tried

"Classy! A single underground carpark in that area is worth more than my house!" You lucky thing living in a Dukedom. You wanna try bumming it around upnorf pal where Herbs and I have to endure the real pains of livin !

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Blimey, your not wrong there! I was teaching my then 6 year old to read analogue clocks over lockdown...so this may be a good way of reinforcing what he has learnt 😉

Maybe you did visit the dealer before 10.00 hr in which case they have not arrived yet, or between 1200 and 1330 when there is lunch or after 1500 when they left for home?

No. I could not even get an extended warranty as the car was over three years old

These are the screws I’m on about:

Thanks Herbie. I would have thought that the sensor itself delivers the signal for the AFS on a single pin which is common to both headlights, and therefore if the issue is to do with only one side, the sensor and the bracket are most likely ok. It seems to be a 3 pin device, so that would confirm to me this theory. there is at least one screw at the headlight (possibly another one as well) that would suggest to me that the headlight can be adjusted independently of AFS. This is for setting the main body of the headlight in a default position as the AFS only drives the low beam lens.

One small advice: always use rubber gloves when you do those procedures. High voltage there.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292074804774 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303642200154 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164201487335 These are what I use in my is250 with ML and it works very very well and I thoroughly recommend these items.

Just swapped out one of the HIDs on my 400h. It's a pain but straight forward. The wheel arch liner needs pulling back, a torx screw needs removing first. There is then a 10mm screw bolt that is fitted vertically holding the corner of the bumper in place against the wing. Remove this and pop the corner of the bumper away from the wing. Move to the front and remove all of the little black trim clips along the top of the bumper in front of the rad. You can then pull the bumper forward and down. The head lamp is held in with 3 10mm bolts, 2 on top in the engine bay, the 3rd is on the side, an inch or so below the wing/bumper join line, 5 inches ahead of the wheel arch sitting behind the bumper. You can get to it by pulling the bumper corner out and down. Remove this bolt and then jiggle the head lamp out. The HIDs are covered by a circular cover, turn it anti clock wise and the cover comes off. The next step is to remove the lamp holder, again turn it anticlock wise and it'll come off. There is then a spring clip holding the lamp in place, squeeze the clip at the top and it hinges down. The lamp can then be removed. Fit the new lamp and put it all back together in the reverse order to above. It took me about an hour, when I do the other side it'll be a lot quicker.

the ISF space saver is also a 18" but because they are steel rather than alloy there is loads of brake clearance

Good news. Hope it gets fixed ok soon. I imagine that Lexus will be keen on the details as it’s clearly not a common problem.

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When I bought mine the dealer said they had picked it up from the owner's underground car park in Central London. I looked up the address on Google Maps. The road ran off Grosvenor Square, and on StreetView it was the only house that didn't have an Embassy flag on it. No wonder he could afford to get it serviced by Lexus Park Lane every year! Jon

I'm afraid the used car market is possibly the most dodgy venture a person could embark on. I part exchanged my GS300 to buy my Celsior (a GS that really I should have kept) and it appeared on eBay two weeks ago saying it was owned by a very wealthy gentleman. That certainly wasn't me so it couldn't have been owned by a wealthy gentleman for long but the suggestion was he spared no expense etc etc!

Well the previous owner has mesg me saying, he didn't even know the cambelt was done on it, he also said it doesn't have much history, he's not an old boy as lexuschap makes him out to be, he said the brakes are no good at all, it has alot of rust underneath, and it has a blow coming from the manifold, he said there's other stuff wrong with it, but this guy isn't telling anyone about it.

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Lexus! Talking of filing cabinets, I transported one of these from Runcorn to Dewsbury and it did the leather in my IS250 no favours at all: It's an HP Plotter and some of you might know how big they are and the kind of challenge it posed getting it in the car...

No it's still a 2.5L. Presume a combo of a larger battery, lighter weight and changes to the hybrid system help.

So I cleaned the MAF sensor tonight. This is the first time I have ever done it from owning the car at 60k miles - its now about to turn over to the big 100k. So that's 40k miles without a definite clean and I doubt it would have been done before unless its part of any service schedule so I am presuming its gone from new to 100k without a clean... Picture below is of the location of the sensor - 2 screws to undo and the electrical connection to release (as well as the drivers side engine cover to remove to get to it. Picture below with the electrical connection removed Picture below of the actual sensor before cleaning The cleaning agent I used is below So .... any difference ... I cleaned the sensor - noticed the liquid change colour slightly when I was doing this (went a bit cloudy) but not too bad. Gave the sensor a good clean inside and out - let it dry for 10 minutes then placed it back into the air intake. I left if tor a further 20 mins or so (went in for tea !!) Took it for a 5 minute drive and there is a definite difference - I would not say wow what a change but its definitely smoother and it seems to accelerate better. Definitely not a placebo effect. I will make this a part of the annual service I do on the car.

The 200 was launched in the UK to take on the BMW 316-318-320, Audi A4 2.0 and Mercedes C class. They fitted the 2.0 because the market in Europe don't want bigger engines that cost more to tax and return poor mpg. For the market the IS200 was aimed at the power is right, it's not a fast car and was never meant to be. It's a comfortable cruiser. I'm also pretty sure that they putting in a tuneable engine didn't even enter their mind, why would it? They weren't trying to sell cars to the performance market, but to the corporate business market. The suspension is high because again they were selling a comfortable cruiser not a fast sporty car that's slammed but one that comfortably eats up motorway miles. So yes they did know what they were doing

I only went in once and they were the most unhelpful bunch of people I've ever had to deal with.