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I have a 1kg bag of silica gel sitting on the parcel shelf. It sits behind one of the headrests and is invisible from the rear view mirror and from the outside unless you're looking for it. No condensation issues. Every now and again I put it in the airing cupboard overnight. The one I bought (Ganvol) seems to be no longer available but there's a similar one here. Happy to take pics.

I have the same issue with my GS, also have Pingi car dehumidifier on the back shelf, not sure if it works but still have it behind head restraints. I also always have my air con on to minimise condensation formation and dry the air in the car.

Don't worry - in just a few years time, you won't be able to remember what happened yesterday - but three years ago will be as clear as crystal

Hi Marlon, I would use this link for alloy wheel information: https://www.wheel-size.com/size/lexus/ just find your car and it will tell you everything there is about the wheels.

That's exactly the same behaviour as my IS300h. During the coronavirus lockdown last year I needed to keep the 12volt battery charged and as recommended by Lexus I put the car in Ready for an hour a week. Having nothing better to do, I logged the hybrid battery state of charge and when the engine started and stopped, (as well as the 12 volt battery charge). I don't have Techstream but I was also using the Hybrid Assistant app which shows a lot of useful data including the percentage charge of the hybrid battery. What I found was that the hybrid battery charge would run down to 40% (equivalent to two bars on the dashboard meter) and then the engine would start. It would keep running until the hybrid battery reached 50% charge, which was displayed as three bars, and then the engine would stop. The state of charge would then gradually go down again (I had the radio on too but I doubt it uses a lot of charge compared with the air conditioning which was also on.) After 10 minutes it was down to 40% again (two bars) and the engine would start again. And so on. This was at outdoor temperatures when little or no heating was needed. In winter weather the engine will keep running a bit longer to keep the cabin warm and the bars on the battery gauge will go higher than three. The instinct of most people when they start using this hybrid system is to want the battery to be full, as you would with the petrol tank. But the point of the battery is to store spare electricity generated from braking. If the battery is already full the car has to throw away the energy as heat. So a good compromise level for the battery is around 50% - that leaves plenty of capacity to store regenerated energy but at the same time has a good store of energy to add to a sudden burst of acceleration. Incidentally, the bars don't represent the battery's actual capacity. The computer will aim to prevent the battery going below 40% by starting the engine, or above 80% by using the electric motor to spin the engine without using petrol, which you might notice happening after going down a long hill and getting up to eight bars on the meter. Keeping the battery within this 40-80% range prolongs its working life.

This is becoming a who's who and when of music, great stuff There are musicians and songs here I had long forgotten Makes me feel old now you say that as when this came out I had children but really it well

If you are willing to travel up to Derbyshire ( once we are out of lock down of course and preferably vaccinated) I am willing to do the work you require. Several members have done this and have been happy with the work carried out. I am not a mechanic by trade but have plenty of DIY Lexus LS400 experience. Send me a PM to discuss further if this is any use to you.

Did anyone already know this? I'd like to bet that nobody knew where all the names came from and I would certainly have liked to have been a fly on the wall in the meetings where they chose them!

standard feature from the Bmw stable ( wasnt ticked on the options list)

I got a flat 12V battery on my 2010 RX450H, (off road for over 2 weeks last March with Covid), so, as you say, a certain amount of squirming in the boot was necessary. Still, at least you can get in there, I have known cars when I was younger that would fail with the boot locked and that's that. I looked at the contacts under the bonnet and couldn't really identify them, (turns out I was still ill) so I went straight to the boot, which wouldn't open, no central unlocking, so then it was over the back seat, at my age! It's not ideal, but sometimes you just have to put up with the silly ideas. I think you and I would have put the emergency boot unlock in the centre console or somewhere where one could reach it, but it's not for that, it's for people stuck in the boot, Hollywood style. And I wouldn't put the USB socket right down in the centre console, I can't see it and can barely reach it and can't get the plug in and there's not enough juice to charge my phone....! I watched a Russian review of the 450H and the only word I understood was "contrabanda" when he was showing how deep the centre console goes. I got the car from its second user, so I inherited their Yokohama tyres, which wouldn't be my first choice, and they put a boot liner in, which preserves the boot floor carpet when I carry stuff to the recycling, but lets everything slide around even more in everyday use, but is too valuable-looking to just throw away, so I shall have the cleanest boot carpets when the car eventually goes to scrap. The first owner was happy with really dark rear windows and no sunroof, I don't like the windows but I'm happy about the sunroof, never used one for more than 5 minutes in my life, apart from once in North Wales, and then we got bombed by a seagull... Hope this reassures you, apart from odd daftness, they're good cars but we're always subject to other people's daft ideas. By far the best car I've ever had, though my old GS was faster, wooh boy, was it faster.

Hello members. I am Allan Stewart and have just acquired a 2015 NX300 Premier with 15.5k miles on the clock. I am looking for any recommendations for servicing or support in the Stratford/Warwick/Leamington or possibly Coventry area. Many thanks.

Err a few scratches 🤭😷😂 By the way the flickering dash lights....battery was flat. No probs before working on the car and I know disconnect before...depends upon what you are doing. If you disconnect earth leads/open door and boot etc the battery drains very fast. Charged over night and so far all good.

Lovely car Denis. I strongly suggest find a car body shop to de swirl and polish your car. Doing it yourself unless you have a DA will be so time consuming and you could do more damage than good. I took my is250 to a body shop I know as my car had thousands of scratches and swirls. £80 later over 90% gone and gleaming. Look in the 2nd gen is250 section and look for a thread titled 13yr old paint. That's my car.

She is a beauty Denis. She has polished up really well. Glad you are pleased with it. Where are you in Portugal ?

This one is worth a posting up to I was only one year old when this came out in 1984 still like it!

I wonder if the service engineer (!) didn't tighten something??????

I don't know whether this might apply to any Lexus models but on at least some BMW models there is a membrane behind the door cards. This comes unsealed in time and allows ingress of water which is absorbed in the sponge like insulation in the footwells. (I had this on 2 cars. Either a new gasket is required or the seal can sometimes be reactivated by using a heat gun). Must say that nobody has mentioned this in the time I have been on this Lexus forum but it does not meant it doesn't happen.

I have seen a picture of the fuse box and there is an ecu acc fuse, could that be an ‘accessories’ fuse. Might be worth a check.

They don't. What I did on my 04 plate RX300 was to install a low output LED just in the ledge above them. Worked a treat. I tapped into the switched 12v supply just behind the panel so was super easy.

When pressing the Vol button do you press briefly or press and hold for >5sec? I believe a prolonged press resets the audio/nav system. Is it possible to blank the screen in normal operation?

I'm guessing the audio subwoofer is hiding under that grill. You should be able to place the silica gel pretty much anywhere within the cabin to draw away the moisture. I think I'd be double checking for damp carpets etc first I don't think the a/c will be able to pull the moisture from the silica gel pouches. These need to be regenerated by heating to 110-120c for a couple of hours.

Hi John Have been on here just over a couple of years 🙂 Have a very recent pic of the GS below enjoying (not) the pleasures of rear wheel drive in the snow! Probably looking at an ES or Camry the next time around. Pretty much the same vehicle although the Lexus obviously a little more refined. Did borrow a UX when I had it serviced. That wasn't bad but a bit too 'mum and dad' for me. Edgware Road Lexus have generally been very helpful and fair. Adam

I have no idea who 'Never_shoots_blanks' is but he's only ever made that one post from almost 11 weeks ago and never been back. I missed his post at the time or I would have told him how to do it. I don't know what he's on about, saying that you can't "get a child's hand into the terminal location in the fusebox and no croc clips would fit it". It sounds like he was trying to get the croc clip 'on' the terminal, which admittedly would be difficult because it has a sort of 'plastic box' around it, like in this photo: That bolt terminal you can see there isn't actually the one we want. It doesn't really matter as such because it is connected directly to the battery and does indeed have 12V on it so it should work. However, the proper jump start terminal is under that red cover and is usually a flat piece of metal that you clamp the croc clip against, as in the other two photos: So he shouldn't have had any problems because the terminal is designed to take a normal 'jump-start-sized' croc clip. However, if you're like me and don't like getting wet or messing about, you could install a jump start point in the cabin like I did:

You too could have wheels like mine 😀

I have those in stock and also an equivalent “Automotive Grade” version to the specs mentioned previously by Colin. I can also fit them for you 😀

big kerbs 😁 Malc

Thanks for your help Rob,one learns something new everyday 😀

Yes will let it cure for longer before topping up with coolant. Needs to get the car for MOT too. So will try and get this sorted.

Thanks for posting this phil@pobrown very interesting read and indeed the interchange with peter@habu. I didn't know the Maps were upgraded separate and the multimedia device had its own upgrades. I took delivery of my UX in September 20 (it was built in Feb/march 20) i have Lexus premium navigation and the device is called 17CY as opposed to Phil's MM17 I'm wondering if this is different because its a NX. I had all sorts of problems getting the car connected both at the dealer and via the folks at Lexus connectivity who i found very helpful. Remember having an update reminder show on the head unit i thought wow its just out of the showroom. I did it via my house Wi-Fi straight to it and low and behold it was same as what was already there. I actually updated the map 2 weeks ago. but interesting read and well done for the post. Enjoying the vehicle very much.

Check any drains in front of the windscreen in the scuttle panel.

One thing I didn't think to consider was annual price increases.... something is starting to make sense... looks like a way forward.. thanks for all comments

There 2 parts of the intake grills that flip down to reveal 2 Torx bolts with a T30 head. Unscrewed them and there is a coarse mesh/gauze behind but nothing else. Bit of fluff that blew off but nothing much on the one I quickly looked at. Found a video on clublexus.com showing Taiwanese garage taking the whole hydrid battery unit out and back in from start to finish. They dont touch the 3 fans which are located at the rear, and there doesnt appear to be anything other than the mesh/gauze on the intake grill, which looks similar in type to the filter bags arrangment on other models which are by the looks of it removable and cleanable.

The wheels are 17inch x 8j wide 45offset and 60.1 centre bore on the original wheels... but you don't want to use offset 45 the fitment of the original wheels on Lexus's IS horrific... For reference the size of my wheels is is front 19 x 8.5j and 45 offset and the rear is 19x9.5j and 35offset ***** you will agree Fits the car much better

Leak in the heater matrix? Worth checking your coolant level. Otherwise you may have a windscreen that isn't 100% bonded.

I've had this problem several times on a GS450H and it's now solved! It happened to me again when a mechanic left the ignition on and flattened the battery. Let's just say I'm very disappointed in Lexus and my mechanic who couldn't fix this problem. This is obviously not well known, because when I bought the car I had to wait a week for the car yard to fix the boot before I could collect it. They even bought a new lock thinking that was the problem. To recap: every time the battery goes flat or is disconnected, the boot auto close stops working. There's no way to lock the boot and the "boot lid open" warning keeps flashing. I've tried using the key, remote boot release, dash release etc and nothing fixes it. It happens whenever the power gets low enough to loose the auto window, moon roof and rear mirror settings. This time, having just reset the windows, I tried holding the boot /trunk release in the dash compartment for several seconds, instead of just giving a quick push. Success! I heard the boot latch release, even though the boot wasn't locked, and when I gently lowered the boot, the autoclose shut it. There's no mention of this in the handbook (shame on you Lexus) and Lexus themselves couldn't offer any advice. Maybe they just wanted to sell me a new lock?

The French are suffering too. http://forum.clublexis.com/viewtopic.php?id=25355 The argument that a 15 year old vehicle should be let off the hook I don’t feel stands up. Lexus’s reputation is under question especially given that this is a hybrid with looms running along floor and a HV battery that can kick out 600+ volts. Not acceptable. Weld seals should never open. And if the anti corrosion is good enough they’ll never expose. I expect more from a Lexus. Do Prius’s leak? Didn’t Toyota let Lexus in on the secret of incredible reliability? Anyhow it’s peeing down here in Blighty. Storm Christophe. I know what will be waiting for me in my 2006 Rx400h rear tool recess. I’ll get the space heater and dehumidifier ready I’ll be going in with industrial sealant

A nice post Adam and welcome to L.O.C. Why did you move to Lexus and what did you drive previously ? What do you think of your Dealer ? Any piccies ?

Sorry I know this response is late BUT here is the fix for this. I too had this happen twice. The first time my car sat for a couple of weeks and again yesterday after I had a new battery put in. Everyone at the dealership could not fix it. Even Lexus said they had never heard of this happening (though you see it on several threads). The first time this happened another dealership ended up unplugging my radio and plugging it back in. They thought it was a loose connection. Yesterday they didn't have time to do the same fix so I went home with a black navigation screen (though my radio, climate and etc. worked). I was told I probably needed a new radio to be installed which didn't make sense to me. I actually think it's a software bug or safety thing that is keeping the screen from turning on. I was told I'd have to go to the dealership to get them to reboot the radio but I found an easier way that I hope can help someone in the future if this happens to them. Here is how to reboot the navigation/display screen: 1. Remove the battery terminals for positive and negative 2. Leave the battery unplugged for 30 minutes to an hour (may actually require less time but this is how long we waited) 3. Press the Start button once to turn on the accessory/battery mode (DO NOT HAVE YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND START THE CAR). *If you start the car the screen will still remain black and you will have to start over 4. Press the PWR/VOL button to turn on the Radio 5. The display screen will light up and show a progress bar showing it is loading the information from the SIM card. Once this completes the system will reboot and the display will light up as normal. Found the above rayaans, so leaving it for a long time like are going to do may work. Nothing to lose by this method anyway. Hope it works

The service plans are good as the prices tend to go up every year and you beat inflation with the plan I havent bought an extended warranty for any Lexus yet and Ive had a few - no issues to date.

I am hoping to get a auto Electrician to check the door mirror to see if he can repair it a friend of knows of one so I will ask him next time I see him which will be next week also I do not fold the door mirrors in all the time only in a tight spot like a car park so I will let you know what the Auto electrician says thank you. Eddie Mason

I think some of the popularity of Japanese cars as targets is because those companies' production engineering abilities have made the size and type of fasteners very uniform, and the access better than their European counterparts. An absence of Torx or multiple-spline fasteners, for instance, means that a favoured cordless drill/driver with a 14mm socket fitted, will do for a lot of the work the filth get involved with on the Japanese cars. (And a cordless angle grinder or saw of course.) The sprung-loaded bolts in the OP's pictures are exactly the same ones as fitted to all Prius, Auris, Yaris, Corolla etc.etc. So no nasty surprises for these thieves when the working how to get the cat. off - if you are under a car you don't want to start experimenting with what tools you need, I'd guess. I used to visit Johnson Matthey occasionally with work. They make 30% of the world's car catalytic converters. The cat. technology is constantly evolving they said, and they are always managing to develop 'wash coats' with less precious metals in them to treat their ceramic cores. So old catalysts will have more precious metal in them than newer ones. I did wonder, but the people I was meeting at JM couldn't answer (wrong department), if the hybrid catalyst was bigger than normal, and thus more valuable. This I suspected, might be on account of these cats working outside of their optimum performance temperatures (which is around 600 centigrade, IIRC), due to the stop/start nature of the engine. I'm still working on that one, and JM don't make cats for Toyotas.... I think on modern petrol engines, the cold start warm-up cycle (esp. the higher revs!) is partly to get heat into the catalyst to bring the emissions down ASAP, as I understand it anyway, especially four cylinder engines with tuned, four-branch manifolds (for economy or performance), which then have the cat. a distance from the engine, and more easily stolen. This is also design problem from a cat. heating point of view. I think on the Toyota hybrids (and other cars) the cold start ignition timing is deliberately retarded (during hybrid phase S1a?) so that the gas going down the exhaust is hotter, even sometimes with some unburnt fuel in it, so that can land on the cat. and get it up to temperature fast. On the hybrid Toyota Yaris, new and old, the catalyst is integral to the exhaust manifold (some call this a manicat), Thefts of these car's catalyst are almost completely unknown - you would have to work bonnet-up and underneath on this one, I think. I suspect this has gone a bit off-topic, and not much to do with Tameside...whoops! Stay safe!

Then with the greatest of respect, you must be doing something wrong my friend. Thousands of people, including myself, have got it working perfectly but admittedly it isn't always plain sailing. It would be highly unlikely to be faulty hardware but there are many different versions of the cable driver software out there, as well as the other thing, so I'd suggest that you spend an afternoon on Google to see what you can find. Although I did finally get it working on Win 10 64-bit it did take two or three hours of faffing about; so much so that when it finally worked I can't remember which step or thing it was that made the difference. Given that, if I was doing it from scratch again I'd probably use VMWare or Oracle's VirtualBox on Win 10 and run Win 7 or even XP in the virtual machine. Stick with it, it does work.

^^ I’m on my second NX. It’s a great car - quality interior, relatively practical, good ride, comfy seats. Economy 38-42 in normal use. Between the two NXs (waiting for the second) I had two RX 450h on loan for 3-4 months in total. I had an F-Sport and a ‘normal’ Sport. It’s a bigger car - noticeably so imho, especially down the narrow lanes in rural Wiltshire - but also very nice. Interior same quality, seats also comfy if perhaps a bit big for the smaller frame, very practical. I found the F-Sport ride too harsh, and the car surprisingly noisy. The regular Sport was much more to my liking. I only got 28-32 mpg from the RX on the same commute as in my NX. My feeling is your choice is about a newer NX vs an older RX - is that right? If you need the extra space then the choice is clear. However, if you don’t then you should just try to drive an NX and make a call based on the actual cars available.

Rang a dealer, the 1282b is being superseded but original price is: £105. 😅 the new one to replace it is kind of still being tested and won’t be available for a while. I went to Threebond website, seems like 1282b is no longer available. But the 1207 series (see below) at least mentioned coolant resistance, https://threebond-europe.com/product/series/?series=1200-automotive#:~:text=1200 series Product Number ,coolant r ... 11 more rows especially 1207B, LLC resistance! But I thought 1207B is the usual standard black FIPG. This is confusing... anyway don’t think I can get any 1282b, will aim for 1207B as my best shot. anyone has other idea?

The FIPG black 1282b is meant to be suitable for the pink long life coolant. The more standard black FIPG is more suited to oil and may break down after a number of years being exposed to the coolant although I suspect many dealers wouldn't use the correct one. If you ask a Toyota dealer for 08826-00100, are they saying they cannot supply it in this country?

Same tyres on my RX. 🙂

TJB, you will have to keep us updated on this especially for the wear rate on them. I was thinking of them but ended up having two of the new Yokohama Geolander G058 fitted to the front of mine, so far they have proved to be good for noise level and roadholding even in the two big snowfalls we have had over the last two weeks. Some tyre places are advertising them as summer tyres but Yokohama advise them as All Season.

A good read Terry, thanks. And I note you have a sensible 55 profile.

I had the same with my 350. The original main beam lights were worse than on the Yaris we had in Cyprus. I replaced them with an HID conversion which turns night into day. The " normal" setting on the dipped beams is also hopeless and not safe to drive at night in the country at over about 20mph. I always lift them up a bit but the garage resets them at each MoT! Ditto the reversing lights, also hopeless but much better with high power LEDs and removing the deflectors which block out most of the downwards light which you need when reversing. I can't understand why Lexus hadn't worked all this out themselves. Seems as if they haven't learned much about lighting in 2020. I like the car though.