Seems a few people have mentioned rattle on the New IS dash with Multimedia. I have driven over 15 different New IS models and none of them rattled. The only minor problem is the surround where your left knee rests. This clicks on some of the very first models (November cars) but seems to have been put right on the ones coming through in December. On mine I have just had a small piece of foam insrted into the dash and it cured it straight away. As said before, its all covered under warranty, so worry not my friends. :D
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I'm not that worried as mentioned before it will be covered under warranty. I heard that it might be better to wait for at least a year before ordering a new model of car to give them time to iron our any niggles and with the comments about the rattle I was starting to think I had done the wrong thing ordering one of the first ones, but I'm sure it will be fine.
I have driven two SE-Ls with MM and must admit neither of them had a rattle.
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I have been looking at this forum for a few weeks since collecting my new IS 250 SE-L MM, to see if anyone else was experiencing the same rattle as me.
This is my second Lexus (last car 53 plate RX300 SE Sat Nav) and both have suffered incessant rattles from the dash, although IN ADDITION this one has an even more annoying rattle which sounds like it's coming from the seatbelt housing. On closer inspection I have a feeling it's actually something in the door because if I apply pressure to the door with my elbow when driving, it stops (until I stop applying pressure that is!) I can't believe that a £32k+ car rattles, squeaks and creaks. It's incessant and totally spoils my enjoyment of an otherwise fabulous car.
After returning my RX to the dealer more than 5 times to get it fixed, I even wrote to Lexus GB last year and received a written reply saying that they were sorry and hoped it didn't spoil my enjoyment of the car!!! Would I write if it wasn't spoiling my enjoyment of the car!?
Apart from inserting a rubber strip between the dash and the windscreen (which only half worked) there must be a more foolproof way of PROPERLY fixing it. Frankly I refuse to keep wasting a whole day returning the car to my local dealer if all they are going to do is insert a rubber strip. I can get one from B&Q and fit it myself in 30 seconds if that's the best solution!
Incidentally on the Lexus Owners Club USA website I saw this posted in response to a similar problem:
"Apparently there is a bracket which runs the width of the dash and is attached to the firewall. This bracket, when heated by the nearby duct would rattle. My Lexus dealership loosened this bracket, insulated it, and tightened it and the noise is gone."
That's all well and good but mine creaks/rattles whether it's hot or cold.
Before anyone says I've just been unlucky, may I point out that EVERY Lexus I have driven had the same noises including:
'05 plate GS 430 Demonstrator
'05 plate GS 300 Demonstrator
'05 plate RX400h Demonstrator
'55 plate IS 250 Demonstrator
Has anyone else had theirs 'properly' fixed? If so, by which dealership?