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If the car was purchased as an approved Lexus vehicle then it would have come with a 12 month Lexus extended warranty. You can take it to any Lexus dealer, you don't have to deal with the supplying one, therefore going to Lexus Reading would make sense. If it wasn't sold as an official Lexus used vehicle and only came with an Inchcape warranty then go to Lexus Guildford.

Talking to myself here but I guess they felt that some people would just take the filter to the sink and wash it out 🤣

It's crazy that you cannot open the filter and clean out, like a tumble dryer filter. Seems they aren't that interested in environmental issues as they will happily sell you more plastic every few weeks. 😒

Correct. There is the cost of the extra length of cable, labour increase to install the extra distance, and if the distance is very long then they would have to use a larger cable which further increases the cost.

It's not exactly the same but was a special edition that came along later. The SR in the UK was based on the base grade with a body kit but I believe it did have heated seats as standard and auto box / ML stereo and Nav / 18" alloys were all options, so you can get a nice SR - but you have to be lucky to find the right one.

You would pass an MOT but it may be illegal and is therefore unwise to recommend that approach: Under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Regulations 61(7) and 61A(3)) and the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Section 42) it is an offence to use on a road a vehicle which has been modified in such a way that it no longer complies with the air pollutant emissions standards it was designed to meet. The potential penalties are £1,000 for a car and £2,500 for a van, lorry or bus. Under the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Section 75) it is an offence to alter a vehicle in such a way that the use of the vehicle on a road would be unlawful. A person altering the vehicle (if they knew or believed that the vehicle would be used on the road) could be found guilty of an offence under the Act. Potential penalties are unlimited fines. A person using (or causing or permitting to be used) a vehicle on the public road, which does not comply with the emissions standards it was designed to meet, is committing an offence. All vehicle owners should be aware of the need to inform their insurers of modifications made to the vehicle, whatever form these might take, as changes to the vehicle potentially alter the risk being insured. It is not always obvious to vehicle owners that some modifications will make the vehicle illegal to use on the road, irrespective of whether the insurer is prepared to provide cover. For example, removing a catalytic converter or diesel particulate filter will almost certainly result in a vehicle’s emissions exceeding type approval limits and make the vehicle illegal to drive on the road. Engine re-mapping may also result in non-compliant emissions. It is the driver who is responsible for ensuring compliance. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/modifying-your-vehicles-emissions/modifying-your-vehicles-emissions-the-legal-safety-and-health-implications

Yes it does. The cutoff is at the point of service and gives you 12-months/10,000 miles (whichever ends first).

You would think so but that was actually the bottom grade: Prestige (UK SE) > Sport (UK Sport) > Sport Luxury (UK SE-L), and then later the X came in (which was a bit like our SR grade).

Special Equipment or Sports Edition are the two common meaning but I don't believe Lexus GB has ever stating their official meaning. The SE isn't the basic grade, that was the IS250 (without any suffix). IS250, IS250 SE, IS250 SE-L etc. You would need to look for the Sports Luxury model to be comparable. Be careful as there are JDM imports on the market which may be of lower spec.

Possibly but more likely the oil control piston rings are seized up with carbon and sludge.

Dodo juice supernatural cleaner and then their sealer. Old style creams and conditioners won't really work on modern car leather (that isn't semi-aniline) because it is sealed and therefore the cream doesn't penetrate into the leather.

For the windows the auto function may not work. Single press the button and hold until the windows fully opens + continue to hold for another 3 seconds, then do the same when closing. That calibrates the system which allows the auto function to work. Repeat for each window that has auto function. It's essentially the same procedure for the sunroof.

An extremely old post but yes, the two cams are mechanically meshed together with the belt driving the exhaust cam.

Nope.

All pricing is available on the Lexus website: https://www.lexus.co.uk/owners/servicing-and-maintenance/servicing-mot-hybrid-health-check

All IS series III with HID lights have a single bulb to provide low and high beams.

I think it is only the tech pack or Takumi pack that get the premium nav system, so maybe that is the reason. Do you have a 7" or 10" display?

Manuals are available in electronic format, which has the benefit of being easily searchable: https://www.lexus.co.uk/owners/about-my-lexus/manuals

It does depend on the model. The i4 is 10 to 12 months at the moment.

E10 wasn't being used in Europe at the time so wouldn't have been an issue. But yes, the US gets many more recalls than the UK because of their laws/governance/litigious nature.

That's a stretch. Parts change all the time for various reasons. Yes if you replaced those extra parts you would be fine but it's possibly overkill. Certainly there is no safety issue related otherwise it would be included in this recall, or other ones that have affected the IS250 over the years. Lexus would make sure all old stock was purged at the time. 12 years later I cannot see any possibility of receiving an old part - not a genuine part from a genuine supplier.

Here's the full procedure - parts required on page 45 (the first page 45 😉) - most of the parts are consumable gaskets because of the strip down required. RCRIT-09V020-5884.pdf

Yes TIS should have the TSBs. https://www.lexus-tech.eu and the Toyota equivalent have them for Europe, but this was never a TSB in Europe so won't be there. I'm sure it's posted on the web somewhere - just a case of finding it. As for a reliable EPC, https://www.lexus-tech.eu is the place as it is the official source but costs money to subscribe. toyodiy.com is normally very good, except for the very latest models.

The amount of Lexus and Toyota BEVs will be a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of vehicles Tesla sell in the UK however the point is valid when you consider all other BEVs as well. I believe the purpose is to fund additional chargers so the situation shouldn't get worse and I imagine that Tesla will alter pricing to control demand - it is already cheaper for Tesla owners to use them compared to non-Tesla owners and there are plenty of alternatives being brought online all the time now.

Here is the recall. It nicely states the problem and cause. The pipes have been coated (anodised I suspect) to correct the issue. RCDNN-09V020-2280.pdf We need the associated TSB to see the part codes - potentially the codes were kept the same, they aren't always changed which is confusing and maybe why part code change dates aren't matching up.