ColinBarber

Potentially the tyre but is does seem to be the wheel bearing from your description.

Actually I think I have it wrong. It's the non-hybrid version of the engine that has always had a balancer shaft, with the hybrid version just using a harmonic balancer pulley. So they are using a redesigned variant for the LBX. Difficult to know whether the new 130 Yaris will use it or not - the engine itself generates no more power, so it isn't required to get to the 130 bhp system output. Potentially they could update all versions, including the 115 models, to use the shaft if they didn't want to continue manufacturing two versions. Or it might be the Japanese engine plant creates ones with the balancer and the European plant keeps the older design. Until more information is released on the new Yaris Cross we don't know.

It was mentioned in there, and Toyota gave this reassuring message to existing owners: A spokesperson for Toyota, which owns Lexus, said: “Toyota and Lexus are continuously working on developing technical solutions to make vehicles more secure. Since introducing enhanced security hardware on the latest versions of a number of models, we have seen a significant drop-off in thefts. For older models we are currently developing solutions.”

I’d do it once a week which will be kinder to the 12 v battery - they don’t like being discharged too much.

Depends on country. The OP is specifically discussing a UK vehicle The vehicle will accelerate in increments of approximately 1 km/h or 1 mph for each time the switch is moved.*1 The vehicle will accelerate in increments of approximately 5 km/h or 5 mph for each time the switch is moved.*2 *1: Except models for Europe *2: Models for Europe

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The Takumi grades get extra sound proofing, acoustic glass and active noise cancelling. People test driving a Takumi and then ordered a lower grade need to understand their vehicle won’t be as quiet.

The box code a correct part code, the part code on the shock itself is just a marking that corresponds to the part code on the box, probably an internal sub assembly part code for the body that isn’t available on its own.

The first one really should read electrically folding mirrors. Auto folding on lock/unlock is Takumi only at that age.

If you have dynamic CC then it increments in 5 mph blocks. If you wanted to just increase by 1 or 2 mph then use the throttle to increase the speed and ‘set’ the speed again. Alternatively you can long press the CC button to enable standard CC which increments in 1 mph (but obviously doesn’t automatically slow down with the traffic ahead).

Find a reg number on autotrader and drop it in here: https://www.lexusservice.ie

It takes around 40 days to ship (they tend to make a few stops so it is quite slow) and probably an extra week at the moment if they are going around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid Suez. Once it arrives in the UK it normally takes a couple of weeks before it is ready for customer collection so it must already at sea for you to collect in April.

No it doesn't, as all the GS F owners with delaminating carbon fibre trim know all to well.

Yes. Not sure on the camera alignment procedure but the stability control calibration requires the car to be on completely flat ground.

It's cheaper. Toyota/Lexus will claim one is better than the other everytime they flip flop from NiMH to Lithium Ion and back again to NiMH. The newer bi-polar battery means it is more powerful than the old NiMH ones, so it doesn't have to be so large - this was the main reason they fitted more expensive Lithium Ion batteries in the past where they needed the boot space in a vehicle. Potentially the new Yaris Cross will move to this battery too, or maybe just the higher powered version that is equivalent to the LBX - there's a lack of info on this until nearer the launch.

When I moved from IS300h F-Sport to GS F my insurance changed from around £350 to £420. But that was a few years ago now, since then we are seeing massive insurance increases across the board and increases in Lexus thefts.

Both the stability control system (yaw rate / acceleration sensor and roll rate / vertical acceleration sensor zero point calibration) and lane keeping system should be calibrated after wheel alignment and aren't self calibrating. Steering centre calibration for pre-crash safety is self calibrating and park assist will ask for driver calibration if needed where you go full lock-to-lock.

Yes. To steal the car the thief reaches up from the wheel arch, disconnects the wiring from the back of the ECU and plugs their device into the connector on the end of the wiring harness. The plates that Lexus fit block access, stopping the connector from being disconnected from the ECU. You can see the Toyota/Lexus plate here on TOC: https://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/topic/209692-2022-rav4-stolen/?do=findComment&comment=1743549 Below is the bottom of the RX headlight with ECU in blue (ES is similar design) - the plate needs to cover the connector at the top in this picture. I'm sure there multiple ways of blocking access from the wheel arch to the connectors at the back of the light rather than bolting something directly to the lights - it just needs to be strong and bolts inaccessible from the wheel arch or with the bumper removed (or use anti theft shear bolts, pot rivets etc.). In theory you could just cut the loom further up and find the required wires, strip the end and connect them into their device but that is impractical/too time consuming or difficult to restricted access.

You don't change oil because it is getting low, you change it because it get contaminated and loses its protection properties over time/usage.

I purchased my IS300h at around 18 months old and kept it for just under 4 years. It was one of the first batches and there was a TSB for a steering fault which resulted in the steering rack being replaced under warranty. Also under the three year manufacture's warranty I had the driver's seat mechanism replaced (slight forward movement under braking) and the windscreen rain sensor (poor auto wiper performance but was just as bad after the sensor was replaced). No issues outside of warranty.

Speedo would only be out 1.5%, and would actually make it more accurate as it would read under compared to your current wheels. However, even 225 width tyres on 7" rims is beyond recommended and about as far as you should go. This is becoming more of an issue here in the UK than it was in the past. Whilst it wouldn't be illegal to change wheel/tyre size, insurance companies would see it as a modification (and an excuse to charge you more).

Not really anything to do with routing. The left hand side light has the master headlight ECU directly attached, it is always the LHS light on all models. The slave ECU doesn't have a CAN bus connection on most vehicles, as I stated above - the ones that do aren't connected in the same way so may not be vulnerable anyway.

It's somewhat dependent on the vehicle and the type of lights. Right hand lights are typically only connected to the left hand light, either through a LIN bus or a dedicated point to point CAN bus link, not connected to the CAN bus linked to the body ECU. For the RX with adaptive high beam there is a CAN link from the right hand light to the gateway ECU - not 100% sure if that is exploitable or not and I think Lexus fit a plate on that side as a precaution only. Certainly all the attacks we have seen are only on the left headlight.

This will give you an idea of what is performed. https://www.toyota-tech.eu/tmu/uploads/23cb50e1f9f34a13851444ab775180d1/New HHC test- quick start guide_revised.pdf

they are 6 pot callipers.