ColinBarber

Lexus in this country (Lexus UK) is just a trading name of Toyota GB plc. Lexus is little more than just a couple of desks at the Surrey HQ, possibly not even that these days as all senior management, press and customer relations, finance etc are Toyota employees that deal with both brands. Therefore Toyota set rules across both brand franchises, and as a commitment for Lexus dealerships that invest in a showroom, facilities and training they are guaranteed that Toyota dealerships don't 'steal' service revenue from them. Toyota dealers are restricted to Toyota vehicles in Techstream, training material and cannot claim warranty work on Lexus vehicles etc. Most Toyota dealers therefore won't service Lexus vehicles. The ones that do are going against their franchise T&Cs and risk losing it if they pushed things too far. Things may change in the future based on the OP.

Normally in town no, but further in that article: at higher speeds and loads, (typically above 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) at light to moderate loads) the gasoline engine can engage mechanically to the output from the transmission and assist both electric motors in driving the wheels, in which case the Volt operates as a power-split or series-parallel hybrid.

Yes I believe so, or a central function that front ends all manufactures. There certainly isn't a control centre for Lexus and another for Ford, BMW etc. etc.

Pricing 'from' is on the Lexus website, and has been for several weeks. https://www.lexus.co.uk/new-cars/rz/pre-order

Yes, eCall is a system now mandatory for all new vehicles in the UK. It will connect you to emergency services, the same as dialling 999 or 112, but will also pass GPS location too.

Invalidate is the wrong word. Currently it wouldn't qualify for Relax warranty if you serviced a Lexus vehicle at Toyota, so whilst you might save some money or convenience you would be missing out of a 12 month/10k miles warranty. Based on the email Paul received this could change under an officially supported programme where all Toyota dealers are authorised by Lexus GB to carry out Lexus servicing, but that isn't the case at the moment. Many Toyota dealers are also Lexus dealers and share facilities but they have to maintain the standards set by Lexus to qualify, including sending technicians on Lexus model specific courses etc. Whilst they don't need dedicated technicians, not all that work on Toyota vehicles can work on the Lexus ones.

3 button black keys are masters which allow other keys to be programmed. In the UK the SC430 was supplied with two masters and one slave/valet (grey) key.

which allows a new physical key to be cut - given this is sensitive information I have edited your post.

It's correct in that it is based on the remaining fuel but in combination with your short to medium term average mpg, which is based on ICE, hybrid and EV running.

1 - possibly avoid the 2013 vehicles. There were a couple of issues when first released such as an issue with the steering rack which should all have been fixed under warranty if the owner noticed the issue(s) but there could be some that weren't and now it is too late get it fixed for free. 2 - either the logo you mention or look for a tweeter next to the door release on the rear doors which isn't there on the other audio systems. the 8 (pre face lift) or 10 (post fact lift) speaker system is good so you may not feel the need to go full ML - but avoid the 6 speaker system (with rotary nav controller). 3 - A Toyota dealer with a Lexus franchise won't service a Lexus, ones without may do but they really aren't meant to. You certainly won't get Relax warranty through a Toyota dealer. 4 - If you want comfort then avoid the models with 18" wheels. 16" are obviously best for comfort but they are base level grades and you won't get the better audio system with them, so something like the Luxury grade with 17" wheels, optional heated/ventilated seats and premium nav is possibly your sweet spot.

No. Certainly not from the US as they use a different RF frequency for remote keys compared to the 433 MHz we use in Europe.

Cruising range is calculated over a longer period of time than just a brief period of EV running. When running in EV mode your range should be decreasing because the calculated range already assumes an amount of EV running based on history.

The last sentence states the D will come on when at temp and blink if over temp.

This is the procedure for the series IV, I assume it is the same for the series III.

Bosch batteries are generally good. Try carparts4less.co.uk, same company as ECP, but often cheaper.

Look up on toyodiy.com using your VIN.

If you manually open and then close it should reinitialise the system and then work.

Hi Ian. I'd say 35 is achievable once you get use to driving a hybrid. Your summary is correct, however the hybrid system doesn't like very short journeys as the petrol engine will run whilst it gets up to temperature when once warm it would switch off and run on batteries.

It isn't one or the other but a mixture. You would charge at home before leaving, top up at speed and return near empty to charge back up again overnight. If you were just using high speed public chargers it would be expensive, but most people don't.

That is rather hyperbolic. At high speed the amount of retardation is quite low so you often engage the mechanical brakes when coming off a motorway, at roundabouts at the end of dual carriageways etc.

for the 400h there is also the cam belt every 10 years/100k miles

Yes you can get the hybrid health check separately from a service. It gives you 12 months warranty on the hybrid battery (only, not motors or inverters etc). Lexus by default don't touch any hybrid components on a service expect for inverter coolant which should be changed at 100k miles from the factory fill and then every 50k miles. Air filer is every 40k miles/4 years so depending on when that was last done, and it's condition, that may not need to be replaced. They do dim, and change colour which is why you can purchase 'aged' ones if you have a single bulb failure and you want it to match the other side.

getting the pieces wrapped or purchasing replacements from Lexus seem to be the only options 😞

The hybrid system in the CT requires the petrol engine to run when travelling at moderate to high speed and the electric motor itself isn't that powerful which means the petrol engine is running and assisting quite often. Therefore increasing the size/capacity of the battery has diminishing returns. Moving to Lithium would therefore probably only have a maximum of 10% improvement in economy, but with a higher vehicle purchase price which is why Toyota stuck with NiMh batteries for most of their hybrids. Not many vehicles use Lithium for the 12 v aux battery - too expensive, charging is more complex and with most Lithium based cells you cannot get to 12.8 v (cells are 3.7 v so 4x would be 15.8 v) so you either need to upgrade the vehicle's voltage (and all the systems that work from that voltage) or add in an expensive DC-DC converter. Newer LFP/LiFePO cells at 3.2 v are ideal - so maybe these will become standard fitment in the future.

https://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/forum/116-lexus-cars-for-sale/