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Hi Kevin. We had the noise complaints whilst at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire for the annual RIAT air tattoo. I’m on my sixth Lexus now and bought a new RX Takumi in November from Lexus Teesside. Not sure if I’ll go fully electric next time. My wife’s boss has just bought a Tesla Model 3 for his wife so I’ll be getting updates on that over the next 12 months in terms of build quality and reliability and a mate is getting his Mustang Mach E this month so I’ll be watching that too. Take care.

Lovely collection of cars. Wasn’t that the Hughes that was destroyed in a crash in 2011?

After many years of driving Lexus cars (5 in the last six years) the car’s Apps Store (eStore) has never has anything in it despite the eStore software updating periodically. Today, an app appeared!!! It’s called Coyote and it’s something to do with speed camera positions - I think. Has anyone here used Coyote?

I agree with Herbie regarding his comments regarding Lexus Teesside. It’s my nearest Centre and I’ve purchased my last 6 Lexus from them. CT, IS, GS, NX, ES and RX in that order. GS F Sport was the best my a country mile insofar as quality over the others whilst the ES was the most advanced and complete. I haven’t driven my RX much yet to make any useful comments. When dealing with Teesside I either speak with David, Tom or Chris on the sales side.

I know a member on the ES forum bought his new car from Lexus Carlisle and it was very poorly prepped (black car) but the guy is a detailing Jedi so probably enjoyed a few days of extreme paint correction. I think he has bought previously from Carlisle hence buying from them again even though he has a Lexus dealership on his doorstep in Leeds. I think the guy is SH20 so may have some insight into Lexus Carlisle in more general terms.

With Hyundai (and Kia) having acquired Audi’s head of design and BMW’s head of M it is to be expected that they’d be looking to roll out upmarket SUVs with some fizz. Hyundai’s N models also show performance promise whilst their electric and hybrid models appear to be doing well so they are definitely going places.

I basically deleted the account (not just the app on the phone) and started over again using the same account name and password. I still only have a very basic service which is a waste of time so I’ve now deleted it until Lexus has a fix for the RX.

Got it working again but dealer is saying MY20 RX is incompatible with LL at the moment so I’ve only got basic service. MY20 RX has been out a little over 12 months and it’s still not working properly with LL.

My LL account will no log on and crashes at 65% of logging on. Is anybody else experiencing this? Regards Peter

Thanks. Back to Lexus Tech then.

I noticed, after updating the RX nav software, that my firmware page has a greyed out ‘Update software’ button on the bottom right of the screen. Is it like this on the NX? I know my firmware is probably out of date and it would have been useful to do the update OTA like the maps.

Now, if only you could do firmware OTA as I’m sure mine is probably out of date.

Thanks for the update. Just doing my RX now OTA. 4 minutes to download followed by 30 minutes to install. I should add that the update was done using the car’s WiFi router. It had a better strength than that on my phone even though I was parked on the drive just a few feet from the house router.

All my previous Lexus cars have had the front camera in the same location.

If you need better daylight image I can do those tomorrow. Just let me know.

As you probably know the Lexus dash cam system is now a front and rear system. Lexus uses the Nextbase 380GWX bundle. The system is very neat and fits flush to the glass so no dangly thing with a screen. The Lexus cameras don’t have screens on them (which I prefer) but you can see your vids using the Cam Viewer app. The front camera is mounted always in this location (see photo) so doesn’t affect the car’s own cameras. I should add that the rear camera is very small and you forget it’s there even though it’s mounted in the top middle of the rear glass. I had mine fitted during the PDI and Lexus warranty the system for 3 years. On my last Lexus, an ES, the Nextbase card failed just after the 12 month warranty period. No problem says Lexus as we warranty it for 3 years. Two days later I had a new Nextbase SD card. Video detail is good too, day and night.

Well I never got the Lexus Link or WiFi hotspot to work properly so I’ve ditched them both for now. Oh well, hopefully the car will be more reliable.

Not much further I’m afraid. I spoke with Lexus UK who advised that it’s the centre who should have sorted out the WiFi subscription. My app still says WiFi subscription is being processed. I’m not overly bothered as it’s only me in the car and my iPhone has a tonne of data per month but I know the centre wants to get it sorted as the parent company - RMB - aren’t paying them as there’s an outstanding issue with the car. Worth checking your car for the map data. My centre must have applied the map data albeit 2019 v2 although it was easy to update to 2020 v1 over the air. You’ll need to wait until your V5C arrives in the post to complete some of the setup procedure. I’ve also noted that my Lexus Link has stopped displaying trips I’ve made. Only the collection day is recorded. My centre and Lexus UK are looking into this.

Don't know about you guys but it's a bit sad to see your previous car again especially when she's parked on the used car lot. 😞 I was at my local centre today and, there in the car lot, was my beautiful ES. I thought the Lexus centre may have moved it on but there she was. Whilst I love the RX, the ES was very modern and did some things much better than the RX which I was aware of before buying the RX. Oh well, it's just a car... 😞 😞

17th December seems like a long time for a PDI and prep. Mine was turned around in a couple of days and I picked it up only just over a week ago but I elected to leave it to the weekend to pick up. It gave them more time to prep the car including Gen 3 ceramic to the paint, wheels and side windows, front & rear cameras and mud flaps. Maybe your centre is very busy but I'm sure that date will come forward once the car arrives there. My local centre has some sales people on furlough but the service department is fully operational. Lexus link should show your car at the Port of Entry and then when it sets off for your centre. You might need the VIN number for this to work but your centre will have this. Mine did have a delay at the port (more checks to be done for C-19) so maybe your centre has built this into your date of the 17th?

Does anyone know what the current firmware details are for the MY20 RX? That’s nav and audio firmware, etc. Cheers Peter

Well, over the air map download was a breeze. No downloading stuff onto sticks, it’s just check map and update if required. 50 minutes later I’m done. Not sure if firmware updates are done OTA. Been good if they were.