Bob99

Just seen this, not sure if it’s a solution for RX owners but anything to deter the scumbags must be helpful. No idea of cost.

My Ux and previous IS comes up with a warning on the screen when low, also the dealer should change the batteries at service time I think it was after 2 years didn’t think it was yearly. I’d leave the battery in the second key but remember to take it with you when you get the car serviced. I changed the batteries in my IS a few times without issues.

Your welcome Dave, there’s lots of experience on these forums which have saved a lot of us trips to the dealerships.

I’d leave one key in the house and try putting the other right over the start button for about 10 seconds see if that works, I think this method is used when the remote battery is low

The other problem with old sensors is they get fragile with age and easily break when, I changed all mine on my 11 year old IS300h last year when I had new tyres and wheels refurbed the fitter said they might break when removing them. Although they shouldn’t remove them on just a tyre swap but they may still be damaged in the process.

Try satnavishop, updated my is300h with the sd card from them and was quick and easy to instal with 2023 maps LEXUS PREMIUM SAT NAV MICRO SD CARD EUROPE 2024-2025 £39.99

Yes that’s right Deep

Hi Deep, you will need to write down the IDs of the new sensors so you have them before they are fitted and then edit the faulty IDs in Carista. I preprogrammed all 4 of mine to the car via Carista before they were fitted and asked the fitter to fit them to the wheel I wanted them fitting. This meant if a tyre pressure was low on one tyre I would know which one. hope this helps. I think I wrote a more detailed description in one of the previous comments

With the age of the car the tpms batteries are probably getting to the end of their life. I changed mine when I had my IS wheels refurbed and new tyres fitted when it was 10 years old as I didn’t want to disturb the wheels again for a while, ended up changing my car a year later!

Just had mine as well so will need to book it in soon

With the age of the car they will be getting brittle now and also batteries in them will be on the decline in the next couple of years. When I had my 2013 is300h wheels refurbed last year they told me that the sensors will probably break when removing them so I bought new ones to be fitted. I had pre programmed them with the Carista dongle and after an initial reset they worked ok.

Recently bought a UX and due to the distance from the dealership everything was done online. When the car was delivered the service book was missing. I had already asked during the purchasing process about service book, warranty and Lexus assist. Got nothing back from the dealership. I contacted Lexus uk as I thought maybe service books had been discontinued. I received an email from Lexus uk that one would be sent to me by the dealer. This arrived in a couple of days stamped with the service date, whether that was carried out is another question as the car was very low mileage. The questions regarding warranty and Lexus assist were never answered. I sorted the assist out myself by contacting them and after a lot of emails and having to provide proof of ownership they updated my details and confirmed cover until 2026.

I was the same Antti, but I have bit the bullet and swapped to a UX. I was only considering Toyota Corolla or CHR (new shape), Mazda CX30 or Honda (civic or ZRV). I ignored bmw and Volvo due to possible reliability issues. In the end my UX came up and I liked the look and the Takumi spec was the same as my IS Premier with the extra modern (sometimes annoying) safety features. I have done a couple of hundred miles in it now and I am completely happy. The Dunlop runflat tyres are no noisier than the Michelins on my IS. The IS300 was the best car I have had and you are right it is a hard decision to change, the lower end Lexus cars (UX, LBX) are not built quite the same. My old car has been sold within two days of trading it in, somebody has got a really well maintained car for not a lot of money nowadays. Regarding the warranty my last service was before it’s 10th anniversary and 100k miles so actually got 11years. Good look in your search or just keep your IS and enjoy it.

My ‘hey Lexus’ works not too badly but can’t get ‘hey Google’ to work in android auto. Could be my northern accent!

I have just changed from an Is300h that I have had for over 10 years to a UX fsport. My initial worries were, boot was too small, run flat tyre noise too loud so I was a bit nervous about changing. I have had the car for a few days now and have got over the fact I will have to drop the seats to get my golf clubs and trolley in. The run flat Dunlop tyres are quite good not as noisy as I thought not much difference from my Michelin ps 5s on my IS. It has all the get up and go that I need. Coming from the IS the major thing has been all the technology on the car, it has taken me a few days to be happy with my set up but I’ve got there I think. All the new stuff, lane guidance assist and speed warnings etc can be turned off or visual only so that’s ok. All in all I am very pleased with it and also for the 50+ mpg I have just had on my first 60 mile run.