steveledzep

Now you've described it Barry, I'd never have recognised it.

Linky no worky.

The shape says Allegro too. For my sins I used to sell them. Interestingly, the yellow badge on the grill is nothing to do with roadside rescue, it stands for AllAggro.

Where is the Cazoo door that you'll need to knock on should you have a problem ? That's all I have to say. Good luck.

I fitted a larger than standard rear plate on my RX. Why not just measure the usable space you've got on the IS and order a set of plates off eBay to the size you want, that's what I did and got a burgundy frame to it to match the car.

You may well be right Herbs. It'll just take me a few minutes to try it tomorrow morning. Failing that, I'll need to check the connections and operation of the unlocking mechanism.

Thanks for that Piers. I'd say unlikely as I have no condensation on the rear screen and the battery well was bone dry too. I hope you think it's the situation that is sad, not me ? 😉

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Thought I'd resurrect this thread as I didn't want to hijack others. I've read with interest the threads here about the auxiliary battery being the weakness/Achilles heel and that's what I've experienced. Mine is fitted with a standard wet battery and it's suffered a couple of discharges in the last 3 months. It does charge up, but doesn't hold charge as well as I think it ought. I bit the bullet and bought a replacement. It's not easy to find a suitable battery to enable by-passing of the Lexus £300 a pop scenario. I'll link here to the one I bought and it fits the battery tray very well, I just had to pack out the securing bracket by 10mm to fix it in place. It's a sealed AGM type so I'm now happy that I have the correct type fitted. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hankook-SA55020-063-Start-Stop-AGM-Car-Battery-5-Year-Warranty/254122603753?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 My tailgate is no longer intermittent...it just doesn't work at all, ever ! The glovebox button is active but none of the switches activate the tailgate. Interesting to note that the boot illumination is not working either. The manual advises to initialise the tailgate after disconnecting the 12v battery. All I have to do apparently is to shut the door manually and then everything will then be reset. Not happening for me ! It's not doing my back much good clambering over the back seat every time I need to open the tailgate. Any ideas ?

I average around 32mpg, 29ish in Winter and 34ish in Summer. Best I achieved was 37.6 on an extended tour up to Scotland and back. All my calculations are based upon full to full refills, although the onboard computer is very accurate too.

If you're willing to lower the window to clear the water at a junction, why not just check for oncoming traffic while the window is lowered ? My side windows don't clear either, but like Vlad I use a squeegee to clear the glass before setting off.

As Phil says above, don't try to repair it, the fitting looks ancient anyway. Cheap enough fittings available not just from eBay, but B&Q, Wickes etc., you'll get the flexi-pipe washer there too. When you turn the stopcock off, give it a gentle tap with a hammer to get it moving. Once the water is off, open the cold tap over the kitchen sink to release the pressure.

It will need a new tap assembly. They're compression fittings so easy to fit. Your offending blue one looks to be an elbow. You'll need a fresh washer at the end of the blue flexi-pipe where it attaches to the tap. Something like this needed: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WASHING-MACHINE-DISHWASHER-VALVE-HOT-COLD-WATER-C-P-VALVE-TAP/303624443056?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item46b16d54b0:g:ZrwAAOSwWo9fDy9F&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAACcBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%2Fn%2BzU5L90Z278x5ickkpFtSR0CGv%2Bh98r8Yb9quS3aCrqFThO78AeHom%2FJMxpAEBC3yNhlhvl7jTJRuVgo4UKITaY%2B6kGUSRu2Vx1dszvbkP3Rek3iUsJLp%2B2N6usHkAw%2BH5EGmTpdBl%2BtsuETchUDgsQhY4ZKMmi0O2zboveYdtWeURFSlm0eF8JrSRxLT%2F0%2FnRGr6VNZnO6HsRmrkmjEPDU9MRlNoZkk%2Fy6i%2FQ2ImSjvFXC81x%2BvcUWAYEq%2B6Oct%2FFDel0uRTeqwmMuUNqTyarFXNZr7VkwP%2FIpDl1doKkaFlzb2xvP6onvyVJrTevgkpbGUanC8a1n8F3NgDJtrMTTUL3oPVmgVsBQh%2FhvDa5eBJI6l%2BtS0enOFdTagzHEvc1GyQ5kbWQCwr3A%2FlA2uluVnhlRwNjxF3q2PoUDpCmO0YUJFjtVWXKHBOWdzh3m3oEIOH96SJlt2GCINvIgNSPg8%2BVn6DMnLhx49zUA0UfcREP5SuRyNBdDfe7z6ez9hatMlbmZzYwiQoeyDyjsEA1I%2Fv03GrfFTcHg4sRQ2BurVhyRbg5sGFREWnHgiig3GWtqk5Hi9ZK8sYGwrzGWelorSsf0Hg5MBROXDYv94%2BgQshBAKpHJgcl0pj8eHk3E5ZYYFPArAOfQe%2BdouTtw1nILppn9wE0a2RQrCg6JktapDdogaIZ39sKvt%2BRJUf04%2FqS5JXSHNA8euvXhDLxUrp8KHVuV3dloo7cGsvqfez6Td6ZBdk4B%2F7YRjjLbdNV6Z64ulD6wUFGUkgiC5GW5jG0HGEycZTIloLGfDcag%3D%3D|cksum%3A303624443056c83d29bd3a89444d9f3cb109ec33ab58|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2334524

I'm a competent diy plumber. I don't recognise that fitting, a picture of it in its surroundings might put it into context better.

I have the same problem with the Tailgate Phil. I've not checked the folding mirrors, I always turn them off when danger of frost. I don't know how to link a previous thread here, you may find it by searching. I posted it and was entitled "Tailgate Intermittent" or something similar, it was just a few weeks ago. I was left thinking it was the battery, now I'm not so sure. I climbed into the boot through the rear seats to connect my smart charger, fortunately I have a flying lead from the battery terminals into the boot so connection is easy. Even after a full charge, my tailgate refuses to release from all three switches. I'm flummoxed ?? BTW, welcome to the forum.

I have two, a TireTec and a Draper, both similar to the ones linked here. They read within one psi of each other, that's sufficiently accurate for me. Unless they're both 25% error 😱.

Yes, front to back is fine, but you can't do side to side if directional.

Check that your tyres aren't directional.

It was snowing here this morning Mick and everything worked exactly as it should. I'm of the opinion that it's the battery causing it. Early November I had a no-start problem and had to charge the battery. I put it down to minimal use as I've only done 3k miles in the last 12 months and my average trip is 5 miles. The battery is only 2 years old and I have a 3 year warranty on it so I'll monitor the situation. Thanks for your contribution.

Found the isolator switch by the glovebox Herbs, thanks. It's looking like Mick has it correct. Tailgate wouldn't open first thing this morning, lots of snow around. Sun came out and later in the morning the tailgate opened using the switch above the number plate, so I opened it manually. As Mick said, the boot lights weren't on, really strange. In cabin lights were on when I opened a side door. I checked the battery and it was showing 11.8v so I put it on charge again. Few hours later showing 14.2v so I took it off charge. Everything now worked, all switches exactly as they should and the boot illumination was now on too. A bit flummoxed now, I'll watch the situation. If tailgate doesn't work in icy conditions only, I can live with that.

Following Mick's thoughts of a poor connection, I've been giving this some (logical?) thought. The door release on the tailgate doesn't unlock the door, but it does unlock the side doors, swing the mirrors out and turn on the sidelights. The rubber nipple thingy locks everything too as well as activating the alarm. From that I conclude that the switch itself is unlikely to be the fault. Furthermore, the internal release on the dashboard doesn't unlock the tailgate either. I would say that there's a zero percentage chance of both switches failing at the same time. The internal switch activates the tailgate opening mechanism too, but the tailgate switch only releases the door for manual opening. I assume the opening mechanism is dependent upon the tailgate being unlocked. I therefore conclude that the fault is in the tailgate unlocking mechanism. Is it a little servo or something ? May not explore my theory tomorrow as I'm off now to watch Jools and imbibe a dram or two of Bushmills.

Thanks for that Mick, wish it was a bit more encouraging though 😑. We've had snow here today so it is probably temperature dependent as you suggest. When I next get into the boot I'll check the boot light, but if the circuitry has allowed me to open the tailgate then the connection to the light is probably sound too. I'll report back.

Thanks for response Herbs. No Techstream, but I do have a multimeter. I was looking inside the glovebox, I'll take another look in the morning when it's light.

Went to local shops yesterday morning and the tailgate wouldn't open for me. I tried the activator just above the number plate, the key fob button and the button on the lower dashboard.....nothing ! I had to lower the seats and load my shopping through the rear side door. I drove to another shop and the same thing happened again. When I got home (just 5 miles), everything worked ??? This morning I thought I'd charge the 12v battery in the boot floor in case it didn't have sufficient power to activate the door. The tailgate opened for me this morning so I connected the charger using an extension lead from the garage. I've just gone out to disconnect and put the charger away and the tailgate won't open again. The handbook refers to a button in the glovebox to turn the tailgate on or off, I don't appear to have this ? Anyway, if this was in the off position it would never work. My initial thoughts when at the shops was that it must be a fuse, but this theory went out of the window when it worked when I got home. I've put a fresh battery in my keyfob and I've checked with Mrs LedZep's keyfob too. I'm a bit stuck, anyone have a solution for me please ? Please everyone keep safe and let's hopefully look forward to a much improved year next year. Happy new year all.