paulGS250

Hi UMAK,

As an owner of a 250 Sport, I hope I am qualified to express an opinion. This car does look good. One owner, good colour inside and out (I love the rose interior). Best new is the Mark Levinson upgrade and larger 12" screen, this is the best option upgrade to have.

Overall my experience of the GS 250 sport is great. Good to drive, quiet, relaxing, comfortable, and with the fun of Sport + on twisty roads.

Reasonably quick (ignore the 0-60 time, it feels a lot faster than that), with a great exhaust note when pressing on.

Only downsides for me are 22-24 mpg (I do not do many long motorway trips), the road tax (£300 odd), and the maintenance costs, But you do get what you pay for.

Check both front wheel bearings, as one of mine was shot at £28,000 miles, and they cost £700 each. I suspect a victim of pot holes.

Otherwise good luck and enjoy.

Paul

Hi Roy,

The hand book helpfully shows a picture of the front of the dash, with the reset button under the steering wheel - e.g. reach down in front of your knees and there it is.

This however is a "virtual" diagram. The button is actually under the dashboard not on it, and faces down to the floor. It is helpfully set a few inches higher than the bottom of the dashboard lip, so completely invisible. You have to lie on the floor of the drivers side, on you back, with you head touching the brake/accelerator, to see it.

Once you know where it is you then need to hold it in whilst the ignition is on, until the low pressure tyre warning light flashes three times - that being the light that you cannot see, as you are lying on your back on the floor, with a brake pedal in your ear.

I am sure you get the idea!

Wow, I have finally found the reset button in my 2013 GS. I am amazed how well they have managed to hide it!!

Hi All

Thanks for your help and suggestions. I found a good owner-managed independent garage locally. It took him half an hour to call me to say the front nearside front bearing was shot to pieces. He said the wheel wobbled when they lifted the car of the ground. He cannot believe that Halfords did not notice, especially after 3 goes at the problem.

Anyway all fixed now. Thanks again.

Hi Hangie and Nemisis,

Thanks for your advice. I have managed to drive 900,000 miles in my life to date, and had many replacement discs and pads, I have not had a problem like this. I will book in with a more experienced garage and ask the questions that you have posed re the hubs, calipers and the runout.

Paul

Hi Farqui

I did not ask for the first set. Second set were brembo, third set were purchased direct from Lexus so OEM as it were.

Paul

Hi All,

I have a problem with my 2013 GS 250 Sport. I have warped three sets of front discs in the last 7 Months, and 5,000 , and 5,000 miles. When I have a new set fitted they are fine and brake smoothly. However, when turning right at speeds above 50mph there is a grinding/rubbing sound, and some vibration in the steering. It is as though the tyres are rubbing on the body work, although this is not the case.

Over  a period of 4 to 6 weeks this brakes become juddery when breaking, eventually quite violently.

The garage who have replaced my discs and pads (Halfords) have done so three times and now given up, without actually finding what the fault is that causes the discs to warp.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks

Hi All,

Am looking for a set of 19'' F Sport alloys for a 2013 Mk 4 GS. So far I have not found any. Do you have any suggestions?

Paul

Hi James

I like them as well. Where did you get them? How easy were they to fit?

Thanks Steve

I will give it a go!

Hi,

Has anyone replaced their under the wing mirror "pool" lights bulb? I just ahd a look in the manual and it looks ridiculously complicated. I just wondered if there were any helpful tips out there.