paulrnx

I have a feeling that this issue will not do Lexus many favours. Many owners buy a Lexus because they hardly go wrong. Not knowing if your Lexus hybrid will start up and having to carry a battery booster around or regularly have the battery on a trickle charge just in case will impact the ownership experience. I used to trickle charge cars in the late 70’s and early 80’s before I started driving much newer cars, haven’t done it much since then. It’s possibly something that would stop me from buying another Lexus hybrid to be honest.

Surely most people think owning a self-charging hybrid is the same as owning a normal car? That’s certainly the way they are marketed. I would consider myself to be quite knowledgable about cars and yet I never knew about this issue. That said it hasn’t happened to me in 4 hybrids and about 55k miles over a 3 1/2 year period. It’s probably the one thing that does concern me now though given that I do leave my car for periods of 2-3 weeks whilst on holiday. I’m still surprised that Lexus would sell cars that need the 12v battery charging up once a week.

Toes

Nowhere near enough torque delivery from a 300h to make an LSD worthwhile I would think

No worries, I didn’t read it as having a go. I agree with what you’ve said apart from expecting everyone to do lots of research when buying a car. I doubt many people do that. Car enthusiasts would but for many a car is a means of getting from a to b and not much more. To be honest I doubt manny people would research how long they could leave a Lexus hybrid for before the low capacity 12v battery went flat. Having to go out to the car once a week to start it up and have it run for an hour also tends to negate some of the reasons for running a hybrid in the first place. Like I said it’s a reasonable expectation that a modern car can be left for a few weeks without the battery going flat.

If it’s under warranty surely the answer is to get it booked in to a dealership to get it checked out. I would.

I think it’s a poor design. Ok I’ve never suffered from it and I’m on my 4th Lexus hybrid and the longest I’ve left one is I think the best part of 3 weeks and it started ok. Being able to leave a car unattended for a good number of weeks and have it start ok is I think a reasonable expectation for a modern vehicle. The battery should have been bigger in my opinion. I can now see from comments in the forum that this is a genuine problem. I’m making sure mine gets used at least one hour each week atm. When we finally get back to holidays I may well purchase something to give a dead battery a boost. I’d hate to get back to my car in an airport or cruise terminal carpark after a holiday and find a dead 12v battery. It would actually make me think about whether a Lexus hybrid was the right car for me to be honest. Some good tips on here though. Thanks everyone! 😀

Fruit

Mercury

Looking forward to getting mine done however due to the very low mileage I’m doing nowadays and the fact I still have 3mm tread depth I will defer this for a while. Just hope I don’t get stuck anywhere!

Nationalist

50mph for me. As soon as I exceed 50 the petrol engine switches on. As others have said, the slightest increase of pressure on the accelerator at speeds between about 30 and 50 will do the same. Have to treat the accelerator like it has eggs underneath it!

Good move I think 👍

Yep agreed. My own IS200T also had poor economy. Doesn’t surprise me.

It’s actually better than 99.9. The reading can’t go any higher. I’d say this is easily 135.6 mpg

Rattles, creaking trim and things not working the way they are supposed to. These are what caught my eye.

I guess we’ll have to see how this goes as we likely won’t know for a few years. For me a Lexus hardly ever goes wrong and so I was just surprised at the number of faults owners of the three newest models are reporting.

Dennis

Decide what you think is a fair price and make an offer at that price. Be reasonable and calm but make it clear that’s what you’re prepared to pay. See what they say. They won’t have people falling over themselves to buy cars at the moment.

Waves

I’m more bothered by the reports of rattles and creaking trim on the UX. there seem to be quite a few of these. Also by the faults with the ES. Quite surprised by some of the issues reported in the LC section too, including the dreaded can’t open the fuel filler flap on the forecourt fault. Have Lexus cut back on the amount of development miles they do with their new models perhaps? Are they rushing cars to market? Are they prioritising tech above quality?

The more posts I read in the ES, LC and UX sections it leads me to believe that Lexus quality might perhaps be on the slide. This is contentious and I’m sure there will be some strong views on both sides of the argument but I think we should discuss. I’m seeing plenty of threads about trim rattles, things not working as well as they should, Lexus taking an age to find fixes, etc. Add these issues to the relatively poor media systems in a Lexus and the relative lack of performance available in the majority of Lexus vehicles, are they now actually as good as we’ve always believed and expected them to be? I love my NX - perfect car at my time of life - but where do I go next if I wanted to stay with Lexus? The new NX may not be as bullet proof as the current one based on issues people are reporting with the recent new Lexus models. I still love the marque but I do wonder where the brand will be in 2-3 years.

Ready

Nice one! Look forward to hearing about your car when you have it 😀

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