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Yes, it's normal, especially if you're talking about the sat nav in particular because it has to acquire and lock on to satellites. Even if you're talking about the screen in general it's still a bit laggy but again that's normal. As we all know, the infotainment system is the 'Achilles Heel' of the whole Lexus brand.

Great video and guide Taimur, thanks for sharing.

The veins in your legs have non-return valves in to stop gravity pooling the blood in your feet. Each beat of the heart (and the calf muscles as you walk) moves blood further up the veins on its return to the heart and the non-return valves stop it dropping back down.

Even better, forget the old, clunky, counter-intuitive Lexus nav and use Waze or Google Maps on your phone or even a stand-alone TomTom/Garmin/whatever.

Fuses can look alright when they really aren't. Pulling each one and using a multimeter to check for continuity across the fuse is the only way to be sure.

@Kmcorky Any news on this - did you find out what it was for?

That can't be right or once a litre had been used it would be coming on again.

Yep, mine does it too so definitely normal but again, wondering why?

That's good news Lee and great to hear that something's being done at last. What about other models though, given that this one is only for series 2 models? I've never even seen the underside of my (or anyone else's) RX450h and there seems to be a surprising lack of photos on the Internet, so I'm not even sure if we have an accessible, and therefore suseptable, cat underneath or if the cats are in the engine bay like some other models.

Have you people never heard of refurbishing your own alternator or going for an exchange refurb unit? There's only a few parts to an alternator so they don't take much to fix. Things like the voltage regulator and rectifier are usually self-contained units that you just swap over so they're easy to do yourself. If it's bearings or coils then that's when you go for an exchange unit if you haven't got the resources to sort them out. Much cheaper way of doing it and much better for the environment instead of buying new and scrapping the old.

Good post, but I'm not sure that either of those fuses looks like a 'micro' - I think one is a 'low profile mini' and the other is a 'mini'

That same type of button appears on a lot of RX400h cars and is to switch the front parking sensors on/off. The sensors were a dealer option, not a factory fit, so the extra switch was needed. I doubt it'll be the same for a 2016 car but it's worth a check.

It's never happened (yet) on my 2013 RX450h Advance (48k miles) so I can't help there but you'll get a better response if you post in the RX forum rather than the GS forum

Yep, what Les said up there ^^^^

Doesn't have a rev needle, or at least my 2013 RX450h Advance doesn't.

Have you not got an old laptop that you could use Techstream on? A generic OBD reader will only catch generic stuff, nothing that's Lexus-specific such as hybrid codes etc. I've never experienced anything like what you're describing so I'm afraid I can't help there.

Thanks for posting Steve but if you search the forums you'll see that it's been covered dozens of times and is old news - one post on the RX forum is up to about 6 pages. Unfortunately there's absolutely nothing that can be done about it. As you've already seen from those videos you linked to, it takes less than two minutes for the scrotes to get under, get the cat off and get away. A call to the police would take longer than that - and that's even if anyone thinks to report it! One or two people may look out of their windows to see what the noise is but what do they see? A guy in overalls under a car, so the assumption is that it's a genuine mechanic doing a quick callout repair.

Under the boot floor on the left side. Got to be worth a try as a first step that costs nothing. I sincerely hope it's not the aircon debacle come back to bite you on the bum.

I'm sorry it's happened to you but, really, what do you expect people to do? The scrotes who do this have got it down to a fine art and can have the whole thing done in less than two minutes from start to finish, so they've gone before a call to the police can even be completed, and that's even if people know what's happening and know to call the police. Most people will hear a noise and may look out of the window to see what's going on, only to see a guy in overalls under a car, so the natural and normal assumption is that it's a mechanic doing legitimate work.

Indeed it would, but anyone who would take an 11-year old car to a main dealers for work like that needs their head wobbling anyway.

This guy has reviewed about 50 or 60 dash cams (as well as lots of other tech stuff) so I think he knows what he's on about. Out of those reviews, this is the cam that he chose to use in his own car, so if it's good enough for him.... If you don't want the rear-facing cam then I'm sure you should be able to get just the front one on its own. I should say that I use a Viofo A119S which is very similar, but I'd already bought and fitted mine before seeing his review so decided to stick with it.

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I have no idea what you're ranting on about Alan but perhaps you've had more than a 'Lager Shandy' this afternoon? What you're suggesting is exactly what is happening in the car insurance industry with 'crash for cash' claims - something that supposedly adds about £50 per year on to the premiums we all pay. I have no desire to make my warranty payments suffer the same fate.

Are we not forgetting GDPR here? I would think there's zero chance of getting the former keeper's details.

Even a solid connection can fail to pass current if there's dirt on the contact surfaces, so take off the battery clamps and clean the inside with a metal scouring pad (not Brillo) or some steel wool, and also the battery posts too, so that the mating surfaces are bright.