Herbie

Sorry, my mistake, I read your post as 89 instead of 99. All I can suggest is that you email them or phone them to see when they will have more stock. I think they manufacture the struts themselves onsite, so they should be able to do something for you.

Here you go https://www.sgs-engineering.com/car-boot-tailgate/lexus/ls/gsc1592-lexus-ls400-bonnet-strut

That's exactly it. I've never had a car new enough to bother about a warranty before and I've certainly never had such a complex car before. It's five years old but looks and drives like it's brand new so if anything goes faulty then I think it's early enough in its life to warrant new parts, hence deciding on a warranty. As it gets older then parts from a breakers yard will suffice and my mate who's been a fully qualified mechanic for more than 30 years will be happy to do the work needed.

Only two things are needed, duct tape and WD40. If it moves when it shouldn't, use the duct tape; if it doesn't move when it should, use the WD40 😂😂

I don't know the answer but if the dealer will foot the bill then just go to them anyway.

DanD's correct. The AFS system just swivels the lights left/right as you turn the steering wheel, the levelling system is a completely different thing. Are you sure you've not just accidentally knocked the AFS switch and turned it off by mistake?

Thanks guys, definitely food for thought there with the Essential Care plan.

We decided that we would arrange an extended warranty for our RX450h, to start from February next year when this one (given to us by the dealer when we bought the car) expires. As you'll be aware, one of the conditions of having an extended warranty is that the car must also be serviced by Lexus. I know that Lexus is a luxury brand but I just wasn't ready for servicing costs like this. Although I've always had top of the range cars, they've always been at least 10 years old and I'm used to having them serviced either by a mate of mine at mates rates (full service on my old RX300 about £50 plus parts), or a trusted indy at slightly more than mates rates - just looking at this service plan quotation has just made my pucker valve cry out in fear! I admit I've led a sheltered life up to now but I'm so stunned I just have to ask - do the figures seem reasonable? This is from Lexus Teeside for a 63-plate RX450h with 39,800 on the clock (she got the mileage figure wrong) and I know they participate in the Club discount scheme so I mentioned it to her and I believe that these figures do include that discount. Also, I've always known items such as coolant change and pollen filter to be part of the service, not charged extra for. And I can get an MOT for £29 locally!

What's that round thing? Looks like an LPG filler cap but surely it can't be because isn't that the front of the car?

Yes, started by the same original poster:

Nope, a 3.0 went up to over £500 (think it's £555 on Autotrader)

It does indeed look like rainwater coming in but before you get too downhearted, have you used the screen washers lately? I know that the water pipe from the washer bottle to the rear screen goes up that pillar and I think there may be a joint there as well. Worth a look to see if it's come loose maybe?

I would guess not:

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I can't confirm if there's a problem or not but what I can say is that the air suspension really isn't worth it in my opinion. It doesn't give any appreciable improvement over 'traditional' suspension but it does introduce a whole level of expensive complexity if/when it goes wrong. For me, there's two choices - forget air suspension altogether (which would be my choice) or go for a better example than this one if you're not happy with what you see. Personally, I'd go for the SE Navigator, which has all the toys, bells and whistles of the SE-L but without air suspension.

To do the work isn't the expensive bit, it's the cost of the new air struts - I think I've seen it mentioned as about £650 each.

Therein lies a whole new can of worms Piers

I think it changed with the 06-plates and went up to over £500. Autotrader usually lists tax costs in adverts so it should be easy enough to confirm if you have a look there.

Can > Worms > Opened! Purely psychological! It will make no difference whatsoever unless your engine is tuned for it and certainly not within 50 miles.

I think ours on a 55-plate was £305 if I remember correctly. You do get a £9 or £10 reduction for running LPG but it's certainly not as low as £285.

To locate an air leak put some Fairy Liquid (other washing up liquids are available) in a jam jar of water so that you've got a soapy solution. Take a paint brush and brush the soap solution on any pipes, joints, bags or anything else that carries the air - when you get bubbles appearing you've found your leak.

We had an RX300 converted to LPG and it was brilliant, so go for it. I'm not sure I'd go for that particular one as I like toys and that one doesn't have the reversing camera or satnav or anything. The most important thing is to be aware that there are some good conversions and some abysmal conversions. Personally, I'd rather buy one without so that I have control over who does the conversion but YMMV. The following images have just been randomly chosen from a Google image search so if the copyright holders see it and want them taken down, just say so and I'll do it. However, they do illustrate the point very well: The first one shows an absolute mess of a conversion and I'd run a mile from that. The second one shows something better but still a lot of room for improvement, whilst the third one is very nice and neat. EDIT: Maybe I'm being a bit harsh. After all, although the pipes and injectors are on show, they are neatly done I suppose, rather than pipes and wires strung randomly and dangerously all over the place, but I just like the neatness of the last one where everything is hidden.

First of all it's not an error, it's designed that way. But to answer your question, although I don't know for sure and this is purely a guess, I'd say that.... I don't know What I can say is that my previous cars have run on LPG and the fuel gauge drops from full to empty and the computer shows mpg just as if the car was still using petrol, when of course, it isn't, so I've no idea what black magic is working in the background. I would think that mpg is calculated from various parameters and sensors such as throttle position, air temp, road speed and who knows what else but I don't think it would be affected by the calibration margins of the speedo. I think that he speedo is just a visual aid to the driver to give an indication of what's going on and doesn't actually do any measuring itself, but merely displays what it's told to display by the ECU. I think this would be especially true of the cars whose instruments are LCD displays rather than a physical needle displaying the speed. But hey, I may be talking complete rubbish, I don't know.

Funnily enough, that's what I was trying to do. The salient points are: Vehicle speedos reading high is not a new thing. I'm amazed that the OP was surprised by this as it's been happening for years, but more importantly, it's by design There's nothing wrong with your Lexus speedo. The fact that your Jazz and your Jag appear to be so accurate is really neither here nor there, just unusual. Manufacturers design speedos to read high because it's illegal for them to read low, so the manufacturers err on the side of caution. Life's too short to do sums, I'm off to the pub and I'll have a pint for all the folks in this thread

Of course not, but it does show that your observations are very much the exception rather than the rule. You seem to think that something is wrong with your car, hence your request to the dealers to have it sorted. All I'm saying is that there's nothing wrong with the inaccuracies of your speedo, it's designed like that for a purpose. In fact, if your cars really are that accurate, then it could mean that as your tyres wear down and the rolling diameter is reduced, you could be breaking the speed limit even though your speedo won't show it.