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Agreed Lexus is somewhat idiosyncratic over what it's prepared to play from USB devices. I have Sandisk 16GB drive, formatted to FAT32, but don't have any music files in the root directory, only folders, and NO sub-folders. Folders are either for album titles, or a genre, and files within as required, e.g. E:\Fleetwood Mac - Rumours>dir Volume in drive E is Music Volume Serial Number is D449-A077 Directory of E:\Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 08/01/2020 19:56 <DIR> . 08/01/2020 19:56 <DIR> .. 08/01/2020 19:56 2,654,336 01 Second Hand News.mp3 08/01/2020 19:56 4,106,368 02 Dreams.mp3 08/01/2020 19:56 2,142,336 03 Never Going Back Again.mp3 08/01/2020 19:56 3,082,368 04 Don't Stop.mp3 08/01/2020 19:56 3,498,112 05 Go Your Own Way.mp3 08/01/2020 19:56 3,203,200 06 Songbird.mp3 08/01/2020 19:56 4,307,072 07 The Chain.mp3 08/01/2020 19:56 3,444,864 08 You Make Loving Fun.mp3 08/01/2020 19:56 3,133,568 09 I Don't Want To Know.mp3 08/01/2020 19:56 3,678,336 10 Oh Daddy.mp3 08/01/2020 19:56 4,681,856 11 Gold Dust Woman.mp3 11 File(s) 37,932,416 bytes 2 Dir(s) 12,972,513,280 bytes free Note track file names start with a number, since tracks get played alphabetically. I've also stuck to MP3 format, and MP3 tags are recognised, including cover images. There may be other layout combinations, but this one works for me.

@Dave - you don't say who your local Lexus dealer is. When I bought my NX350H last year from the local Lexus dealer Inchcape (soon to be Group 1), they offered me drive home insurance as well as registering the vehicle before collection. Can you not challenge them to provide this sort of basic courtesy for a new purchase?

If it were me, I'd try another USB flash drive before going to a Lexus dealer. Buy a reputable make; format it with FAT32, and copy over some sample MP3 files. There are few other posts on the site concerning problems with flash drives, including file formats, folders, ID tag issues, etc.

No extra charges at the time I ordered last year. Shipping delay was as expected.

When I started this topic, I was looking for advice on suitable puddle lights, and decided to go for the ones from Addcarlights here (Style A), as recommended by szhrmp. Ok, they're a bit more stylish than a simple bulb, but they're bright, functional, fit perfectly, and I've been very pleased with them. You can see what they look like in this post The Carlights site currently has a 15% discount code for new users (see their home page), which means at the moment you should be able to buy them for around £32.

I too have hit this profile login problem a few times over the last year. Still happens occasionally, annoyingly. I think it's something to do with the vehicle failing to connect over the mobile network at the point where it decides it wants to sync data, which therefore depends on coverage. Either that or there's something up with the Lexus data service authentication at the time. What's really frustrating is why it doesn't appear to retry, since my credentials haven't changed. My password contains uppercase letters too, and I struggled to get the shift button on the screen keyboard to work, until I found if you press and release the button very quickly, the letters on the keyboard then switch to uppercase. Hope this helps.

Just to add to the discussion, I had a Ghost II fitted to my NX350H (MY24) over 6 months ago, and it's been faultless. No battery issue here. I contacted Autowatch to recommend a fitter in my area, and specifically asked for one who'd fitted the Ghost II to a recent NX model. They duly obliged.

As others have pointed out on this forum, until Lexus decide to produce and offer solutions to this Canbus attack vulnerability, for existing ES and NX models (not to mention the rest of the range), and publicise that they're taking action to address this problem retrospectively, the bad guys are not going to ease off. Predictably, now they've found a low cost method of stealing high value vehicles, it's increasingly evident organised criminals have moved in to strip cars within a day or two of them being taken. Yes, the latest NX models are purported to have some element of Canbus encryption, but that's not going to stop the miscreants having a go, by which time they've caused many 1000's of pounds worth of damage as a minimum. That's notwithstanding the fact you may have also paid many hundreds of £'s extra to get an after market immobiliser/tracker fitted. The impact of existing thefts has already crippled Lexus insurance costs, and I don't see that situation changing any time soon, least not until Lexus intervene in a positive way. Lexus must know the level of damage this is causing to customer confidence in the brand, and it's got to be hitting their sales already. Indeed, many Lexus owners are increasingly angry over the lack of response, and in due course some will vote with their feet. I trust Corporate Lexus are tracking opinion on this forum.

I'm just behind you. I only had to wait 15 months for my NX350h, but am very pleased with the vehicle overall. Like others have reported, the second key is nominally available now, and having contacted my local dealer the vehicle goes in next week to get it programmed up. Locking wheel bolts still don't appear on the horizon, but when questioned on this, the dealer did say the reason for the non-availability was because Lexus ordered them from Russia. Though plausible, I'm not sure that stacks up, since I can't see Lexus having a single source for any one mechanical component; but then the chip shortage has compromised availability of second keys.

On my NX350H (MY24) I have circular plastic blanking plugs at the bottom of the rear doors, but on the drivers and passenger doors in the middle at the bottom, there are rectangular (ish) plastic blanking plates with clips behind which is a wired in connector. Lexus have evidently changed their minds over how best to furnish puddle / courtesy lights, but in my view a light in the bottom of the door handle or mirror might be too far away to be effective.

I decided the Disklok was too heavy and bulky for everyday use, so went for the Milenco silver variant for my NX350H. It fits fine, with no real need for rubber blocks as long as you are sensible about it's position and resting it once in place. As others have mentioned, it can be stowed in the passenger foot-well without taking up too much space.

One thing I've noticed is the Hybrid Coaching trip history now goes back several months, rather than just the one. That's a definite improvement.

Happy to say the Addcarlights package arrived today, and as others have suggested it only took 5 minutes to install them. Here's an after dark picture of the result. Sharp image, good light distribution. What's not to like?

Ok, I stand corrected. Have just been into the garage, and yes, the door handle LED does illuminate the ground below the door, but it's not bright enough to see much, and it's the wrong side of the door when you open it. szhrmp's post shows the additional light at the bottom of the door once opened, shining towards the sill, but only on the Takumi spec it would seem.

My NX was also cited as an early MY24 model, but didn't come with puddle lights at the bottom of the door. Hence me opening this topic, and deciding to order after-market ones from Addcarlights. Maybe I too should have gone back to the dealer, but I've had the car a few months now, and Lexus have possibly updated the product specs in the meantime. I think the led in the bottom of the door handle is simply to show you where the handle is. It's not bright enough to illuminate any sort of puddle; hence my reference to a Toc H lamp.