Don C

They do.

You don’t need to pay extortionate prices for genuine Denso wipers (same as oe). You can get them off Eurocarparts or Carparts4less at very reasonable prices especially if you wait for an offer. You can use Bosch or the others but they are fugly looking things and stick out like a sore thumb. They also clunk when they change direction in my experience. I tried some and binned them after a week.

My mate carries a spacesaver in a bag on the boot floor.

Take a look at the photo. The battery clamps themselves are 6mm and there is opportunity to use 6 or 8mm on the earth side. Don’t forget you can use any earth on the body.

No.

It will work but you need to manage it carefully to avoid overcharging. If you buy a smart charger you can leave it connected indefinitely with no harmful effects. Most manufacturers seem to favour CTEK which are very good.

We get it, you’re p issed off, there’s no point keep wittering about it and your not the only one. It’s not our fault, we’re trying to help but you’re too busy feeling sorry for yourself. What are you going to do? Reject the car or sort it out.

All the best Ian. I’m curious what might replace your Lexus although if you think it will invite mocking and sniping, that’s fine. I would hope we’re all sensible enough to respect your decision.

I don’t think a month is unreasonable. To be fair, I don’t think it’s poor engineering or cost cutting because the last thing they want is disgruntled customers and everything that goes with it. Something appears miscalculated there’s no doubt. What do you intend to do about it?

Yes, no problem. Bear with me 👍

I think those voting leave never understood the implications. Our cars will always follow eu legislation.

That battery in the photo is the one listed for all Yaris and Cross and is identical in physical features to the one fitted on the LBX. Yuasa do a 3000 and that 5000 which has the higher capacity and a 5 year warranty. I can check the current spec and upgrades for your RX if you pm me your reg.

Sorry, I understood you to say that there’s no point discussing it further and I was up early so can come across curt. My UX has a bigger battery and has never caused problems but it isn’t unheard of, particularly on the US forum. These LBX folk are right at the beginning of a steep learning curve which will feel alien to them and unless the dealer is joint with Toyota, they will treat it like any other flat battery but we know already, these go flat much sooner than expected.

This is utter nonsense. Lexus is Toyota and together the brand have hundreds of thousands of cars in this country and millions worldwide and you are suggesting that they all suffer starting problems. You’re also suggesting other brands don’t and this is not true either. Cars with full hybrid systems don’t have a “starting battery”, they have an auxiliary battery and any of them have propensity to go flat with time. It’s isn’t a Lexus (Toyota) decision at all. There most definitely is a problem with the Yaris/Yaris Cross/LBX battery in that they run out of capacity somewhat quicker than they should. You seem to be agreeing with that. Whatever you think, it isn’t up to you to end the post, there are still people waiting to discuss it and you don’t even run one. My UX doesn’t suffer like an LBX and neither does your RX so you butt out if you don’t want to discuss it. Hi Tel, you mean did I put him up to it? I’m a mechanic by trade and a lot of people still turn to me for help. I’ve cured numerous Toyota Yaris and Yaris Cross’s by upgrading with the identical battery above. The owner of the one above had a Cross that had problems like the ones here and that had a new battery then shortly after got written off. I was optimistic that the problem was with the Turkish made Mutlu batteries on the French made Yaris’s and knowing that the Lexus would have a Japanese Yuasa battery that it ought to be cured. I flattened the battery on an LBX after about 40 minutes with only the led interior lights on and then reading this forum, we jointly agreed it would be prudent to upgrade given how easy and how little cost it is. LBX owners are going to go through a whole lot of pain going back on forth to dealers and maybe getting another battery which could well be a Mutlu and I’ve just short cut to an improvement.

I know some of you will argue that you shouldn’t have to do it but I fitted an upgraded battery on my mate’s LBX today. You don’t have to do it, it’s up to you but you can see the capacity is well up. It’s under the back seat, took me about 20 minutes and it cost just over £71 with a 5 year warranty.