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A point that has been made many times - when calling the AA with a flat 12v battery we are sitting on a well-charged massive hybrid battery fully capable of “lending” a few amps to start the instruments.🤬 well done Hyundai.

As mentioned on this forum previously, I killed the 12v battery about 18 months ago when washing the car and had to be boosted by the AA. Lexus checked the battery and said it was fine. About 6 months after that it failed when loading the car to go on a day trip. Again Lexus said it was fine and wouldn’t replace it. At the time I said to them that the battery often read 10.9 or 11.1 volts across the terminals but they wouldn’t budge. I have since always put the car in ready mode for any time it is unlocked for loading, cleaning etc. I bit the bullet and bought a new 12v replacement battery from Lexus at it’s last service because I was suspecting that with my 18day holiday and the car stood out in the cold on my drive, I would return to a dead car. Having a dead car is only a minor inconvenience as I have a Booster, but I am sure the dead battery events cause irreversible damage the cells. Anyway. 18 days later and it has opened and started perfectly.😬

This is exactly what I did on the IOW ferry to avoid the alarm going off during the voyage…. As described above..

You have to go into the menu on the Entertainment screen to disable the alarm sensors before you leave 5he car press the six button icon at the bottom of the screen to access the vehicle sub menu scroll through the 3 pages of icons - one is for disabling sensors you lose the setting once the engine is restarted

Good point…. But the lead on my booster would probably have reached only one of those bolts indicated and I wanted to be safe rather than sorry. Did it just for my own piece of mind really.

Discussion on the topic started on the US forum may be of interest to those with battery boosters: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/nx-2nd-gen-2022-current/1030818-grounding-trickle-chargers-battery-chargers-jump-starting.html#post11808430

My NX 350h was built in November 2021 but my dealer said I am on the Lexus List to receive a free Tracker and it is being fitted in November.

If that happens to me (rarely) I just shut down the app and reopen it. That has solved the issue in the past. Bit like Control/Alt/Delete!

Mine has the options. Apple iphone - Lexus Link+ version 2.9.0

The rot started as far back as 2009. In Basingstoke 12 cars had their tyres slashed overnight. Hampshire police refused to attend saying that they do not attend or investigate car vandalism. A police friend was embarrassed to confirm what they said was true. That was 12 families and their friends becoming disillusioned with the police and holding them in contempt. I would have been respectful to send a bobby and someone to dust for fingerprints but the senior officers just didn’t care. A PR nightmare for the police and in my view this was the start of the rot.

Most of those miles are Motorway and Dual carriageway. Otherwise they may have worn down much quicker.

I had 4 of these replaced last month by Lexus Hedge End in Hampshire. I think Bridgestone must have sent fresh supplies to Europe. Best to ring round dealers and the the companies. If going to Michelin CC2’s there is no need to change the rims as far as I am concerned - that was my plan B as my fronts were down to 3mm after 30k miles but I am pleased to be back on RFT’s. PS the new tyres have 8mm tread and the ride is much smoother and quieter😬

I looked into the repair aspect in Feb 23 when I had a nail in my Bridgestone RFT and learned that Bridgestone do allow repairs if not near the edges of the tyres. Unfortunately my nail was in the shoulder within an inch of the outer edge. This article confirms that advice in the case of Bridgestone: https://www.bushtyres.co.uk/tyre-news/can-you-repair-run-flat-tyres/#5

Strange Nigel that I can only ly see them at £ 307 fully fitted🤔

This may help:

I am not sure Lexus Direct Wipers are OEM. I think they may be after-market. They call them OptiFit. My OEM wipers are 3 years old, on a car that has done 30k miles and is kept outside 365 days a year - they are still perfect.

I would have to check, and the invoice including other items is in the car, but I think it was between £350 and £360

Back in February 2023 I had a puncture and Paid Asda £284 for one tyre. My Lexus Dealer charged north of £300 but I was Ok with that for the convenience of having it all done at one visit.

As you can see from the above post, I was planning to get CC2’s in the next few months. During my 30k service last week, the dealer rang me to say the front tyres were down to 3mm and did I want them changing (to Bridgestone Alenza 001 Run Flats - the same as were already on)? They had them in stock. I asked if they had 4 in stock and when they said yes I asked them to replace all 4. The noise reduction from having 8mm of tread rather than 3 - 4 mm is quite noticeable. I assume Bridgestone have shipped new stock to the UK.

@bgbI had the Forward Camera recall this week and the PDA has appeared for me in page 4 of the Driving Assist menu. i just photographed pages 3 and 4 for you.

@Harrier Man was your NX produced before October 2021? My NX 350h was built in November 2021 and delivered to me on 31 January 2022. I am assuming that in view of @FSPORT3 comments above I wasn’t offered a tracker when I had my 30k service earlier this week.

I was telling my neighbour about the NX cost of replacement as I noticed that the mirror of her 22 reg VW ID4 had been hanging off a few weeks ago. I have to say that the £2k cost both shocked her and cheered her up at the same time.🤪 She explained that before our conversation she had been feeling very hard done by after shelling out £900 for a new mirror….. she now didn’t feel so bad about crunching the mirror against the gate post.

Oh! We have quite a few of those as well!🤪😂

No one ever did!😂

Since my first MG Maestro in 1985 I have always associated Sunroofs with weather seal leaks!😱 Panoramic roofs sound much more watertight!😂