Mr_Groundhog

Thanks @DBIZO Truth is I mostly drive calm & steady like a grandpa (but i also like speed sometimes!), and the car wears a set of well-inflated Michelin primacy (rated A for fuel), so i guess that helps.

I also had something similar to the OP: my 1st experience with Lexus left me with mixed feelings. Funny that one of the similarities was reluctance to change the the differential oil when it was something clearly mentioned in the service book, then offered to do it "free of charge" and all of that .. you can read what happened here more in detail:

😐 Makes me feel like a bit of an idiot, really. But I guess that is inevitable when you buy a 2018 car... thanks for clarifying.

uummmmh interesting.... would be interesting to see if two thermal sillicone washers (where to find them that's another thing!) would both dampen the rattle while keeping temperature-safe (remember there are cooking accessories made out of sillicone that you can use in the oven) Also, I's saying rattle but i don't think i have heard anything from the inside while driving. It was while cleaning the engine bay thay I realised.

How can a larger vehicle (the ES) drink less than a smaller, supposedly lighter one (the IS) ??? Mine is on around 49-50 mpg

Hello I have just realised that the thermal protection panel by the side of the engine is a bit loose. I can move it with my fingers, but the bolts and washers seem pretty tight, so I'm not sure this is supposed to be like this? Would any of you know? This is a picture (part highlighted with the yellow line)

I want to think that's what they meant with "we visually inspect", which is exactly what I was told via email upon asking. I have sourced in the meantime the lower front arm bushings of the Lexus GS-F and currently looking for a good garage that would fit them + wheel align... to be continued!

I asked and apparently what they do is a "visual" inspection. And if it needs correcting, the you'd pay that separately. In other words: lazy.

Have any of you come across this inner tyre wear issue? I had a look at my rear tyres in particular and the rear camber looks excessive, so I'm thinking of finding a good garage (my favourite mythological animal) where they'd tweak the camber and possibly the toe. If you know good places in the south, by all means let us know At the very least I'm gonna go for an alignment at my local kwickfit to check the current state of things.... 🤨 ...and has anyone addressed it by replacing the lower front arm bushings? I came across this thread in a different forum (sorry for posting the link, it is an American one anyway 🙂 ) what do you think about the info in there? https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-3rd-gen-2014-present/940025-all-about-lexus-is-premature-inner-tire-wear.html

Sounds great! take pics if you can please!

Maybe silly of me to ask but, have you asked at your local lexus dealer?

Has anyone here tried Lanoguard?

I haven’t yet seen mine but Im pretty horrified now after reading this thread…. Why is the car not designed to avoid this? it isn’t something on the service book or anything, are they assuming the car is gonna be eaten up by rust in 10 years and they don’t care? I found a place nearby where you can rent a garage space with an elevator so I’m planning on doing something like this early summer. My question is: how to wire-brush and treat the surfaces that are on the top side (if you’re underneath the car, the upper end of the exhaust or the differential for example) ???

I would be careful with these things and, by default, abide by the manual/service book. I doubt any dealership knows more about the car than the Lexus engineers and designers that made the car. Recently, I had to nag the dealership to do something that was clearly scheduled on the service book (differential oil change), and they were saying it wasn't needed:

Not really, at least for me. The optimum temperature for summer tyres is usually 7 degrees. That (7 dgrees or over) is the case for the overwhelming majority of days here (Kent), and these days we're having frost, snow and minus temperatures: cross climate tyres would be weak these days (only winter tyres would do well), and having a set of winter tyres in the off chance we'd have frost for a few days a year isn't worth the money. Otehr parts of the country and/or more inland probably, but not here in the south.

You mean in the CT it takes a minute, not in the IS ? The other people in this forum are saying how it takes them about an hour

Ah right so it is the same filter we're mentioning here, only for the CT. Do you also have to dis-assemble half the boot to access it?

Oh which filter is that? where is it ? 😦

Thanks @Mikey B if the Gov website is reliable then it seems im off the hook this time. I may call Lexus anyway just in case.

That's good to know, thank you @JackIS . Maybe the brand should do a better job of wording things clearly and be more transparent when it comes to this. Not only on written materials but above all on the car infotainment system: the use of language is sometimes vague, sometimes misleading. Anyway, I digress.

what do you mean by maps via bluettoth? you mean the guiding voice that gives you directions in google maps playing through the car speakers, right?

I have checked with my VIN and "computer says no" .... I got a message saying they could not find my vehicle (2018 IS300h)

It was Maidstone lexus Also, what's your mileage? Because it's funny they told you it wasn't due until the 4th year, but my car has just had it's 4th bday and it's about to hit 20K miles. The IS300h service book says it's at 20k miles or 4 years, whatever comes first. P.S. I'm going to check if they changed the cabin filter tomorrow. Too cold today to even step outside 🥶

In the end, given my leather seats aren't leather but synthetic, I'm getting the the AutoGlym Leather cleaner, and the AutoGlym Vinyl & Rubber care. Fingers crossed they work!

I dunno about X-climate Michelins but my experience with X-climate is they're a bit mediocre in winter and a bit mediocre in summer