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Thank you again. That was my impression, but I think the owners manual has service at 90,000 for a belt???

Thank you...that's what I was hoping. My friend has a Mercedes and before you remove the calipers you need to discount a fuse to an electric actuator so the calipers won't close on your fingers as you are taking them off. As far as you know nothing like that on this car??

I'm getting conflicting answers on this. Does an '08 GS 350 AWD have a timing belt or a timing chain?

Hi- I wanted to check back, has anyone done a brake job on an '08 GS 350 AWD?? Thxs

Has anyone done a brake job on a '08 GS 350 AWD?? Any guidance would be appreciated

When I start to unscrew the door switch to remove it the light turns on. But when I close the door and re-open it after all the interior lights go out, the light doesn't come back on when I open the drivers passenger door. Is it the switch or something else any??

I recently replacement my battery in my RX 400H. I was able to re-set the windows switches from the driver side. The only problem I see at the moment is that when I open the driver-side passenger door the interior light does not come on. All other doors work. Has anyone run into this problem and been able to fix it? Any suggestions would be great. Are there any other things I should be looking out since the battery change that I might be missing??

Jim-- I took a look another look where you are saying...not sure I see any of that...I would love to help you out...if you can send a pix...as far as I see there are no empty brackets

Jim-- I took a look...I don't see the hose you are talking about...is it under the decorative covers??? Also if you can take a picture of it that might help me

Jim-- You're welcome, I'll take a look for you...give me a few days...

Hi- Sorry been busy haven't had the time to write back...so do you have a GS or an LS...if you have a GS I'll look for you...don't think I can help out with the LS...not sure if the engine config. is the same in both??

About 2 weeks ago I received a letter from Lexus stating there was a recall of the V V T System bolts coming lose on the housing and sprocket of the intake side V V T gear assembly. I was going to wait about a month or so to bring it in so I would hope my local dealer would get a couple of these fixes under their belt before I brought my car in. Then this past Sunday my car after about 10 minutes of driving started to hesitate and the idle at stop got ruff. Shortly after that the Check VSC warning appeared in the middle info. screen and the check engine light started to flash a the yellow explanation point light lite up and also the slip control light. So on Monday, am I brought the car to my dealer and he witnessed my concern first hand. He wrote in his report the customer stated that the cars idle was ruff witch he concurred when he sat in the car to take the mileage of the vehicle and that the check engine light was on. I said to him what about the check VSC warning light that went on…he said that was all related but never put that in the paper work. In the early afternoon he said that they had the parts for the recall so they would be able to take care of that and that my other problem was due to a fowled spark plug that would have to be replaced. He said the car would be ready for pick-up any time after 3:30p. I currently have the platinum extended warranty on the car, which extends the warranty for an additional 2 years and 25k miles past the 4 year 50K manufacture warranty. When I purchased the warranty the person who sold it to me said that in a nut shell that this warranty would extend the original bumper to bumper warranty by 2 years and 25K. That being said when he called to tell me the problem I assumed that everything was covered. Also he didn’t say it would cost anything, would you like to proceed?? When I go to pick the car up that night I’m hit with close to a $300 bill for 1 spark plug. $18 for the part and over $200 in labor for diagnostics and labor plus tax. So I was infuriated at this point. When I got to the service dept. all the advisors had left for the day so the lady there couldn’t really help me and said she won’t take any payment and that someone would call me in the morning. I know what everyone is thinking…spark plugs are a maintenance item and won’t be covered. I totally agree along with breaks, etc. But my though is every part has a specified or non-specified life span. Coolant should last a certain period of time, Tires, brakes, plugs, etc. So if I only get 10% life out of a part, then I feel it is no longer is a maintenance item there is a defect with the part. I get all of that, but here’s the rub…I purchased my car brand new in mid 2009 with 60 miles on it and currently it has only 10k on it. (It’s my weekend car…as you can tell I don’t have that much leisure time on the weekends) My point here is has anyone ever experienced a problem like this at such low mileage?? Are the re-call and this related in anyway…also what about the VSC warning light is there something more to that, that the dealer did not really want to acknowledge?? Any thoughts on any of this would be great.

Anyone know what the transmission maintenance schedule is for a '08 RX 400H??? I looked in the manual and didn't see anything mentioned...did I miss it??? Thanks for your help...

You would have needed to do this before the initial 4 year warranty was up...there might be some after market type companies out there

I have an '08...which is a bullet…I’d disconnect the battery for a bit so the computer memory resets. See if that works

I had squeaking in the dash / window area, and never had my windshield replaced...which seems to be common problem in many 350's

This is covered by Lexus

There is a service bulletin that all dealers are aware of...I had this fixed on my '08 a few months back...they end up changing the clips that hold the dash.

Stevie...great info. not sure why my dealer couldn't tell me this when I asked...that really helps...any thoughts on a 08' RX-400H thanks

Unless I'm missing them in the maintenance manual I don’t see everything I mentioned…any ideas?? Yes…sorry I meant 400H

Maintenance Schedule I recently took my car in for service to my local dealer. I asked if they had a comprehensive list of service intervals for my RX-350H that are not in the owners manual. She said no, that some fluids like the tranny and differential are checked and the fluid color is analyzed by their highly trained technician, and depending on that the decision is made. I was wondering if anybody had that info. I’m particularly looking for tranny service, front and rear differential, brake fluid, power steering, plugs/wires, Anti-freeze and any other high mileage maintenance requirements, besides the obvious oil change.

Maintenance Schedule I recently took my car in for service to my local dealer. I asked if they had a comprehensive list of service intervals for my GS-AWD that are not in the owners manual. She said no, that some fluids like the tranny and differential are checked and the fluid color is analyzed by their highly trained technician, and depending on that the decision is made. I was wondering if anybody had that info. I’m particularly looking for tranny service, front and rear differential, brake fluid, power steering, plugs/wires, Anti-freeze and any other high mileage maintenance requirements, besides the obvious oil change.

Thanks Stevie