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  1. If you really want to know what is not to like about it: I would like a car that drives without polluting. I do not at all mind if it is powered with a battery as long as it is not made in a factory in China using slaves and where the power to the factory come from burning coal. Of course it should not be a battery that would make the car having a much limited range when temperature get down to zero, or some days below that. It would also be needed that the materials to make the battery can be obtained without destroying the planet searching for the materials. Not to forget that there got to be so much of these materials that there is enough to make batteries enough to convert all cars to electric cars. The materials we use to make batteries now are not available in such quantities and the batteries we have now have very limited time where they are holding charge and when no longer really great very expensive to get the materials the batteries are made of out for reuse. That the batteries should be able to keep the power without losing too much when not used a couple of days just like a gasoline car is also useful. Of course it would not be funny if driving through Europe to visit family I would not be able to charge the battery more or less at same speed as filling gasoline on the one I have now. If I am asking too much maybe a battery powered car is not for me. Or anybody else that would like to leave the planet in as good a condition as we received it so our children will not have to repair all the damages we have made to the planet while we were searching for easy found solutions that are actually not solutions. EV cars, the way they are made now, are not polluting less – yes they are – in the streets of my town, but making the batteries, transporting them, charging them with the very “in no way at all” green power where we live actually make EV cars more polluting than driving a well kept little gasoline car. I sure wish that we could find a material that could make batteries last a long time and not just the 6 – 12 years with steadily losing ability to keep charge. It would also be nice if the battery was light and not hard on the tyres that deteriorate more the heavier the car is. If the new batteries were so light that they could be used in air-planes that would really help reduce pollution as the private cars we talk so much about actually are not a major polluter. Why can politicians not understand that even with all they do now for the environment pollution is not going down but increasing? EV cars the way they are now - are for people not thinking about environment: 60% of the electricity in Spain is made from non-renewable s coal, oil, gas; 35% from nuclear; only 5% from renewable sources; just saw that in the electricity bill today. That the 35% from nuclear are not damaging the climate now could put that figure up to 40%. Still 60% of the energy put in electric cars is dirty and utterly polluting. Worldwide numbers are not even that good. This explain why charging an electric car is not really doing any good for the environment. And when the factories making the batteries to electric cars are not informing from where the energy that is used in the factories come from: mean it could be quite a good deal not green, more grey or even black. Considering above-mentioned numbers driving electric cars pollute between 15 and 60% more than if we continued to use the gasoline cars we are driving in now. Would not need new cars with new batteries, just new oil in the engines now and then. https://www.asoc.org/learn/antarctic-ice-and-rising-sea-levels/ But as it maybe already too late to change the way climate is going now, we can just continue the headless way we are used to: https://abcnews.go.com/International/late-prevent-significant-melting-west-antarctic-ice-shelf/story?id=104144755
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  2. They have been made by Aisin for decades and Japanese producers do not switch suppliers easily at all. Long term relationships are how they run their businesses. I would assume they made them for those too.
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  3. 32 years old, your mechanic is spot on. New belt, water pump and tensioner. You can buy the complete kit, OEM Aisin parts, from Rock Auto for a good price. Your mechanic will charge you about 8 hours for the job. Plugs should be fine, but i would do coolant, oil, filter and brake flush just becuase of the age, unless you know when they were last done. A few treatments with in tank injector cleaners and a then new fuel filter would also be a good idea.
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  4. Thanks Les Lex for your input, When I failed to find any blown fuses, I reported back to third party refurbished hybrid battery installer. They were at a loss and weren't interested in sending their tech back to resolve the issue. They said "go to the dealership" we will stand behind our work. The dealership confirmed (after a $180 diagnostic fee) there is power to the radio and no ground issues. It is indeed dead. Quote from dealer, $2910.00 for a new radio + lcd screen. No refurbished unit in their back stock. So this company is on the hook for $3090.00, if they honor their service. I'm not going to expect them to pay for a brand new radio to replace a ten year old one but I do expect to be reimbursed for the dealer diagnosis fee, the cost of a used unit and installation fee. Jury is still out as I fight that battle. Just a tip for those replacing a broken radio, there is a number below the volume control to left, for me its a 6 digits. This should match replacement unit or risk non compatibility issues.
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  5. We have a 2022 NX350h and from day 1 we've had carplay problems. It pairs about half the time, and reading or sending messages using siri we get a garbled message 'it says, it says it says' over and over again. Can't send or read messages using siri. We've been taking it in to the dealership, first to their IT department, now to the service department. No resolution and we've had the car almost 2 years. Its beyond frustrating. Wish I'd never traded my car to get this new improved one!
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  6. I burn only the highest octane that is available, Usually 91 here. I never use anything else, Nor would I...Not even in my lawn mower 😉
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  7. I recently purchase a GX 2019 with 36k miles on it, I also use costco fuel, is working out ok. I’m averaging 17.8 per gallon suburban City driving. Always on eco mode and shifting to S mode if high rise bridge or road.
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  8. You are right replacing all the studs to fit the spare will cause studs to be too long for the sport wheels.
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  9. My son has a 2000 Lexus rx300. His radio stopped working. He removed the screen and the preset buttons for the radio and cut the ribbon going to the radio and climate controls. Added a aftermarket radio. Now his AC and heat does not work. My question is this. If he buys a whole new assembly. Screen, radio ,climate controls, bezel etc. used off EBay. Can you just plug and play or will there be any programming that has to be done for it to work again.
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  10. Thanks for your thoughts. No he hasn't, and I suspect that they are not worn out....although the problem with my struts is leakage and therefore they "bottom" out over humps and bumps. Research via Google suggests the complete assembly, but a case can be made either way. Once again, I thank you for your reply.
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  11. It says above. It needs to be in the ready mode. I don’t know why you don’t get it?
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  12. Issue seems to have been resolved by my dealership. Thanks
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  13. If latest info from BMW, Honda, Mercedes, Toyota (alphabetically mentioned) are correct I may still have a chance to get a hydrogen car, combustion or fuel cell, as long as I do not have to be in a battery powered car it is fine with me. Toyota will change automotive forever: its hydrogen combustion engine will retire EVs: by La Grada - 02/26/2024 14:00 Mercedes has realized the fraud of EVs. That is why they are once again betting on combustion cars Pininfarina Enigma GT debuts at Geneva Motor Show with hydrogen powered V6 Honda Reveals 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV BMW and Mercedes are in talk about finding a way to get hydrogen rolled out in the EU and if they can get Honda, KIA and Toyota on the wagon there may be money enough to get governments interested in helping and it could possibly happen. Supposedly Honda would want to get markedshare and they have 1 car ready and 1 more is to be ready for sale in 2027 so they could be interested in participating and Toyota was very slow to start EV cars for reasons they have not informed, but selling cars that have a limited possible lifespan was not what Toyota has been doing so far. I know I shall not believe all I read - and I do not - but Mercedes has publicly informed that they will continue gasoline car production after 2030 and their market-share immediately went 6% up.
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  14. Yes the Toyota dealer has the daig tool as lexus they use tech stream I like the software it only works on Toyota or lexus my subscription for that cost me about 2,000 a year but worth it and is the only way to get the latest ECM updates
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  15. No I used same diameter line the barb fitting is what will go into the other component the pictures will help out a great deal of. The understanding of it I have a master cylinder to change in a few days so I may go though the drain process as well
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  16. I have a NX350H with same problem. Very frustrating. I have to put the car in Park, stop the engine and open and close the door. Then restart the car. That seems to work most of the time. .
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  17. The key is in the owner's manual wording. Is 91 octane fuel recommended or required? If it is required, you should not use anything else. If a safeguard like a knock sensor malfunctions, the result could be engine damage. Costco has good fuel prices for premium. That's what I use in two of my cars that require that grade.
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  18. Sorry. Can't open that image format.
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  19. I just did an install of a Metra kit on an RX300. This has the capability to include backup camera, navigation, and of course the climate control is also included. The deftails are in this video. We went with Metra because it is a known name in this space - not some AliBaba special. They produce similar kits for other Lexus vehicles with similar setup of climate control/navigation/stereo.
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  20. PIONEERSUBY was last active on this forum on Aug 24 2014 so I doubt that he will see your request. I doubt that an OEM navigation system from 2002 would be desirable since annual map updates for the generation 2/3 system were discontinued in 2013. IMO, a portable GPS unit like a Garmin provides better navigation and Bluetooth hands free phone that even the newest Toyota/Lexus systems. If you really want an in-dash nav, aftermarket is the way to go but it will cost far more than a portable Garmin.
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  21. Does the car have nav? I'd assume no, because i'm pretty sure the back-up cam comes with nav.
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  22. There hasn't been a post on this for a while so I thought I would add my story and solution in hopes someone can learn from my experience. I had the same problem with the idle. Car would not start unless I gave it gas and would die when I let off the accelerator. This is classic Idle control valve behavior. So I looked at AllData and the procedure is to remove the throttle body...I didn't want to go through all that so I looked for another way. Bottom line is that you really do need to remove the Throttle Body to do it right. The IACV is NOT just the black part pictured above...that is just the step motor. The valve is the assembly underneath and has 4 VERY tight screws. I had a hard time removeing them, even with the TB off the car. Removal of the TB is not for the not so mechanicaly inclined...there are difficult nuts and bolts to reach, hoses to remove (including coolant hoses) and the bolt on the back side (12mm) attaches a bracket and is very hard to reach. The coolant hoses need to be plugged while you have the TB out of the car. Make sure you take a very good look at how the hoses are attached...it is possible to attach a coolant hose to an air port if you are not careful. Once the TB is off, flip it over on a bench and remove the 4 screws that attach it to the TB. Be careful, there is a rubber/silicone gasket that is somewhat difficult to get back into the recesses when you reassemble. In the valve housing, you will see the actual valve. It rotates to open and close, metering the hole size, allowing air to bypass the butter-fly valves in the TB. Tha is how it controls the idle. Spray with carb cleaner until it is clean and the valve rotates freely. There is some freeplay between the valve shaft and the magnetized head. I was concerned that this was an indication of failure, but when reassembled, it worked fine. Give the opening in the TB a good cleaning. You may as well clean out all the ports where vacume hoses attach. Re assemble the TB. When placing the TB back in the car, slip the TB over the intalke manifold studs (you should use a new gasket but i couldn't get one over the Memorial Day weekend) and just start the nuts on the studs. Then try to start the bracket bolt (back side of TB). This was a little difficult...you have to do it by feel and it is very tight for your 12mm wrench. Once started, snug tighten. Then back to the intake manifold studs, snug fit first then tighten them to 14 ft-lbs or 200 kg-cm. I would attach the coolant hoses next, starting with the one on the bottom rear. After that, everthing is reverse order. One last gotcha...it is possible to incorrectly reinstall the black motor back to the valve housing. Make sure the electrical connector is at the bottom of the assembly. It is a pain to install everything in order to test the car...If you do not re-attach the Mass Air Flow sensor on the filter housing, the car will start and idle...but you will get a check engine light and it will sputter on reving the engine. This is kind of long, but I spent 4 1/2 hrs today fixing this and wish I had known what I know now...I would still do the job, but it would have been better knowing what I was getting into. :D
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