Melnod

Anyone know how to increase the volume of the turn signal? I have a 2007 IS250 and sometimes I leave the turn signal on but don't hear it. So it stays on for a while until I see it (no the stereo is not blasting away). Is there something I can do or is this one for the dealer to do? Thanks

My tech guy says you need to change the speedo/odometer too. But it affects your warrante (ie voids it in my case because I can't prove the actual milage). I bought my car in the US and I'm in Canada now. Also it's not cheap, so I'm living with it.

I drive an '07 IS AWD. I bought steel rims without TPM's with winter tires. There was only one snow fall worth mentioning last year in TOronto. The car handled great. But the tire warning light does come on almost right away. The light stays on until the spring when you put your summers back on. I was able to reset the warning light indicator myself after I filled my summer tires to the proper pressure. I didn't care that the warning light was on for the four winter months but it drove my wife nuts. And anyone else sitting in the passenger seat would comment "hey you have a warning light on"! So...I bought a new set of rims and TPM's this summer. The Toyota dealer completed the initialization for these new wheels for about $50 (I think is $75 at the Lexus dealer). The TPM's were about $100 each. Like my wife says, "you paid $40k for the car. You certainly can pay another $400 to not have a warning light on 33% of the time). Good luck.

Can you share how to enter the cheat and operate the GPS while driving? Is it difficult to do? Thanks

I need new summer tires this year too, sounds like a good idea using a higher side wall. I put snow tires with steel rims on my car this year for winter safety. I kept on sliding or get stuck in my old car. I was worried about my kids in the back seat although they enjoyed the ride. As you know there was no snow in Toronto this year so I really didn't get a chance to test them out. But I did hit some big pot holes and my wife did hit several curbs!!! No issues. My winters are on 16" rims, to the side wall is quite large. It saved my nice refirbished summer rims too. This is another option.

I hear ya. I hit the curb trying to get out of that parking lot. The service mgr. says no one is 100% sure why the bubbling occurs. Some rims get it worse than others. His theory is salt makes it worse. By-the-way, thanks for the tip on this place. Service is top notch. (my kids loved screaming and running around the show room testing all the cars too)

I just picked up my rims yesterday after the refurb (dealer put on my winter wheels while they fixed my summer rims). They look new!! The sevice manager says they should be good now however if I have any more ssues with bubbling to give him a call. There was no charge. I'm happy!!

I can't believe this. I just noticed this happening to my car too The difficulty is that when I notice the issue, it's at night (that's when my lights come on). At that point the dealers are closed. This has only happened once in the past month but I'm getting the same symptoms. My car is going in for some other work and I'll ask them to check it. Good to know the solution may be as easy as a bulb change. I just got back from the dealer. I have a seal or gasket that needs replacing. When it rains, a little water is getting in causing my bulb to go out intermittantly. There is visable condensation in the housing too. They said this is a problem they have experienced with the HID lights. The are fixing and drying everything up inside the housing. All covered under warrantee. Not only did they replace the seal and dry things up, they replaced the bulb. He says that the bulb gets so hot even the oil from your fingers will reduce the life of the bulb. So with all the condensation, they believed the life of the bulb would have been shortened considerably. All under warrantee. He suggests if I ever have to replace a bulb (even halogen), use a paper towel and don't touch the bulb with my fingers.

I can't believe this. I just noticed this happening to my car too The difficulty is that when I notice the issue, it's at night (that's when my lights come on). At that point the dealers are closed. This has only happened once in the past month but I'm getting the same symptoms. My car is going in for some other work and I'll ask them to check it. Good to know the solution may be as easy as a bulb change. I just got back from the dealer. I have a seal or gasket that needs replacing. When it rains, a little water is getting in causing my bulb to go out intermittantly. There is visable condensation in the housing too. They said this is a problem they have experienced with the HID lights. The are fixing and drying everything up inside the housing. All covered under warrantee.

I can't believe this. I just noticed this happening to my car too The difficulty is that when I notice the issue, it's at night (that's when my lights come on). At that point the dealers are closed. This has only happened once in the past month but I'm getting the same symptoms. My car is going in for some other work and I'll ask them to check it. Good to know the solution may be as easy as a bulb change.

You were bang on... Lexus on the Park has my service on-going. I don't care how out of the way he is. Thanks for the tip.

An update on this.....I can't believe the variability in responses from dealer to dealer. Dealer 1 - scuffs on the passenger side wheels caused the bubbling so they are not covered. However the two on the driver side is covered. I said that makes no sense. They're all bubbling Dealer 2 - It's the salt in Canada. There was an issue where some of the wheels were not coated with a special protectant before painting the rims. These cars go to the south US where there is no snow. Somehow I got as set of those rims. He can refurbish and will charge me his "cost" price. $250 wheel. New rims are $1100 each so he says he's doing this for me because of goodwill. Dealer 3 - These guys are awesome. "He can't comment on the special coating, news to him". Regardles the salt is making the wheels bubble. He asks me "If it's ok with me he would like to fix them for me. These wheels are under warrantee and this should not happen". I have an appointment for next week where he will remove my summer rims and put on my winter rims. He'll recondition the summers back as good as new, all under wantantee. He also says there are two other warrantee items he will fix for me that day too. Very politely, "If you're in agreement with this"? Dealer 3 has my service for ever.... It's worth it to call around to get a quote from other dealers.

I was thinking about the 205/55R16 but the guy at Lexus told me if I do that then I won't have the TPM's, else I have to get the whole set from Lexus for over $2000. So I decided to stick with my current stock rims so the TPM's won't be affected or taken out. That sounds a little steep. However the dealer does need to take his mark up. I was given a rough estimate of an additional $125 per tire to install TPMs for the new rims. I chose not to get them. I also wanted more flexibility changing the wheels out by myself if required. There is some slight risk to the rims and tires every spring and fall when you re-mount your tires too.

I'm going bring my car into Erin Mills Lexus (in Toronto area too) and see what they say. This will give me an idea what the service is like. Otherwise I'mm off to Lexus on the Park in Toronto too.

I have ordered/received tires from TireRack in the U.S. in the past and they were reliable. I read that you want to keep your 17" rims because of the TPM's. But read the discussion regarding the bubbling on the rims. It sounds like Toronto is using a lot of salt causing the bubbling. I also have this bubbling issue so I went with both winter tires and steel rims for this winter. Something to seriously consider. I ended up getting four steel 16" rims with winter tires for just over $720 plus taxes. No TPM system on the tires though. The tire size is quite popular so there were several tire manufacutures to choose from.