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You still dont get do you, well you seem like your entitled to say whatever you want on here, without sounding like a jerk, because you post so often!... well congratulations, you win. he was absolutely right in calling you out, your a very rude jerk. DONT post anymore if your not interested. its not an excuse for you to act entitled and almighty because you post 6 times a day! Yes unplugging battery will rest the range, wow we couldn't have figured that one out on our own!! And just maybe, someone ALREADY did that, but you wouldn't know that. So keep running your mouth almighty one.

you might want to read my response again. Througout this entire topic, ive asked what others ranges were, and was very grateful for the feedback. My problem(once again stated above) seems to be more than just a fuel range computer being off, but getting bad mileage, which Id like the dealer themselves to look at. And, once again as I stated above, i have an EXTENDED WARRANTY through lexus, which covers such a thing. I didn't pay this extra money to simply disconnect the battery. My service advisor had mentioned he has a guide that provides him guidelines for whats considered defective and not. So i'm going to let the man do his job. So no need for you to post such a foolish comment like that. Clearly, you dont know everything related to my car. But once again, I do appreciate everyones input regarding my car.

I put brand new Michelin Destinys on both of my Es300's. (97 &2002) 97 is 15inch....2002 is 215-60-16 They have been excellent, quiet, and so far great in the snow, vast vast improvement over bridgestone potenza. I was debating between goodyear triple tread, about same price, and were ranked #1 by consumer reports I believe, but the tireplace(manager i've known for 10+years.....was adamant those tries aren't lasting the full mileage, but the desintys were easily going the full 85k miles they are stated for, if not more) his advice might not be scientific, but the man has been in the business his whole life, and has always taken care of my car tires. I believe the destinys 16inch go for about $117 a tire, and costed me about $550 otd, with 4yr warranty too.

i drove from Michigan to atlanta and back in the past week. didn't change a darn bit. I wouldn't foolishly go pay the dealer $200 simply because my fuel range is not accurate, it seems to be a deeper issue causing this car to have such poor mileage. And I do have a Lexus Platinum extended warranty and it covers that....verified by dealer......so a checkup at no cost to me. but thanks for your input.

I did the whole highway driving.....resetting.....drive on highway only. the range went from around 225 to 235. The dealer is going to look at it on thursday(i have extended lexus warranty....it covers that) and I will also ask about unplugging battery. I might even have them put in a new one while they are at it.

hey guys. I reset all the avg mpg's...mpg...etc on the car computer. I filled it up again this morning to full tank, but just for testing purposes I filled it till the pump clicked. I drove on the highway for 78 miles....at exactly 72mph. The overall average came in at 19.7....at FULL tank, range showed me 225miles. BEFORe i reset it, the avg showed 20.2, but it was all highway miles, literally not even a minute on city. I literally only got just about 240miles for the entire tank. It doesn't make sense. I'm not expecting "nasa grade precision" but something is off here. I made an appointment for next week, and see what they can come up with. Because if I used the computers previous overall average of (20.2) all highway, and I only got 240 miles(i checked odomoter myself...the range also showed same amount) if at 20.2avg * (for arguments sake...15gallons)......i should yield 303 miles at the minimum. I'm short 60miles right there.....but how can a pristine sedan, with ONLY 47k miles, not a single service skipped(car was babied) be yielding such poor gas mileage.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/19/T..._California.htm guys check that out, 02-03 Lexus Es300 is now part of the lawsuit. I actually got reall curious, I almost thought it was going to be about the 02 transmission issues, was getting my hopes up, because i'm and tired of the damn car revving up so high while slowing down, and then pushing accerelator. (I got it reflshed over 5weeks ago too, to see if it would help.....ABSOLUTELY NOT...it regressed).

Hey guys, thanks all for the replys. I actually just filled the tank again today, and its show 226 miles range?!! this is getting kinda ridiculous. Clearly it is not a TRUE range, kinda lame on lexus part. Im going to have dealer look at it, I have extended warranty, maybe they'll reflash it or replace it. now to convince them not to charge a "diagnostic fee".

I have the Interstate MT-35 ...its the megatron 85 month warranty. It was put in december 2006, and had it inspected few days ago, i got CC of around 610. So it seems the battery is holding up well. Just make sure the 24 model is 85month, i was pretty sure only the megatron was 85months pro-rated. btw...i asked the battery place, if i were to have it replaced(prorated), it would cost me 55 for a new battery plus install. THey are selling new battery for about 100. I too have an 02 model.

yeah mines NEVER crosed 300. im seeing an avg of around 22.5. Even when i resfresh on highway at 70mph, ive never seen it cross 24.1 Id appreciate everyones feedback.

Hey guys, ive searched here, but can't seem to find an answer. I have a 2002 Es300 that I recently bought pre-owned. It has 47k miles on it. I just noticed even when the car is at FULL for gas, my FUEL RANGE is showing only around 255miles. So i looked up online, and it says the car has an 18.5 gallon tank. Its rated for 27highway, and the numbers aren't adding up. The range doesn't adjust whether i'm driving highway or local and wondering is this something wrong with my car? I paid the lexus dealer to inspect it for engine sludge last week, they said it was super clean. But i'm stumped, and asking you guys for your help. Are others with the 02-06 model range, only getting 255(ballpark range) on a full tank of gas on the computer readout? Because i'm somewhat worried about this. Thanks for your replys in advance.