I have a 2003 RX 300, which I have owned for six months with no signs of any problems so far.
BUT.. a couple of days ago the car suddenly started beeping at me and shuddered (but no warning lights came on) ... so pulled over, randomly looked around it, couldn't find anything obvious and so carried on driving (albeit slowly!) and all seemed fine.
Today, on a ten minute trip it beeped again at me several times which is making me paranoid about even driving it again. Again, no warning lights came on. Car may have been loosing power a bit, but difficult to tell as I was driving up an extremely steep road at the time (one I drive up every day with no problems though).
I phoned the Lexus garage to ask their advice.. and have now got it booked with them on Monday. I am not sure a vague Brit waffling about random beeping sounds and asking for advice about if it was safe to drive was going to get any response other than "bring it in".
But.. my main question is: I live in a canyon (think steep hills, hairpin bends, rather large drops off the edges of roads, few areas to pull over if there's a problem and everyone driving just that bit too fast) - is it actually safe to drive it to the garage in the first place?
Oh - and any idea what the hell it might be?
The only thing I can see is that the tire pressure may be a bit low on the rear driver's side but nothing major. I assume that the beeping / shuddering is trying to tell me something - but have no idea what!
Any help gratefully received. I love my car. But nervous drivers on canyon roads is never a good thing!
Thanks