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On 6/10/2016 at 10:35 PM, DonDille said:
Hey james did you enjoyed germany ?
My is 350 is now runnin without problems.The last diagnostic report after 900 miles is positive. No errors no updates and now i need 1 liter less gas then befor now it runs with 10,7 litera in 100km.
Glad to hear the car is now running OK. Any luck getting your money back?
Germany was fun - lots of driving though. More than 1500 miles (2400 km) in 6 days. Pretty much drove the full length of the A2 - that's a long bit of autobahn.
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24 minutes ago, DonDille said:
Yes i got it washed ;-) and a free coke and a coffee. This lexus dealer is very very good. And all normal parts are cheap.a new programmed key for example just for 200 euro.
I live near the air base in Ramstein, Kaiserslautern. Far away from Berlin. 8 hours in the car, sorry to far away for a visit, or you come down and we do dominican barbeque with my family
Yeah that's a bit of trek from Hanover or Berlin, but thanks for the kind offer though!
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10 hours ago, DonDille said:
No still the canadian navigation. But i dont care about that. Germany is small. Where are you going down in germany ?
I'm visiting a friend who lives in a town on the outskirts of Hanover, and we're also probably going to drive over to Berlin for a day too. Where are you in Germany?
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On 5/20/2016 at 5:36 PM, DonDille said:
So now 1 positive news i will get the car back repaired on wednesday. I have ro pay 9000 euro for all. Then i have to go to the court soon to get my money back from the bad dealer. No good story til now with my is 350
That's crazy money. At least you have the car back now though. Do you finally have a working German/European navigation unit too or still not?
By the way, I'm driving over to Germany on Friday!
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I've also tried the Meguiars Plast X and that worked for me on another car I have
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Wow that's expensive. Is that just the cost of the unit plus labour? Hope you manage to get it for nothing!
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Yes I know what you mean. Let us know how you get on - I hope you get it sorted!
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On 4/20/2016 at 1:18 PM, Perfectionist said:
Thanks jamesm182; car has been serviced by a Lexus dealer all of its life so I am confident the mileage will be a non-factor in future reliability.
That's good, you still have to think about certain parts that may eventually fail at certain mileages - it is a Lexus though so should be pretty good!
Sounds like a nice car though!
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Higher mileage isn't always an issue, providing the car has been well looked after with a comprehensive service history.
That being said, I usually don't like buying cars with too many miles, especially if I will put quite a few on it. Think about how many miles it will have come sale time and how easy it will be to sell on.
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I would get the check engine light/speed sensor sorted first to see if that cures it.
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I guess the navigation system was one of the risks buying an imported car - that being said you wouldn't expect the whole system to die completely like this. Hopefully it won't put you off another Lexus - maybe an import though as the lack of warranty is clearly frustrating!
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6 hours ago, Simplify123 said:
You obviously do not have the latest Lexus crap technology . My 2015 uses a mouse pad. They took away the wheel that lets you click through and now with your finger you have a tiny dot you need to maneuver to th perfect spot on the screen and then double click . There is no easy way to navigate with this system.
Lexus don't yet seem to have made their mind up as to which their preferred system is. They still appear to be producing some models with the touch pad mouse and some models with the physical mouse. Neither are the most user friendly in the world if I'm being honest.
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That would have been handy to have the card that came with the car - what happened to that?
900 dollars seem a lot for the SD card.
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David, perhaps see if they will let you listen to another one at your local dealership to see if it sounds any different? This might help you to figure out if there is a problem with your system.
I have the ML system (14 speaker) in my IS250 and personally I find the sound excellent, though as Paul says it is all down to personal opinion. I haven't heard an ML system in the LS460 but I'd imagine it to be a bit better than mine if anything!
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Hi Paul, sounds like a defective cluster to me - may be worth giving someone like these guys a try:
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Hi Walter,
I believe all LS400 wheels will fit but not 100% sure - perhaps someone else could clarify?
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Martin, pretty sure you don't need a whole new unit.
This problem used to happen to the old 2nd gen IS models too. The fix was usually to insert the original mapping disc that came with the car and reloaded the software on, or at the very least a new disc.
I suspect it's the SD card that's the problem and not the unit.
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16 hours ago, pj8708 said:
OK,.....As I'm thinking about the correct answer, I started thinking about some of the other Lexus designations. For example, I know that the "S" in LS,ES means sedan. That's not to hard to find in the Lexus website. But, what the heck does "NX" stand for?
Paul
According to Wikipedia it stands for "Nimble Crossover"
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I watched this video the other day which was quite interesting and even went as far as lacquering the headlights to stop it happening again:
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Going to need a bit more to go on than that?
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On 3/11/2016 at 6:11 PM, Exhaustgases said:
jamesm182, thank you I wasn't even thinking transmission loading it. If the torque converter clutch was stuck on for some reason as soon as you put it in gear it would load it down and stop it. Good thought you had. It would kind of jerk after the shift into gear before stopping the engine. I wish people would report back, and not just post a problem and never show up again.
Definitely, I always like to hear if a problem has been sorted and what it turned out to be.
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Do you have a 6 or 8 speed transmission, and do you have paddles?
Section 2 of the user manual describes how everything works:
http://drivers.lexus.com/t3Portal/document/om-s/OM48D65U/pdf/OM48D65U.pdf
From what I can see, when you are in manual mode you are in fact selecting the "highest gear restriction" e.g. if you have gear 4 selected then the car is able to use gears 1 to 4 so it's not fully manual. This therefore means if you pull up at the lights in 4th, the car will still be able to use gears 1 - 4 and will accelerate away normally.
Hope this makes sense.
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Radical coupe I believe?
Lexus Is 350 awd in Germany
in Lexus IS 250 / IS Turbo / IS300 / IS350 / F Sport Club
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Fingers crossed you get it back.
The IS250 did very well on fuel too - returning around 7 litres per 100km or just under. I also managed to bring pack a nice selection of currywurst in a cool box so they are now in my freezer ready for a BBQ over summer :)