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  1. VBdenny
    I use K&N oil and air filters in all of my vehicles. Excellent choice.
  2. VBdenny
    Disconnect the negative terminal and check voltage across connection. At least you'll know if you have a draw.
  3. VBdenny
    Engine will be fine if the timing belt gives up the ghost. 4L is non-interference so no annoying valve lash.
  4. VBdenny
    touche'
  5. VBdenny
    I'll call that a good. Working around parts is frustrating.
  6. VBdenny
    The K&N filter is an excellent suggestion. I have them in all my vehicles. Not sure the slow and easy method saves much gas. I usually floor it off a light and still get about the same. With gasoline dropping into the $1.80's a gallon, who really cares? I'm burning as much as I can while it's cheap.
  7. VBdenny
    I buy all my batteries at Costco as well. In the past they sold the Optima batteries but no longer. Just as a point of interest, I installed an Optima Red Top battery in my Nissan pickup 9 1/2 years ago and it still works great. On around town vehicles, I wait until they are dead. On out of town cars and road cars, I replace when they get 4 years old. Waiting to see how long the Red Top will go. Any car I plan to keep long term will get a Red Top because they last 10 years. On cars that I probably won't keep long term, I've had great luck with Costco batteries. I believe they sell Interstate now.
  8. VBdenny
    exactly. I have friends with BMW and Audi cars. Around 80K big stuff breaks like rear wheel bearings that have to be cut out and expensive parts. Not to say the Japanese are smarter than the Germans since we did beat both of them but the Japanese figured out how to make cars that will run forever with pretty basic maintenance and care. Your Lexus has a great suspension that is barely broken in. I'd suggest maybe a more aggressive tire? My friend who is a BMW mechanic for decades drives a Toyota. when I asked him why, he said, "I hate working on my own cars." Ahhh
  9. VBdenny
    Tires make more difference in vehicle ride than any other thing. With the shift to lower profile tires, there is very little sidewall to absorb shocks. Drove my IS and then my ES yesterday. The ES seems like a floating boat now, I replace the factory tires on the RAV4 after 15,000 miles due to a tire incident. Now it rides so much better. Not sure why by the factory tires seems really hard and delivered a much harsher ride. Now, well very smooth Goodyear Assurance tires.
  10. VBdenny
    I second that. Put them on my wife's RAV4 and the are beautiful driving tires.
  11. VBdenny
    Tire pressure indicated on sticker inside jam of driver's door. My IS250 uses 38PSI cold
  12. VBdenny
    Oh yeah, just out of curiosity, did you have German cars prior? By 100,000 miles you are deep into your wallet with them.
  13. VBdenny
    The suspension on your car should last a lot longer than you think. The suspensions will go the life of the car unless there is some damage or excessive wear. The 1990 LS400 I had which I sold to my neighbor has well over 200,000 miles and has all original suspension and drives great. May I suggest the old rule, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Denny
  14. VBdenny
    Amazing how a battery can cause so many weird problems. Glad you got it all squared up. Denny
  15. VBdenny
    I did mean the SC page, sorry.
  16. VBdenny
    Hey Brandon, sorry to hear about your electrical issues. Since you checked fuses, I'll take a wild stab at what could be the problem. When I had my LS400, once I had horrible electrical issues so I found this website. Someone suggested checking the wire bundle in the trunk hinge. I did and one wire was broken another almost. The hardest part was unwrapping all the tape to get at the wires. Not sure if they used short wires in the SC like they did in the LS but something to explore. Another idea conjured up by your symptoms is a loose block connector. All vehicles use these things to pass electrical connections through things. I'm moving this to the Lexus LS400 page where the most people will view. Denny
  17. VBdenny
    By the way Juan, welcome to the Lexus Owners Club. Nice to have new members. your bolt goes back to "if it doesn't go, get a bigger hammers" theory Denny
  18. VBdenny
    Use a 6 point IMPACT socket and either use a breaker bar or slide a pipe over a ratchet and lefty lossie it good. Seen people break bolts doing righty loosie.
  19. VBdenny
    Tough call with a hybrid I think. As much as it may pain you you'll probably have to take it to Toyota to get repaired. While it sounds like an ignition switch, could be anything. That puppy is packed with all kinds of sensors.
  20. VBdenny
    I've had other locks (not in cars) do exactly the same thing. Kind of freaks you out because it's like your locks were changed. Of course in the past before remote keys, I remember door locks frozen solid in the winter and using a lighter to try to heat the key. In lieu of your problems sure am glad to have to START button.
  21. VBdenny
    Yeah, I have to agree with Damon,
  22. VBdenny
    Maybe if they ran it as a WORST CAR AFTER 5 YEARS instead the results might be very different.
  23. VBdenny
    Other than fixing the doors, you might have all the fluids changed, brake pads checked and maybe some new wiper blades. Timing belt should have already been changed but if not, change that and the water pump. Probably cost you less than a few months car payments on a new one. Your car should easily last to 250,000 miles if taken reasonable care. You can check your cars registered services with the VIN. Lexus.com
  24. VBdenny
    I keep my car in the garage so I certainly don't want remote start. That would be dangerous if you started it by accident.
  25. VBdenny
    How about the brake lights? If one of them is out, indicator on. You might need a pedal pusher or mirror to check. I used department store windows where I can back in to check brake and reverse lights.
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