pgeraghty

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I just purchased a 2013 450h with 100k miles - we love it. I previously (and still do) owned a 2006 RX350 -185k miles and running strong, it's been a great car! I wanted to get something newer and a hybrid if possible and found this one - it's in excellent shape and love the color (dark red)! 1. I have worked on my own cars for years - but am a total newbie when it comes to the hybrid part. I've been reading the manual and online posts on hybrid/ev related items. So when we got the car home and put it in the garage, I heard this noise - like a whirring sound, coming from the front when I take it out of Park and put in Reverse/backup - I think it only makes this noise after the motor has shut off when it is still in Park and I back it up. I was told this is a normal sound when going in reverse but why don't I always hear it whenever I am backing up, instead of only some of the times? 2. There is a button to enable "EV" . Whenever I try it, I get a message "EV unavailable" . Is this normal and what is the purpose of the button? These are probably simple things, but being an EV newbie, I appreciate any thoughts/comments! Pat

I replaced the strut in the driver side rear - fit in fine. When I tried to install the rear passenger side is when I ran it the mount alignment issue. The strut is supposed my AWD Lexus. I also tried to reinstall the old one and it doesn't want to align either. I'm going to loosen/unbolt the front tie rod to see if that will allow me to rotate the axle assembly a bit - will get a rear alignment after this is done! Patrick

I am replacing the rear struts on my RX330 AWD. It seemed like a straightforward project and the left rear strut went in with no problems. I then remove the right rear strut without any issues, but when I tried to install the new one the lower strut mount did not align with the rear axle assembly mount (see pictures). The old strut came out without any force, not sure why the new one is not lining up with the rear axle mount. I laid out the old and new struts side by side and the mounts/location seem to be close to the same. I tried using force (no luck yet), but is there something that I can loosen or adjust to line this up? Patrick Geraghty 2006 Lexus RX330