The G Man

The ash tray pops up and the lighter is next to it, are you missing both piece?

If it sounds like the grinding you get when you 1st hit the brakes after the car has been outside after a rain storm, then your barkes are slipping. I would say they are glaze up.

Its not the cost, its Lexus being Lexus. Its the same reason they lockout the nav while the car is moving, its the same reason Toyota remote start shuts off the car if you open the door. Its Lexus and Toyota's lawyer's designing car. They want to be the leader in safety and avoid law suit.

20 degree is quite a bit, I would get it done.

Maybe it has to do with the ECU programming, the GX can take advantage of the higher octance and the runner does not. Maybe its all marketing, the GX is rated for more torque but only while using premium. I believe the latter is true, all 4runner, GX, RX can run on 87 ocatnce with no problem. The differnce will be performance, especially when towing.

Whats your question? The ECT changes the shift pattern and some thinks that it changes the gas pedal response as well.

That would be the logical place to look. Before you do that, you may want to confrim that its not the amp that is failing intermittently. You will need special equipment to do that.

The 05 with the VVT-i only recommends premium too, it wasnt til 06 it was required. As far as I know, there is no diff between the 05 and the 06 powertrain. Sometimes I wonder how important is this 91 octane requirement on an engine thats is not what I would consider high compression.

There are a few owner who had their rear height control sensor on GX replaced.

The xenon depot kit comes with the harness already, so all you need is the xtreme kit. As far as which kit is the best, xenon depot use a potted ballast which is waterproof. Philips is the best in my opinion, very bright natural light. It really depends on what you are looking for, brighteness? or cool looking color? The bluer the light, the less light output. Also the GX doesnt need a wire harness if you buy quality ballast that draws less than 10 amps on start up, Philips and McCullon makes these ballast and I dont know who else.

The 04 GX has 25 less horse power than the 05.

I would start by checking all connection on the radio and amp. Maybe a audio shop in your area can do the job.

The headlight washer comes on when the headlight is on and when you wash the windshield, or you can just hit that button in the drop down box. Try cleaning your parking sensor for that other problem.

Sounds like a loose connection, did you modify your car in any way?

How do you know the ampflier works, did you plug another radio into it?

If its a 2008, take it back to the dealer b 4 u make it worst.

Not sure what the lemon laws are in New York, but we get 3 try here in MA for the dealer to fix a problem. Since your problem is safety related, it would apply. I would remind the dealer of the lemon law and start using the word buy back when talk to their service department. Lastly, start a complain case file with Lexus headquarter and start looking for a lemon law lawyer.

I would imagine driving in Omaha is alot diff than driving in the Northeast, and the gas mileage reflects that.

On the 08 GS, the VSC shuts off completely.

I use to get 13 MPG doing mostly city driving.

bdhill390 you been watching too much dukes of hazzard. :)

$2000 more for a GX that is 2 years newer, that should be a no brainer.

Yeah, the 4runner has the same problem. The difference is that Toyota will not fix the problem for the 4runner.

That doesnt sound good, sounds like you need a whole new nav unit and those things are very expensive.

You should ask for the Edmunds retail price.