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Well ... I may stand corrected! Does the 2014 RX350 have the cute little individual tire pressure display like the 2014 IS? I'm thinking that the RX still has only the old style single idiot light.

In my opinion your only recourse is to pull your head unit and see what type of XM setup you. I have no idea if the 2005 Land Cruiser was sat-ready with a port for plugging in an XM tuner or if an interface module was required. Your XM tuner wasn't necessarily installed by a Toyota dealer. Lots of audio stores and indie shops installed sat radio tuners and many people do it themselves since it is a pretty easy project. If it is just a bad tuner, Best Buy currently sells the SXV200 for less than $40. You can do the VIN lookup yourself on the SiriusXM website: https://care.siriusxm.com/vinlookup_view.action ... except that their VIN lookup is not reliable. We currently have two vehicles that we bought new and which came from the factory with 3-month XM trial subscriptions. One VIN is in their database and the other is not.

Yes, your RX has a system that monitors pressure in all four tires. The Toyota/Lexus system only tells you when pressure in a tire is low via a warning light in the instrument cluster and leaves it up to you to figure out which one is low. Your owners manual explains how to reinitialize the system after correcting the pressures or having a flat tire repaired.

newportman, It would have been helpful if you had disclosed the information that you provided in your most recent post. I suggest that you pull your head unit and check to see if the radio ID is documented on a label attached to the XM receiver that plugs into the back of the head unit. It is also possible that your XM receiver is deceased.

Assuming that you have the optional dealer installed XM tuner, instructions for finding the radio ID are on page 153 of the 2005 Toyota Land Cruiser owners manual which can be viewed in the Owners section of the Toyota website. Here is a link to the manual section containing page 153: http://www.toyota.com/t3Portal/document/om/OM60B33U/pdf/1-8_1.pdf If your LC does not have an XM tuner, they are widely available in the aftermarket. A Google search will find many sources or check eBay or Amazon.com. One of the most well known suppliers is www.vaistech.com which can provide all sorts of audio interfaces for Toyota and Lexus vehicles including Bluetooth audio streaming for older vehicles. XM has apparently stopped completely disconnecting sat radio when subscriptions expire. The XM subscriptions in our vehicles expired long ago but we still get the XM demo station. XM audio quality was low in our vehicles and in every other vehicle we have used it in. If I'm not listening to FM or music stored on my phone, I'm streaming from the Internet - mainly from Pandora to which I subscribe, from Slacker, etc. or from one of the 100,000+ radio stations on the free TuneIn radio service.

I was a little confused by your thread title and question. I guess I never considered brakes as being part of a vehicles suspension. Since your thread title is "Q? On The Brakes" ... I looked up the brake parts used on the LS400 from 1990 to 2000 and saw that there were a lot of revisions over the years. For example there were six different front brake disks used over the 11 model years. Some are interchangeable and some are not. Even when they are interchangeable, I doubt that it would be good to mix the components ... e.g. have one type at the right wheel and another at the left wheel.

The formats for USB are stated beginning on page 258 of the 2015 GS navigation manual: http://drivers.lexus.com/t3Portal/document/omnav-s/OM30E39U/pdf/OM30E39U.pdf exFAT is not listed as being acceptable but FAT16 and FAT32 is. Using USB in vehicles made by Toyota and other car makers assumes that the user has basic computer/technical knowledge. If you don't understand formats, folder structures and file types, I suggest that you find some non-automotive personal computing websites and do some reading.

I'm pretty sure that format and folder requirements and limitations are documented in your owners manual. You can search the owners manual for your vehicle in the Owners section of www.lexus.com for a term like "USB" - often easier than consulting a paper copy.

I think the 97 ES foglight bulb is changed through the wheel well after removing a connector or two that holds the front of the fender liner in place - same drill as on the 2000 LS400 I had.

The first thing I would check is the exhaust system since your muffler is at the right rear. How vibrations are transmitted through a vehicle can change between when the transmission is in Drive vs. Park/Neutral. I once had a similar situation that was caused by a loose heat shield on exhaust tube or muffler.

The only water pump I ever had fail was at about 75,000 miles on a 1990 Lexus LS400 that I purchased new and drove to 183,000 miles. Unlike your RX, the water pump on that car was driven by the timing belt so the engine stopped when the water pump seized. I was about a block from my house on a cold winter day when I first smelled coolant. A couple of blocks later the water pump seized and I was able to coast into a convenience store parking lot after the engine stopped. I was lucky in that a few hundred yards later, the city street turned into a rural highway with soft or no shoulders. It was an especially memorable experience since it was during an ice storm and it took a tow truck several hours to get to me. So, yes, water pump failure at a low mileage is unusual but not unheard of. How much will it cost to have your water pump replaced? At least the water pump on your RX is not driven by the timing belt like on earlier Toyota engines. The water pump in your RX is used in other vehicles made by Toyota: Camry, Avalon, Highlander, Venza, RAV4, and Sienna, According to a part number cross reference, the RX is the only Lexus branded vehicle that uses this particular water pump. If you are looking for a lower replacement price, any repair shop that services Toyotas should be able to replace your water pump.

Production of the 1997 LS400 likely ended before June 1997 since production of the 1998 LS400 started around January 1997. There was considerable overlap with LS400 for both model years being built concurrently.

Sorry! I can't remember exactly what steps I followed only seven days ago when I got a new phone and the "no stations" message - a Samsung S5 to replace the S3 I've been using for 2 1/2 years. I checked the similar Entune app on my phone and don't see any configuration actions that have to be performed. I remember going to the Toyota Entune website and checking the settings so you might want to check the similar Lexus Enform website. Even starting over and reinstalling the Entune app on your phone should take only a couple of minutes. I reinstalled and configured 75 apps or so on my new phone last week and it's pretty much a blur on how I did it. It's odd that Enform would just stop working. Have you changed phones or email accounts? Does everything else on Enform work? Pandora is mostly what I listen to when I drive ... very disappointed at the price increase for an annual subscription.

Verify that the Enform app on your phone is running and properly configured. I got the same message last week on Entune in our Prius when I got a new phone.

The Sequoia, RX330 and LS430 are vastly different types vehicles. The LS430 is certainly the most comfortable but will be far more expensive to maintain. An RX330 hatchback would be good for carrying "kid stuff" like strollers, highchairs and toys that you could never squeeze into an LS430. The only Sequoia I have ridden in (too many times!) had a very jiggly ride. The RX ride is certainly better. I thought that the best feature of the Sequoia was that it had three rows of seats even if the third row was tight. Bro-in-law dumped the Sequoia for a Toyota Venza hatchback as soon as his oldest kid moved out. If you are interested in the RX, I suggest you consider a Toyota Highlander FWD V6. It has the same Camry-based drivetrain as the RX, better outward visibility, more cargo space and "usually" costs less than the RX to buy and maintain. The reason I say "usually" is that areas often have a lot of Toyota dealers competing but far fewer Lexus dealers. For example, the metro area where I live has nine Toyota dealers but only one Lexus dealer. Lexus dealers often charge way more for an RX part than the same part costs at Toyota dealers.

My understanding is that the 2014 annual update for your generation 6 navigation system become available in November? Information is at http://www.lexusnavigation.com/ You should be able to enter your VIN at the above website and see a summary of changes that the 2014 update includes for your ES 350.

I can only tell you that an installer named "Brad" at Best Buy in Overland Park, Kansas installed a double DIN Kenwood in the 2000 LS400 I used to have without cutting or splicing a single wire. He used the Nakamichi amplifier and all the Nakamichi speakers worked fine. The Kenwood had a more "precise" digital sound than the Nakamichi head unit and the subwoofer a little less bass but it sounded great ... and I am very particular. Here is a post on Club Lexus about the install: http://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls400/362386-ls400-audio-setup-thread-22.html#post8219167 I'm pretty sure that there is not just one installer in the world who has the knowledge and experience to do what my installer did. The attached diagram is for your Nakamichi system and "should" make it possible for a competent installer to understand how to install an aftermarket head unit while using your Nakamichi amp and all your Nakamichi speakers. My installer spent only a few minutes looking at the diagram before he told me that he was certain that he could do the task. 1998-2000 LS400 Nakamichi audio system diagram.pdf

I suppose you don't want to hear about my sister burning out the transmission in her Audi while towing a U-haul trailer filled with family heirlooms from north central Missouri to Cincinatti. I don't think there are many four door sedans rated to tow. Honda still rates its Accord to tow a maximum of 1,000 pounds. If you want to tow and stay within vehicle manufacturers' recommendations, you are mostly limited to trucks, SUV's, "cross-overs", and vans. The obvious choice if you want to tow and stay with Lexus is an RX350. If you want to stay under the Toyota umbrella and want something more car-like, maybe a high specification Toyota Venza which has a 3,500 pound towing capacity when equipped with the tow prep package. We considered an RX last year after cancelling our order of an Acura MDX SH-AWD (5,000 pounds towing capacity) and finally went with a fully optioned FWD Sienna Limited van which has a 3,500 pound towing limit. We considered only vehicles with HID or LED headlights, adaptive radar cruise control and a collision mitigation system and got all those features on our Sienna by getting the Advanced Technology Package that includes HID, DRCC and the Pre-Collision System. All my primary vehicles since 1978 had been sedans and I was tired of dealing with their cargo (and people) capacity limitations.

This is a tough one. When I was told that towing was not recommended on either my 1990 or 2000 LS400, I could always point to the European specifications that said that the towing limit was 2000 kg (4409 lbs.) with equipped with the tow prep package and 1000 kg without it. The ES is sold in relatively few countries and I doubt that you will find towing specs for the ES anywhere. There is actually a tow prep package for the 3.5 liter Toyota/Lexus V6. My 2014 Sienna has this package which consists of a larger radiator, a different fan and an engine oil cooler. The 3.5 liter V6 in the Sienna comes with a standard transmission oil cooler - don't know if the current ES has one. If it does, it will likely be mounted below the coolent radiator. Without the tow prep package on the Sienna, the towing limit is (I think) 1,000 pounds. I know from Sienna forums that it is wildly expensive to add the engine oil cooler to a Toyota V6 that didn't have one installed at the factory. There is a difference between "not recommended" and "voids the warranty" but it would be good to have something in writing that says it is OK to tow up to a particular limit. I've noticed that towing is no longer sanctioned for a number of Toyota/Lexus vehicles sold in Europe. Just a few years ago in the UK and Europe, Toyota/Lexus dealers sold Lexus branded tow hitches for the IS250/220d and even for the Prius and specifically stated that the vehicles were suitable for hauling jetskis. Last time I checked, towing was mentioned only for Toyota and Lexus SUV's.

All speakers including the tweeters and the subwoofer worked with the Kenwood DDX470 that Best Buy installed using the Nakamichi amp. The bass from the subwoofer was a little less "thumpy" than from the Nakamichi headunit but it was still plenty.

A Best Buy installer replaced the Nakamichi head unit in the 2000 LS400 I sold last year with a double DIN Kenwood. The Kenwood worked great with the Nakamichi amp and all the Nakamichi speakers including the subwoofer. In 2013 the total cost for the Kenwood, installation and all parts needed was $500. I bought the dash kit on Amazon for about $15 and provided it to the installer. The installer hardwired the Kenwood into the car's harnesses using special pin connectors that might have included resisters. Not a single wire was cut and the Nakamichi head unit could have been reinstalled in just a few minutes. Your 98 has exactly the same Nakamichi system as my 2000 so there is no reason it can't be done. The Kenwood has a more "digital" sound than the Nakamichi and not quite as much bass but it still sounded very nice.

If you say so. This link is why I thought it might.... www.team-bhp.com/advice/find-your-cars-date-manufacture-vin Furthermore, since I believe the last digits represent the vehicle in sequential order, there probably is info, somewhere, as to which numbers started and ended for the month. Granted, maybe only Lexus knows. But if members posted VINs and months, we could make approximations ourselves, couldn't we. I'll start, for the benefit of others that might not still have the original door sticker. Mines Dec 1999 The link you posted is nonsense - there are no 19th and 20th position in a VIN containing the month of manufacture since the VIN format used since 1981 is only 17 characters. Prior to that the VIN was usually only 10 characters and it was a free-for-all on what it contained. Well into the 1980's we found that 17 position format VIN's on vehicle placards were sometimes miscoded and could not pass the check digit calculation. We even had vehicle owners send us photos of their VIN placards to prove that their invalid VIN's were what they said they were. You can't depend on taking a 10 or 17 character VIN for an older vehicle to an auto dealer to look up the records for the vehicle to determine how it was originally equipped. Record keeping is often sloppy or non-existent.

I can assure you that a 17 character VIN does not contain the month of manufacture. I retired from 31 years in the insurance industry and know that a VIN often does not contain enough information to charge appropriate policy premiums for a vehicle. Wikipedia has a page that describes the information a VIN contains.

If you are looking for parts and diagrams and not diagnostic instructions, you can find part numbers and diagrams on toyodiy and then google the part number. Toyodiy also has a cross reference where you can determine all the models are part is used on. Only registered users can see the diagrams. http://www.toyodiy.com/