clay1

Ditto on all the above. Especially the Black Color. I have a Black Shapphire Pearl (blue/black) and I consider myself lucky it's not black and I am happy I put the clear bra on day one. All Lexus paint is soft and I hear that Black is the worst to maintain. The worse bunch of scratches I got on the car was on a hand wash at the dealer! If you must go to a car wash - must be touch free. Don't let anyone touch your car. A regular brush car wash on a dirty black lexus will destroy the finish.

Check the area between the dashboard above the tach and the plastic right above the tach. Do this by squeezing that area between your thumb and forefinger. There are two small screws that attach the plastic below to the dash above (press together at those points) - every IS I have ever driven has a small squeek from that area. If it is that, dealer needs to put felt tape in that area.

I understand your pain. Drive it for a few years and trade it in for a 350 AWD. By the way the commercial is a 350 Rear Wheel Drive F Sport Version. How do I know? The color shown is not available on the AWD model (unfortunately since Sonic Blue is now my favorite color) and the AWD sits "higher" (that's what I meant to say) (the space between the tire and the wheel well is about 1 to 2" higher) so the car look alot nicer especially with the 18" wheels on Rear wheel drive models.

Big fan of my IS, I am in it 4 - 5 hours a day. BUT the lumbar support in the seats are crap. I resisted doing anything about it, until my back got worse and worse. Go this from relax the back store: http://www.relaxtheback.com/travel/back-cushions/keri-lumbar-cushion.html Problem is solved.

took hours of driving around... then it went out...drove the the dealer..they say 100% was the bulb

Been other threads on this but no resolution addressed. HID light goes out occasionally, but of course not at dealership. Has anyone resolved this... seems like a few people have the problem...how did it get resolved? Bulb, Ballast, both?

I have an 07. Although the campaign was for earlier models, dealers will replace the pads because there has been no change in the manufacturing of the car. I can tell you that I got my pads replaced with " non-squeak" pads at 20K, and continued to live with the dust, When I got new pads at about 60K, I opted for the low dust pads. I see no difference in performance, no squeaking and my wheels stay pretty much dust free for about 300 or more miles compared to 50 before. I used to clean the wheels literally every other day since I drive 500 miles a week and it was a pain. By an large all the issues on the earlier models, except for perhaps some safety issues like fuel rail replacement, remain in the new vehicles.

First, don't panic. Secondly if you have a good dealer it will not be a problem. I have found that even after my warranty was up if something was rattling around or buzzing they would fix it at no charge. I have had my IS for 3 years and there is always some noise we were chasing down. But regarding your noise. It is in EVERY Lexus IS I have ever driven SAME SPOT (I get a lot of new loaners) If you squeeze between you thumb and forefinger in the spot you are talking about it makes a squeaking foam noise. When I got into an 2010 the other day that was the first thing I did to see if they fixed the issue and it still is being manufactured in the same manner. They need to take the Dash apart and put some felt tape in there. What I did was pin point the noise and mark the spots with blue painter tape (doesn't leave any residue). the tech was like... thanks you just made my job easier... Also while the dash is out have them install the "noise kit" (basically clips and foam tape, they know what it is), which will help control the noise that you will soon be getting from the center stack!

Yeah! Finally. I assume though that the IS 350 AWD model will sit up a bit higher like the 250 AWD and to get the nicer look (between rubber and wheel well) you need to use the F Sport Springs?

Bring the car in with an Empty Tank. According to my dealer at least, LEXUS is going to fill the tank with Premium, on the house...

They stopped making the IS300 in 2005 in the US. So maybe the 2007 IS250 is named IS300 in Dubai? Nevertheless, in the U.S. as far as I know you can't get the bluetooth option without the NAV, I have the 2007 IS 250 with NAV

My Is has the fin, but another car I had had the windshield box (Which I think looks like an aftermarket band aid approach. But signal loss I find can happen with either system particularly in heavily wooded and mountain terrain.

Careful driving on that tire. You can get the tire for US$149 from Tirerack.com. And they will ship to a shop for you to get it mounted.

They replaced one of my tires with Bridgestone, and I asked if it was a problem, they said no...then the next time I had a tire problem they said I couldn't mix tire brands. So I was like.. hey you guys mixed the tire brands the last time. A that point, I had one tire with 58K which needed to be replaced (original tire!) and one with 38K, one with 30K and the new Bridgestone with 8K. I knew you shouldn't mix mileage left and right, and brands left and right... I was like guy...s this is a mess, and you had replaced each tire as I needed. So the Lexus dealer replaced all tires with new Dunlops for $149 (incl. mount, balance and alignment), I considered that a deal.

I hear you... I would have the 350 as well...