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It worked on my 2004 ES.

Wow! I just tried this on my 2004 ES and it worked great! Of course, it resets when the car is turned off; however, this will now allow a passenger to enter a destination while the car is in motion. Thanks!

I'm sold. Put me on the waiting list.

Where is that car from?

As am I.

I believe that light on the dash also lights up of you have a burnt out brake light. Have someone sit in the car and tap on the brake while you check the lights.

That "campaign" was for the passenger seatbelt. I did receive something about that in the mail and had that taken care of. This dealership has never filled my gas tank anytime I take my car in for service. In fact, frequently the loaners will only have a half a tank of gas. When I first got my car almost 2 years ago they used to vacuum everytime, but they have since stopped doing that as well. They do wash the cars still, but I always ask for them not to do that because their automatic wash scratches the heck out of my paint. Two times before they forgot to not wash it, but they did pay $150 each time for my detailer to clean up their mess. Now I put a large sign on the dash saying "No Wash" everytime I bring it in for service. I'm going to give another dealer a try, it may be worth the longer drive.

I used to be able to pinpoint just a couple, but now they seem to be all over. Most of them seem to be more prominent in colder weather although I can still hear a bunch of them in warmer weather. Not much help huh? Let's see, here are a few specific ones: -Rattle coming from behind spedo -Rattle coming from driver’s doors when cold (similar to rattle in rear doors prior to the weather seal fix) -Flapping noise (sort of like a plastic bag in the wind) from drivers door at speeds higher than 60 mph -Rattle from behind glove box -Popping noises around windshield in hot weather -Rattle coming from behind nav -Others where I can't identify source I guess I always seem to have a bad experience whenever I bring these up with my dealership. The first few they took care of, no problem, but more started popping up. One time, in their attempt to fix a rattle behind the nav unit/climate control, they scratched the climate control bezel. Then, when they replaced the climate control bezel, they scratched the nav bezel. After they replaced the nav bezel, the rattle came back. It has been very frustrating visiting the dealership over and over again only to have their careless technicians give me my car back in a condition worse than what I brought it in and also to not have the problem fixed. Recently the service has been abysmal. I find myself waiting far too long for things that used to take seconds. They always seem to "run out of loaners" now and I end up waiting for hours at a time. There is one service manager there, Adam, that seems to have the Lexus mentality with service and the customer as a priority. He always takes care of me and makes things right. Unfortunately, he's not always on duty when I'm there. My most recent visit is for a problem with the driver's seat belt. It is not retracting properly and makes odd noises. It's a safety hazard. I had an appointment last Thursday, for which I was told a loaner would be available for on the phone. I arrive on time, waited 15 minutes for a service advisor to take care of me, had the problem written up, demonstrated the problem to a service technician and then was told that they had ran out of loaners and I would have to wait a couple of hours. That was not acceptable to me. At that point, they tried to convince me that there was nothing wrong with the seat-belt and that it was functioning normally. I had to go to another car in the showroom and demonstrate that my seat-belt was not functioning normally before they had acknowledged again that there was a problem with mine. At this point I had already been at the dealership over and hour and was late for an appointment. I decided to make an appointment for another day when a loaner would be available and come back. When I left, I immediately called Lexus Customer Care and filed a complaint. I told them about how they had promised a loaner when in fact none was available and about the poor service I had gotten. This was the first time I had ever resorted to calling them. Yesterday, I brought the car back (I drove a different vehicle between Thursday and Tuesday as I didn't feel entirely comfortable that the seat belt would restrain me in an accident). I had called ahead of time to confirm that a loaner would be available; I was told one would be. I arrived and one again they had all of a sudden "ran out of loaners." I was very upset. My service advisor (the same one as before) told me that he could guarantee that it would be done in under an hour if I waited. I wanted to problem fixed and I reluctantly chose to wait. An hour went by and my car still wasn't done. Luckily, at this time Adam, the service manager, came on duty. He was able to immediately find me a loaner and had me on my way. This morning, I picked up my vehicle. (Luckily they didn’t accidentally wash my car this time, I always ask them not to wash it as I get it hand washed). I tested out the seat-belt and it had the exact same problem, even though they had replaced the seat-belt. I was already late for work, so I told them to have my service advisor call me when he got in. I still haven’t gotten a call yet and he was supposed to have been in over an hour and a half ago. Wow, I didn’t even realize I had typed this much. I guess I’m just venting. This is kind of out of the scope of this thread. Maybe I'll try a different dealership. This one is close and convenient, but it may be worth it to visit another one and see what kind of service I get.

So far the update seems to be a significant improvement. We'll see how it is after the car learns my driving style. As amf said, the transmission now acts like the automatic transmissions we're all used to. It's great! Now if I could only get my dealership to take care of all of these rattles I'm having, I'll be 100% happy with my ES.

I'm sitting in my dealership as I type getting this update done while some other work is being done to my car. I hope the results are as good as some of you say they are. This is one of the issues that has always made this car a bit less than perfect to me. As with SW03ES, my service advisor wasn't aware of this update. I brought in a copy of the TSB, so hopefully they load the correct update.

Attached is the most recent TSB for this. It was updated in April 2005. tc004.pdf

Have you checked your fuses?

You're not missing too much. There's a pair of pliers, a screwdriver that's interchangable between philips and flat-head, two open ended wrenches, one is 8mm on one end and 10mm on the other, and the other is 12mm on one end and 14mm on the other. I attached a picture of mine. I also keep a small compressor, a can of fix-a-flat and a flashlight next to the spare tire.

I'm waiting for these guys to get their product out the door: http://www.coastaletech.com/nav_kit.htm Here's a video clip of it in action: http://www.coastaletech.com/nav_enhancement.htm It looks like it will work in all of the Gen. 4 Toyota/Lexus Nav units.

You mean something like this? http://www.coastaletech.com/electric_only_mode.htm

I think most people would agree with you on that point. However, I think Lexus could have done a better job of conveying this message to their customers. Their customers would be much more understanding of a message telling them that Lexus is trying to ensure that they receive the best quality car instead of the various conflicting messages that have been coming from the dealerships.

It's not easy to replace those. You have to remove the black liner on the bottom of the car to gain access to install it from behind.

No, the radio cover doesn't hold restrict it at all. Once you remove the two screws holding the black portion of the spedo cover on. You should be able to pull the cover off. It does take a little bit of force. Make sure your steering wheel is tilted all the way down. ← Going back out and try again, will let you know shortly how it works out, thanks again. ← GOT IT, That was a tight fit, Many thanks for your help. ← Good to hear... why are you taking the cluster out? I probably should haved asked that first, heh.

No, the radio cover doesn't hold restrict it at all. Once you remove the two screws holding the black portion of the spedo cover on. You should be able to pull the cover off. It does take a little bit of force. Make sure your steering wheel is tilted all the way down.

Which cluster? The one where your spedometer is or the radio/hvac area? ← The one with the speedo, Ithink Lexus calls it a combination meter, iy has the speed,tach and other gauges on it. Thanks for any help. ← 1. Remove the little storage compartment to the left of the steering wheel. This can be done by opening the compartment and pulling it straight up and out. 2. Once removed, you should be able to remove the plastic assembly that has your rear-view mirror controls. This can be done by reaching your hand in behind through the storage compartment hole and pushing the assembly out. 3. Once you get that out, you will need to remove the vent to the left of the cluster. You should be able to "release" it from behind with a screwdriver from behind. The vent assembly should pull straight out. 4. Remove the two black plastic anchors from the top portion of the spedo cluster cover. 5. The spedo cluster cover (the wood part) should now be able to be pulled out. 6. There are now aa few screws that hold the cluster into place, remove the screws and the cluster should come right out. Good luck.

Which cluster? The one where your spedometer is or the radio/hvac area?

The one that OEM Value sells should work for you. You don't have to get it from them though. http://www.oemvalue.com/

I wash mine in my home washer and dry them in my home dryer. The edges get a little frayed, but I'd rather have that than dirty mats.

Not really... http://www.valentine1.com/lab/Previously1.asp

Can't / Won't work... not possible... see links... http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_unlock_door.htm http://www.detnews.com/2005/commuting/0501/02/B06-43315.htm http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/l/lockedcardoor.htm