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I guess it's possible the new ES may not be Camry based it could be a all new rear wheel drive design.

I have a 2007 ES and in the summer time when the car gets hot inside say after it has set a couple of hr's or more the radio will show the same symptom as you describe. I have also heard other discussion on this matter and it caused by a radio design defect and I hope at some point lexus will correct it.

I know this has nothing to do with your problem, but have you had an issue when you apply the brakes you hear a clicking/popping sound. I've been hearing one every since I bought mine in Jan of this year and have taken it back 4 times. After they thought they had fixed the problem it came back again. Now they are telling me its suppose to make the sound. Everyone else is telling me no way. Suppose to take it back again this Wed. Thx Never had the issue you describing but the 07 ES's do require frequent brake service due to front rotor warping.

I have a 07 ES350 that lately after setting overnight it will crank for two or three seconds before starting, Before it would always start in 1sec or less so im thinking maybe dirty fuel filter or fuel pump getting weak. just wondering if anyone else had a similar experience? The car just turned 59K and at the 60K service I will inquire about the problem.

I replace my locking lug nuts with the regular ones because if the locking nuts or ever put on to tight you cant get them off ask me how I know. And besides factory wheels are rarely stolen.

Sounds like you may have two problems one would be wheel balancing and also I think you are going to find you have warped brake rotors, I say this because brake problems are very common on the 07ES I would not be surprised if the 08's are the same.

The last time I had my brakes done I had the Toyota dealer to perform the service and they did just fine, As I listen to the sound it sound like it could be the rear brakes my car makes a simlar sound though not as loud if I back up with the parking brake on and I had to have my rear brakes replaced at 19k miles and that is way to soon.

Brake problems are very common on the 07 ES but the dealer should able to find and fix the problem, How many miles does the car have?

I cant help but wonder if somthing else is at play here besides the mats,In the three years that we have had our ES the mat has never come loose and seems to installed as securely as any that I have seen.

Im sure Lexus is well aware of the problem since it seems that a lot of 07s have it, The dealer should contact Lexus to see what they have to say.

My car use to do strange things with the the cd player and radio on a intermitten bases and it always seem to happen on hot days when the car has been setting in the sun for a while, Lately I have not heard the wife complain about the cd player but I do know if the car gets hot in side the screen will blank out and the vol and ch controls will stop working for awhile.

My 07 ES is the only car that I have seen in my life that had to have the rear brakes replaced at 19K and its because the pad material is of poor quialty. Rear brakes should last at least 50K and its not uncommon to see 80 to 100K , in fact its impossible to wear out the rear pads on any car at 19k if they are of good quialty no matter how you may drive.

Its your rotors if you can get the dealer to replace them you are ahead of the game they just turned mine when it happened on mine at 8k, By the way rotor warping is very common on the 07 ES.

I have the standard system in my car and it sounds ok but I dont think its any better than my 01 Camary was, but to improve the sound I would say change out the speakers. Im going to leave mine stock While I do think the overall sound could be better when you consider the price of the car but can live with it.

The dealer replaced my rear pads a 19k I just hit 40k and they seem to be ok when I had the oil changed at around 35k they checked out ok. Something was not right with the original pads that came with the car as seems to be the case on most of the 07 ES's.

Cv joints dont useally make noise when braking, Are you sure the noise is inside the passeger compartment? If so I guess somthing could be loose under the dash. I would take in and let the dealer have a look should be under warranty.

Sounds to me like it could be a cv joint I woud let the dealer check it out right a way.

Fast idle on most if not all cars built since the late ninety's is too high but its done for smog control reasons, However on my 07ES I can back out of the garage as soon as I start it with no problems and the idle drops from 1500 to about 1000 I would say in about one min or so.

I would as I just have not seen very many rotors warp panic stops being hit with cold water the whole gambet, I think if rotor warping was such a common thing we would not even be discussin it here.

It really depends on the mileage 8yrs and 60k miles or more maybe so but less than 60k the rotors should not be warping no matter how old the car is. Also a lot of cars have heavy braking from time to time with out negetive side effects.

I'm having exactly the same problem with my 2001 RX300. It started shortly after making a panic stop on the freeway. I routinely drive about 60 Fwy miles back and forth to work every day, and rarely have to do much braking. However, a person would think that a good set of brakes would be worth at least one panic stop without warping the rotors. I had them machined and the pads replaced immediately after the vibration started. It reduced the vibration to a mild pulsation. The mild pulsation increased to a strong vibration and I had the rotors turned again and the pads replaced again. Four months later the vibration is terrible...I can hardly hold the wheel. So today it's in the shop for new rotors and pads. Aftermarket. To give the brake guys credit, they asked me all the right questions: overtorquing when the tires were rotated? driving on hills riding the brakes? cold water wash on hot brakes? I can't answer the tire rotation question. Who watches the tire guys while they rotate the tires! I could tell him, though, that I've made exactly one panic stop in 8 years, and NEVER ride my brakes. Perhaps they got wet while hot. But give me a break! What happens when we drive in the rain? Doesn't that qualify as cold water on hot brakes? I'll be picking up the RX in about an hour and will post the results and the suggestions the brake guys give me. After owning some twenty cars over the last thirty something years including many different makes and being involved in the constant operation on many others the Lexus cars are the only ones that I have heard of that have so many brake problems at such low mileage. Rotors warping at 8K rear pads worn out at 19K was totaly unheard of untill I purchased my 2007 ES 300.

It could be the garage opener itself that is the problem I have had my ES almost three years and have never had to rebind to the opener.

Steve I already know my rotors need to be replaced and have said so on more than one occasion. Also I already know when rotors are turned they get slightly thinner as im sure most folks that are car repair savy know also. I also know that a quality set of rotors can go well over 100k without warping and that with being turned two to three times.

The ES does not need high performance rotors just rotors with good quailty they dont warp so easy, I dont think my car has ever been over ninety mph in fact linving in socal there is no place you can drive at 100+ mph unless you are out at abount 1am.

If you got 18K on a ES before you begain to have any brake problems and you dont drive conservatively then you are doing great , Brakes happen to be one of the weak points on the 07 ES not sure about the 08 or 09.