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filhiol

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  1. Tried this supposed fix several times to no avail. The three windows just will not go down although the driver's window works fine. Guess I will try one more time. Terminals are clean.
  2. My face is red as I did not check the manuel because I followed the instructions in the manuel attempting to get the front passenger and two back windows to go down. After I replaced the battery the 0nly window that would go down was the driver's window. The rear hatchback door and sunroof worked correctly but the front passenger and rear windows will not. I followed the instructions in the manuel to no avail several times. Do you have any recommendation for this, any help will be appreciated. Thank you.
  3. 2004 RX330. After paying $60+ bucks for a oil and filter change and a half a__ wash job at the local Lexus dealer since I bought vehicle new I decided to do it myself. No problem, however the maintenance required light recently came on. How does one reset this or just delete it as I keep good records in my computer concerning maintenance. Thank you
  4. Apparently no one on this forum has knowledge of the problem I am having. My car was built in Canada so this is no big surprise. Does anyone know of another forum covering Lexus? This is our first and last Lexus as we have had several problems that we never had when we used Nissan vehicles and will return to that brand next time.
  5. 2004 Rx 330, bought brand new and have put only 31,000 miles on it. I had to replace the battery recently and just noticed that the only power window that functions is the driver's window. The power sunroof and tail gate work as well as the driver window. Tried all the fixes listed in the manual to no avail. Have disconnected reconnected the new battery twice-still the rear windows as well as the passenger window will not operate. Anyone know of a solution. I haven't checked fuses but I would assume the driver side window would be on the same fuse as the others. Any help and or suggestion will be appreciated.
  6. I have a 2004 RX330 FWD. According to the instructions on the dipstick of the auto trans fluid one does not have to ever change it under normal use of the vehicle. Also, there is a message under the hood that there is no need to change the antifreeze/coolant for the first 100,000 miles. Can anyone confirm this information? Filhiol
  7. Lenore, I tried that to no avail. I'm treating this as a good learning experience. I'm going on 73 years old and have never experienced something like this happing when, as you say, I did give them all of my service work (and paid a dear price - example being $60.00 for a oil and filter change). However, I guess I'll have to take part of the responsibility, as, when I bought the vehicle off of the show room floor and my wife was giving them a check for $41,000(we paid the sales tax of 8.5% directly to our taxing authority) I discovered the vehicle had been assembled in Canada. I should have backed out on the deal then. I bought a new 1968 Plymouth that had been assembled in Canada and it was the biggest and worst piece of s- - - I ever owned. Shame on me once but never again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  8. Just ran into a bunch of BS from my local Lexus dealer and want to pass on the following information. The right hand stop/brake light on our 2004 RX330 stopped working. We only have 24,000 miles on it and had bought it new in Oct 2004(my wife’s birthday present” from Lexus of New Orleans. Of course the basic warranty ran out because of months. Our “service adviser” advised me that all one had to do was replace the bulb at a cost of about $1.00. As usual this guy had no idea what he was talking about and after talking to the “head” service manager I was advised that the stop/brake lights were LED arrays and could not be replaced. He advised that you had to buy the whole light assembly to the tune of $300 plus minimum of $125 of labor. I could not believe what he was saying, but he kept saying it. I asked him how many people had paid that kind of money to replace the (obviously defective) stop/brake light. He said none because they usually went out while the basic warranty was in effect. Since we only have 24,000 miles on the car, apparently we did not drive enough which apparently “does in” the LEDs. He actually told me that the cost used to be in excess of $1000 to do this job and I was really getting a bargain We had been working with the same sales rep thinking about buying a 2010 and after talking to this "current idiot” told him to advise the sales rep to never call us again. To make a long sorry story short and after talking to four other Lexus Distributors around the country found out that just the LEDs were available as a replacement part at a cost of $88.87 plus the labor to put it in the housing. I decided to do it myself with no real problem as only three nuts hold the assembly in the panel. The Lexus part number for the right hand is 815530E010 and can actually be bought from any Toyota and Lexus dealer or Lexus Parts online about $15 less but I went ahead and bought it from a Toyota Dealer. It took me about 2 hours because I have very large hands and I am right handed. One has to work with the left hand for the RH light, but by just working slowly and carefully I saved a minimum of $300. Now, sadly, I await the left hand one to go out. Needless to say this will be our first and last Lexus. Going back to Nissan from whom we had bought 6 vehicles starting in 1980 with absolutely no problems to amount to a hill of beans. I never had to replace a brake/stop light on any of them and I figure we over 600,000 total miles on the vehicles because I was working full time.
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