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I have had problems twice with balancing, they said it was the best they could do. My Toyota mechanic fixed the balancing problem both times. Think he said the shop had equipment that cost in the six figures.
3000 mile drive home to Seattle was quiet, smooth, and pleasant. Well, except for my meeting with Captain Cook of the Texas highway patrol just east of Van Horn.
As for the erratic windshield wipers, I posted about that same problem here a few months ago. Just put "wipers" in the SEARCH THIS DISCUSSION box at the top right of these posts and you'll find my post. My car is at the dealer this week and I asked them to check that when they do the 10k mi service. Whenever I get the car back and we get some drizzle, I'll let make a post on the results of the wipers. That wipers thing is annoying. Dealer is currently having the front hood repainted, under warranty, at a body shop and I'm in a loaner until who-knows-when. Nice little RX300 with heated seats to-die-for.
I'll bet that most of you will like your rain-sensing wipers a lot more with Rain-X.
Had aftermarket glass put into my windshield today. Haven't seen it yet but I have another '04 LS in my garage for a few weeks so it will be easy to compare the appearance, fit, finish, distortion and sound deadening compared to the OEM glass. I'll let the group know what I find and the manufacturer of the aftermarket glass.
I got my car back from the dealer today. Re: the sensor wipers--- I was told it has to do with the amount of moisture and to back down the sensitivity setting on the unit. Blah blah blah. In other words, Lexus says nothing is wrong with it, that's the way it works. BTW, we did have rain yesterday and the RX300 loaner car's wipers did the very same thing. I'll have to learn to ignore this erratic behavior on the part of the wipers. Wonderful.
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"It's not perfect by far - but it's the only system I know of on the planet. Lincoln used it for their LS for years, it was identical. "
Actually, my husbands '03 BMW 530 has the sensor wipers and they work perfectly, as any sensor-driven wipers should.
They never go nuts and do 5 to 7 swipes in a row during drizzle or light mist.
Must have used the same genius Lexus uses.
So much rain build-up and when I just about am blinded, it decides to give me one swipe of the wiper blades.
I will bypass this feature and just use the regular wiper mechanism. At least it's consistent.
There's a strange quirk I've encountered though, I have the phone and the car set up to hook up automatically whenever I get into the car -- usually at first it beeps and says : "bluetooth connection failed" and then a few seconds later it beeps again and says "bluetooth connection successful" after which it connects and works just fine.
Wipers: I've never had a car with this feature, but now that I do I like it. A slight mist triggers one or two swipes for me -- not sure why you are getting 5 to 6 frantic swipes with a light rainfall. With this feature I rarely touch my wipers and the windshield is always clear -- me likes it!!
One Year ownership comments -- I've had my '05 LS for a year now and I am VERY impressed with this car. The smooth, powerful ride in this car is the best I've experienced. The quality and quietness of the interior continues to amaze me. Every switch, every button, the feel of the materials -- it all oozes top-notch craftsmanship. Service experience at the dealer has been top notch so far. -- I love those Lexus loaners!
I get bored of cars easily, but this one continues to keep me interested. Favorite features: smart key. back-up camera, auto folding mirrors, parktronic sensors, rain-sensing wipers, and that smooth powerful cruising feel when on the highway.
LEAST favorite item: the darned beeping that comes on every 60 second when the washer fluid is low-- this drives me NUTS. It sure has trained me to keep my fluids topped off though!!!! Also, a couple of times during the past year the car has hesitated when accelerating quickly after slowing down to make a turn -- perhaps its just my bad driving habits?
Overall I give this car a 9.9 out of 10 and strongly recommend it to anyone who may be interested in buying one.
The 07 LS looks like a winner too -- I think I might be an LS owner for LIFE!
Haven't driven my '04 with the new windshield yet since they said I should let the adhesive set for 24 hours if possible. It looks great, however, and indistinguishable visibly from the OEM except for the Lexus etched marking. Even the black dotted decal around the attachment site of the rain sensor is the same.
Appreciate any help.
The exception to this is the Verizon Palm Treo 650 which will allow transfer of stored phone numbers to the LS. You can even transfer multiple entries at once by sending a category of your contacts. The reason for this is that you use the Palm software for the transfer which the regular phones do not have.
I have also noticed that it will sometimes take a while to establish the Bluetooth connection, sometimes after the car tells you that it failed. I am guessing that the "failed" message comes on after a certain time but that it can still connect when the phone eventually does what it has to do. In the case of the Treo I would say that this only happens about 10% of the time. Usually connects in about 10 seconds. I also sometimes use a Cingular Motorola phone and that definitely connects faster, probably around 5 seconds.
Bluetooth feels like a "not yet there" technical innovation on this car. Still, it is a very nice feature for incoming calls. Also, I like looking up restaurants in the nav and calling ahead to check wait times without having to pull out and dial on the phone. Using the nav override that lets your passenger type in while driving is the best feature I've discovered here at Edmunds -- ever!
This great news. I have a Verizon Treo 650 and I entered a few "1-dial" numbers by getting an incoming call from them and then saving them, but I never figured out how to transfer from the Treo's phone book.
Can you please pass on any info on how this is actually done? What Palm software did you use? Thanks a lot!
Go to the contacts section of the Treo.
Click on the contact you want to transfer.
Press the menu button and from the "Record" menu and select "Send Contact".
The choices are Bluetooth, MMS and Versamail and Bluetooth should be highlighted by default.
Press OK and then select the device to transfer to, in this case "Bluetooth Handsfree"
To send a group of contacts, select the category you want to send from the drop down menu in the main contacts screen and then choose "Send Category" fronm the Record menu.
You could categorize the contacts you want to transfer as "Lexus" To categorize a contact, open the contact, click the edit button and select the category or create a new one in the box on the top right.
Once the contacts are in the LS phonebook they can be transferred to the 18 one touch dial stations. When the car is stationary you will see the name and the number but when moving the number dissapears. Evidently Lexus feels that you will be distracted if you try to read the number while driving. That is why if you add a number only with no name from your incoming or outgoing call log, all you see is a blank space while driving.
Also, I discovered that if the contact has more than one phone number or any other info, no phone number will transfer; you get the name but just a series of vertical lines for the number. This made the transfer almost worthless to me; unfortunately, virtually all of my contacts have home and work numbers, let alone also cell and fax numbers. Also, only the first 8 characters of the names transfer, and that is ordered by first name first, not last name (even if the order is by last name on the Treo). I assume you haven't heard about any workaround for either of these issues? I guess I will try creating a limited list (one number, etc.) in Outlook with "Lexus" as the custom category, then transfer it to the Treo, then to the car. Hopefully this will work. Now I just have to figure out how to remove the list I just transferred.
I wonder if anything is different if you apply the latest software patches to the Treo? I never did that since I wasn't having any problems, and I long ago learned with software "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
I am able to transfer contacts with more than one number and I have not noticed that the names are truncated. The contacts are filed under the first name but this is an issue with transfer of phone data from non-Verizon phones as well. If there are two numbers for the contact eg Work and Home it puts the second on the list in the LS even if both are labeled work.
I bought the Treo in October and updated it with the latest 1.04 patch before using it. I believe the update did resolve some Bluetooth car issues so it might be worth doing.
I hope that the new LS will have a way of entering text data for phone contacts directly into the car system using a virtual keyboard. That will give Verizon customers not using a Treo a fairly easy way to get some of the info into the car. It would also be nice to be able to transfer the data from one car to another because you have to re-create the phonebook when you get a new car. On the Motorola phones you can only transfer the entries one by one.
A virtual keyboard in the LS would be very nice, but of course if Verizon would just open up the Bluetooth data transfer profiles, life would be easier for everyone. But seems like that isn't going to happen anytime soon.
Thanks again!
Hopefully the '07 LS will have a better phone/NAV system with regards to Bluetooth. I was hoping that the BT Nokia phone (6256i) would get great reviews on this forum since some Nokia models were certified to work well with the LS and this particular phone is reported to have full BT profiles. Verizon does not sell it at their corporate locations and one needs to get it at a Radio Shack. I also got the V710 when it first arrived and am unimpressed with teh settlement but hope to change the the CDMA RAZR or something better when this settles next month.
You didn't say what model year your car is, but there is a Technical Service Bulletin (006-04) that addresses this issue in recent models. Many people who got their dealers to follow this procedure report that it totally solved the problem. I believe it involves re-programming the drive-by-wire computer. Check out this message on the Lexus LS Owners: Problems & Solutions forum:
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If you search in that forum on "hesitation TSB" you'll see messages from folks who were thrilled with the result. But apparently, some dealers are not aware of the fix unless you tell them about it.
"Engine Hesitation (All makes/models)"
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As soon as I click on my bookmark the 2nd time, I immediately arrive here at the forums at the usual lightning speed (broadband cable connection) and with no problem. I'm not having this problem with any other website I visit. I tried making a second bookmark and I have the same problem.
Anybody else having this trouble?
Any idea what could be causing it?
Flaw in the reply path in that it let me open a "write".
Famwald if it's only happening to you in the mornings, that's the problem and you don't need to send me your bookmark. But I'll be glad to look at if you want me to.
How do I e-mail you my Bookmark?
I log into "all models discussion page" then choose the 430.
When I click on my bookmark, the browser shows this address:
http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/ed_displayMakeRelatedDiscussions!ma- ke=Lexus
Putting MXV4 Plus tires on my car in next few days. Current tires have 33K miles on a 60K lease so I'd rather change now and enjoy new rubber for a longer period.
Unfortunately, the LX forum is one of the most *dead* forum on Edmunds ever, hence my asking here. Any help would be appreciated...
ps: All 2003 LX470 came with Lexus link transponder, although mine is not activated. If I want to, I can still activate it cos my insurance will give me 25% discount on my premium with activated Lexus link, so I am thinking, what the heck... Any thoughts on Lexus link from those who use it or not use it would be appreciated as well.
Maybe you and ljflx should go to the Help link on the left and then the Contact Us tab and report it. You'll need to be as specific as you can be about your system - OS, browser, give them that link, etc.
BTW, found info on Lexus Navigation systems across all models and years. Hope it helps others who may have some quandary about their Nav version and upgrades....
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i guess it may be obvious that i am gently threadjacking, but what i want is some information on wile & sons:
i found an undated bottle of benedictine that looks old, and i am trying to place it in a given decade.
it still bears the wile & sons tag - i thought maybe after wile & sons was absorbed they would stop putting a label on their bottles and thus give me a year range for this thing.
a little off thread but you're the only person i have found on google searching that seems might know something about the timing for that company disappearing.
anyways, yeah, onstar and wile - similar ?