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I would not worry too much about the reliability of the air suspension as it has been in place in the LX470 (although with slightly functionality) for years.
Also to consider are the adaptive headlamps that come with the performance package. If you have not seen them yet, they turn side to side as you drive. This really helps light up the way as you are rounding curves or taking corners. It also comes only with the xenon lights so if that's an option you want you know you're going to get it.
You are right about the use of space. Those locking doors even have hooks on them to hold up those plastic grocery bags. In front of those storage covers is another storage compartment you may not have noticed(for the jack and access to the NAV DVD). There is also plenty of space in there for tools, flash-lights, air pump, etc.
You can fix it by pressing and holding the open switch (not the tilt). After the moonroof is open, hold the switch for 10 secs more. Then close the moonroof and hold the switch for 10 secs after it's closed. It should now be "programmed" to auto open/close.
John
You mean there are MORE fun storage compartments to explore. Oh yes.
I love the FX (so much better looking than the Cayenne) but maybe in about 10 years...
For others who need this fix: After opening it and holding 10 seconds, then pressing forward and holding, the moonroof went closed, tilted up, tilted down, went all the way open, then slid closed again and stayed there. I counted 10 seconds after that, and all was well.
I also programmed my door locks to close when I shift out of park (that was in the manual). Are there any other fun things to program?
Thanks again. I'm going to have to ask my dealer why they didn't set it up.
No biggie.
On page 129: "The moon roof may not operate automatically and the jam protection function will not function correctly after you reconnect, replace, or recharge the battery. In any of these cases, you should normalize the moon roof."
Then it goes on to explain the procedure already outlined by the posters above. As mentioned, a delivery oversight.
Now, what was the remaining review problem...oh, right, close to $50k if you check all the option boxes. Oh well - can't fix that one!
Tom - Isn't true the Lexus has discontinued the milt-panel sunroof for RX330? And will Lexus still import the RX from Japan?
This sounds like bad info. But it doesn't make sense that if I want performance and Nav, I can't get the premium sound system. Especially since I just read the review of the base stereo on edmunds.com, and it wasn't exactly glowing...
Anyone have any corroborating data on this?
John
The popularity of the RX just continues to grow.
RX 330----------10,430
MDX--------------4,964
X5---------------4,010
FX---------------3,125
Aviator----------2,934
XC90-------------2,814
M-Class----------2,670
Cayenne----------1,165
Touareg-----------?
SRX--------------?
To be fair, Porche, Infinity, Volvo, and Volkswagen are probably not too concern about numbers since that had no products in this segment previously and so these sales represent a "cash cow" for the company to shore up sales shortfalls in other products. However, I do believe the sales numbers are starting to be revealing.
Great vehicle - congratulations Lexus! No wonder they sold 10k of them in one month. I think the biggest previous year of sales was in the mid 80,000...?
I think the previous high in annual sales was about 95k? I think this was the 2000 or 2001 model year.
Katherine
wmquan: Came out of our neighborhood Blockbuster store today to see an exact duplicate of our Flint Mica RX330 parked just two spots away from us! It took me a few seconds to figure out why my remote didn't work! Yep, when we changed our minds from the XC90 to the RX330, we had no doubt it would be a matter of months, if not weeks, before we lost any semblance of exclusivity. No regrets, however.
rx4me: The same problem happened to me once in our garage. All the doors were unlocked, and the key was not in the ignition. After yelling at it, and then manually opening the hatch, everything was fine (just as you had mentioned). After the verbal abuse I gave to this poor vehicle, I really don't expect this problem to happen again!
Yes, all doors are unlocked, keys out etc. My fix is to reset the power hatch switch in the glove compartment. Off, then on, and it works again. When it is working correctly, all you have to do is have all doors unlocked and tranny in park. I have opened the power hatch with engine running, before.
I will try next time to just open and close, and see if it resets the power switch.
But, maybe the guy in the service department told the sales person about the recall in general terms and not specifically about my RX 330. I'll ask again at the 1,000 mile checkup.
This is in the manual, but there might be a few people who haven't finished all 622 pages yet
On the RX330, on the other hand, BOTH outside mirrors tilt down.
Why?
Are we parking in England or Australia and need to see the curb on the driver's side?
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Unless there's a way to stop just the driver's outside mirror from tilting down, I'll have to forgo this entire mirror-tilt-in-reverse feature because I believe it's dangerous in the default setting.
I discovered that one of the two radiator cooling fans had failed completely. Okay, simple, now we continue our journey without A/C.
Not too many more miles down the road it was becoming obvious how much the temperate climate in Seattle has spoiled us over the years.
Unless we were moving at least 50MPH we could not use the A/C (of course at those speeds the breeze was sufficient) and the temperatures were basically unbearable.
What to do??
I finally realized that I could reduce the A/C load on the engine cooling system if I could bypass the A/C "reheat" function. So I turned the A/C temperature setpoint to max cool (no airflow through the heater core in this mode) and recirculate (no danger of interior windshield fogging at these temperatures) and manually controlled the blower speed to regulate the cabin temperature.
So for the next 2300 miles we had A/C comfort in spite of the fan failure and the gage never rose substantial even in slow moving city traffic.
Makes on wonder how much fuel is being sacrificed due to poor A/C design.
Thanks.
CUSTOMIZE PROGRAM CARD VERSION 1.1 - SS001-99
There's a video and audio input along with a 115V AC outlet so you can plug in an auxiliary device like a PlayStation.
I was wondering which radio model fits well in the RX and where it was installed (location of control panel, antenna, etc). Also, is there an AUX input on the standard (non ML) radio? I would rather not use an FM modulator. I understand that the RSES plays through the stereo when you hit DISC source button twice..... is that the AUX input? Probably not that simple I guess.
Not just a "clicker".
I'm not sure I know what you mean when you say it's "Not just a 'clicker'".
You might try re-programming the Homelink; here is their website with better instructions than the ones in the RX330 manual:
http://www.homelink.com/home/home.tml
Good luck!
They actually have individual codes for each remote and can keep tabs and computerized logs on who entered using what remote and when.
To put this in perspective, the DVD screen on our 2003 Acura MDX has two detents and we never have this problem.
Also, the Acura MDX Entertainment system resumes playing the movie where it left off when you get back in the car and start it - just like you would expect.