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What year is your GX? How many miles on it? What were the original tires and what do you have now?
Slooose
Insofar as regular gas is concerned, I NEVER run anything less than medium octane (eg, 89 v. 87) and more likely use premium particularly in a car/truck I plan to keep for years ... as is the case with my wife's GX as she typically keeps her ride for 10 years. Bart
As for the brake clunk, it is something you feel more than hear, and it feels like you have been lightly tapped from behind in a mild fender bender. It did not seem to occur all the time, it was only randomly, and only when fully stopped with your foot on the brake.
When my wife misplaced her key-fob transmitter it took them > 4 months to let us know the one she ordered and paid for had come in. Fortunately she found the lost one. They hadn't programmed the new one to her car (yet an additional cost) but that didn't matter ... we still had to take it even though it could have been sold to another customer. Or returned, for that matter.
These two issues, plus the less than stellar hiway performance of our GX, makes this the first and last Lexus I'll ever own.
:mad:
BTW, I have really been behaving with my driving, but can't budge the mileage over 16. Maybe if I drove more freeway miles.
As far as the "free" beverages is concerned, my barber offers that!
16's as good as the V8 will let you have ... maybe squeak a bit more on the hiway, but there I usually cruise @ 80 and 16's what I expect. :shades:
Let's look at what Consumer Reports says about off road vehicles - GX470 and 4Runner in the top 10 and Ford Expedition in the bottom 10 (Navigator is based on Expedition). The GX470 is a much better off-road vehicle than the Expedition. Does this advantage help the typical rider who never goes off road? I would say definitely not. Does this advantage help the typical rider who drives on snowy roads? I would say it depends on how deep the snow gets.
Here's a fun video that shows what a GX470 can do: YouTube GX470 on rocks.
I've had many cars and trucks on road and seriously off road (California and Mexico), including Ford and Lexus, and not one of them was "the king" in every category.
Terk XMDirect Universal XM Satellite Radio
SoundLinQ (Model SLX) - Auxiliary Input Adapter
These two devices also give you the ability to integrate your ipod into your vehicle.
I'm wondering where the best place to put the antenna is without it looking like #@$&
Seems this DFW market is tight. We went to 3 dealerships and none would deal like the San Jose dealerships would. We opted to buy once we relocated but I'm not sure now. We paid $53K total out the door (fully-loaded but without sport package or chrome wheels) plus $1540 for the 7yr/100K warranty.
Hints?
1) It took 5 times to fix the Air Conditioning. The A/C would work then not. The compressor light would start flashing and when this happened that meant the compressor was not working. This was finally fixed after out 5th trip and took 5 days. They had to order a $1,000 "main hose"(according to the service guy) The A/C issue would fit our states lemon law, "Only if the A/C issue first happened with 12 months of buying it" but it started during month 14.
2) This issue is much more serious and my wife has said she will no longer drive the car. We live in the middle of a big hill and we have to travel down it to a busy access road to get to anywhere outside our sub-division and about two months ago my wife pull out of our driveway and went to try to stop but the brakes went to the floor. She freaked out and put it into reverse. We took it into the shop and they said nothing was wrong and that sometimes air is trapped in the brake lines from the factory. (I didn't quite buy this since we had the car for 18 months, but I left with it). My wife reluctantly began driving the car again after I drove it for a week without issues. Now two months later the brakes failed again while she had the car full of kids. Nobody was hurt, and this time she used the emergency brake, instead of reverse like I told her. I took it in on Tuesday and on Friday morning they called and said they had it fixed and had applied a Service Notice(which we never received) but just wanted to road test it. I called Friday afternoon and they said, they were road testing it and had a "pedal issue", which I think is the PC way of saying "the brakes failed". So now they have ordered in a new Master Cylinder and who knows what else, and said the soonest the car will be ready is next Wednesday Now my wife really will not drive it. I have asked the dealership if they could work with me on this since it is so new, had so many issues and it seems to have serious problems. They answered by not saying anything. One of the guys who worked there told me to call 180025lexus (not sure if the guy was really trying to help me or his boss made him tell me like it was "inside information" in order to take the heat off of the dealership) I called and filled out their short form and was told someone would contact me in two business days. Does anyone know about these issues? Does anyone know of any recourse I might have since we are just outside the lemon law. It would seem brakes should be considered more important than AC or trim molding, etc. My wife will not drive the car so I am not sure what to do with it. Selling it, I will take a server beating since I paid list for it since it was the first 2005 and their was a waiting list a mile long. Any help would be appreciated.
Ouch. The car's too new, and if it's having brake failure issues they should be fixable and I wouldn't take the car back until the entire brake system has been fixed and checked out. Unfortunately, just because your wife won't drive it doesn't obligate them to "work with you" ... but once letitimate fears have arisen it's a fairly strong argument w/ lugging kids around, etc, to have an attorney knowledgable about this sort of thing write them a strong letter. As it's an intermittent thing, how will you ever know when it's really safe to drive! I'm on your wife's side ... and I wouldn't rest until this issue was resolved and the car replaced.
I had an 05 GX and now have a 06 GX. The nav voice just doesn't go loud enough when the radio is turned up. If the volumn on the radio is low, then I can hear the nav voice. For some reason, Lexus doesn't want the nav voice to be loud. Who knows what their logic is for that. I imagine its the same on other Lexus vehicles.
-look for a lawfirm that has handled automotive complaints in the past, possibly from your State (of residence);
-provide them with information, and
-with a Customer Service history printout from the dealership that has been servicing your Lexus (it is free of charge - you have the right to get it while you wait!)
-tell the lawfirm you intend to hire, that you need to initiate a legal process by sending a "Letter of Demand" about your complains (cost: $800 or less);
I wish you good luck! Andrew
Cheers,
As for the AC compressor I haven't had that problem but I guess if you have that written down as a problem prior to the warranty running out and it's still doing it I would question that also.
My 2006 has bluetooth and love it.
I went from having a 2003 and a 2005 Escalade to a Gx 470 (always had large trucks) and I will never drive anything else. We are thrilled with our choice.
Sami
And, of course, the best thing about finding a TSB that seems to cover a persistent problem in your vehicle is that dealerships will make the repair for free, provided that
* Your vehicle is under warranty;
* Your service advisor and/or technicians are able to confirm that the problem exists. "
You, Your Vehicle and the Technical Service Bulletin (TSB)
Edmunds has summary TSB info in the Edmunds Maintenance Guide.
Did you ever get your garage door opener on the GX to work? I just bought a GX and cannot get the rolling code garage door opener to work as instructed in the owner's manual.
I'm using a Chamberlain Series 1200 rolling code garage door opener.
hope you were able to program your garage door opener. I too just got a new Chamberlain garage door opener. To program it into your GX470, you must first follow steps 1-4 under the "Programming the HomeLink" instructions in your manual. Then follow the "Programming a rolling code system". Hope this helps.