Hey Alex, good to see you! Yeah, my wife is already eyeing the new 7 and we may trade her S500 in on that when it comes out. I'm on the fence about that because every 1st year 7 series has been problematic, I expect no less with this one.

 

Any word on how long until I can get it done? Its at the point where I can't break at all without skweaking. Its so embarrassing I dont even want to drive anymore

 

So, Robert did you provide a 'manual' with your Nav Hack to the next owner, or is he going to have to figure out "what the heck is this switch for"?

 

 

I haven't heard a peep from my 07 brakes. At least I'll know where to come if it happens.

My problem is the brakes on the 06. They squeak and the pedal is extremely low. Any TSIB's on the 06?

 

Hopefully my lexus dealer gets them soon. This is unbearable =(

 

wait wait.. let me get this clarified, so that TSIB is for the brake dusts and not for the squeaking for the 08 right?

 

I went to my dealer to ask about my brake squeaking and he said it that the TSIB was for dust and that it MAY reduce squeaking, but would not come close to saying it would or at least make it better.

 

I thought about that but I have a feeling they got rid of the switch when they Certified Pre-Owned the car. I noticed they removed the window tint on the front sides and the Sirius antenna. I am sure they didn't remove all of the wiring though because I soldered it in and hit it all behind the factory harness covers. There was very little you could see or trace. If anything the new owner will still have the DVD hack and bluetooth/phone keypad hack while driving.

I never had brake squaling problems with my GS regardless of old or new pads. Brake dust is the usual culprit so if you clean your brakes with Brake-Kleen or pressure wash them, the squealing should go away at least for a while.

 

My breaks had better not be squeaking after this. Its unacceptable in my opinion. Never had this problem on my Honda accord.

I've brought my car in 4 times now and it still hasn't been resolved. Brought it last Saturday and they said they don't want to try to fix it because of this new TSIB which will be coming soon so it would make their work pointless. As it stands right now, every single stop sign or light I come to is an embarrassment. This is my first really expensive car and it saddens me that I have had to bring the car in this many times already for one issue, and I honestly never brought my Accord in once in the three years I had leased it.

Woulda' been nice of them to at least let me know they wouldn't be doing anything on the phone before trekking from Staten Island to brooklyn and having to waste ten dollars on the toll. At least I get to go to my favorite place to eat (Rocco's on Fort Hamilton if anyone from Brooklyn knows what I'm talking about)

 

I have not been to the dealer that many times, but I feel the same way. I pay this much for a Lexus, I don't need people looking at me because my brakes draw attention, I want the car to do the talking.

On a brighter note, Not from BK, but I have been to Rocco's, I like their lasagna!

 

question for those of you whose brakes squeak. do you all park outside or do you keep it in a garage?

 

Dude I hate you, you just made me want to move back!!!

They do not have decent Italian restaurants here in Texas!!! So for now we can only enjoy "leftover" Italian food whenever my friends send them via overnight!!!

My toy is always parked inside of garage, yet she still squeaks like a little bytch!!!

Anyway, as far as I know part number is different from the low dust brake pads that I have on my toy right now. Hopefully, it would stop the squeaking!!!

We will see, when I take my toy in on Friday!

 

I park inside of a garage as well. She has only been outside over night once, many moons ago on a trip to NY.

 

it's about dealership, not about the car. they don't surface and do the tsib correctly. i never had any sound on my car with the fix. as long as it's done right, there is no sound. try another dealership with more knowledge