Lexus3oi

since the cars are now officially on the streets, it would be interesting to hear from owners about any real-life problems or gripes you've had with the cars

this is an all new model after all

TheRupp

Ask this question again in about 3-6 months, then we'll be able to tell

GonzoBuggs

I'd love to hear first impressions. The problem is that many new owners are going to be in the honeymoon period, and will also be resluctant to come out of denial about something they just spent a lot of money on. I think we would all be guilty of that.

Then you have those of us who are waiting, and are in a frenzy to take delivery. Everything on the car seems to be made of gold, despite how hard we try to be objective.

So far, I have found the best feedback to be from those who have a lot of complaints about the car. They tend to over-emphasize the negatives, but they seem to hit the issues right on the head, despite a potential for over-exaggeration.

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

Other than an empty bank account, I have no complaints yet...

GonzoBuggs

Did you get yours????

IluvIS350

I am not sure if it is me or the car I cannot play DVD (yes, in park). I do have NV and of course no ML...can someone help me?

VitB6

From what I understand, you need to have the nav/ML combo option in order to play DVD's.

flipside909

DVD Video & Audio playback is reserved for the Mark Levinson/Nav packaged vehicles only.

pinoychris

I second the empty bank account. Also, the breaking in period is so tough. It's sooo easy to go fast. I ended up getting to 80 effortlessly and I have to watch the odometer all the time. Maybe I should change that odometer indicator to something before 80.

MR LEX

This is a minor gripe but it would have been nice to have the ability to view the "actual" tire pressure in each of the 4 tires rather than just a notification when they are "significantly" low on pressure

Lex

Ice350

iTrader: (1)

Sometimes that honeymoon denial phase lasts long into the ownership period. I laugh when ask a bmw or benz owner about reliability. Most of the time they say, no problems at all. Then I say, that's unusual, those cars have a history of electrical and other issues. You must have gotten a good one. They say, yeah it's great. Except the radio goes out sometimes. Sometimes the battery dies mysteriously. Oh, and one day the car shut off in traffic. The dealer can't seem to fix it...but it's been great.

VVT-i

Tire gauge...

TheRupp

What problems are 06 GS owners having? We haven't had any problems with either one so far. 6000 & 9000 miles, 0 problems

Reason I ask is because the IS is using a lot of the same technology that the GS uses, so maybe we'd be able to get an educated guess on it.

roadrocket

I picked up my IS350 this evening and was quite pleased with how it looked waiting for me to take delivery
drove it off the lot and noticed a rattling sound in the headliner/moonroof area, then noticed that the rear package tray (the part that covers the rear window shade) was warped or not installed correctly, and I pointed it out to the salesman who promptly made an appoinment for me with the service personel to have them take a look, and I have noticed a smell of burning oil, not sure if its the normal burn off of assembly lube, brakes or something worse? I hope the are just minor issues and not a prelude of things to come?

roadrocket

I went to the dealer this morning and my sales guys met me and introduced me to "My" service rep and made sure I was taken care of, the service rep checked the rear package tray and agreed with me that it was warped and that they would order me a new one, from the factory in Japan, so it will be a couple of weeks before it arrives, I'm ok with that lenght of time as long as I know they are going to takecare of it,