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Old 03-13-17, 07:26 AM
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Hello All,
I am a new Lexus owner...have been German cars previously..so this is my 1st jump to Lexus. Just bought 2015 Ultra white on Cabernet F-Sport with Levinson system. So few questions if someone can help.
  1. Noticed my headlights do not turn left and right, only up and down...seems odd for 2015. I have an '07 mercedes that goes left, right, up, down, and even my 2014 335i. Why wouldnt a tech advanced Lexus?
  2. Love the Levinson...1st heard it in my friends '07 LS460...that is one amazing system. On mine, sounds great (not like LS) but on the deeper bass, subwoofer sounds like it is blown. I have to almost set the settings on negative and not go above 40 on volume, but then miss some great sound notes. Any ideas? I was thinking of having Lexus look at it but dont want to be turned away stating "normal"
  3. Love the stock exhaust.. i dont want to change it, but has anyone removed just the resonators for a deeper sound?
Thanks for anyone that would respond. Im new with Lexus and happy.
Old 03-13-17, 08:27 AM
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Congratulations and welcome!

The headlight feature you are speaking of is a part of the Luxury Package, not the F Sport package. So it's available, but for whatever reason, not on the F Sport.

I cannot offer any help on the ML question or the exhaust.
Old 03-13-17, 08:32 AM
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Thanks....ya after some research..noticed that...oh well..no deal breaker...car is awesome so far.
Old 03-13-17, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by chetpatel1
Love the Levinson...1st heard it in my friends '07 LS460...that is one amazing system. On mine, sounds great (not like LS) but on the deeper bass, subwoofer sounds like it is blown. I have to almost set the settings on negative and not go above 40 on volume, but then miss some great sound notes. Any ideas? I was thinking of having Lexus look at it but dont want to be turned away stating "normal"
Are you sure its the subwoofer? I have a 2015 F Sport and my rattle was in the drivers side door. See below video for a quick fix, however I had to take it to Lexus to fix.

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Old 03-13-17, 12:21 PM
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Hello DJP333. Lol..i have the door rattle too I like your fix...thats a great idea..but since still under warranty, i'll let lexus deal with it. See attached of what i video recorded for sound and let me know if normal or i have setting incorrect. Thanks for everyone's help.
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Old 03-13-17, 03:02 PM
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That file didn't play for me. Regardless, get it checked out and fixed at Lexus if still under warranty, they need to take care of it so you can enjoy your ML system.
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I did the fix that DJP333 posted. Quick, easy, and worked just great.
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Congrats and enjoy your GS!
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I have the same speaker problem your talking about. It really bothers me because I had a 2013 GS without ML system and that one didn't have that subwoofer problem, a premium sound system shouldn't have this issue
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What I was told by the service guy at Lexus is that they have this ML speaker problem in a few different Lexus models. When designing the cars they just didn't realize that some random things would be rattling in the car with the upgraded ML sound system, seemed like a weird comment.
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Does everybody's GS that has the ML speakers experience this? Or only a select few?
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Congrats on the GS and welcome to Club Lexus


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