Things You Don't Like On Your GS
02-07-19, 06:54 PM
#46
I do really like the car for many reasons, but I do have complaints.
1.Hitting the power button shuts off everything: there are hacks to get around it, but it's a total pita that I can't turn off the engine and keep talking on the phone/listening to a podcast/radio without an awkward workaround. It isn't even a setting option I can change. Every other car I've owned with a push start has this.
2. My B pillar is pitted from the seatbelt handle smacking it. Looks like I locked a stray cat in there that tried to scratch its way out. 3 years old. Again, never had that and we usually keep our vehicles for 8 or more years.
3. Some really basic functions need you to "learn" instead of a designated button. Eg. no "mute" for media, instead you must hold the Media button. Again every other vehicle I've had in the last dozen years had a dedicated mute button on the steering wheel controls. I did find out the function after looking for a while, but my wife or kids as occassional drivers often complained about those things.
1.Hitting the power button shuts off everything: there are hacks to get around it, but it's a total pita that I can't turn off the engine and keep talking on the phone/listening to a podcast/radio without an awkward workaround. It isn't even a setting option I can change. Every other car I've owned with a push start has this.
2. My B pillar is pitted from the seatbelt handle smacking it. Looks like I locked a stray cat in there that tried to scratch its way out. 3 years old. Again, never had that and we usually keep our vehicles for 8 or more years.
3. Some really basic functions need you to "learn" instead of a designated button. Eg. no "mute" for media, instead you must hold the Media button. Again every other vehicle I've had in the last dozen years had a dedicated mute button on the steering wheel controls. I did find out the function after looking for a while, but my wife or kids as occassional drivers often complained about those things.
02-07-19, 08:26 PM
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EXACTLY! It took a while but I found it, but why do I have to set that, and then explain it to anyone who might drive my car. My 10 yr old WRX, my f150, wife's Mini - sit down and in 2 secs you see the labelled mute button on the steering wheel that works instantly. I know it's first world problems, but for the money the car should do what you want without having to work/study. User friendly isn't hard.
02-09-19, 12:40 PM
#48
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for those who have the option of a heated steering wheel (yes you northern folks)
why didn't they bother to make the entire steering wheel heated? only the 9 and 3 position is heated - turning any corner is always unpleasant... hot... oof cold... cold, hot again...
BAH!
why didn't they bother to make the entire steering wheel heated? only the 9 and 3 position is heated - turning any corner is always unpleasant... hot... oof cold... cold, hot again...
BAH!
02-09-19, 01:23 PM
#49
The piano black plastic on the center console and door switches are dust magnets. A lot of people complain about no a/c button, but it's not needed. It doesn't have an older style a/c compressor with a magnetic clutch that you could hear the "click" as it engages. It has a variable swash plate that internally engages as needed. So essentially its always on, even if you turn the climate system off it adjust the swash plate to the same position as it would if it was too cold outside and the a/c is not needed. So those of you thinking its wasting gas in the winter just leaving it in auto are incorrect. The a/c light might on, but the compressor isn't pumping refrigerant.
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02-09-19, 01:42 PM
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A lot of people complain about no a/c button, but it's not needed. It doesn't have an older style a/c compressor with a magnetic clutch that you could hear the "click" as it engages. It has a variable swash plate that internally engages as needed. So essentially its always on, even if you turn the climate system off it adjust the swash plate to the same position as it would if it was too cold outside and the a/c is not needed. So those of you thinking its wasting gas in the winter just leaving it in auto are incorrect. The a/c light might on, but the compressor isn't pumping refrigerant.
I remember being younger and being amused when the older generation wouldn't "get with it" and clung to the "old way" of doing things... looks like we have some of that on this board (both young guns and stubborn old folks). Even with the magnetic clutch, this old fart never had a use for the AC button anyway, I always just trusted the system. In South Florida, so long as the AC worked, you were happy!
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02-09-19, 03:25 PM
#51
^^^^
My senior citizen mom turns off the climate system on her ES as she pulls into the garage and won't turn it back on until after she starts the car. Something about it being too much of a load on the engine as it's cranking. I've tried to tell her the compressor won't engage until after the motor starts, but...........
My senior citizen mom turns off the climate system on her ES as she pulls into the garage and won't turn it back on until after she starts the car. Something about it being too much of a load on the engine as it's cranking. I've tried to tell her the compressor won't engage until after the motor starts, but...........
02-09-19, 04:17 PM
#52
^^^^
My senior citizen mom turns off the climate system on her ES as she pulls into the garage and won't turn it back on until after she starts the car. Something about it being too much of a load on the engine as it's cranking. I've tried to tell her the compressor won't engage until after the motor starts, but...........
My senior citizen mom turns off the climate system on her ES as she pulls into the garage and won't turn it back on until after she starts the car. Something about it being too much of a load on the engine as it's cranking. I've tried to tell her the compressor won't engage until after the motor starts, but...........
02-09-19, 07:42 PM
#53
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In my previous cars if you never turn off the AC and always recirculate the air the system would develop musty, damp stinky smells so I began using outside air almost exclusively and turning off the AC a couple miles from my destination and the smells went away. That's why I wanted a dedicated AC button to know for sure that the damn thing was off and also quite often I'm not that hot and I just want some moving air, not AC air and just blowing in the outside air felt just fine.
02-10-19, 06:59 AM
#54
-No dedicated spot for sunglasses
-Car doesn’t lock automatically when walking away from it
-No bending headlights
-A little more space for a water bottle in doors would have been great
-Slow opening power trunk
All of the above minor pet peeves compared with the overall satisfaction I feel owning/driving this car.
-Car doesn’t lock automatically when walking away from it
-No bending headlights
-A little more space for a water bottle in doors would have been great
-Slow opening power trunk
All of the above minor pet peeves compared with the overall satisfaction I feel owning/driving this car.
02-10-19, 09:16 AM
#55
-No dedicated spot for sunglasses
-Car doesn’t lock automatically when walking away from it
-No bending headlights
-A little more space for a water bottle in doors would have been great
-Slow opening power trunk
All of the above minor pet peeves compared with the overall satisfaction I feel owning/driving this car.
-Car doesn’t lock automatically when walking away from it
-No bending headlights
-A little more space for a water bottle in doors would have been great
-Slow opening power trunk
All of the above minor pet peeves compared with the overall satisfaction I feel owning/driving this car.
Our MDX have it and I'm so used to walking away from the car without thinking about locking it.
Already left the GS unlocked many times Doh!
02-11-19, 07:19 AM
#57
Why do your door lock actuators keep failing? Was it covered under the factory warranty? Must be something else going on to cause the failure. I'm 87k on a 2013 GS and never had an issue with door lock actuators. Was the car previously in an accident or flood?
02-11-19, 12:43 PM
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Nope. Drove it off the lot with 13 miles. Lexus covered the first 3 under warranty and the last 4 were covered as a “courtesy”. Driver, passenger, rear passenger side all twice, and driver rear once. Talked to a Lexus roadside guy and his tundra has had 3 in a year and a half. A GX at the dealership was pulling in for his 13th. It’s something they haven’t been able to explain, one guy said that Toyota has stated that it seems to be with fragrances affecting the actuators which to me is bs...I don’t use those items in the car. Seems to be a Toyota issue that needs to be addressed.
02-11-19, 12:43 PM
#59
I bought my car in Sep 2018. drove it home from Richmond, VA to Yorba Linda, CA. one month later had the Modellista front lip installed, and two weeks later had the Paint protection film installed. Best investment ever! especially on a white car! I used touch up paint on the front end before installation. you cant go wrong.
02-11-19, 01:14 PM
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I bought my car in Sep 2018. drove it home from Richmond, VA to Yorba Linda, CA. one month later had the Modellista front lip installed, and two weeks later had the Paint protection film installed. Best investment ever! especially on a white car! I used touch up paint on the front end before installation. you cant go wrong.
