On 4/30/07 9:08 PM, in article XIadnTjH-o-OCavbnZ2dnUVZ_t6qnZ2d@comcast.com,

Well, I picked it up today and love it.  I have a lot of reading to do -
can't even figure out what half the buttons and switches do yet.

The Nav is different than the one in my 02 ES - took me 20 mins to figure
out how to set my HOME in it - and that's using the book.

BTW, I didn't get a trunk net with it. I thought they came equipped with
that as standard equipment. When I asked, they said it was an option, and
mine probably never had it.

I've had my '04 LS430 from new (now with 40,000 miles), and never had a
problem with it, period.  It's a sample of one, but this is my 6th LS, and
other than having one stolen while I was vacationing in New York (serves me
right for going to NY I suppose), the worst thing that's ever happened is a
water pump failed after 50,000 miles (which was replaced for free even
though it was out of warranty).  You won't be sorry with your LS.

-C

Some time ago I mentioned that, after complaining to a Lexus service advisor
about my ongoing trans hesitation (well it really became a trans
jerking-while-finding-a-gear problem after last software upgrade) that he
mentioned that Lexus had issued a TSB that stated the need for premium fuel
after the upgrade.  I doubted it and he couldn't find the TSB. I later found
it online however, and he was right - it did state that. I still had my
doubts about fuel being involved.

Some here said that it was possible for the octane level to affect the trans
performance.  I finally gave in, and have been using premium fuel for the
past few thousand miles, and I have to say there is a big improvement.
Yesterday I felt the jerkiness again though - but it was a minor episode
compared to previous ones, and it was the first and only time since I
started using premium.

Now, it's kind of academic though, because I've been looking into getting an
'04 LS430. In doing my research on that vehicle, however, I learn that they
had a recall on those 430s made in '03 whereby the trans is replaced !  I
thought the worst thing on those cars was the air suspension.  Now I have to
worry about the trans on the LS430 I might buy !

Does anyone have any info on the 04 LS430 (6-speed) trans problem ?

(I suppose I should have started a new topic for this LS question.)