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I also heard something similar to your experience about Lseat. Thank you.

Does anyone have experience with pre-made seat cover that you can buy from the internet? Looking at replacing the original seat cover of my 97 Lexus 450. Thank you.

I guess I will take it apart and see what is wrong. Thanks

I will give it a try. THank you.

Thanks for the response. Yes, the plug was gone and the gear probably destroyed. I can follow those threads to replace the plastic gears. But before heading that way, I want to make sure nothing else I have overlooked. If the gear is bad, why would I not hear the motor spinning when put in...

LX 450. Sorry for the typo.

Hello, Several threads talked about plastic gear worn out as the main culprit. My Lexus 470 front seats can move forward but not backward. And I do not hear motor humming when attempting to move seat backward. Could that be a bad contact in the motor switch? Thank you.

Hello, I found this thread to help me fix my two front seats - My Lexus 470 front seats can move forward but not backward. And I do not hear motor humming when switch to move the seat backward. Could that be a bad contact in the motor switch? Thank you.

Thank you @ Heckraiser

Much appreciated @AndrewInf and mrq.

Hello, I am considering a replacement of stock bumper with ARB 3211050 non-winch bumper. An older thread on this similar subject suggested the difference in weight is about 60lb. The current version of ARB bumper per the spec is 137lb. The stock is about 35Lb, a 100lb less. Has anyone had...

Thanks EVERYONE all for the suggestions. It does not seem mine is much worse. It is an old vehicle and has over 140K miles now. BUt I like it. As it gets older things start to fail. I recently spent nearly $600 on a reputable shop to install a new EGR modulator valve and cleaning the passage. A...

Very good point. Thank you. The circumference of 285/75 is 1.0537 x of 275/70 R16 tires. Taking this into account I am getting just over 13 miles/gal which makes me feel better.

Hello, I am only getting 11 miles on a gallon of gas on average with City driving without AC on. I used to get close to 15-16 miles/gallon. I have a stock 97 Lexus 450. The only non-stock item is the tire which is 285/75R16, a little heavier. I had a new air filter installed. IT did not help...

Thank you for the timely response. I'd like to manually move the seat back first before tempting to fix the issue once and for all. I wonder if there is way to turn the two parallel screw-type of shafts without having the seat removed first. It does not seem there is any space to use the locking...