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Originally Posted by nch2oracer
I just dropped my 06 IS250 off at the lexus dealer in Durham, NC. I was quoted $760 for the service. It seems rediculously high. What did other people pay?
Another question. Why did my original brakes last 40K mi and now it seems I need some sort of brake service every 7 or 8k miles? Did these things come with defective brakes?
This car has cost me so much money in service over the past year that I'm ready to sell it. If I'm going to pay this much for maintenance, I'd rather have an M series BMW or Porsche. I bought the IS250 because I thought it might be somewhat economical. I was mistaken.
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Your first mistake was every asking for the "X miles" service.
Just ask for the actual work you need done.
For example- "10k service" is $150. An oil change is $50. The
exact same work is done for both, they'll just list a bunch of "inspections" that they do anytime they have your car for free to justify the higher price listed for the "10k service" which is simply an oil change.
Once they hear "I want the X miles service" that's code to them for "This guy knows nothing about his car, we can jack the price up"
At 60k you would need an oil change, a brake fluid change, and a spark plug change. Which should add up to a LOT less than $760.
(you also need air/cabin filter changes, but you should be doing those yourself as they take 5 minutes each and are cheap if done yourself).
You don't say exactly _what_ they're supposedly doing to your brakes, but there's no reason you should need any sort of service on them nearly as often as you're describing.
What the car -actually- needs in its service life is pretty minor:
Every 5k: Oil change (unless you go synthetic and to longer change intervals)
Every 15k: cabin/air filter changes- do yourself.
Every 30k: brake fluid change
Every 60k: spark plugs
Every 100k: coolant
That's it.
Brake pads, rotors, tires, wiper inserts, and other wear parts will be replaced as they wear out, but none should happen significantly more often than any comparable vehicle.