tftimm

Well, I've had my 2011 CPO CT200 for almost a year and I had my first issue.

Last week, my wife tried to start the car and the "Ready" light wouldn't come on, all the dash lights would come on and stay on, and when I tried to turn it off, it wouldn't. After a minute or so, I was able to turn the lights off. After trying several times to turn it on, it wouldn't, all the lights would come on and stay on but it wouldn't go on. Finally, I called the dealer and they sent AAA out. They jumped it, and I crossed my fingers it wouldn't happen again. It happened twice more in the coming days.

So, I took it to the dealer on Saturday and explained the issue. About 2 hours later, the dealer calls me and tells me that sure enough, it is the auxiliary battery and that it was covered under warranty, although I only had a couple of months left so it was a good thing it acted up when it did. Went back about 2 hours after they called, picked it up and was on my way.

The CT200 has two batteries, the auxiliary and the one that helps assist the engine. So, like most non-hybrid cars, the factory battery only lasts about 3 years if your lucky. Well, I guess the CT200 is no different, although from what I read, the 12V CT200 battery is a little pricey. Apparently this is not that uncommon, but there are few write-ups about this anywhere.

Great customer service like always from Lexus. We continue to average 43-45mpg in the city, 40-42 cruising at 70-75mph and 37-38mpg cruising at 80 with 4 people in the car.

Time to keep enjoying my CT200.

nacke

Do you have keyless system? I think it wears 12V battery somewhat faster..

tftimm

I have the OEM keyless system with the FOB, if that is what you are asking about. I have nothing aftermarket. I did recently change both FOB batteries because the display told me that one of the batteries was low, and then a couple of months later, my wife's needed to be replaced.

KKM

How many miles on the CT?

tftimm

About 40,500 miles. I bought it certified 11 months ago with 27,000.

yardbird88

mine was dead at around 30k and replace by dealer under warranty.

roadfrog

Any idea what this battery costs out of warranty?

yardbird88

It should be like any other 12v battery, I would get it from Costco next around 60k miles.

roadfrog

Yeah I did some research and see it's basically a group 24 AGM battery.

yardbird88

here is the OEM battery. It costs like $180..ripe off

yeldogt

I guess t's expensive because it's an odd size .. and only a couple of cars use it. Our Prius is 4 years old and 125k .. original battery

Infected

It's not a rip off.
It's an AGM battery.

If you don't know what that is, look it up.

yardbird88

Lexus

BATTERY

Part Number2880021171$197.82 / each
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$41.18 MSRP $239.00 Description CONVENTIONAL

It's convention unless you can read Japanese.

Infected

I said to go look up what an AGM battery is, not the part number and price.
http://bfy.tw/3InL

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/absorbent_glass_mat_agm

yardbird88

Regardless of what AGM is. Any battery that will die in 2 years/30k is junk.