dreyfus

So, this happened in my 2007 tonight. I was in traffic so I couldn't take the pic at 200,000, but I did catch it. I'm the original owner.

ESh

That's a good number. Probably one of the heighest in USA.

Any problems with it? Are you the original owner?

12jimmyjam

Nice! Also curious about any repairs needed and your maintenance?

chuyrobles

My wife's ES350 is 5K away...

12jimmyjam

Have you guys ever changed the ATF in your cars?

dreyfus

I am the original owner. I do my own brakes, filters, oil changes, headlamps, etc. I also changed my AT fluid at 105,000 miles or so, but am not sure if I'll do that again. It did make my transmission flair worse (!), though not enough to make the car undriveable. I've only used Mobil One changed every 5k and after the first 6 months I've only used 87 octane gasoline.

That said, this has been the most trouble-free car I've ever owned. The only real failure was a coil pack that went somewhere around 140k that I fixed on the road at O'Rielly's in about 10 minutes. I've replaced tires, batteries, plugs, flushed the coolant twice, had a mirror go bad under warranty, oh, and my water pump went out around 150k miles or so. I replaced my rotors once. The drive train has been solid.

After 10+ years there are bugs. My mirrors don't always reset to their memory position, and my rear sunscreen doesn't deploy. I'd like to fix that but the cost is outrageous and it's a lot of work to get to. The windshield is fairly pitted and I hate, hate, hate the fogged-over headlight covers. I haven't yet read about a solution to that that is effective long-term.

Overall, a great car that I'm very happy with.

12jimmyjam

Ha! Glad to see an owner with high mileage post this!

overclock

I am watching a headlight restoration video right now.


After lots of sanding the final step is to paint the headlight with a UV resistant clear coat.

nguyent8

Nice job keeping your car up. Did your water pump give some symptoms before it went out? (such as leak, strange noise?).
I barely drive so my 08' car just hit 102,000 miles. Putnam Lexus said there was some pink crust found around water pump and quoted me $1,200 which sounds pretty high. Mine still drives very smoothly. No leak, coolant level never drops. No strange noise yet.

nevernu

Water Pump Inspection and Diagnosis Tips attached

chuyrobles

I have flushed it out twice and changed the ATF filter once. Third flush coming up at 200K.

Here is my maintenance record. Didn't record OEM warranty brake job about 30K; tire replacements; and oil changes (Use Mobil1 Extended synthetic oil; change at 10K)
105000 01/10/13 ATF flush; 894 reverse light mod
117910 02/20/13 Spark plugs NGK Iridium; AF
118500 03/02/13 KYC radiator; belt
132000 10/26/13 Brake pads; OEM turned rotors
133050 11/16/13 CSF radiator; coolant flush (SuperTech universal)
138217 02/26/14 VVTi Oil lines
155050 11/02/15 Alternator (Oreillys); Idler pulleys; coolant (radiator only); belt
157800 02/27/15 ATF flush (Valvoline MaxLife); ATF filter
173000 12/19/15 Front brake rotors/pads-Maxbrakes; Front brake kit-ACDelco
173800 01/10/16 Thermostat and coolant flush (SuperTech universal)
174100 01/16/16 Rear engine torque strut mount
178970 04/27/16 Alternator replacement under warranty
180450 05/21/16 AC Delco Rotors
182400 07/04/16 Brake fluid flush
182700 07/09/16 Front brake calipers (Autozone)
184291 08/10/16 installed resurfaced Max rotors
184845 08/20/16 Pass side lower BJ (Moog) and pass. wheel bearing & hub (Dura kit)
186113 09/10/16 Brake pads (Oreilly’s Select) and resurfaced AC Delco rotors
187460 10/08/16 Lower control arms (with bushings); left BJ; Sway arm links. OE Brands/FPD sold by MacAutoPartts
188240 10/22/16 Rear pads (Wagner) and rear rotors (Dura)
191720 01/15/17 Replace pass. wheel hub – Dorman hub; Timken wheel bearing.

dreyfus

There was no previous warning when mine went out on the interstate. Suddenly, my engine temperature started to rise. I put the heat on full and limped back home, watching the gauge and coasting a lot. When the engine finally cooled down enough for me to check I was extremely low on coolant. That's when I saw a lot of fresh coolant around the water pump and I knew it had died. The $1,200 cost sounds about right, though I have a relative who works at Lexus and I had the work done at a far lower cost. 🙂

nguyent8

Thanks. Look like I only need to worry when there is some leak.

I always carry a can of coolant in the trunk these days. Hope it won't get steamed. I want to defer another 20K miles (equiv. to about 4 years).