Advice. Engine failure at 115,000
10-27-15, 03:56 PM
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I need Lexus to stand behind their "pursuit of perfection". In the meantime I'm driving a 15 ES 350 which is actually quite nice. Not my smoky granite mica GS though....
11-03-15, 03:40 PM
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Lexus is giving me $2000 service credit towards the repairs. I'm picking up an engine this Friday from a 2009 GS 350 AWD with 44,000 miles on it.
11-03-15, 03:46 PM
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I'll be shocked if you get anything out of them. Pretty much all about the new customer who leases, not about anything over 5 years old. They just flat out don't care.
11-03-15, 03:59 PM
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Well they agreed to $2000 service credit to cover the removal/install of the motor I am bringing them and the car was not bought from them and far out of warranty. I bought it off Craigslist from a private owner with 97,000 on it. I am very surprised they did that and was basically not expecting anything. I've been driving a 2015 loaner ES 350 for the past week also... Not bad if you ask me.
11-04-15, 12:19 AM
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Man if that was me in that same situation, I'd look for a salvaged IS-F and pull the motor on that one. Lol jk, on a serious note, hope all goes well. Just the hassle alone is crazy enough to go through.
11-04-15, 06:34 AM
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I explored other options... Even a 2JZ but my difficulty lies in the car being AWD.... If it was RWD it could be easier... Still a lot of money and labor though and the sacrifice of a lot of functionality with the existing electronics in the car... This has been a crazy pain in the ***. I'm glad they offered assistance.
11-04-15, 06:37 AM
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I'm hoping around $2000 give or take. They said their standard procedure is to pull the valve covers, check everything over, use a bore scope to inspect the inside as much as possible, install a new rear main seal, pre oil the cylinders before initial start up etc.... I'm contacting them tonight to get some final numbers... It's quoted online as a 21 hour job for removal and replacement..... Sheesh
11-08-15, 12:16 PM
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They had an IS-F motor with around 23,000 miles on it for $8,000.... The car was rear-ended and about 4' shorter.... They had the 19"s off of it too... I'm tempted to throw them on my GS....
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