Expensive synthetic oil change at my Lexus dealership
12-12-11, 12:47 PM
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Expensive synthetic oil change at my Lexus dealership
I took my IS to Lexus of Westminster to do synthetic oil change and they charged $137 for it. Do you think it's too expensive ? They also asked me to change cabin filter for $75 more but I said no.
12-12-11, 02:21 PM
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That's a typical dealership price for a synthetic oil change. If you want to do your services at the dealer, bring your own parts and have them do the labor only. You can get 7 quarts of Mobil 1 full synthetic for about $50. If you use your CL discount and buy in bulk, you can get the oil filters for about less than $5 each too with shipping. Then just pay ~$40 for oil change labor at the Lexus dealer (total cost ~$95) or take it to a Toyota dealership, where i've heard labor is as cheap as $14 for oil changes so the whole thing would cost you about $68.
Of course there are plenty of smaller shops that would do it for less than $70 too if you don't mind taking your car somewhere other than a dealer.
Of course there are plenty of smaller shops that would do it for less than $70 too if you don't mind taking your car somewhere other than a dealer.
12-12-11, 03:26 PM
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$75 to change the cabin filter is ridiculous. It's a 3 to 5 minute job, and filters cost about $20 or less if you dont want to get OEM. There are alot of posts about how to do it on this forum.
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12-12-11, 07:02 PM
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$70 will only get you Synthetic blend, oil at dealers usually cost 2X-3X more than wal-mart/auto parts stores.
What I have been doing is buy my own oil, and let Lexus dealer do the work. They only charge me $30 for the labor and oil filter is also included in the price.
What I have been doing is buy my own oil, and let Lexus dealer do the work. They only charge me $30 for the labor and oil filter is also included in the price.