dychen85

Hey guys I saw an IS250 for a good price with roughly 115k miles.

The car is physically in great shape but after a vehicle inspection at Lexus, the Lexus service rep found excess carbon buildup and said that it was a voluntary recall and that they would replace the engine piston rings due to the carbon buildup for free.

Is this a major problem? However, the car has excellent maintenance records.

Thanks

sktn77a

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Pretty much every IS250 is going to have this problem. The new piston rings help but don't eliminate the issue. I's a bad design of the PCV system in a direct injection engine.

tex2670

115k miles on a Lexus is no big deal at all.