DryEye

Make sure that when you take your vehicle in for this recall/service take a picture of your engine before bringing it in and when you go to pick up your vehicle pop the hood and inspect everything in the engine bay.
The reason why I stress this is because when I had the recall done to my vehicle, they broke my silver engine cover and tried to glue back together. No one notified me when I went to pick up my vehicle, which I think is BS.

Pivo154

g2bme: Someone said its cheaper to do the spark plugs with the recall bc they will have easier access or something? Im at 50k & if its needed at 60k then it might be cheaper to do it now or should i wait?

g2bme

iTrader: (6)

honestly, it's up to you. you're "suppose" to change it at 60K because it's maintenance. Many people have gone to 80/90k without a problem. If you're planning on reselling the car, to just piece of mind I'd say change it when you can. It's all on your budget and what you can afford.

I recently did my 60K piece by piece. I changed my own oil, changed the cabin filter, and went to a ship that did my brake fluid flush. Bought all my parts from L-Tuned here in So Cal (similar prices like Sewell or cheaper, and it's local!) I'm at 65K and I was planning to do my spark change in a month or so, which would be like 70K or so (i drive a lot). Luckily, I'm going to get my cam gears fixed because of the recall and the TSB that went out for the 250's way back. I asked the dealer if i provided my spark plugs, can they change it for me and how much....I got quoted from the lexus service center 147 since they'll be working on the engine already. I checked around - from trusted local Toyota shops to a shop I've been to in which the owner was a Matertech that worked for Lexus for 10+ years. The outside shops wanted to charge me around 270+ for the labor. So i've decided to go through the dealer rather than pay 200+ down the road. Plus it saves me time since it's all done in one shop, plus under the Lexus service center. Hope this helps!

here's a link to a guy that did his 60K an you can see the prices for doing it yourself, or going OUTSIDE of the dealer.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...r-the-60k.html

g2bme

iTrader: (6)

Can anyone chime in about the parts needed to do the spark plug change? I know the spark plugs, but supposedly the gasket also has to be changed since they'll be removing it?

Pivo154

Yea same here what parts are needed to do the spark plug job? Like you said it might be cheaper to do the plugs now since they will be working in the area what the plugs are at...

mandyfig

When picking up your car, check under the hood. Those clips might not be back...

g2bme

iTrader: (6)

lol exactly, but i'm already missing some clips. Was planning to just order some, i think it's like 10 bucks for a bag of 10.

Just found out all that's needed for parts are:

1) 6 spark plugs (~14 bucks each)
2) 3 intake gaskets (~5 bucks each)

Pivo154

g2bme; are you doing the spark plugs or letting lexus when u get the recall done?