mrpitbull

Will an extended warranty cover this problem? Any problems with aftermarket warranties?

BNR34

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Yes 100%.

Not sure, don't have any personal experience.

jpcdmd

I was just told by Bell Lexus that my 2001 LS430 with 129K mi needs new upper control arms, air struts, and ball joints all for the front suspension. installed about $5000. Had the lower control arms replaced at 117K mi. Felt great till a few thousand miles ago everything started feeling sloppy again, now its noisy too. Called www.lexuspartsworld.com and they quoted me about 35% less for the parts. $836.55 for one of the air struts (still better than the $1194 ea quote I got from Bell). The $400 rebuilt air struts won't be available for about another 2 months from www.arnottindustries.com. DAMN!

Oh, and my nav ECU is going out too. yeah!

BNR34

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Did they tell you that?

They couldn't even give me a date, all they always say is "they are working on it", for the last year or so.

jpcdmd

Yeah they told me that when I called and asked if the struts were available yet. Said about two months, no specific date though.

BNR34

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Hopefully that means they are getting closer on it.

Looks like they just released it for the W220 S-class, I would imagine the failure rate on that is a lot higher then the LS, so they put the priority on that.