youngwatts

The battery in my RX300 recently died, so today I removed it and upon inspection of the battery peeled back the "Premium Lexus" battery Logo Sticker only to find a "Premium Toyota" battery Logo sticker right under it! This may not come as a suprise to some but I for one didn't expect the extra cost at the Lexus dealership to be for a sticker!

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

Not out of the ordinary.

The RX is a luxury derivative of the Highlander...

PureDrifter

iTrader: (10)

any lexus part u buy from the dealer will come in a toyota bag/box with a toyota label.

np20412

yeah but hes pissed that he bought the battery from Lexus when he could have bought from Toyota for cheaper had he known that the only difference was the sticker! I'd be pissed too!

Trexus

Lexus parts are genuine Toyota parts. A very good example are the oil filters. They come in the red Toyota box. There is no such thing as Lexus genuine parts.

UberNoob

and it was probably a Toyota TrueStart battery

GSteg

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Nothing new really.

My local lexus dealer wanted $12 per quart of Type T-IV ATF while Toyota only wanted $5.50 or so.

narfy

same manufacturer as the toyota batteries... and the same price...

tzu911

You know what you could do? Trade in your Lex for a BMW, you won't have that problem ever again.

JessePS

until BMW start's charging u $1000 for an oil change

Trexus

I'd rather have a Toyota than a BMW any day...

Lexmex

As I mentioned in the RX300 forum, I noted that one of my old OEM batteries once said Made in Mexico, in fact come to think of it, I remember removing that top stick and it said Hecho en Mexico below that.

3m ta3

What was the price difference on both?

mavericck

Since when?

tsopranoMB

what brand battery are yours stock? my IS300 came with an ENERGIZER one, in the black stock casing, with the LEXUS sticker on it