Poppa

Earlier tonight I was just killing time on the computer and ran across this add from a Lexus dealer in Atlanta.... guys, if you need a battery for your Lexus, this is the place to call -------NOT!!!

BATTERY

Part Number: 2880038100BATTERY; 80D26R-MF; 80D26R-MF,COLD AREA SPEC WITHOUT

BATTERY
Your Price$ 702.46List PriceUSD$ 777.81
You Save(10%) $ 75.35

bc6152

All this dealer needs is a mask to be a real robber... Sad part is that some little old lady will say "well OK if I need one put it in"...

Poppa

Isn't that the truth... coincidentally I had to make a quick stop at the dealership where I bought my car.. while I was there I asked the service writer how much for a new battery ( with no intention of getting one from the dealership ) and he tells me 300.00 which is outrageous to me.... when I ask him why so much he tells me it's an AGM battery.. I say I don't think so.. then he says pretty sure it is...we go back and forth a couple of times. finally he calls back to the parts dept and they tell him it's not an AGM battery.. so he asks how much for a new flooded battery. $297.00 Again, outrageous... especially since I talked to an interstate dealer the other day... Out the door price on a MTP-24F with 800 and 1000 Ca's and CCA's is 125.00...Before I left he repeated something he told me a few months back.. told me that if I put an aftermarket battery in a Lexus it would not last more than a year..which I think we all know is nonsense...Still I do not understand how they can justify these types of prices...

Poppa

Mike728

Because, people will believe what they tell them.

Maikerusan

People will pay 10,000 plus for a ladies purse if has the right designer label. Of course, you can show it off by parading up and down town with it, but kind of hard to show off your Lexus overpriced battery to the hoi polloi.

newyerker

now if that was for a hybrid battery..........

wasjr

When I saw this thread I thought it was posted as a joke, that there was a typo. So I googled the part number and the cheapest I saw was $690. This is shown as an OEM battery, but none of the listings show the specs for the battery. Unbelievable.

bc6152

This battery advertisement is a perfect example of why Lexus owners become alienated with their dealer experience. There is no way, IMO, that Lexus can justify the price of this part. Not when one can buy a new dependable name brand battery for around $125.00 vs. $700.00... And then the SM lies and says that it will deteriorate within a year.
What a load of BS...

Poppa

Couldn't agree more...

pab12

When I google for original Lexus parts (https://www.lexuspartshub.com/oem-parts) the battery for my '13 ES350 only lists as:

Mike728

I don't know. What exactly are you asking?

pab12

>I don't know. What exactly are you asking?
Oh, I don't know, perhaps that $702.46 rather than $88.33 implies that there's something other than dealer greed here.
But I did notice that the battery for a ES330h goes for $311 at that same OEM parts site.
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Mike728

He found that price at a Lexus dealer, not a web parts supplier. He posted it as it stood out, not that anyone here would actually buy it at that price. He also found a much better price on a superior battery somewhere else. I guess that's what you were missing.

wasjr

On the parts site posted by pab12, the part number posted by the OP is $696.84 and is an oem battery for an LS (after market battery listed for $105.35). This part number is on several web parts suppliers' sites.
The part number posted by pab12 is for an ES.