Jwconeil

Hello everyone. My name is James, and I am new to the Lexus community. I am looking at a very low mileage 2008 IS350 and I am concerned that it may have needed the valve spring recall. Does anybody know exactly what years and or VIN number vehicles needed the recall performed? I checked the Carfax and there were no recalls needed or performed. Any help is appreciated. I look forward to joining the community.

bazzle01

Might get more help if you post up the year etc of the one your buying?
If you've checked already I suppose there is nothing more to add.

Gville350

iTrader: (10)

Get the VIN if you don't already. Then sign up at lexus.com as an owner using the VIN. It should then give you ALL of the Lexus dealership work history on the car (including recalls).

Jwconeil

Thanks that website is great. Looks like it was done. Below are the big ticket items performed. Is there anything else I should look into on a 2008? This vehicle was well maintained by Lexus, which I am very happy to see.

Service: ALE REPL COMP SPRINGS & LASH ADJUSTERS FOR IS 350
Description: ALE REPL COMP SPRINGS & LASH ADJUSTERS FOR IS 350 ~ ~ALE SERVICE CAMPAIGN ~ ~ALE ~ ~13739 0528FS=7.0 700 PERFORMED REPAIR PROCEDURE AS PER SERVICE CAMPAIGN ALE.

Service: REPLACE CAMSHAFT TIMING GEAR ON IS
Description: REPLACE CAMSHAFT TIMING GEAR ON IS ~ ~SAFETY RECALL DLG REMEDY NOTICE - CERTAIN 2006 TO 2011 MODEL YEAR IS350 CERTAIN 2010 TO 2011 MODEL YEAR IS350C AND CERTAIN 2007 TO 2011 MODEL YEAR GS350 VEHICLES - 2GR-FSE INTAKE VVT ACTUATOR GEAR. ~ ~DLG ~ ~25950 3528HB 670 REPLACED CAM SPROCKETS AS OUTLINED IN DLG BULLETIN .

Service: ELF-REPL FUEL PRESSURE GASKE T-IS250,IS350,GS300,350,450H
Description: ELF-REPL FUEL PRESSURE GASKE T-IS250,IS350,GS300,350,450H ~ ~POTENTIAL FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR LEAK ~ ~ELF ~ ~32834 ELF AGGB7A 310 COMPLETE

Jwconeil

Can anyone confirm the first recall I mentioned is the valve spring replacement? The verbiage is not clear.

Zmon

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Yeah, ALE is the valve spring service campaign.

Those are the big three, always good to see those done. Only other things would be the melting dash/door panel campaign, and the passenger airbag recall. If it's a dealer, I'm kind of surprised they're selling the car if it hasn't had the airbag recall performed.

Jwconeil

Does the Lexus website show how the car was originally packaged? I can't find anything like that.

Jwconeil

The airbag was performed I forgot to list it. No dash repair. Can I just take it in to have that performed? I would think the car is to old to get it done now.

Zmon

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No, there should still be time to get on the list for dash/door panel replacements. I believe primary coverage ends in May. Secondary coverage for the dash/door panels starts when the primary coverage ends, and I believe it's 8 years from in-service date of the vehicle.

You may need to call corporate to get a window sticker with the vehicles options.