The dealership is not always wrong
05-23-12, 09:00 PM
#1
The dealership is not always wrong
Ok, so generally speaking I will never stick up for any auto dealership - Lexus or otherwise, but I had an experience recently that slightly proved to me that they are not always money-sucking hustlers. Case in point; when I was about to buy my LS400 back in February I took the car to my local Lexus dealership for the once-over inspection. The report came back relatively clean considering the car was approaching the 14-year mark. They did note that my engine and cabin air filters were dirty and should be replaced. I thought "c'mon dude this ain't my first rodeo, I'm not falling for that scam... later". A few days after the purchase I pulled the filters and, well, you can see the results. Is that a cig. butt? Yes it is!
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05-24-12, 12:51 PM
#2
Yuck...
I'm pretty regular about knocking the large debris out of the engine air filter. A few firm raps on a hard surface dislodges a fair amount of stuff from the filter. The cabin, I change it regularly with 3M Filtrete Ultra Pure which I cut up to fit.
What was amusing was I had recently changed the engine air filter and cabin when the car went in for dealer service. They came back with the usual list including these two that "needed" to be changed. I told the service adviser that the tech wasn't verifying what was needed and accused them of artificially inflating repairs. She said it was necessary so I went to the car and pulled the cabin filter to show her. Wrong... Granted they see a lot of cars and it may be common but this assumption on the tech's part hit the wrong odds.
I'm pretty regular about knocking the large debris out of the engine air filter. A few firm raps on a hard surface dislodges a fair amount of stuff from the filter. The cabin, I change it regularly with 3M Filtrete Ultra Pure which I cut up to fit.
What was amusing was I had recently changed the engine air filter and cabin when the car went in for dealer service. They came back with the usual list including these two that "needed" to be changed. I told the service adviser that the tech wasn't verifying what was needed and accused them of artificially inflating repairs. She said it was necessary so I went to the car and pulled the cabin filter to show her. Wrong... Granted they see a lot of cars and it may be common but this assumption on the tech's part hit the wrong odds.
05-27-12, 09:12 AM
#3
Yuck...
I'm pretty regular about knocking the large debris out of the engine air filter. A few firm raps on a hard surface dislodges a fair amount of stuff from the filter. The cabin, I change it regularly with 3M Filtrete Ultra Pure which I cut up to fit.
What was amusing was I had recently changed the engine air filter and cabin when the car went in for dealer service. They came back with the usual list including these two that "needed" to be changed. I told the service adviser that the tech wasn't verifying what was needed and accused them of artificially inflating repairs. She said it was necessary so I went to the car and pulled the cabin filter to show her. Wrong... Granted they see a lot of cars and it may be common but this assumption on the tech's part hit the wrong odds.
I'm pretty regular about knocking the large debris out of the engine air filter. A few firm raps on a hard surface dislodges a fair amount of stuff from the filter. The cabin, I change it regularly with 3M Filtrete Ultra Pure which I cut up to fit.
What was amusing was I had recently changed the engine air filter and cabin when the car went in for dealer service. They came back with the usual list including these two that "needed" to be changed. I told the service adviser that the tech wasn't verifying what was needed and accused them of artificially inflating repairs. She said it was necessary so I went to the car and pulled the cabin filter to show her. Wrong... Granted they see a lot of cars and it may be common but this assumption on the tech's part hit the wrong odds.
02-14-14, 05:19 PM
#4
2-year Aniverssary
Since next week is the 2-year mark of owning my Lexus AND bieng a member of CL I thought I would make an update to my very first post. Here is a photo of some more buried treasure found deep within the dark recesses of the car.
While my mechanic was behind the glove box looking for an ECU (which he found - undamaged) he also found this rodent nest! Nice, huh? Luckily the post-nest-inspection did not reveal any chewed wiring. The question remains though...where is the critter that did this? Moved on, hopefully. Cheers.
While my mechanic was behind the glove box looking for an ECU (which he found - undamaged) he also found this rodent nest! Nice, huh? Luckily the post-nest-inspection did not reveal any chewed wiring. The question remains though...where is the critter that did this? Moved on, hopefully. Cheers.
02-15-14, 07:16 PM
#6
I always wonder how Rodents can get around to building nests in cars that are still driven regularly and not sitting in a field somewhere... That is like, Ninja rat skills.
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02-15-14, 08:55 PM
#8
Lexus Champion
they say change the filters to everyone, and for once they were correct!
I love the way RA40 burnt them good above!
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