Hello Everyone:

It has been awhile since I have posted so here it goes. My 2013 LS 460L was getting close to the 90,000 miles checkup. I never do service work at the dealership because it is such a ripoff. I had purchased a Lexus extended warranty and it had a couple of days before it expired. So I thought I would do the 90K checkup(Lexus changes all the fluids) and and if they found anything else then Lexus could go ahead and fix it under warranty while they had the car. I had done a brake job by my mechanic not to long ago. The brakes were fine with no problem when I took it into Lexus. After I go my car back I noticed that the left front was grinding like the ABS was engaged. When you drive the car after several hard stops, I noticed there was kind of brake fade before the ABS grind. The ABS would engage sooner after the hard stops than before. It sounds like low brake fluid,(it it not low I checked), bubbles in the brake line like the brakes were not pumped or something else. I emailed my Lexus advisor and of course he said where did you get your brakes done. It really does not matter where I got my brakes done as they were fine before I came in for service. The advisor said they changed the brake fluid and greased some brake rod and that is all they did. Has anyone had this happen to you before? I know the dealership is going to deny any wrong doing. They will blame it on the aftermarket brake job. And of course it wasn't a LEXUS brake job. Does the ABS have to be reset after disconnecting the battery or will this happen automatically after driving. Any thoughts on it.

Jarm

 

A Lexus dealership screwed up my brakes while doing fluid flush. The car had to be towed back because they didn't tighten one of the bleeding valves causing massive fluid loss and not operational front right brakes.