beefmc

When I was shopping for a used 2007 RX350 here in VA last December I believe I may have seen maybe 1 FWD RX for sale, guess AWD must be a good upsell here in VA.

JProdun

110500+ on my 04 AWD, previous owner only done some maintenance. Don't have any problems whatsoever. Going for drive belts, timing, water pump and spark service soon.

biggus

350s can have an issue with the oil cooler rubber lines failing and pumping out all the enine oil on the road. 300s dont have that issue. They are very similar vehicles. I have an 04 300 that has 115,000 trouble free miles and plans are to take it to 250k.

beefmc

Just bought a 2007 RX 350 in December with approx 102k on it and just had to replace water pump @ 106k. Seems a bit early to me and it is not a easy to do job. Paid my independent $650 for the job. Not too bad but not what I wanted to spend 6 months after buying it.

thomas1

Yup that is why when I have timing belt done the water pump is replaced. Edit my bad the RX350 doesn't have timing belt....

Henry2024

So when the water pump on my RX350 goes bad, is that when I have the timing chain replaced? It seems like a very expensive fix, considering the hours required for labor.

Henry2024

That's terrible. My 2007 RX350 is at 80K right now. It scares me to think the water pump will be going out soon.

My Dodge Carvan is at 208K and my Honda CR-V is at 138K and neither have had any problems with the water pump. I thought I got a Lexus because of the quality and reliability.

RX330inFL

The timing chain is a lifetime item. You would not change it when doing the water pump. The water pump on the RX350 is a bear to replace and can be a bit expensive. Some have had problems with theirs, however, they are designed to last if you get a good one.

nipponbird

I had a look at the threads relating to Canadian sourced RX's as opposed to Japanese sourced RX's. but can't find a direct answer. I see you guys get RX's from Canada (also from Japan), whilst the RX350 I have come from Japan, does it mean I will be less (or more) in line for water pump replacement?

RX330inFL

I do not believe you will find a correlation between the two production plants. Both are more than likely using the same AISIN water pump. If there is anything of note is that you have a 2006 which means yours might be a newer production run than anything we have here in the States. Perhaps you can have a peak at the door jam for a look at the production date.