270,000 FaultyLexus/Toyota Engines, potential recall (valve spring replacement)
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Read the thread. - I did!
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went to a dealer in illinois and was told that they will not sell any cars until the recall has been performed. they said no one in illinois has done the recall because the dealers are waiting for the part that won't come until august. not sure if this dealer is telling the truth or what?
Lexus has deep pockets through Toyota so they can afford to do this. If the government continues with these witchhunts its basically going to become a matter of who's pockets is the deepest if EVERY COMPANY has these issues.
If the government continues to go after Toyota only, expect to see Toyota man their lawyers up.
My car is fine. It probably does not have this issue. I'm not even sure if I will take it in or not.
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I wouldn't be so optimistic about low rate of occurrences..now. Overtime it can get out of the control. GS3 is like 3 years old? 0.2% change of failure tells absolutely nothing without specific timeline. In 1-3 years - maybe. What about in 4-5-7...? It can go up to 50-70%. Speculation? True. What is also true probability goes up overtime.
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Since Cuthroat is talking about Hyundai again, I thought I'd share a few links about the excellent sales and service experience Hyundai is delivering through their luxury car dealerships.
All the examples are from just the first page of the dealership experience section of the Genesis forum. All are recent.
1) Service dept damages car and won't fix it.
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=4337
2) Sales guy slips in extras the buyer didn't want or ask for.
hhttp://www.genesisowners.com/hyunda...ead.php?t=5577
3) Dealer won't give buyer any price info or talk to him on phone
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=4976
4) Service visit from hell
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=4799
5) Dealer not honoring sales deals
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=4336
6) Another dealer not honoring sales deal
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=2749
7) Sloppy service work
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=4235
For such a low volume car, the Genesis dealer experience seems to generate a lot of complaints.
All the examples are from just the first page of the dealership experience section of the Genesis forum. All are recent.
1) Service dept damages car and won't fix it.
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=4337
2) Sales guy slips in extras the buyer didn't want or ask for.
hhttp://www.genesisowners.com/hyunda...ead.php?t=5577
3) Dealer won't give buyer any price info or talk to him on phone
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=4976
4) Service visit from hell
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=4799
5) Dealer not honoring sales deals
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=4336
6) Another dealer not honoring sales deal
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=2749
7) Sloppy service work
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=4235
For such a low volume car, the Genesis dealer experience seems to generate a lot of complaints.
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This also seems to indicate Genesis has far more frequent problems than lexus. Remember this car hasn't been out for 2 years yet.
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=2792
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai...ead.php?t=2792
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True.
But it's not like any of the recent posts on the spring issue are adding anything new. There's nothing to report on that. It's been announced, we've seen examples and photos. The new springs will arrive in August. Time to move on to another topic until we start getting the springs installed next month.
But it's not like any of the recent posts on the spring issue are adding anything new. There's nothing to report on that. It's been announced, we've seen examples and photos. The new springs will arrive in August. Time to move on to another topic until we start getting the springs installed next month.
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I called the dealership about it today, I'm under recall but the "paper work" hasn't been sent to them. I'll have to do my oil change prior to it but when I take it in, I'll have them do my brakes and driver side mirror.
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Never any problems, eh. Know anyone who owned a 1999-02 CL, TL or Mdx with the 5spd Auto ? I know several, and they will never buy another Acura/Honda again . . .