CL Members,

I have a 2006 GS 300 with 75k miles on it. My car will be 6 years old this fall but will only be at around 80k miles.

The manual says to do the major service at 90k miles or 72 months. I won't hit 90k miles for another 1 to 1.5 years.

Is that too long to wait being the car would be 7+ years old to do the timing belt. What about my extended warranty; will that be affected if I don't do it at 72 months?

Thanks

 

Hi oilnewby,

I am a newbie myself and I have the same yr/model car as you. If I am not mistaken our cars have a timing chain, not a belt. I checked the maintenance schedule for our cars and it does not state anything about changing a TB at 90k. You may want to double check on this.

 

2006 GS300 is timing chain, so you dont need to worry about that.

 

My manual states that I need a timing belt change at 90K.

 

Don't know if this will work, but this is directly from the Lexus.com website where I have my car registered.

https://xws.xtime.com/xmmmenu/?varia...estimate=false

 

no tb might wanna check the water pump but those things last til like 120k and if u haven't change your spark plugs at 60k i suggest you do it other than that your good oil, air, cabin filters and check ur fluid levels thats all i can think of gL

 

If it's like mine, it's a 'general' Lexus manual covering several models. 3GS is definitely a chain.