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FINALLY....Recall on GS300 engine misfire
03-10-13, 06:51 PM
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The car is running gret, getting good mileage. I just wonder how my catalytic converters will hold up what ith he ooty exhaust?
03-11-13, 04:41 PM
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My three week waiting period starting on 1/26 just got extended another 8-12 weeks.. Service adviser said Lexus was short on parts and will be releasing more shortly.. so a 4 to 5 month wait time now on this CSP stated earlier is about right. 
03-11-13, 06:03 PM
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That's great service.
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03-11-13, 09:23 PM
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only guess is they use regional depots to fulfill their parts demand. we're fresh out over here..lol.
03-12-13, 11:20 AM
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Lexus didnt send out letters on a recall because it didnt happen on most cars thats what west side Lexus told me. But they did tell me to bring in my 06 gs cause I was getting the oil level low light on before my oil change was due and when I would check the oil there was no oil on the dip stick. I also noticed the there was black stuff on my rear bumber. So they ran a test on my car to see if there was a misfire and there was. So they replaced pistions and rings with no charge. I can say that the car runs much better and with more power. Hope my info answers a few of ya'lls questions. But I still dont understand how they can correct a missfire by changing the pistion rings. Im sure it will happen again sooner or later.
03-12-13, 06:44 PM
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03-12-13, 06:51 PM
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Was down about 10.5 gals of gas so decided to fuel up. Pen and paper mpg was 27.6 ...car is running well. She is a keeper. I want to go 250,000 miles. I have a little over 83000 now. I wonder what I'd need To put into her to run her that long.
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03-13-13, 04:46 AM
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03-16-13, 08:45 AM
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Was the oil loss consistent. Mine only loses it sometimes. I did the oil consumption test and it was fine. The oil change prior to this I had no oil on the dipstick and the light hadn't come on. He says the car will run fine with 2 quarts of oil (oil wont show on dipstick). He said its typical for the car to run through a quart of oil every thousand miles. They also ran the car through the test for misfire and didn't find anything wrong. Not sure how I am losing oil randomly.
03-18-13, 11:17 AM
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My Vsc light came on and said I needed a new tranny -____- car wont shift after third gear had a 02 gs300 and never had any problems with it got the 06 and now have that big problem -__- any suggestions
03-18-13, 12:05 PM
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doesn't help that my warranties are expiring shortly.
03-21-13, 11:56 AM
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You would need to replace the trans, no other choice. I had this last year Aug, bring them to Lexus and call Corporate Lexus (they are local to us) once you have the confirmation from your local dealership for the total cost. I got 50% on parts from Corporate Lexus which is not bad instead of paying the whole shebang. Mine was slightly over 60k miles and was 3 months over the warranty period on trans, bad timing indeed. Good luck!
03-21-13, 12:00 PM
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Back to the topic of this thread, I was supposed to wait for another month or two for the parts (which I think it is stupid) but I kept calling them back every 2 weeks or so and claim that the burning oil is getting worse and annoying. My local dealership is being helpful enough to expedite and bump me up to the top of the list. I dropped off the car 2 days ago and they claimed it should be done in 3-4 days just right before the weekend. We'll see, in the meantime, I am enjoying the ES350 loaner with bluetooth audio and the rest of the good stuff that comes with.