oil change price at lexus
07-22-18, 09:45 PM
#31
Intermediate
I'm guessing that Walmart is much like Jiffy-Lube, Quick Lube and all the other quick lube places that hire people for $8 - $11 an hour and try to teach them how to change engine oil and filters in a wide range of vehicles. Sadly, there are way too many people that have horrific stories from those places using inexperienced and careless people. Some of the horror stories include not putting oil in the crankcase, forgetting the filter gasket or kinking the gasket, leaving the drain plug loose, not replacing the drain plug gasket, using the wrong engine oil, putting engine oil where some other fluid goes, stripping the threads on the oil pan, over tightening or snapping off the drain plug head, stripping the threads on the oil filter, breaking the fasteners for the splash guard undercover, leaving the splash guard undercover loose, missing the valve cover fill port and pouring engine oil on the engine, not cleaning up thoroughly where oil drips on your garage floor or oil on headers/exhaust causing smoke and smell, etc., etc. And, that doesn't include when those places 'service' your transmission or some other part of your vehicle. No thanks!!!
At least when you take your vehicle to the Lexus dealership's service department they use experienced, trained people to change your oil and filter. If they break a fastener for the splash guard undercover they have thousands of the exact correct part on-hand. They also have drain plug gaskets and the correct engine oil and filters on-hand for your vehicle. If there is a problem they know to get help from one of the many highly trained and experienced Lexus technicians or Lexus master technicians. Chances are nil that you will have any of the problems mention above that Walmart and the quick lube stores are known all-too-well for from coast-to-coast. You will certainly pay more at Lexus, but you aren't driving a 20 year-old faded and dented Pontiac with 280k miles that is missing the rearview mirror and with the headliner scraping your head either. Let those guys at Walmart continue to work on your Lexus for oil changes, tires, brakes, etc. - and you'll learn a lesson.
At least when you take your vehicle to the Lexus dealership's service department they use experienced, trained people to change your oil and filter. If they break a fastener for the splash guard undercover they have thousands of the exact correct part on-hand. They also have drain plug gaskets and the correct engine oil and filters on-hand for your vehicle. If there is a problem they know to get help from one of the many highly trained and experienced Lexus technicians or Lexus master technicians. Chances are nil that you will have any of the problems mention above that Walmart and the quick lube stores are known all-too-well for from coast-to-coast. You will certainly pay more at Lexus, but you aren't driving a 20 year-old faded and dented Pontiac with 280k miles that is missing the rearview mirror and with the headliner scraping your head either. Let those guys at Walmart continue to work on your Lexus for oil changes, tires, brakes, etc. - and you'll learn a lesson.
Again, do you know the qualification and experience of the "technicians" at your Lexus dealership?
07-23-18, 04:02 AM
#32
I have a Valvomax drain. Takes zero time to change your own oil. And considering Mobil1 0w-20 oil constantly has $ rebates, cost is just oil + filter and a few minutes of your time.
https://www.valvomax.com/
https://www.valvomax.com/
07-23-18, 06:46 AM
#33
Lexus Champion
These prices don't surprise me that much, really.
I have a 2000 Silverado that I use for yard work and errands. I put less than a thousand miles a year on it. It has the 4.3L V6. On my last oil change, I figured I'd "cheap out" and took it down to the local Jiffy Lube, as I didn't have time to do it myself. They charged me over $100 for a full synthetic change, while I waited in a dingy, dirty, cramped waiting room.
So I don't think $100-$130 is that bad for a full synthetic oil change at a nice, cushy Lexus dealership where I can have free food and coffee.
I have a 2000 Silverado that I use for yard work and errands. I put less than a thousand miles a year on it. It has the 4.3L V6. On my last oil change, I figured I'd "cheap out" and took it down to the local Jiffy Lube, as I didn't have time to do it myself. They charged me over $100 for a full synthetic change, while I waited in a dingy, dirty, cramped waiting room.
So I don't think $100-$130 is that bad for a full synthetic oil change at a nice, cushy Lexus dealership where I can have free food and coffee.
07-23-18, 07:17 AM
#34
I have a Valvomax drain. Takes zero time to change your own oil. And considering Mobil1 0w-20 oil constantly has $ rebates, cost is just oil + filter and a few minutes of your time.
https://www.valvomax.com/
https://www.valvomax.com/
I still prefer to do my own oil changes and it's only once a year for me. It gives me time to look over the car and do other maintenance or cleaning. Walmart regularly has Mobil 1 0w20 for like $23 for a 5 quart jug.
07-23-18, 09:11 AM
#35
Lexus Test Driver
I have a Valvomax drain. Takes zero time to change your own oil. And considering Mobil1 0w-20 oil constantly has $ rebates, cost is just oil + filter and a few minutes of your time.
https://www.valvomax.com/
https://www.valvomax.com/
07-23-18, 09:52 AM
#36
Lexus Test Driver
Unit with dust cover on
Unit with dust cover removed and drain tube attachment screwed into it, which compresses the spring, moves valve ball upward and allows oil to flow
07-23-18, 10:13 AM
#37
Lexus Test Driver
Correct. The Valvomax replaces the standard drain plug on the oil pan. The Valvomax unit remains screwed into the oil pan threads. It has a spring-loaded ball that acts as a valve to permanently shut off any oil flow. To drain the oil you first remove the dust cover and then screw on the attachment fitting that has the clear draining tubing. As this attachment fitting (with the clear tubing) is screwed onto the Vavomax unit it compresses the spring which in-turn moves the ball upward in the unit (in essence opening the valve) and allows oil to flow out.
Unit with dust cover on
Unit with dust cover removed and drain tube attachment screwed into it, which compresses the spring, moves valve ball upward and allows oil to flow
Unit with dust cover on
Unit with dust cover removed and drain tube attachment screwed into it, which compresses the spring, moves valve ball upward and allows oil to flow
07-23-18, 11:28 AM
#38
Lexus Champion
07-23-18, 11:34 AM
#39
Lexus Champion
Talking to a tech working on the car ... Won't it cause distraction, mistakes?
07-30-18, 08:40 AM
#40
Lexus Test Driver
I'm guessing that Walmart is much like Jiffy-Lube, Quick Lube and all the other quick lube places that hire people for $8 - $11 an hour and try to teach them how to change engine oil and filters in a wide range of vehicles. Sadly, there are way too many people that have horrific stories from those places using inexperienced and careless people. Some of the horror stories include not putting oil in the crankcase, forgetting the filter gasket or kinking the gasket, leaving the drain plug loose, not replacing the drain plug gasket, using the wrong engine oil, putting engine oil where some other fluid goes, stripping the threads on the oil pan, over tightening or snapping off the drain plug head, stripping the threads on the oil filter, breaking the fasteners for the splash guard undercover, leaving the splash guard undercover loose, missing the valve cover fill port and pouring engine oil on the engine, not cleaning up thoroughly where oil drips on your garage floor or oil on headers/exhaust causing smoke and smell, etc., etc. And, that doesn't include when those places 'service' your transmission or some other part of your vehicle. No thanks!!!
At least when you take your vehicle to the Lexus dealership's service department they use experienced, trained people to change your oil and filter. If they break a fastener for the splash guard undercover they have thousands of the exact correct part on-hand. They also have drain plug gaskets and the correct engine oil and filters on-hand for your vehicle. If there is a problem they know to get help from one of the many highly trained and experienced Lexus technicians or Lexus master technicians. Chances are nil that you will have any of the problems mention above that Walmart and the quick lube stores are known all-too-well for from coast-to-coast. You will certainly pay more at Lexus, but you aren't driving a 20 year-old faded and dented Pontiac with 280k miles that is missing the rearview mirror and with the headliner scraping your head either. Let those guys at Walmart continue to work on your Lexus for oil changes, tires, brakes, etc. - and you'll learn a lesson.
At least when you take your vehicle to the Lexus dealership's service department they use experienced, trained people to change your oil and filter. If they break a fastener for the splash guard undercover they have thousands of the exact correct part on-hand. They also have drain plug gaskets and the correct engine oil and filters on-hand for your vehicle. If there is a problem they know to get help from one of the many highly trained and experienced Lexus technicians or Lexus master technicians. Chances are nil that you will have any of the problems mention above that Walmart and the quick lube stores are known all-too-well for from coast-to-coast. You will certainly pay more at Lexus, but you aren't driving a 20 year-old faded and dented Pontiac with 280k miles that is missing the rearview mirror and with the headliner scraping your head either. Let those guys at Walmart continue to work on your Lexus for oil changes, tires, brakes, etc. - and you'll learn a lesson.
So it's not necessarily more expensive, and they know more about your car. Any other reason?
Often times at Jiffy Lube or wherever they're paid by the hour, and they're not necessarily trained to know your vehicle. And that can cost you your engine. If I could get half of what I've charged customers to replace engines that were screwed up by Jiffy Lube and Walmart, for such things as not enough oil, too much oil, the wrong weight of oil, wrong filter, loose filter or any combination of the above, I could have retired a long time ago. There's no point to spending $30,000 to $40,000 on a new vehicle and then trying to go cheap on the maintenance.
Reference ► https://www.popularmechanics.com/car...nager-6311261/
07-30-18, 08:43 AM
#41
Lexus Test Driver
I always pay the lexus dealer to do it, usually not more than 100 bucks while I steal all the donuts and sodas.
Naaaahh... I'm just lazy and don't have the place to do it myself.
Naaaahh...
I'm just lazy and don't have the place to do it myself.
07-30-18, 09:16 AM
#42
Lexus Test Driver
If Lexus owners complain about the cost for Lexus services - they do not want to own something like a Land Rover/Range Rover.
07-30-18, 01:22 PM
#43
Some even clip coupons, buy the cheapest oil they can find on sale, a filter on line and then go to the cheapest place you can find and getting the oil change there. Then they brag about it.
Fine to me if you are a student with a 12 year old car trying to save money, but I am guessing most on this forum are not doing that.
07-30-18, 03:01 PM
#44
Agreed. I mean when you buy a 40 to 50 grand car, new and then start kvetching about $100 for an oil change which it needs once or twice a year, tops, you really have to wonder what people are thinking.
Some even clip coupons, buy the cheapest oil they can find on sale, a filter on line and then go to the cheapest place you can find and getting the oil change there. Then they brag about it.
Fine to me if you are a student with a 12 year old car trying to save money, but I am guessing most on this forum are not doing that.
Some even clip coupons, buy the cheapest oil they can find on sale, a filter on line and then go to the cheapest place you can find and getting the oil change there. Then they brag about it.
Fine to me if you are a student with a 12 year old car trying to save money, but I am guessing most on this forum are not doing that.
07-31-18, 11:20 AM
#45
$176 for 3 oil changes and 2 tire rotations at the dealer here in Buffalo. $115 for non-synthetic on my GS300. Dealer in Albany is $86 for non-synthetic and $115 for synthetic. Considering I get a loaner at either, they wash it, and I get 15% of the cost of service every time I go in, towards the purchase of my next car from that same dealer, I see no reason to go anywhere else.
Last edited by RXGS; 07-31-18 at 11:25 AM.