Thoughts on potential LS600H purchase

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08-31-18, 10:11 AM

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redzone

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You made the right decision. I e-mailed about the 600 you were looking at and directly asked about whether the harness had been fixed/replaced to allow the airbags to work as intended. Their answer was that we could discuss it when I came in.

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08-31-18, 10:32 AM

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That means no but salesman thinks he can talk you into it, he made the right choice in skipping it. Don't want to deal with shady dealers like that.

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08-31-18, 03:24 PM

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Just to confirm: was this dealer Hennessy Lexus of Gwinnett? I'm considering my next LS 460 and they're relatively close to me.

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08-31-18, 06:39 PM

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Straight from their service report:

REPORTED BY: Hennessy Lexus of Atlanta
SERVICE: ELECT/MODULATED AIR SUSPNSN AIRBAG SYSTEM
DESCRIPTION: ELECT/MODULATED AIR SUSPNSN AIRBAG SYSTEM ~ ~CK SRS AIR BAG SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE IS ON(ADVISE) ~ ~B1861 OPEN DRIVER SIDE KNEE AIRBAG ~ ~MAIN WIRE HARNESS WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED.ADVISED CUSTOMER THAT WHEN WARNING MESSAGE IS PRESENT THAT AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY(DANGEROUS) EST$5,650 CUSTOMER DEFERRED AT THIS TIME

Edit: I just spent the last hour going over this cars service history and I can honestly say I've never seen a car with a more comprehensive history. It appears to have had three owners and every one of them took the car in religiously every five thousand miles for oil change/service. And every scheduled major service was done also.

I noticed that too on 07/31/2018 with mileage 104,514.

But then at the bottom of the photos on 08/03/2018 with mileage 104,515 there is a $3,241.76 repair (with dealer paying $341.12) listed but not showing what the repair was. I wonder if that may have been the main wire harness being replaced.

It likely is a mute point at this point since the buyer purchased another car, but I cannot imagine the hybrid batteries can last much more than 10 years with it being a bit pricey to replace these hybrid batteries.