ES300h Maitiance schedule questions
08-28-19, 04:39 PM
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Racer
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08-28-19, 06:06 PM
#17
Instructor
I recommend this one.
It will totally confuse you but the point is that the eCVT used by Toyota has no metal belt, nor no pulleys of variable spacing such as seen in the CVT. I have had some experience with a CVT drive in an industrial setting and they can be a maintenance issue...the metal belt and it’s two pulleys are significant wear items. Toyota gets around that problem by using planetary gear sets and electric motors (not the main drive motor).
It will totally confuse you but the point is that the eCVT used by Toyota has no metal belt, nor no pulleys of variable spacing such as seen in the CVT. I have had some experience with a CVT drive in an industrial setting and they can be a maintenance issue...the metal belt and it’s two pulleys are significant wear items. Toyota gets around that problem by using planetary gear sets and electric motors (not the main drive motor).
Last edited by Tootsall; 08-28-19 at 06:20 PM.
12-02-21, 10:12 PM
#18
Driver School Candidate
Never take advice from a guy who doesn't realize the service manger is....
Lexus states do not change it. Guarantee you are going to get members posting nothing last forever, needs to be changed and I have changed the fluid and have had no problems. Ask them how much experience do they have working on transmission and specifically Lexus transmissions.
My local Lexus Service manager who has 25 years experience working on Lexus vehicles and has been trained by Lexus said it never needs to be changed. He went to Detroit where the transmissions are made for training and asked what is the #1 cause of Lexus transmission failing. Their reply was the wrong level of fluid and the wrong fluid. Both of these are factors in one changing the fluid. I will save my money and never change the fluid and listen to the experts. Never changed the transmission fluid and never had one problem. Asked him what lifetime meant and see said life of the car. Save your $$$$$
My local Lexus Service manager who has 25 years experience working on Lexus vehicles and has been trained by Lexus said it never needs to be changed. He went to Detroit where the transmissions are made for training and asked what is the #1 cause of Lexus transmission failing. Their reply was the wrong level of fluid and the wrong fluid. Both of these are factors in one changing the fluid. I will save my money and never change the fluid and listen to the experts. Never changed the transmission fluid and never had one problem. Asked him what lifetime meant and see said life of the car. Save your $$$$$
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