DEMIK

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bring this thread back from the dead.
im in the dealer again for looks like im gettin a 2nd tranny for grinding issues.!!!.. im sooooo mad .. complained about grinding at 1200 miles. replaced tranny and some stuff at 20k. im at 60k and it looks like another tranny.. WTF? so whenever i get a major maintance service i gotta get a new tranny? omg!!.. and those dame lexus people think its a joke.o man i hate this nonse. immm sooo leaning towards bmw. now. ive owned a ES stick , SC stick and the IS250 stick by far is the worst damn trannsmission in the whole world..
i say never buy a stick lexus again please dont!!!

Kurtz

iTrader: (1)

After the 250 you're probably not going to be able to buy a stick lexus new anyway... and with the way the F transmission works eventually trickling down to other models it won't be any loss at all.

Hopefully the new tranny is free though, even at 60k?

venZon

20k and mine is flawless

gonna throw in the short throw kit next spring.

kickin8

iTrader: (1)

oh no!!!!!!

kickin8

iTrader: (1)

do it now....it's worth every penny!

suka4thong

iTrader: (9)

demik, which dealer? and how bad is your grind? which gear?

DEMIK

iTrader: (18)

yea i feel ya man..
powertrain is coverd to 70k... lexus says that transmission is under powertrain. so im assuming it is

---at 1200 miles i took it to kearny mesa lexus for transmission prob.for grindin at mid rpm.. they couldnt find a problem.. i had a argument with them and left.
--at 20k miles. took it to crown lexus. they replaced the transmission. was grinding 3-4 mid rpm. constantly when hot. and would grind at low rpms ocassionaly when hot.
--at 60k took it back to kearny mesa lexus for the same problem i encounterd at 20k.

so yea iono.. i feel like i spent all my hard earned money on a POS