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Front bumper not flush with headlights - Anyone else??

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Old 06-28-07, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Rickster31
Sorry, been a little busy. It's nothing that requires a picture though. Just picture a 5-7mm gap between headlights and bumper. If you dont see a gap, then you dont have one

What dealership are you using?
Old 06-28-07, 10:40 AM
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mine isnt flush either..i was noticing that the other day..thought that was how it was supposed to be? =/
Old 06-28-07, 11:24 AM
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Oh, Well I took mine to the dealer on my 5,000 Mile checkup, told them about it and showed the techy guy and he said oh ya no problem I'll just adjust the bracket, took no time at all.
Old 06-28-07, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by homer4598
What dealership are you using?


Gay Pohanka Lexus.. they tried to charge me $100 to change out my parking lights and now claim this isn't warranty issue. Gettin very very dissapointed with their service. It's horrible.
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Originally Posted by Junghyuk2
SParker1TX, i had same issue with my IS, it was a simple fix for me,
when you open the hood, there's two rubber things that you can turn clockwise/counterclockwise to move that side up or down, that'll flush the hood for you, just gotta adjust em,
hope that helps,..
Do you have maybe a picture you could show, or be a little more specific? Thanks
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I have the same problem and I have some pix. Sorry if the quality is bad...





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Originally Posted by Rickster31
Do you have maybe a picture you could show, or be a little more specific? Thanks
I think they have a different problem. Their problem is on top of the head light. Our problem is at the bottom of the head light.

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Old 06-28-07, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Rickster31
Gay Pohanka Lexus.. they tried to charge me $100 to change out my parking lights and now claim this isn't warranty issue. Gettin very very dissapointed with their service. It's horrible.
Great, then I'll have to go to Lindsey in Alexandria. Did my 5,000 mile and brake dust TSB with Pohanka and they were great. But those are no brainers.

A friend of mine has an RX350 and wanted the iPod module. They bought the module from Sewell I believe (as suggested by their salesman), but Pohanka charges a flat $300 rate to install it. Took 30 minutes. Yeah, they aren't very happy. I told them to call corporate, but I don't know if they will. But I doubt they'll go back to Pohanka for service.
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Originally Posted by Rickster31
Gay Pohanka Lexus.. they tried to charge me $100 to change out my parking lights and now claim this isn't warranty issue. Gettin very very dissapointed with their service. It's horrible.
wow...That's really bad. call lex. corp. and complain. If they need information, tell them to verify with glendale lexus or keys van nuys.
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i'll post the pics this weekend..
it's the rubber thing that you can turn.., i forgot what it's called..
anyways, it'll adjust the issue w/ hood not flushed w/ headlights & fenders..
not the issue under the headlights...sorry..
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Update:

Lexus Corp would not authorize the repair since my dealer had told them I had "dented" my headlight, but there is NO visible damage so I have no idea why the made up the B.S, maybe they didn't want to do warranty work since they knew it was without pay?

I was advised to go to another Lexus dealer and get a "second opinion". Going to do that today after work. What a fuc*in pain in the ***. Really dissapointed with Lexus on this one.
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i got no gap flushed
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Originally Posted by Rickster31
Update: I took it to my dealer and they refused to "make it flush". They tried to give me a story of how I must have scooted up on a curb, or someone "leaned" on my car do to do. They recommended I take it to a bodyshop to get it re-aligned and make sure none of the clips were bent.

Very dissapointed with my dealers service department. I may either try another dealer which I didn't buy my car from, pay $100 to a bodyshop to realign it, or just invest the time myself to get it done.

If we can get enough people who agree there's isn't flush, maybe it's possible to contact Lexus about this issue for a TSB?
sounds like you just got a crappy dealer, did you try another??
Old 06-29-07, 06:01 PM
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Way too nit picky... I would have never known what you guys were talking about had there not been some pics in this thread!
Old 06-29-07, 07:20 PM
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Default Took it to DCH in Oxnard, CA.

I took my IS250 to the dealer near my home and they fixed it! A small but visually important matter.


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