Guys I dropped off the car today at the dealer, told them control arms might be bad.

Anything you guys can arm me with in case they try to give me crap about the warranty not covering the repair?
Also the alignment that should follow after, should that be a warranty repair as well? Or will I have to pay for it myself.

I'll report back as soon as I hear from them.
Getting a loaner on the way back from work.

Thanks

 

When I had it replaced under warranty they wouldn't pay for the alignment

 

I know that the warranty my dealer attempted to sell me excluded control arms, due to the rubber bushings. Essentially anything rubber was excluded, due to it being considered a wearable item. It's my understanding that Lexus warranty WILL cover them.

 

Thanks.. I'm still waiting to her from them.

By all means, if they pickup all of the control arms, I,don't mind $200 alignment.

 

Just got the call., they want to change all,the control arms, 6 or 8 she said.

Said they need to wait till Monday/ Tuesday for someone from warranty to approve.
Hope it gets approved, as it's a Lexus warranty that I bough when I was buying the car a month ago.
$5272 so far. For the front end .

Of course they want to change the brakes front and back and sell,me 60k miles service. Saying brakes are super low. Meanwhile the car passed inspection with flying colors just a few weeks ago.
Don't we have a low brake level sensor?

Looks like I'll be rocking an RX loaner for the better half of next week.

 

Yes we have a sensor but don't wait to trip that sensor. Once tripped they must be replaced. Just ask how many mm to the sensor.

 

It's at 1mm from sensor .
$800 for a brake job sounds a bit much.
Pads are $55 sewell per side .
$100 tips to do it at Indy

 

Yea their price to do brake job is a joke. You can get OEM rotors and pads and have the local shop do it for much cheaper. I just bought 4 oem rotors and pads set from mylparts.com and it comes out alittle cheaper then sewell.

 

Avoid OEM rotors. They're notoriously warp-prone.

 

I did the first time and got stop tech slotted rotors with Akebono pads and their making noises. So I'm going back oem

 

To clarify, when I said "OEM", I meant genuine Lexus rotors. OEM "equivelant" seem to last, at least with the Raybestos ones I got - which came with a one yr warranty against warping and cost a fraction of Genuine Lexus..

 

Thanks for the input guys.
I will not be paying $800 for a brake pad job. I used to turn my own wrenches back in the day. So I know what's involved.

As for rotors . Mine are fine as of now, no warping. I'll buy the pads, shims and have it all done under $300.

They have me a white IS250 awd. Fun little car, but I already miss my 460.

 

Glad to see it was covered under warranty!
I had a little IS250 as a loaner (2014, 8k miles) a week or so ago, was zippy but noticeably noisier than the LS....

 

Interesting, my IS250 is quieter than my LS460 (most of the difference is wind noise).

 

Wow really?, I had a loaner IS and couldn't wait to get my LS back because I thought there was a lot of road noise. Interesting take for sure..didn't see that coming