2009 LS just went over 100k miles

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11-09-17 | 01:46 PM

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Nospinzone

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Originally Posted by wayman28

My car has had a lot of issues beyond the common stuff. In the last three years I've filed claims in excess of $10k (all approved). The warranty has been a god send. In addition to the upper and lower control arms, I've also replaced all four air shocks, power steering rack, wheel hub bearing and some other stuff (all done at a Lexus dealership with OEM parts).

All of that work was done between 70k and 95k miles. So now I'm a little nervous that other stuff might fail on my car between 100k and 150k miles. It's not hard to rack up $4700 in repairs at a Lexus dealership over four years (at least it hasn't been for my car so far).

Part of my decision-making is emotional but the biggest part is the track record of my car.

You may have bought an outlier (I hate to use "lemon" with a Lexus

). Perhaps you should buy the warranty. You may get you money's worth, and if not, at least you have peace of mind for the next 4 years.

Personally I still wouldn't buy it because you have replaced so much, and presumably the dealer stands behind his work for at least 1 or 2 years.

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11-09-17 | 02:32 PM

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Recent Repairs

2010 AWD, 110k miles, several intense road trips (4 passengers + luggage, some dirt roads, 4-8k miles each trip). Not significant repairs until recently: front control arms, axle boots, front air shocks. Total recent repairs $8k (some of which was not absolutely necessary now, but was deteriorating, decided to go for it).