jyin

The factory warranty on my 2001 RX300 will expire soon. So far it's been really trouble free and only logged 17,000 miles. Do I need to buy extended warranty? The best extension I found is 2-year/60,000-mile bumper-to-bumper (sorta) for about $1000, does it worth it? I wonder how big the risk is to go without extended warranty given the liability record of Lexus.

Thanks a lot!

Josh Combs

theroretically you shouldn't need the extended warranty because your lexus/toyota warranty lasts to like 50 K or more.

jyin

Thanks, but the Lexus warranty only covers 4-year/xx000-miles whichever comes first. So I guess at 4th year, no matter how low is your milage, your factory warranty is expired.

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iTrader: (2)

I would go without it.

salimshah

Couple of thigs to watch out for.

Which company is providing the extended Warranty: There have been very popular companies in the past providing warranties ... If I am not mistaken we had one who was CL sponcer as well.. but they did not or in future will not remain in business.

Extended warranty is a money making business for the INSURERS and not the insured.

What you BUY is peace of mind.

Bottom line: For the Lexus line of vehicles, you would be better off being self ensured (put the money in a special account). In case of trouble you may have to use it and in case of trouble free service, you can chose to celebrate at the end.

Salim

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Totally agree with Salimshah. My wife drives (I too, whenever I can get my hands on it) RX300 2001 with 90k KM on it. I choose not to go with extened warranty after reading great comments on this board on how solid the suv is .. to be honest, so far I have changed tyres, brake pads and oil, etc. Nothing under warranty.

jyin

Thank you guys. Based on your valuable inputs I decide not to buy the expensive extended warranty. Although I still have about 2 month to agonize. People say about warranty is a thing if you bought nothing will happen but if you didn't you will wish you did. I just hope the latter is not true.