ROBAR

i HAVE HAD 2001 RX BACK TO THE DEALER THEY CHANGED THE GAS CAP
AND EVAPORTOR CANISTER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL COMES ON
ANY IDEAS???????

ALSO iI HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED AT LEXUS DO THEY CHANGE THE
FILTER OR IS THAT SOMETHING SEPARATE.

MY VEHICLE HAS 65K ON IT HAD A TUNEUP TIMING BELT CHANGED, CHANGE
OIL EVERY 3K AND HAD TRANSMISSION FLUSHED TWICE IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE I SHOULD TO MAINTAIN THIS CAR?????????????????

PLEASE ADVISE

bob2200

Welcome to ClubLexus!

Regarding the Check-Engine-Light (CEL) indication. I think it would help if you were to find out and provide the specific CEL codes.

You should be able to telephone the Lexus toll-free telephone number and request an owner's manual, which will have the recommended maintenance intervals.

Changing the timing belt seems to have been done way too early. The normal mileage for this is 90,000 mi., although they may have gone by "90,000 miles or 6 years". The major disagreement between the consensus of this forum and the owner's manual is the transmission fluid drain-and-refill interval. The owner's manual says it doesn't need changing until it turns color. I think the forum consensus is a drain and refill every 15-30,000 miles.

As to other maintenance, just the normal things come to mind, like changing wiper blades, brake fluid, engine air filter and A/C air filter, etc.

code58

Sounds to me that they are more "Guessers" than mechanics. Did they have you submit copies of your bank account balances before they wrote up what maintenance you needed? I'm betting if they did a trans. flush that they didn't pull the pan (which they would have had to do to change the filter). That's the gravy- you stay nice and clean doing that and make the money without having to get your hands dirty. To change the timing belt at 65k is absolute overkill- for a belt that is good for 175k at least- regardless of the years. The recommended 90k is serious overkill as far as I'm concerned, and I'm a mechanic! What did they do in the way of a tune-up at 65K? The Iridium plugs should be good for double that without ever looking at them.