Just got off the phone w/ Rich (the service manager) and he said they will likely have a new transmission put in. I don't know if this is a gift or a curse. We were looking to get out of the RX330 at the end of the year (not for the transmission related issues - the car other than that is a great car), but I don't know if the new transmission swap will lower resale value. Mind you, its an 05 Flint Mica RX330 AWD w/ the grey interior and just tipped the 25,000 mile mark. Its practically base model I think, (no nav, ML, adjustable suspension).

On a side note, with everything working perfectly how much do you think we should list the car for? Its always been dealer maintained and have all records

-Chris

 

You cant sell your RX the way it is, so either way, you will need a new transmission. Your car is worth mid 30s if you sell it yourself.

 

of course not, nor would I want to.

 

so i just hope they can get me a loaner by 2morrow so i can bring my gs in

 

we have a decent 08 es350 now, silver on black. its cute but i still prefer my 01 gs over it.

 

you actually got them to put in a new tranny?????? i need to get mine replaced too

 

we had it in service 3 times in 1 month for the same thing.... try that out

 

brought the RX home from the dealership tonight, ah it feels so nice - i will wait till after the 1 week to really give my impressions if this is the fix, but so far so good in the first 30 miles. I saw the dealer invoice, and it was about 3800 bucks, boy would that suck if i wasn't under warranty.

 

if i had the time or patientce to i would have brought it back 3 times in one month also. looks like its time to bug the dealer again

 

Question for everyone. Are your cars with problems AWD or 2WD??

 

dunno about anyone else but mines awd

 

like a said, the dealer is about 5 mins from my house and 5 mins from work (right in the middle) so its on the way basically.

AWD here

 

yea the dealer is like 2 minutes from where i live. if i had to i could walk back home. im just tired of having to call 2 weeks ahead to get a rental car, then have to take the car there. while there i have to almost force them to get them to do anything on the car. the tranny is not going to get any better and they dont give a s***. the service bays are usually crowded with RX's and most are probably there for the tranny ( advisors admitted that ). Its just getting more and more annoying dealing with this car. i could take it today and have at least 2 more warranty things that need fixing, but im sick of this car and lexus in general.

 

sorry man.

 

its ok, not mad at you or anyone on this board. im really pissed that lexus has so many problems with the RX and it seems like they are either unwilling or don't care to do much about it. You would think that they would either do something to fix the problems or at least make it easier to fix the problems. it seems like a lot of people are having the same problems and on top of it getting very little help from the dealers.