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Old 07-17-09, 12:52 PM
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Default Car came back with over 120 miles from Service Dept.

I took my 2010 RX in for the bumper issue a few days ago. Came by to pick it up today. Odom reading is approx 120+ miles more than when I dropped it off.
I am not a happy camper. Still waiting for Service to call me back and explain.

Has anyone here experienced this and what was the outcome?
Old 07-17-09, 01:21 PM
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There has been a thread with the same problem before. They said it's like 'testing' if they fixed the problem or something.
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Sounds like they drove your car to a body shop across town under the pretense of "road testing".
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Originally Posted by htn
I took my 2010 RX in for the bumper issue a few days ago. Came by to pick it up today. Odom reading is approx 120+ miles more than when I dropped it off.
I am not a happy camper. Still waiting for Service to call me back and explain.

Has anyone here experienced this and what was the outcome?
This is just me, and I'm a strong type 'A'. The service dept would have explained before I left the service dept or I'd have been on the Lexus 800 number while still standing there.

Unless of course you can think of a legitimate reason they drove maybe 50 or 60 miles each way to a body shop or could be mistaken about the mileage.

That was a long lunch trip or demo (neither of which is acceptable) if it wasn't legit or mistaken. I wouldn't be a happy camper either. And neither would the service manager be a happy camper if it couldn't be explained. Road testing bumper clips for 120 miles doesn't cut the mustard.

Please let us know what you find out.
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check your service receipt. with all your name info and Vin and address on the top, there should be an Odometer In/Out record. That is the only way you are going to be able to argue as proof if that does show the 120 mile record
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I'll act the same as what Jim said above. Usually I paid super attention with my odometer. The SVC advisor should explain to you right at the moment you picked up the car. This Lexus SVC dept. got some issues there.
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Originally Posted by htn
I took my 2010 RX in for the bumper issue a few days ago. Came by to pick it up today. Odom reading is approx 120+ miles more than when I dropped it off.
I am not a happy camper. Still waiting for Service to call me back and explain.

Has anyone here experienced this and what was the outcome?
My family and I personally had/have almost all series of Lexus in the past 20 years but learned during latest purchase of 10RX from Pohanka Lexus that not all Lexus dealers are same. Long story; next time I don’t think I will consider Lexus as first vehicle to consider when shopping for new vehicle. We have always purchased/serviced Lexus from Lindsay but this time sales person wanted to setup “appointment” around her schedule because she “telecommute”. I didn’t know sales person can telecommute and still sell cars. So I went to Pohanka but experience there was totally different than what I had expected. Sales person was great and easy transaction as I didn’t haggle down much price but the problem was with other support staffs. Pohanka has other brand dealers and I think all of them came from Chevrolet dealer next door. Hope you had a loaner that you had put more miles than what you lost.
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so what happened HTN?
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So far, I had agreed to let the manager look into the details. They had faxed me a doc stating mileage in/out. Looks like someone is altering the numbers. How do I know? I can do the math. Lexus really needs to watch what they are providing to me at this point. They are digging a deeper hole. Will keep you all posted. If they are found to be at fault. I will make it my 2nd job to reveal their shady activities.
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