This deal is profitable. The price is 17.9 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $6532
Fair price: $7306
High price: $8079
MPG: 21 mpg city / 29 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Tan
Color: Blue
Dealer: CARS4LESS GA
Mileage: 121,431
Year: 2005
Ownership Cost for 2005 Lexus ES 330 Base
Estimated: $39465 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2233
$1072
$938
$849
$759
$5851
Insurance
$1576
$1632
$1689
$1748
$1809
$8454
Fuel
$1560
$1607
$1663
$1730
$1807
$8367
Maintenance
$2763
$2099
$1137
$1060
$2291
$9350
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$667
$667
$667
$667
$667
$988
Total Ownership Costs
$9776
$7624
$6821
$6864
$8380
$39465
Air Bag Loc Curtain: All Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 3300.0
Displacement CI: 201.37835551261
Displacement L: 3.3
Doors: 4
Drive Type: 4x2
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 230
Engine KW: 171.5110
Engine Model: 3MZ-FE
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: LEXUS
Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC
Manufacturer Id: 962
Model: ES
Model Year: 2005
Plant City: Iwate
Plant Company Name: Kanto Auto Works, LTD
Plant Country: Japan
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: MCV31L
Trim: 330
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
LEXUS HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THEIR ES MODELS SINCE 2002. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, AND AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC, TURN AT INTERSECTIONS, ETC., THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES SEVERELY, NOT KNOWING WHICH GEAR TO GO INTO. I'VE NEARLY BEEN BROADSIDED SEVERAL TIMES AT INTERSECTIONS WHEN MY 2004 LEXUS ES330 WITH LESS THAN 8,000 MILES ON IT WOULDN''T DOWNSHIFT PROPERLY. I'VE SENT 3 LETTERS TO LEXUS HEADQUARTERS, AND THEY WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM. SIGHT UNSEEN, THEY STATE THE CAR IS "FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED". HOWEVER, LEXUS SERVICE WRITERS AND SALEPEOPLE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THERE IS A PROBLEM, AS HAVE SCORES OF PEOPLE ON EDMUNDS.COM COMMENT AREAS. EVERYONE CONCERNED GETS THE SAME ANSWER FROM LEXUS, BECAUSE THEY APPARENTLY HAVE NO FIX AVAILABLE AND DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THERE IS SUCH A LARGE PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE AS TO ANY FURTHER STEPS I MIGHT TAKE TO GET SOME ACTION. *AK