This deal is profitable. The price is 20.7 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $7929
Fair price: $8820
High price: $9710
MPG: 20 mpg city / 27 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Black Sapphire
Dealer: Jeff Belzer's Chev Dodge KIA
Mileage: 237,195
Year: 2007
Ownership Cost for 2007 Lexus GS 350 Base
Estimated: $43467 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2896
$1390
$1216
$1100
$985
$7587
Insurance
$1708
$1768
$1830
$1894
$1960
$9160
Fuel
$1660
$1709
$1769
$1840
$1923
$8901
Maintenance
$2763
$2191
$1256
$1377
$2291
$9878
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1002
$1002
$1002
$1002
$1002
$1483
Total Ownership Costs
$11006
$8310
$7515
$7721
$8915
$43467
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Knee: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 3500.0
Displacement CI: 213.58310433156
Displacement L: 3.5
Doors: 4
Drive Type: 4WD/4-Wheel Drive/4x4
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine Model: 2GR-FSE
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: LEXUS
Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC
Manufacturer Id: 962
Model: GS
Model Year: 2007
Plant City: Tahara
Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Corp.
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Aichi
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: UZS190L/GRS191L/GRS196L
Series2: 350/430
Trim: 350
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2007
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS GS350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V395000 (ENGINE) HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT COULD NOT PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE REMEDY PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED FAILURE.
2007
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE UNDERGOING NORMAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE BY THE SELLING AUTHORIZED LEXUS DEALER, THE CAR WAS NOTED TO HAVE "... BOTH REAR CALIPER SLIDES ... SEIZED" RESULTING IN THE NEED TO "... REPLACE(D) REAR PADS AND ROTORS DUE TO CALIPERS BEING SEIZED." THE SERVICING DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN ALL LEXUS MODELS THAT THEY SERVICE AND, IN THEIR OPINION DUE TO INADEQUATE LUBRICATION OF THE REAR CALIPER SLIDES, WHICH THEY ARE GENERALLY ABLE TO CORRECT BY REMOVING AND RELUBRICATING THE SLIDES OR, IF NECESSARY, BY REPLACING THE CALIPERS. *TR