- VIN: JTHCF5C22B504****
Estimated price: $14577
This deal is profitable. The price is 5.4 percent below the fair price.
- Low price: $14146
- Fair price: $15405
- High price: $16663
- MPG: 20 mpg city / 27 mpg hwy
- Interior Color: Black
- Color: Smoky Granite Mica
- Dealer: Bill Jacobs BMW
- Mileage: 91,504
- Year: 2011
Ownership Cost for 2011 Lexus IS 250 Base
Estimated: $46498 over the next 5 years
|
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Total |
| Depreciation |
$3564 |
$1711 |
$1497 |
$1354 |
$1212 |
$9338 |
| Insurance |
$1881 |
$1947 |
$2015 |
$2086 |
$2159 |
$10088 |
| Fuel |
$1660 |
$1709 |
$1769 |
$1840 |
$1923 |
$8901 |
| Maintenance |
$2763 |
$1972 |
$1241 |
$1491 |
$2291 |
$9758 |
| Repairs |
$977 |
$1138 |
$1298 |
$1417 |
$1627 |
$6457 |
| Taxes & Fees |
$1321 |
$1321 |
$1321 |
$1321 |
$1321 |
$1957 |
| Total Ownership Costs |
$12166 |
$8628 |
$8012 |
$8311 |
$9382 |
$46498 |
Air Bag Loc Curtain: All 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: 2500.0 Displacement CI: 152.55936023683 Displacement L: 2.5 Doors: 4 Drive Type: 4WD/4-Wheel Drive/4x4 Engine Configuration: V-Shaped Engine Cylinders: 6 Engine Model: 4GR-FSE Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline Make: LEXUS Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC Manufacturer Id: 962 Model: IS Model Year: 2011 Plant City: Tahara Plant, Toyota City Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Corp. Plant Country: Japan Plant State: Aichi Seat Belts All: Manual Series: GSE20L/GSE21L/GSE25L TPMS: Direct Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
| Model year |
COMPONENT |
Complaint |
| 2008 |
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL |
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 I EXPERIENCED MY FIRST MISFIRE ISSUE WITH MY 2008 LEXUS IS 250. AS I ACCELERATED TO APPROX 65 MPH TO ENTIRE A BUSY HIGHWAY ON RAMP, I LOST ALL ACCELERATION IN MY VEHICLE. AS THIS HAPPENED, I HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHING, MY CHECK VSC INDICATOR DISPLAYING, AND MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATING. I CALLED LEXUS, THEY ADVISED THAT THE CAR NEEDED BE TOWED IN AND THE BEGAN TO RUN THE CODES THAT WERE TRIPPED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT I HAD EXTREME CARBON BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE, WHICH WAS CAUSING MY ENGINE TO MISFIRE. THEY DID THE "CLEANING REPAIR" WHICH INVOLVED TAKING THE ENGINE APART, AND SENDING A BUNCH OF PARTS TO A MACHINE SHOP WHERE THEY CLEANED THE HEADS & PISTONS. IN TOTAL, I WAS WITHOUT MY CAR FOR OVER A MONTH! FAST FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER 3, 2013. I NOW HAVE 73,000 MILES ON MY CAR, AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN THIS EVENING AS I WAS ACCELERATING TO APPROX 40 MPH. THIS TIME I WAS ON A BUSY 5 LANE ROAD, AND LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND HAD TO ESSENTIALLY "COAST" ACROSS 5 LANES OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC TO GET TO SAFETY ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED LEXUS, AND ONCE AGAIN THEY ADVISED ME THAT MY CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED IN. TODAY MY SERVICE ADVISOR CONTACTED ME TO INFORM ME THAT ONCE AGAIN I HAVE CARBON BUILD UP IN MY ENGINE AND THAT IT IS MISFIRING. UNFORTUNATELY NOW, MY CAR IS BEYOND THE 70,000 MILE DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY. HE IS WORKING WITH CORPORATE TO SEE WHAT MY NEXT STEPS ARE, BUT I REFUSE TO PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS, AND I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO SINCE IT IS ESSENTIALLY A REPEAT MALFUNCTION OF AN EXISTING ISSUE! IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT MY IS HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP 3X FOR ENGINE NOISE/ROUGH START UP SINCE I HAD THE REPAIRS COMPLETED LAST YEAR. EVERY TIME, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY LOGGED THE ISSUE, BUT WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE IT. *JB |
| 2011 |
STEERING |
INTERMITTENT PROBLEM - CAR OCCASIONALLY PULLS TO EITHER SIDE, RIGHT OR LEFT, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. A VIDEO RECORDING OF THE LATEST INCIDENT, WHICH OCCURRED ON 7/29/11, SHOWING THE STEERING WHEEL SPINNING 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH WHILE DRIVING ON THE GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY IN QUEENS, NEW YORK IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO LEXUS CORPORATE AND BROUGHT TO LEXUS OF QUEENS (NEW YORK CITY) FOR CORRECTION ON 7/19/11. SINCE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT, "VEHICLE IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED." I CAN NOT, WITH COMPLETE CERTAINTY, STATE THAT THE BRAKES ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, AN ASE-CERTIFIED MASTER TECHNICIAN, WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS DESCRIBED TO HIM OFFERED HIS OPINION. HE WROTE, "WHEN A VEHICLE PULLS EITHER WAY THE POSSIBLE PROBLEMS ARE NO FLUID PRESSURE GETTING TO OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PULLING, A FROZEN OR STICKING CALIPER OR PARTLY COLLAPSED FLEX HOSE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PULLING. THE ABS AND/OR TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM MIGHT NOT BE ALLOWING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE CALIPER. THERE ALSO COULD BE AIR TRAPPED IN THE SYSTEM." ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION WILL BE MAILED TO NHTSA. UPDATED 08-29-11 *BF UPDATED 10/17/11 UPDATED 02/07/12 THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE PULLING HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY 195 MILES. UPDATED 05/12/2012 *JS |
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