This deal is profitable. The price is 4.7 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $10381
Fair price: $11349
High price: $12316
MPG: 20 mpg city / 26 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Obsidian
Dealer: INFINITI of Beachwood
Mileage: 90,451
Year: 2008
Ownership Cost for 2008 Lexus IS 250 Base
Estimated: $44219 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3014
$1447
$1266
$1145
$1025
$7897
Insurance
$1747
$1808
$1871
$1937
$2005
$9368
Fuel
$1696
$1747
$1808
$1880
$1965
$9096
Maintenance
$2763
$2135
$1250
$1394
$2291
$9833
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1060
$1060
$1060
$1060
$1060
$1571
Total Ownership Costs
$11257
$8396
$7646
$7871
$9049
$44219
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
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
Make: LEXUS
Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC
Manufacturer Id: 962
Model: IS
Model Year: 2008
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: USE20L
Series2: F/250
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
2008 LEXUS IS250. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE BRAKE PAD PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE PICKED HER VEHICLE UP FROM THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE SERVICE, THEY INFORMED HER SHE NEEDED NEW BRAKE PADS AND A REAR CALIPER. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE COULD UNDERSTAND THE BRAKES, BUT SHE WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT, SHE NEEDED A CALIPER, WITH ONLY 49,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS INFORMED THE CALIPER HAD SEIZED. THE CONSUMER LODGED A COMPLAINT. HOWEVER, LEXUS STATED THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CALIPER, BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED NORMAL MAINTENANCE. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAS ALWAYS TAKEN HER VEHICLE TO A THE DEALER FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, SUCH AS OIL CHANGES, AND RECALLS, AND AT NO TIME DURING THOSE VISITS, DID ANYONE MENTIONED THE BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, HENCE THE REASON WHY THE CALIPER SEIZED, BECAUSE WATER BROKE THE SEAL. ALSO, THE VEHICLE NEVER MADE ANY SQUEALING SOUNDS TO GIVE ANY INDICATION THERE WAS A PROBLEM.
2008
STRUCTURE:BODY
IN JUNE OF 2013 I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT BOTH MY DASH AND MY FRONT DOOR PANELS WERE STICKY AND WERE BEGINNING TO MELT. UPON BRINGING MY CAR INTO THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP MY SERVICE ADVISER TOOK PHOTOS OF THE AFFECTED AREAS AND SUBMITTED THEM TO CORPORATE FOR GOODWILL WARRANTY. THE END RESULT IS THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE TO HAVE BOTH MY DOOR PANELS AND DASH TO BE REPLACED. TO ME, THIS SEEMS RIDICULOUS. LEXUS HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE MATERIAL THAT WAS USED ON THE DASH, YET I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY OVER $1000 TO HAVE THE REPAIRS COMPLETED? I OPTED TO NOT GET THE REPAIRS COMPLETED SINCE I WAS PLANNING TO TRADE THE CAR IN AT THE END OF THIS YEAR FOR A NEWER MODEL. TO DATE THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE; THERE ARE NOW CHUNKS (!!) OF DOOR PANEL MISSING ON BOTH SIDES FROM MY FINGERNAILS (WHICH AREN'T EXCESSIVELY LONG) HITTING THEM WHILE I ENTER/EXIT THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, MY DASH IS HORRENDOUS LOOKING AND IS STARTING TO HAVE A BAD GLARE AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD AS THE MELTING PROGRESSES. WHILE THIS MAY JUST BE "COSMETIC" TO SOME, IT ISN'T AT ALL WHAT I PAID FOR!! NOR IS IT SAFE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE WITH A UNNECESSARY AND UNSAFE REFLECTIVE GLARE THAT IS BEING CAUSED BY CHEAP MATERIALS BEING USED. TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY, AND FURTHERMORE AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. I DIDN'T SPEND $30,000 ON A VEHICLE SO THAT THEY INTERIOR COULD MELT IN THE SUN. I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND OUR SUMMER TEMPERATURES ARE CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES MOST DAYS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN TO ANY OF THE OTHER 7 VEHICLES I HAVE OWED, WHICH MAKES IT ABSURD THAT IS OCCURRING ON MY SO-CALLED "LUXURY" VEHICLE. *JB
