This deal is profitable. The price is 34.8 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $14340
Fair price: $15308
High price: $16275
MPG: 20 mpg city / 26 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Black
Dealer: Select Motor Auto Sales
Mileage: 1
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
2007
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
THE ENGINE UPON COLD START UP MAKES A RATTLING NOISE AND IS VERY LOUD. LEXUS IN SEPTEMBER RECALLED THE LEXUS IS 350 FOR THE SAME REASON AND THEY SAID THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HOWEVER, I CALLED LEXUS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS THE SAME ISSUE AT MY DEALERSHIP, BUT WOULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. ALSO, BACK IN MARCH THE VEHICLE SMELT LIKE RAW GASOLINE, SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS LEAKING GAS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE DEALER TOLD ME DUE TO THE GAS VAPOR, WHICH IS EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE THAT THE CAR COULD HAVE EXPLODED. HOWEVER, LEXUS WOULD NOT COVER THIS SAFETY ISSUE UNDER WARRANTY EITHER. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A DEATH TRAP FROM DAY ONE. IT HAS ALSO BEEN RECALLED FOR THE FAULTY GAS PEDAL, BRAKES WORKING IMPROPERLY, OTHER FUEL LINE ISSUES OTHER THAN I MENTIONED, AND EVEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *TR
2008
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I PURCHASED A 2008 LEXUS IS250 IN FEBRUARY 2011, I HAVE LOVED MY CAR AND HAVE TAKEN THE UTMOST CARE OF IT, BUT RECENTLY ON A LONG ROAD TRIP I NOTICED MY DASH WAS ACTUALLY MELTING CAUSING A DISTRACTING GLARE TO THE POINT MY VISION OF THE ROAD IS BLOCKED (PRETTY HAZARDOUS, IF YOU ASK ME). I BEGAN RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, AND FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH LEXUS AND TOYOTA. LEXUS HAS EVEN ISSUED A TSIB, YET DOESN'T TELL THEIR CUSTOMERS IN TIME BEFORE THEIR 50000MI/4 YEAR WARRANTY IS UP, SO THEY WONT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING THE COST. THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIG ISSUE IN THE STATE OF FL AND OTHER STATES WITH HOTTER WEATHER. I RECENTLY TOOK MY CAR INTO A LEXUS OF NORTH MIAMI (AS I FOUND ONLINE THEY HAVE DEALT WITH SEVERAL CUSTOMER WITH THE SAME ISSUE). THEY SENT THE REQUEST TO CORPORATE AND CAME BACK AND SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR LABOR FOR THE DASH (AROUND $200+) AND THE DOORS THEY WOULD GO 50/50 WHICH WOULD COST ME OUT POCKET ROUGHLY 1400 PER DOOR. FOR A SAFETY HAZARD, I FORGOT UNLESS PEOPLE DIE DOES TOYOTA MOTOR CORP DO ANYTHING TO FIX DEFECTS IN THEIR CARS! THE MELTING EFFECTS ALL THE CAR PANELS, IT RUINS MY CLOTHING, AND UNFORTUNATELY I AM NOT A SCIENTIST BUT I AM SURE THE BREAK DOWN IN CHEMICALS, COULD ONLY BE JUST AS HARMFUL. I REALLY HOPE YOU CAN HELP, AS THIS IS UNFAIR FOR A CORPORATION TO KNOW THEIR ISSUE AND NOT AT ALL STAND BY THEIR CUSTOMERS. FOR YOUR REFERENCE: HERE IS THE TSB: HTTP://WWW.CLUBLEXUS.COM/FORUMS/ATTACHMENTS/IS-SECOND-GENERATION/238283D13306721 24-MELTING-DASH-AND-DOORS-TSIB-L-SB-0144-11.PDF HERE IS A PETITION BY OTHER OWNERS: HTTP://WWW.CHANGE.ORG/PETITIONS/LEXUS-FIX-DEFECTIVE-INTERIOR-DASH-PAD-AND-DOOR-P ANELS HERE IS ANOTHER DRIVER WITH A MELTING DASH A VIDEO SHOWING HOW ITS BEYOND DISTRACTING: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=RXXNMQLXAVO. *TR
