This price is 54.2 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $7660
Fair price: $8427
High price: $9193
MPG: 19 mpg city / 25 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Black
Dealer: Herb Chambers Lexus
Mileage: 74,501
Year: 2003
Ownership Cost for 2003 Lexus LS 430 Base
Estimated: $41564 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2401
$1153
$1009
$912
$816
$6291
Insurance
$1551
$1605
$1661
$1720
$1780
$8317
Fuel
$1773
$1826
$1890
$1965
$2054
$9508
Maintenance
$2763
$2337
$1243
$1247
$2291
$9881
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$749
$749
$749
$749
$749
$1110
Total Ownership Costs
$10214
$8144
$7209
$7331
$8665
$41564
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 4300.0
Displacement CI: 262.40209960734
Displacement L: 4.3
Doors: 4
Drive Type: 4x2
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 8
Engine HP: 300
Engine KW: 223.7100
Engine Model: 3UZ-FE
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: LEXUS
Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC
Manufacturer Id: 962
Model: LS
Model Year: 2003
Plant City: Tahara
Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Corp.
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Aichi
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: UFC30L
Trim: 430
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
UNEXPLAINED RANDOM SURGES SPEED ON THE 2004 LEXUS LS 430.*MR THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE RMPS' WERE HIGH WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED COLD (40 DEGREES) THEN ONCE THE VEHICLE WARM UP THE RPM'S DECREASED. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE DURING WARMER TEMPERATURE THE CONSUMER NOTICE THAT THE RPM'S SURGED FROM HIGH TO LOW. THE CONSUMER BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RECTIFY OR MODIFY THE PROBLEM AND THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THIS MAY BE A NORMAL CONDITION. *NM THE CONSUMER STATED ONE OF THE MOST TROUBLESOME ELEMENTS OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS IS WRING CONNECTORS. WIRING DEVICE FAILURES ARE OFTEN INTERMITTENT, POTENTIALLY MASKING THE PROBLEM UNTIL CIRCUMSTANCES CONTRIVE TO PRODUCE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE CONSUMER WAS GIVING HIS OPINION ABOUT THE TOYOTA ACCELERATION PROBLEM. UPDATED 02/23/10