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Car Forum / Lexus Cars / January 2007Again, dealer scares the wife with warranty speech
I'm a DIY'er and have performed all regular maintenance on every car I ever owned when possible. I know what I'm doing. My wife took her '06 GS300 to the dealer today to have the tires rotated (I have a back injury and can't do it myself for a while) and while she was there they tried to sell her an oil change and she told the guy that her husband (me) does all that already. Then he rolled out the "you know that will void the warranty" speech. This is not the first time she's heard this as she also heard it once when she had her ES300 back in the day. Is there really something to this or is this just the usual dealer scare tactic? ps. she did have the first oil change done at the dealer but all subsequent changes are done by me. This has been the practice in my family forever. As I understand it you have to get all that stuff done every 5000 miles or your warranty is voided. They use crapo dino oil so you have to get it changed frequently to increase their income. Most other brands have gone to synthetic oil so you can go at least 10,000 miles between oil changes and their cars are built so they don't need the other services so often. Guess the Lexus lasts so long only because of the extreme amount of service it requires. > As I understand it you have to get all that stuff done every 5000 miles > or your warranty is voided. They use crapo dino oil so you have to get [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > so often. Guess the Lexus lasts so long only because of the extreme > amount of service it requires. McStupid, Please see Ray's and Mike's responses to the original question. Did you notice that Ray and Mike actually had helpful knowledge that they shared with the original poster that answered the question that was asked while your response was just more of your useless, whiney rants that don't help the original poster at all? Do you understand the difference? >> As I understand it you have to get all that stuff done every 5000 >miles [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >response was just more of your useless, whiney rants that don't help the >original poster at all? Do you understand the difference? just ignore him. He doesn't have a clue what he's talking about. I think he delibertly posts erroneous information to just rile people up. Do what the rest of the regulars have done and just put him in your killfile. Thanks for the tip Max. I will put David Z in my kill file. Perhaps you know why Lexus does require so much more service than the other major car brands. David doesn't but obviously that lack makes him defensive and he comes out swinging, trying to hide his ignorance. And I still think that there are things other than the oil changes that have to be done and, in the case of Lexus, can only be done by the dealer. > McStupid, > > Please see Ray's and Mike's responses to the original question. Did you > notice that > Ray and Mike actually had helpful knowledge that they shared with the > original poster that answered the question that was asked while your > response was just more of your useless, whiney rants that don't help the > original poster at all? Do you understand the difference? [more whiney drivel snipped] Apparently the answer is: No, you don't understand the difference. Why don't you get in your Lexus and drive it off a cliff? That would put you and the rest of us out of your misery. > I'm a DIY'er and have performed all regular maintenance on every car I > ever owned when possible. I know what I'm doing. My wife took her '06 [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > subsequent changes are done by me. This has been the practice in my > family forever. No, it is not necessary to have the dealership change the oil to keep the warranty valid. Just keep receipts and note the mileage that the maintenance operations were performed.  SignatureRay O (correct punctuation to reply) In EU service interval is 9k minor 10k major (miles) I wonder why its apparently 5k in US? > > I'm a DIY'er and have performed all regular maintenance on every car I > > ever owned when possible. I know what I'm doing. My wife took her '06 [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > warranty valid. Just keep receipts and note the mileage that the > maintenance operations were performed. > In EU service interval is 9k minor 10k major (miles) > I wonder why its apparently 5k in US? Because ours in miles and yours is in kilometers? SignatureSt. John, just guessing NB "(miles)" > > In EU service interval is 9k minor 10k major (miles) > > I wonder why its apparently 5k in US? > > Because ours in miles and yours is in kilometers? > NB > "(miles)" Instant karma. Just this morning I was railing about someone's reading comprehension. SignatureSt. John D'oh! cest la vie BTW its only bloody foreigners who use kilometres :) > > NB > > "(miles)" > > Instant karma. Just this morning I was railing about someone's reading > comprehension. Ray is right. Congress/President enacted a law in 1968 which stated exactly that (dealers, service stations, or car owners can do warranty work as long as receipts and a log are kept -- the log isn't too difficult since you can probably use the warranty book-log that comes with your car) >> I'm a DIY'er and have performed all regular maintenance on every car I >> ever owned when possible. I know what I'm doing. My wife took her '06 [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > warranty valid. Just keep receipts and note the mileage that the > maintenance operations were performed. >I'm a DIY'er and have performed all regular maintenance on every car I ever >owned when possible. I know what I'm doing. My wife took her '06 GS300 to [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >had her ES300 back in the day. Is there really something to this or is this >just the usual dealer scare tactic? I would ask if the dealer is aware of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act of 1975. But, as RayO said, you need to keep receipts and a detailed record of when you performed the service/maintenance intervals. |
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