IS 220d HG Issues inevitable?

[Onslow]

Ok.. so I acquired a 220d a couple of weeks ago, the car has 110k on the clock and its fine at the moment, doesnt loose coolant and drives fine (not been on a run yet) is it a matter of when not if that the HG will fail?

Does servicing make a difference? Is there a particular mileage that it becomes more vulnerable? any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks 

Steve 

[scudney]

Could just be the  luck of the draw lol,there still seems to be a fair few IS220D out there still going,I would probably say if they are well looked after and maintained then they are less likely to go wrong 😁

[Shahpor]

It's certainly not inevitable, at least from my understanding.

I think good servicing is always important, but I don't believe it would make a particular difference to this specific head gasket issue.

I also am not aware of mileage making a significant difference, in fact, it appears to be total random if/when it occurs.  My old IS220d is still going well with over 160k miles on it with no sign of head gasket issues (touch wood).

[Texas]

So it may work out to be a bit ‘Russian Roulette “ when it comes to the head gasket failure but that is not the only major fault that this car seems to present regularly when used‘normally’ ie egr probs / excessive smoke / low mpg & limp mode all that coupled with a manual box only option. So for me wanting to be the owner/driver of a Lexus it is not a car I would choose, 

[Onslow]

10 hours ago, Texas said:

So it may work out to be a bit ‘Russian Roulette “ when it comes to the head gasket failure but that is not the only major fault that this car seems to present regularly when used‘normally’ ie egr probs / excessive smoke / low mpg & limp mode all that coupled with a manual box only option. So for me wanting to be the owner/driver of a Lexus it is not a car I would choose, 

Thanks for the input Guys.

In reality this car chose me, I bought it as sales stock and as nothing is moving at the moment I've decided to keep it.. even if its just for the ML sound system lol

Cheers

Steve 

[daisellex]

At one point they all blow gasket. Usually at 180k mark. No way around it.

[Shahpor]

28 minutes ago, daisellex said:

At one point they all blow gasket. Usually at 180k mark. No way around it.

I'm curious to know how you came about such a specific figure?