Main Dealer Servicing ?

[Yorkshire Flyer]

Hi All,

As a new member to this site i am looking for some feadback on a servicing question.

I have recently purchased a 3 year old IS220 diesel with approx 3 weeks Lexus warranty left. As a precautionary measure i booked it into Lexus Hull so that they could look over the car and check if any work needed to be done.

Whilst the car was in the service bay i got chatting to one of the sales guys about servicing etc. My 57 plate has only done 26K miles and has three stamps in the service book. The salesman tried to sell me their service plan whereby i can buy the next three services on monthly terms and "lock in" the prices today.

As my first service due will be the 40K one he said it is a bit expensive as it has some one off checks etc. Altogether the cost for the next three services would be £1070.00 which i thought was a bit steep.

Can anyone confirm my suspicions or does that sound about right ? Are Lexus Leeds or Lexus Sheffield any better ?

Also does anyone know of any Lexus Independent garages in the East Yorkshire area ?

[dave1]

I wouldn't bother. I have been a Lexus owner since 2002 and have always had my GS300 and GS430 serviced by Lexus main dealers. I have found that they can be knocked down on servicing costs without affecting the actual work carried out. Lexus are in the process of introducing reduced price servicing for cars over 5 years old. Not sure of prices fir the IS range but GS will be £119 and £199 for the annual "A" or "B" service. Also check what coolant you have. Lexus wanted to change my coolant on the last service but I refused as I discovered that it had the 100k/10 year coolant in already (Lexus super longlife)

[Steve_L]

I felt same as Dave when I was first asked by Cardiff dealer to sign up for next 3 services on my 09 plate 220d. I succumbed when they agreed to discount their first quote for a Gold Member. I now have 30k, 40k and 50k services paid up at just over £700. I had paid them £240 and £330 for the 10k and 20k services respectively.

Seemed like a good deal to me so perhaps worth negotiating or going 'Gold'. I missed the discounted subs offer for Gold when I recently joined so that would have made it an even better deal.

[juicestop]

It is definitely worth haggling with a Lexus dealership over servicing prices. I was at first quoted £254 for a 3 year intermediate service, told them I was a LOC gold member and eventually paid £212. Yes it is more than an independent would charge but I did get a brand new Lexus IS250 SE Nav courtesy car with 740 miles on the clock for 24 hours and used about £15 worth of their petrol, so all in all it hasn't worked out a lot more than a non-Lexus service.