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It is a shame that after more than 30 years of cars being crammed full of electronics that those who service/repair them receive no meaningful training on how to repair them. In general , even manufacturer-linked repair-shops know less about the electronics in their cars than they do about brain-surgery or nuclear physics . What is shameful is that this not tremendously high level of electronic complexity costs very little when not fitted to cars, but replacement car-units are at totally ridiculous prices - devices like digital TVs or laptops would cost 10s of thousands of pounds if they were essential parts of cars and Currys & Dixons would immediately go bust if they had to price products on the same basis. Manufacturers, including Lexus should really act responsibly to provide economical repair facilities for their elecronic assemblies - but these could prove difficult to staff and as a sensible alternative, provide replacement assembles at much, much lower and realistic prices - I would suggest that as an equivalent to most domestic electronics, a complete refurbished service-exchange MM/Satnav unit should cost no more than 400 GB Pounds plus fitting, with some sub-assemblies available at less, to reflect the actual cost of such units. At any higher price either Lexus, customer or both are being royally screwed. Edited by steve2006 strange links

These prices are not uncommon, as I had a M3 sac longchamp pas cher on which the screen failed, and had a similar quote. Lucky I had a warranty, and that's why I've taken the extended warranty from Lexus, when mine dropped over the 3 year mark. I've been more worried by all the gadgets going wrong Sac longchamp , than the mechanicals!