I was listening to this Consumer’s Advocate radio show today, and this lady called in, saying she owned a fairly new Lexus, and her headlight had filled with water. She was only 1 month past her warranty period. She said the Lexus dealership thought it was unfair she should have to pay the whole bi…

Sounds like a good reason to never buy a Lexus. Fancy headlights on high end cars are expensive to replace, but if this is true it is ridiculous.

If the water damaged the ballast, I can see it. HID headlights are very expensive.

Many headlamp assemblies on modern cars are extremely expensive. It’s not a ripoff; just a sad fact of mechanical life. This is especially true of HID lamps. My LIncoln Mark uses the 9005 bulbs that are readily available for 20 bucks or so a pair. The HID option on that same car pushes the price in…

I wonder if the headlight assembly was changed out for that amount. There may be a lot of labor involved to remove the assembly and a Lexus mechanic at $130hr instead of body shop at $40/hr the bill adds up fast beyond part price. I don’t think a simply bulb albeit HID was involved.

"There’s also the distinct possibility of some behind the scenes maneuvering on that Lexus repair that could put a different spin on it. " Yes indeed… Imagine what the car would cost if you bought it part by part??

A quick search if car-parts.com for a 2009 (3yrs old out of warranty) ls460 top-o-the line as a for example. Used the headlight assembly costs up to $1000. So new at a dealer, yeah $2200 could be.

I remember reading a story in a trade publication many decades ago about buying a new car off the lot and comparing the MSRP to the prices of the individual parts needed to put that car together. This involved a 1980 Chevy Citation which at the time could be had for about 6k dollars brand new. If …

I have replaced a half dozen Lexus headlamp assembies under warranty because of water entering the housing, the typical warranty cost is $1800. The labor is a little over an hour. Lexus has reinvented the Tucker headlight, the inboard headlight follows the front wheels when making a turn. The headl…

I’m really not surprised at the cost for a high end car if it needed a complete headlight assembly. I think I’ll just keep my old Fords. They may not be as classy as a new Lexus, but at least I have money in my pockets. I can change the headlight bulbs myself for about $5-$10 each and they are old…

$2200 to replace a single Lexus headlight?

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Barkydog March 25, 2012, 4:24am 3

I also find that price incredulous, I know things have gone from repairable to replaceable, but if that is the replacement cost I stop at stunned or dealership ripoff.

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$2200 to replace a single Lexus headlight?

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