Bought my Lexus as a used vehicle with service book showing all service done as per service book up to !80k Kilometers but vehicle had on 172K Engine cut out during Covid 19 starting period . Had Notorite insurance on car which I paid almost R12k for . Reported to Motrite of engine failure and they …

Fluids get checked and controlled daily before start up in the morning . System should pickup loss of fluids while driving vehicle . Insurance company was only prepard to pay R7700.00 vat inclusive for failure of R114000.00 excluding vat . They are pathetic.

In the US, aftermarket warranties are usually considered worthless.

In South Africa it also proves to be worthless . Just a money making racket.

[image] Purebred: In the US, aftermarket warranties are usually considered worthless. Why? I have never had a radiator replacement rejected by a warranty company. Do you have a problem with a specific company?

Yes Motorite insurance . They cover overheating repairs but when u claim they only offer R7700 tax inclusive . Lexus apparently never had any radiator failures (header tank cracking) nor were they interested to inspect failure mabe because they might find it to be a patent defect .

I have replaced many Lexus radiators, they fail. I think your problem is that you continued to drive after coolant loss and damaged the engine.

Yes that was so but the cars system should have warned me as I cannot detect a leak of what ever kind whilst driving and there is no signs visible of the leak in this wase water as it evaporates before you can detect it . Also you do not stop every 2 to 5 kilometers to check the vehicle and its flui…

That particular model is a very reliable and generally well engineered car. Things can and do happen to any 14 year old car with lots of use. Your problems probably started long before you bought the car.

I think so to but was blinded by the servise book that was stamped regularly and used as a sales promotion to buy the car . I am going to follow up on those stamps and am going to request to see the service sheet as well as the invoice. The reason being that at one stage the back door would not ope…

Proper maintenance is no guarantee against the failure of any particular component. The onus is on the owner to monitor fluids. Likewise, it is unreasonable to expect every little quirk and repair to be fully documented, especially over the course of 14+ years. The system that would have informed o…

2007 Lexus RX 350 - Engine issues

Maintenance/Repairs

bcohen2010 November 11, 2021, 9:43am 20

Isn’t it common sense to replace the radiator, thermostat, water pump, and all coolant hoses if the engine failed due to overheating? Who does engine repairs without finding and correcting the cause, or at least attempting to correct the most common possible causes?

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