My feeling on this is that if this condition is the result of letting oil changes go every 7,500 miles (PER LEXUS RECOMMENDATIONS), then this is strictly a Lexus design or maintenance recommendation issue. They are telling us that you can certainly go 7,500 miles between changes (non severe usauge, per THEIR recommendation). How can this possibly be blamed on a customer????
I was actuall told by a Lexus service person that this was indeed a design defect having something to do with poor oil drainage (I think that's what he said) and effected ES300s between 98-03.
