rx4ooh2006

OK, so I took it in to the dealer, fearing the worst with the inverter. Instead, they diagnosed that the coolant is coming from the transaxle (I didn't know there was coolant there)...the clincher...no way to fix the leak, the transaxle needs to be replaced for $5900 plus tax. Ouch. I asked if the coolant was mixed with the transmission fluid and they said it is a sealed system and so no, the coolant can't get into the fluid. So I said then as long as the coolant is kept topped off,nothing will happen? and he replied "right". So with a leak that appears to be stopped or only leaking ever so slightly, guess what I'm doing (at least until/if it gets worse)?

Where can I find information on the hybrid system being covered to 150K? CARB sounds like California Air Resources Board, but I am in Southern Cal and can't find anything in my rx400h manuals beyond 100K. I have had an extremely slow loss of coolant on the inverter side reservoir which seems to have stopped for now. There is coolant evidence on a vertical seam well below the inverter area, kind of lower and to the left of the small inverter coolant hose. I looked under the inverter area with a mirror and can't find it leaking anywhere. My car just turned 101K. 1) Most Lexus original owners don't keep their ride for over 100,000 2) Some states (following CARB rules) carry the hybrid warrany out to 150,000 miles 3) Recouping the "hybrid value" ?? um, how long 'till you recoup the "value" of a porsche ... a harlery ... a jacked up chromed up 4x4 that never gets off road ... etc 4) Years ago, folks bought cars with only a 12,000 warranty ... and now that cars are 500% more complex, and the warranty runs for 100,000 - 150,000 we whine about "what may happen" after the warranty (that many never see the end of, because we move on to the newer model ...) 5) Folks keep buying & buying & buying regular ol' ICE vehicles that sometimes break down and magically the population doesn't stop buying them, causing sales to dry up. 6) The point of #5 above is this: It'd take the kind of regular, consistent, poor workmanship of a large segment of a manufacturer's inventory to be bad ... and ONLY then, if the manufacturer failed to step up to the plate, would sales go away. Take the 1972 Chevy Vega for example. 100% went south. Ours went bad just 500 miles after the 12,000 warranty expired. The GM folks just laughed. THAT's what it took to make the vehicle fail. Ford Pinto would EXPLOAD on rear impact. THAT's what it took to make the vehicle fail. A little fluid leak? Bad, yes. Unexceptable, yes. Inconvenient? Yes. Fatal to continued success of the Name brand / Model brand? You'll have to decide. ;) .