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  1. Hi, Old topic but still wondering -- is there paperwork that has to be done? Or is the vehicle just assumed to be warrantied as far as lexus is concerned by some big database? Thanks, Henry
  2. Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is a tremendous help and the timing is quite good as I am currently embroiled in an issue with the overdrive - switches, solinoids, sensors and such. Very much appreciated indeed.
  3. It all started when the 8 point buck dropped "from the sky" onto the front end of my wifes' 2000 RX300 AWD. Hood, radiator, bumper, headlamps - but no engine or mechanical damage. Or so they said. We got the car back and the bodywork was beautiful. I will add here that this vehicle was in cherry condition - garaged at both ends of the daily long commute and well maintained. People often commented that it looked new (even though it had 110K miles). The problem is the overdrive will not engage. At 60 MPH she is taching at 4,000 RPMs - not good. The Lexus dealer tells us the timing belt had slipped (it was replaced about 10K miles back). My questions are, can an impact with a 160 lb deer at 55 MPH (cruise control was engaged) cause the timing belt to jump a sprocket? And what does the timing belt have to do with the overdrive? This seems a bit strange to me. Naturally, the insurance adjuster thinks this was a pre-existing condition, which I am just trying to exploit. The fact that this was a wonderful driving machine - up to the moment the deer fell from the sky - is lost on the insurance company. Any help is appreciated.
  4. I too received a letter from www.oilgelsettlement.com. and I plan to opt out of this lawyers dragnet. I own a 2000 Lexus RX 300 as well as a 1999 Toyota Avalon - both have the same vintage V6 engine and both now have mileage over 100K. The Avalon (160K miles) developed oil sludge and blue smoke around 80K miles and after some denial at the dealership (where I bought it new) Toyota paid for some engine repairs - a piston, rings and some other stuff. I had been using dino oil up to that point and changed it according to recommendations. After the oil gel thing, with strong recommendations from my racing enthusiast son, I immediately switched to synthetic oil and have had no problems since (knock on wood) with oil. IMHO the comment earlier in this thread about the motor design is probably true. There sure do seem to have been an inordanite amount of oil sludge failures in this motor. Coincidence? I doubt it - especially in this age of amazing life from vehicles. And Toyota (and other Japanese manufacturers) are largely to credit for the improvements. They designed a motor prone to this problem and seem to be standing behind their product. So far I am a believer in synthetic oil.
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