Capt Pete

Eddie, sorry to hear that you got caught on the same failure that got my wife's LX470 at 42,000 miles. My only hope is that Lexus will someday learn that customer service really does matter, as their owners shop elsewhere for their next vehicle. As for me personally, next purchase, anything but a Lexus. Additional reasons for my decision include the drivers door remote lock/unlock module failing and requiring replacement, the lift assist on the tailgate door failing, and a recall to prevent possible failure of steering control. Pete

My wife drives a 2006 LX470 with 42,000 miles on it. That is not a typo, just 42,000 miles. A couple of weeks ago she called that her car had gone into limp mode and to make a long story short, the secondary air pump in the engine had gone into self destruct mode and needed to be replaced along with its three air valves. The local Toyota did the work (closest Lexus dealer is 120 miles from me) and, the car is one the road again with my wallet $2,000 lighter. Toyota actually has extended the warranty on this item on their cars/trucks but Lexus said NO coverage. Anyone else had this problem with their LX470? Thanks Pete

About 10 days ago I posted a question about oil pressure readings on an 06 LX470. I did receive one response and thank that member. I would really appreciate several responses from 05 and 06 owners to see what the distribution is across the vehicles. If a few members will simply look at the oil guage when waiting at a traffic light and again when cruising down a highway about 60 mph and post that info, I would be most appreciative. FYI, below is the text of the original post. Thanks. "I recently pruchased a 2006 LX470 that has 12,000 miles. Beautiful SUV that looks like new and appears to have had a very good life before me. But I do have one concern. The oil pressure guage is divided into 5 dashes, with a "L" at the lowest dash and a "H" at the highest dash. For this description I will refer to the lowest dash as "1" and the highest as "5". My engine operates at the 2 position and when started first thing in the morning almost gets to the 3 position. At hot idle through cruising at 65 MPH the needle remains between 2 and maybe a 2.75 position. Since there are no numeric markings on the dashes I do not know the PSI translation, but an oil pressure guage reading less than half scale at 2000 RPM sounds low to me. Thus my question as to what readings are other owners seeing? I am running the Lexus 5W-30 oil with a Lexus filter, having had the oil changed about 1000 miles ago. Your help in sorting this concern out would be most appreciated." Pete

Agree that the oil pressure gauge is a real one, but about as useful as the F150 version, as it has no values associated with the marks on the gauge face. My thought is if Lexus is going to use such a gauge, they would scale it so normal running would be in the center of the scale. The way it is now the gauge reads on the low side of the scale so oil pressure must be on the low side???? Do not know how it compares to other engines of the same vintage, thus my question. For the price of these vehicles you would think Lexus could include an informative gauge. My general opinion on this subject is that any manufacturer who uses non informative oil pressure gauges does so to cover for significant tolerance variance in their product, resulting in significant variations in the oil pressure from one engine to the next. Somehow, I expected more from Lexus. Still am very interested in what other owners are seeing as the hot idle and 60 MPH hot cruising indication on their gauge. Thanks Pete

I recently pruchased a 2006 LX470 that has 12,000 miles. Beautiful SUV that looks like new and appears to have had a very good life before me. But I do have one concern. The oil pressure guage is divided into 5 dashes, with a "L" at the lowest dash and a "H" at the highest dash. For this description I will refer to the lowest dash as "1" and the highest as "5". My engine operates at the 2 position and when started first thing in the morning almost gets to the 3 position. At hot idle through cruising at 65 MPH the needle remains between 2 and maybe a 2.75 position. Since there are no numeric markings on the dashes I do not know the PSI translation, but an oil pressure guage reading less than half scale at 2000 RPM sounds low to me. Thus my question as to what readings are other owners seeing? I am running the Lexus 5W-30 oil with a Lexus filter, having had the oil changed about 1000 miles ago. Your help in sorting this concern out would be most appreciated. Pete

Several weeks ago I purchased an 06 LX470 from Charles Barker Lexus in Virginia Beach. I live in New Bern, NC and drove 125 miles to deal with them based on several recommendations. This is by far the best car buying experience I have had. The cars are detailed to like new. The prices are fair, none of the normal used car dealer BS, just integrity and straight talk. I dealt with Jeff Dunlap, if you are interested in a contact. The LX470 is everything we had expected. Pete