johnzoomer

Do not take your vehicles to AutoZone for diagnosis. Reading the codes can point you in the right direction but doesn't always tell you exactly what part you need. They "Scan" your vehicle because they want to sell parts (inferior aftermarket parts) The employees there are usually little more than trained monkeys. Do you really want to put junk parts on your Lexus sold to you by an unqualified salesman? Regarding you opinion about Auto zone I find your bias unfounded and myopic. Shutting off a sensor and not having it return for 6 months is a valuble bit of information. To everyone else that reponded to my comments thank you. I have also found out one other item since my encounter with lexus service. the part was marked as a original equipment toyota part. I found out that toyota will gadly service lexus and common knowledge is that they are cheaper. I got that first hand from a mechanic I know at a toyota dealer ship. Get a quote from both before you dive into another major service issue. Hope this is helpful to the lexus community. Your comments for the most part will be welcomed....

Autozone offered to sell me a special socket that had a place for the wireing for 10 bucks next time I will know better. :cries: ...

I am a newbie to this form but really enjoyed reading the information on it. I have a 1996 LS400 with 106,000 miles on it. On my trip to Florida the check engine light went on and I determined that it would be best to get it fixed prior to returning back to Michigan. I went to autozone and they diagnosed it as bank 2 sensor 2 and suggested that I could replace it myself. I got a little nervous and figured since the car was over 1,000 miles away from home that I would have it done right at a local lexus dealer in Florida. After being quoted 330 dollars which I though was outrageous to begin with I gave them the approval. When I picked up the car the bill was 430 dollars. Well they had the sensor as 185 dollars. I told them that I could not find a sensor on the internet that costs that much and in fact I throught that the cost of that sensor was about 30 bucks. The sensor was a standard Toyota replacment part. I looked it up and found that it cost 60 dollars. They adjusted the price down by 35 dollars with out a question. Aparently they were charging over list price for the part. Auto zone is a valuable resource to diagnose these problems. And of course they do it for free. I suggest if you get a check engine light go to them and get the diagnose code. Then have them shut it off. See if it comes on again soon. If it does then deal with it........The same sensor was reset 6 months ago and finally failed. Unfortunately it did so when I was on vacation away from my tool box.....