After my wife's visit to the delership this morning for an "oil change", I really needed to reach out and see if anyone else has had a similiar experience - we have an 04 330 with about 43k on it, bought it certified used with about 33k on it. At any rate, my wife went into the dealership this morning to have the oil changed and tires rotated and gives me a call telling me the service manager is letting her know it's just about due for its 45k service for 375 dollars. I promptly asked to speak to this gentleman at which time he informed me a "minor" service is required. It's basically all BS (check glass, check lights, check wipers, etc) EXCEPT the trans and diff fluid change. He informed me that Lexus requires transmission and differential fluid replacement on the 04 330 at 15k intervals? I don't have the owners manual with me here at work, but was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience? I told him no way, just rotate the tires and do oil/filter. Does Lexus state that those fluids are due at 15k? I appreciate any info. I just found this forum and it's got great info. I typically do my own maintenance on vehicles, but since this is our first Lexus I figured maintaining at the dealership was the way to go... guess I'm wrong. Thank You.
