Wheel Corrosion On A Rx400h ?

[jonthebarber]

Hi .

I have a year old RX400h , can i expect the wheels to corrode like the did yearly on my IS200 ? Anybody with a 2/3 year old 400h had this ?

Jon .

[Takis]

No Jon,

I have a 02/06 RX,drive in the South (Greece), no such problems so far!

[williz]

RX400h 2006, 90.000km. all 4 wheels corroded and fixed by lexus under waranty.

regards from austria

[jonthebarber]

Cheers Ears .......... Anybody else want to throw in there 2 pennith ?

Jon .

[flyingsniffer]

Yes: had visible corrosion on two wheels (and imaginiary corrosion on the other two ) just before the warranty expired: had all four replaced under warranty.

[Kumamoto]

My missus rx300 had corrosion on rear wheel and was fixed by car dealer before we bought the car in August. It's a 2004 car....

[jonthebarber]

cheers folks . Now did you keep the wheels clean and free of road salt or did you just let them rot ? I wash my rims weekly through the winter so if it makes no odds then i won't freeze my nads off cleaning them as often .

jon.

[sossages]

cheers folks . Now did you keep the wheels clean and free of road salt or did you just let them rot ? I wash my rims weekly through the winter so if it makes no odds then i won't freeze my nads off cleaning them as often .

jon.

Jon keep your nads. My 54 reg had all the wheels corrode, four of them dirty and the spare shining and unused never out of the boot also corroded.

[Richard7200]

Hi Jon

Bought my RX400 2nd hand privately at 2 years old with 34000 miles on in feb 08, just been in for it's 40000 mile service. I just happened to mention the wheels looked a bit rough (stone & curb damage), when I went back to pick the car up 4 new wheels had been ordered under warranty, fitted 2 days later. Result.

[jonthebarber]

Hi Jon

Bought my RX400 2nd hand privately at 2 years old with 34000 miles on in feb 08, just been in for it's 40000 mile service. I just happened to mention the wheels looked a bit rough (stone & curb damage), when I went back to pick the car up 4 new wheels had been ordered under warranty, fitted 2 days later. Result.

Sweet .

[ihpj]

As long as you catch this type of fault within the original 3 year warranty you will always get an easy remedy from Lexus. If you're lucky you will get refurb'd wheels rather than OE rims - which will be more than likely to corrode outside of warranty.

Ours had its original rims refurb'd prior to purchase and the seem to be doing just fine (ours is now approaching seven years old).