mommus

Haven't bought one yet. All the sub-£9k cars I looked at were a little bit tired and/or total wrecks. 

thank you both for your insight

I had pretty much assumed the same things.

If you look at the reliability index for the RX, its something like 80 out of 100, where an S-class is 0 out of 100

Hi Everyone, 

   I was looking to get an RX400h for around the £7k to £8k mark, but have just discovered threads about a sinister-sounding inverter failure that seems to be affecting the kind of age I've been looking at (2007-2008)

  How common actually are these faults? It's very hard to judge from web forums, as people only tend to post horror stories. 

  Some of the repair bills quoted just seem berserk - £5k plus in some cases - which is almost as much as the cars are worth. 

   There are a few warranties available, but I suspect most would not cover hybrid component failure. Lexus' own extended warranty is expensive - annually it works out about the same price as finding a used inverter online and getting it fitted. 

   What was the forum's thought on this? I'm assuming that there are a few isolated instances of nightmares doing the rounds no matter what car you're interested in, but as I said above, I'm keen to know the feeling about how common pricey disasters are with a 400h

cheers

M

Welcome :)

It wasn't one that was up for sale near liverpool (trader) in Birkenhead was it?

It may well be.

It appears you didn't like it very much!

How much was it on for when you saw it?

Hi everyone,

After signing up to this forum ages ago, I finally picked up a 98 GS300 last week for a bit of a steal. Has a few issues that I'm going to sort over the next few months - the usual master cylinder issue (though the brakes work fine) and a few other bits.

Drove it from Liverpool down to London and back at the weekend with no problems, so pretty pleased so far. Economy wasn't even that bad. I'm used to doing the journey in a 2014 1.4 Astra, so the extra comfort and waftyness was well appreciated - plus I can sell the Astra now.

I suspect I;ll be posting on here a lot from now on, so hello to all.