Lexus nx300 issue from new

Lexus nx300 issue from new

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La-spoon

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25 posts

77 months

Friday 5th July 2019
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Got my NX300 from new in November which i love, poor fuel consumption aside, but some of the interior switches have never lit up. Most of the ones on the central console, window switches etc.
Now this isn't a major issue so i left it till first service thinking it would be just a fuse. Not so and it was booked in this week at my local lexus dealer. Day 1. Went to collect. 40 mile trip only to get there and its in pieces and they cannot find the fault. So can i keep the courtesy car (nice UX) another day. Trail back 40 miles.
Day 2 still not found the fault.
Day 3. Go to collect and they still haven't found the fault despite going through wiring diagrams and checking the wiring looms. Sorry sir. You can have the car back but we haven’t fixed it and can we book it in again for a week.
Now I know its only a minor issue but not one I was expecting and now 3 days and the fault cannot be traced and they want it again for up to a week. The dealers are great and polite but it will have been many hours wasted and at least 12 journeys of 40 miles by the time its hopefully fixed.
Anyone with a Lexus experienced a similar issue and am I just being a bit picky by moaning :-).

Pericoloso

44,044 posts

170 months

Friday 5th July 2019
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You went to pick the car up 3 times without checking if they'd finished working on it ?

Chestrockwell

2,669 posts

164 months

Friday 5th July 2019
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Pericoloso said:
You went to pick the car up 3 times without checking if they'd finished working on it ?
Good point, I’ve had a few issues with my BMW and at one point, I had a loan car for 3 weeks until they managed to get approval to replace my corroded alloys.

They shouldn’t make you travel that way and not telling you your car isn’t fixed. Strange as Lexus is always in the top 5 of the customer surveys.

La-spoon

Original Poster:

25 posts

77 months

Friday 5th July 2019
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Chestrockwell said:
Pericoloso said:
You went to pick the car up 3 times without checking if they'd finished working on it ?
Good point, I’ve had a few issues with my BMW and at one point, I had a loan car for 3 weeks until they managed to get approval to replace my corroded alloys.

They shouldn’t make you travel that way and not telling you your car isn’t fixed. Strange as Lexus is always in the top 5 of the customer surveys.

Fair point however the first time they said it would be ready at 3:30. Got there at 3:20 and they had just tried to ring me. Didn't go back on day 2. Today I needed my car back for the weekend otherwise they wanted to keep it and leave me with the courtesy. (Needed a bigger car for the weekend away). Funnily enough their customer service called today if I was happy with the service I received when I took my car in on Wednesday.
I will still need to waste another 4 hours and another 160 miles to take it back in again, go to work then collect.

Pericoloso

44,044 posts

170 months

Friday 5th July 2019
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As they are making a bit of a Horlicks of fixing this,ask them if they can come and pick the car up from home or work.

rednotdead

1,224 posts

233 months

Tuesday 9th July 2019
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As an aside - what's the UX like?

Casa1862

1,077 posts

172 months

Friday 12th July 2019
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rednotdead said:
As an aside - what's the UX like?
Not all that, in fact quite poor. I had one on loan while my IS300h was being serviced, expensive for what it is, £35K. Only thing that was better was the gearbox lag

Casa1862

1,077 posts

172 months

Friday 12th July 2019
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My last visit to Lexus was a bit off as well. The UX they gave was dirty and had someone's luggage in the boot. Also, no offer of a Lexus coffee.... my primary reason for spending £600 for what is basically an oil change and some looking.

Hoofy

77,495 posts

289 months

Friday 12th July 2019
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Casa1862 said:
My last visit to Lexus was a bit off as well. The UX they gave was dirty and had someone's luggage in the boot. Also, no offer of a Lexus coffee.... my primary reason for spending £600 for what is basically an oil change and some looking.
:/ Sounds like they loaned you a customer car!?