Took my car to have evaluated. I was told that my engine was bad and n... read more Took my car to have evaluated. I was told that my engine was bad and needed to be replaced. He said he would be swapp my engine out with a engine close to the same miles I had on my car. So I agreed to have my engine changed. This would have been a good time to tell me that it's only 30 days on a used engine. but he did not disclose this information to me. He went and got the car emissions done and told me he had been driving my car and it was running fine. Two days later and paying 4081.00 I pick my car up it seemed fine. I wasn't able to test drive the car because of Covid the DMV was closed. so it was close to three months until I was able to get a tag for car. I finally got the tag and drove the car, I noticed a pull from the car when I put the car in drive, it snatched into gear. I took car back and the mechanic RL adjusted something on the engine so that took care of the problelm. Still didn't informe me about 30 days for a used engine. I drove the car for two weeks and the car is surging and smoking from the tail pipe. I call R.L to tell him what's going on. He says bring the car in. I had a video of what was going on with the car. I informed R.L I got advice from another mechanic and was told this is because coolant is getting into the engine which point to a bad head gasket, and the surging could possibly be the air intake control valve and the problem was engine related Which R.L agreed that it probably was the IAC and he would have fixed it "IF" he knew it was bad He then suggested put 20 w 50 in the engine. I called another mechanic and told them what my car was doing and what advice I was giving from RL. And was told to ask for the paper work on the engine. I have not received no information on the engine he installed in my car to this very day. And putting 20 w 50 was not going to solve my issue. So I take the car back because of the surging and mind you it's still smoking. I also was getting water in the trunk so R.L looked into these issued and charged me 80.00.I was told by R.L that my Power steering rack need replacing and he would fix my IAC for aprox 1100.00 dollars. This has been the worst experince with this shop. My car is sitting unable to drive. I gave him ONE star because a rating was required. He deserves 0 stars. We'll end up in court I'm sure.
Kudos to Ed for excellent service! Lextech didn't handle the type o... read more Kudos to Ed for excellent service! Lextech didn't handle the type of repair I needed but Ed was well versed in the nature of my issue and gave me an A+ referral that led me to saving a couple thousand dollars! The last thing I wanted to do was call the dealership and thanks to him I didn't have to. He was super patient, even providing me with the full address and number of the shop. You can best believe the next time I need anything for my Lexus, I'll be making an appt here! Looking forward to meeting Ed in person. D D. Atlanta, GA
Early one morning a couple weeks ago I got into my ES 350 and couldn't... read more Early one morning a couple weeks ago I got into my ES 350 and couldn't get it to turnover. I had to have it towed and decided to give LexTechs a try instead of my usual dealer service shop. Turned out to be a good move. Ed and his service team did a thorough analysis of my car and found something very unusual. Some critter had gotten into the wiring which directly led to a messed up engine. This was a car that was in good shape otherwise and one I would have continued to drive for another 100,000 miles. I guarantee the dealer shop would have recommended a lengthy list of repairs that would not have been worth paying for. Because of detailed analysis of the LexTech's team, I was able to submit this non-routine engine damage as a claim against my auto insurance policy which they eventually concluded was a total loss. So the bad news is that I'll have to find a new car. But the good news is that I won't be out nearly as much money as I could have been paying for repairs. So thank you to Ed and team for your attention to detail and finding the root cause of my car issue. Steve R Lexus ES 350
