I recently purchased a 2011 LX570 with 77k miles and a clean Carfax (no accidents, 2 owner) in Fayetteville Arkansas, at Honda of Fayetteville sight unseen as I live in Tampa, FL. I requested a full 60k mile service be completed as I wanted to hit the reset button on all service and to ensure she would be ready for the drive back to Tampa. I also requested a full inspection (at their sister company - Toyota service across the street from Honda), when inspecting the car, the Toyota mechanic (previous Lexus mechanic) noticed that there was an oil leak from the front shocks and leaked down to the oil cooler and filter housing. On Monday, I requested to replace them, additionally on Wednesday I requested replacing the rears (although no leak) so they would all be new. While my wife and her friend were attempting to pick up the car on Saturday (tickets were purchased 2 weeks prior), they informed me that while the mechanic was putting the AHC Fluid back in the car after replacing the rears and it was not taking it, fluids were bled and it was slammed to the ground. They kept me well informed during the process as they were attempting to have the car ready for the long drive in the 11th hour, and told me that after some time the mechanic was able to push the AHC fluid through the lines and thought that perhaps there was buildup which needed to be flushed out. Everyone was overjoyed as we thought we had solved the issue; however, they called back and said that during the mechanic's test drive it did not take and the he was noticing a ticking noise, which he said was the AHC pump and that as soon as the car would be turned off the car would drop again and would not be suitable for driving (especially long distance). They assume there is an issue with the AHC pump and called the 2 closest Lexus dealers; one was closed on Saturday (service dept.) and the other had the part on backorder. As I was researching the forums (ClubLexus, & IH8MUD) I requested the mechanic do two things which seemed to solve the issue for previous owners.
1st - Clear the ACH codes (previously attempted by mechanic)
2nd - Check the voltage of the battery to ensure it would be able to operate the pump (previously done during inspection, and redone upon my request)
As we all know the part is +2k plus labor, does anyone have any other suggestions that I can recommend to them to perform this week prior to purchasing a new ACH pump from Lexus? Thanks in advance!
1st - Clear the ACH codes (previously attempted by mechanic)
2nd - Check the voltage of the battery to ensure it would be able to operate the pump (previously done during inspection, and redone upon my request)
As we all know the part is +2k plus labor, does anyone have any other suggestions that I can recommend to them to perform this week prior to purchasing a new ACH pump from Lexus? Thanks in advance!