07 GX470 with about 180K miles on it. Bought it about 6 months ago, and ever since the alternator and exhaust / cats were replaced shortly after purchase my rear door locks have been a nightmare. First they just wouldn't work with the fob, dealer determined it was the actuators and wanted over $1K to repair it. I had another local shop with a good reputation do it for about half that. Then next thing I know one of the linkage cables breaks (no idea why) and now it seems the same thing has happened on the other side. Lock doesn't operate via actuator, handle just flops around to and fro without engaging anything and door is basically not able to be opened. Only event that might have contributed to it was my 8 year old 90lb niece was wrestling around with her brother in the back seat right before we noticed there was an issue.
Any thoughts? I'm assuming Lexus doesn't design systems that a dinky small little girl could destroy with pretty much no effort? Are these known for being routinely problematic or did I probably just get a lemon?
Any thoughts? I'm assuming Lexus doesn't design systems that a dinky small little girl could destroy with pretty much no effort? Are these known for being routinely problematic or did I probably just get a lemon?