Service History - found an interesting gem ...

[cwmoser]

I purchased my 2002 LX470 last March and yesterday I found an interesting Service History
log that was not on the online Service History at Lexus Drivers .

In the back of the packet of books included with my purchase was a Maintenance Manual
which I pretty much just ignored as I found the Owners Manual more interesting. Then I
got curious about what exactly is a Lexus "5K service" and opened up this manual.
Look what I found - see photo.

Looks like my LX was base lined just 1,000 miles before I purchased her. She had 24,930 when
I took delivery and the service was done at 23,727. In addition, there was yet another oil change
done by the PO at 24,687. BUT, that base line was done 6 years ago on 12/16/2010. Still, the
oil on all the sticks look fresh as new. Looks like everything was flushed and refilled with
Synthetic Oil and "SP BG Conditioner" - whatever that is.

My recommendation is if you have recently purchased an LC/LX, do check the back of the
vehicles Maintenance manual as you might find some valuable information.

 

[2001LC]

Probably a Lexus trained mechanic, they (and Toyota) use a lot of BG products. Whereas only Lexus would put information on club Lexus service history, some shop history can be found on car fax.

What is more interesting is you found a 2002 with 25K miles. You must have paid a pretty penny for that one.

 

[Toyo72]

Bottom right corner of the list: Is the Toyota AHC fluid "fully synthetic" or are they using an aftermarket fluid?