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Originally Posted by headhunt3r
I was pretty surprised too, but the breakdown is somewhat understandable. It was only an oil change, and the totals were: $59.08 (parts) $95.97 (labor) $15.98 (misc), so $171.03 + tax = $191.56 total.
The second part of your post suggests you don't think it's worth doing it yourself since savings are minimal etc, so maybe that's a typo that you do your own oil changes?
By my estimates there's at least 2 more oil changes left and a "Service #3", which by now I assume won't be cheap.
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You can take it to any shop, or you can DIY, as long as you can sufficiently demonstrate at a the services were done should you need to make a warranty claim at a later time. The level of scrutiny you may get will be up to the service advisor and the relationship you have with the dealership. Which currently sounds like you have zero.
It's a trade off and like anything there comes a bit of risk. Heck, even if you do all your services at the dealership, they may still deny a warranty claim if they think they won't be able to get approval from head office. But then again, if you do all your services there, the chances are higher they will approve warranty claims under goodwill than if you didn't.
You also have 5 year powertrain warranty and a battery/hybrid warranty to consider.
Lexus vehicles are usually fairly reliable.
How much risk/hassle/savings you are willing to accept is entirely up to you!