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Solid buy
Former 5 Owner, 11/19/2006
2006 Lexus GS 300 4dr Sedan (3.0L 6cyl 6A)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
The Lexus is tightly built, has all the gadgets you can ever ask for - that actually work as they are supposed to - and looks great inside and out. However, as a former 5 series owner, it also made me understand what they meant by Lexus as being just a Camry with leather. However, the GS IS a very dependable Toyota with many, many quality upgrades if that is what you are looking for. Personally, I wasn't.
Gear car until we retired
Winston, 05/15/2020
2006 Lexus GS 300 4dr Sedan AWD (3.0L 6cyl 6A)
6 of 8 people found this review helpful
I bought my wife a 2006 Lexus GS300 AWD from. Mercedes dealer as a “Certified Pre-owned” car. It served us well until she retired and didn’t drive the car daily. Since then, there’s been an ongoing parasitic slow drain on the battery. After running through 4 new batteries, I had the slow drain diagnosed and the recommendation was that “Lexus are made to be driven, not sitting in the garage for days”. So, I bought a slow battery charging device and have to hook it up daily in order to have a minimum 50% charge in order to start the car when my wife needs to drive it. This seems like a manufacturer defect if there’s a constant drain on the battery. My Mercedes doesn’t have this issue.
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Nearly flawless
wjohnstone74, 07/24/2012
2006 Lexus GS 300 4dr Sedan AWD (3.0L 6cyl 6A)
6 of 8 people found this review helpful
After owning 7 North American automobiles (4 of them brand new), I can't believe I am about to complain about my Lexus - just nit-picky stuff really. Reliability wise, the car has been flawless. I have 138,000km on it and the only issue I have had was a hole in each side of the stainless steel exhaust pipe right before the secondary cat converters. This was a $1400 repair, so I got a local muffler shop to weld on two 1 foot sections of pipe and now it's fine. Except that they fried an o2 sensor on me while welding. I have the creaks and rattles in the dash like everyone else. That is annoying. Also, the tranny seems lost when feathering the throttle below 20km/h.
Good, but not perfection of Lexus
succeedinlife5, 11/09/2009
2006 Lexus GS 300 4dr Sedan AWD (3.0L 6cyl 6A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Good car, but not perfection. I traded my 2000 LX 470 in for this as the fuel prices were getting high and the LX had too many things that needed to be fixed. I liked this car for it had the AWD package and was sporty. The style, layout, and overall looks were what I wanted. The problems are with the fit and finish of this car. The front dash rattles and I have taken it to the dealer 3 times for that. The wheel finish was poor, which I was able to get new wheels under warranty. The tires Run-Flat tires were great as I enjoy a stiff ride, but wore out on the insides, even with proper rotation. Get car, but Lexus fit and finish is really needing help to get back to Lexus quality.
Electronic Issues
David, 02/18/2010
2006 Lexus GS 300 4dr Sedan (3.0L 6cyl 6A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
I used to drive a lot for business. Problems started when the warranty expired. It was like clock work! First the cruise control went dead. Took it to the neighborhood Lexus dealer. They kept my car for a 4 hours and could not find the problem. They were going to charge me $400.00 ($100 per hour) for diagnostics. Naturally, I didn't. Then the speedometer went crazy, going back and forth to not working at all, the car wouldn't shut off. Then nothing, everything would work fine the next day. The dealer told me it's a sensor problem and would cost $ 2000.00 + to repair!