Purchased my 98 gsr at a Lexus dealer back in June of 01'.. it came with one mod which was an aftermarket intake. Extended warranty was purchased through autonation usa.

Im the type that doesnt use the a/c much.. only in extreme cases where I cant handle the heat ill use a/c... so for the 9months~ I had the car the a/c usage was very minimal. about 2-3 weeks ago when socal had the scorching weather I decide to turn on the a/c on my way home from work and I noticed it wouldnt blow COLD COLD air. I thought it was strange so I just left it on thinking with time itll blow cold air. But to avail the a/c would not blow cold air.

I made an appointment with Lexus and told them my situation. I brought the car in.. they looked at it and concluded that my a/c compressor was out. (honestly I thought I had run out of freon or something) ... I ended up making another appointment because the extended warranty mechanics only work during the weekdays, so i was told by Lexus. My car ended up being there 2 days .. had to wait one day for the parts to arrive.. and another to work on the car.

So I finally get my car back yesterday after paying my 50$ deductable.. I sit in the car.. turn the engine on and test the a/c .. worked great

I leave the dealership.. I proceed to get on the freeway and notice a significant powerloss.. it seemed like my car was heavy as fawk. As soon as I got home I popped my hood and my ******* intake was not connected all the way.. it was half way off!

I pulled the intake off.. and I heard a pssssssssssssssssssss noise.. It appears that my intake was sitting and rubbing on one of the 2 a/c hoses.. and it melted away the black foam around the hose. I rushed into the house and called Lexus .. but had to leave a message because they were closed.
I rushed back out and further examined the hose and the intake. Basically the hose started leaking from the intake pipe rubbing against the hose for a period of time (metal against metal) does this make sense? sorry if it doesnt... just ask any questions and ill answer from there...

anyhow I asked the service advisor to call me asap.. but I have not heard anything yet.. I just want some advice on what I should say? I just need some reassurance that this is not my fault as they sold me the car w/ the intake. and they never gave me the stock. Also they should have caught this as I presume they had to take my intake off because it was loose when I got home



[Modified by kendogg, 12:15 PM 3/22/2002]


[Modified by kendogg, 12:20 PM 3/22/2002]

 

Sounds like your 2 hoses are hosed!!! Happenned to my friend's eclipse when he did a custom intake! Good luck with the dealership cause those two hoses aint cheap!

 

something like that happened to my car. the metal clamp connecting the turbo to the piping had a little extra piece of metal sticking out. eventually sliced right through the a/c hose and viola! no more a/c.
time to fix everything and sell it, i'm buying an eg.

 

do you guys think I got shammed? Im beginning to think that my car didnt even need a new a/c compressor.. maybe my hose was leaking long before all this ****.. and finally ran outta freon hence not blowing any cold air...

well i gotta call from the dealer and he left a message saying that if the car is undriveable he'll pay the expenses to have it towed back to the dealer.. if not just drive it back to the dealer at my convienience..

what do you guys think...

 

Just act as if you don't know what happened, after all, it's under warranty.