As some of you may know I have sold and re-purchased my IS300...and I needed to pay off debts recently and I've had a buyer lined up for some time. 2 1/2 months ago I was having a braking issue. I brought the car too them and said "please don't give me any kind of discount, I need the car fixed and sold THIS month!!" (keep in mind that was at the end of February). They said "okay, we'll get it taken care of". It is now may 19th and they still have the car...At the end of april my friend/mechanic was under the car and said "I think its the ABS modulator".....yeah..it took 2 months for him to figure that out.

2 weeks ago I went up to the shop to check on my car and they said they had been waiting for me to pick it up (no phone call, or updates on the vehicle, just assumed I would come up there). I asked if the issue was fixed, and they said that the rotors, lines and pads were replaced and its not AS bad as it was...but that the ABS modulator was bad and a new one was $1800. It just so happened that when they said that, another tech from another shop was visiting and mentioned a place in Ohio that rebuilds them, and it's only $400. We found the website, I said "Send it off to get this thing fixed, I really need it gone".

Last week I am called and told that I need to come up and clear the existing bill ($980) before they move any further..I asked "Why am I paying for something that isn't entirely fixed?" He said "Idk take it up with my boss".....No calls have been made to me EXCEPT when they want money. I've had to go out of my way to check on the status of my car, and what they were going to do next...

So in about an hour I'm driving up there, clearing the existing bill, and taking my car home..They said they were "helping me out" when I didn't want to be helped out in the first place...it doesn't take 2 months to diagnose an ABS modulator....So now, I'm having to go to my uncle (master tech @ lexus) who I've burdened so many times in the past, and having him fix the fuccing car.

I'm not going to name the shop, but just a word for the wise, don't do business with friends.