Dominettie

Hi, thanks for your help. However I've no idea what you mean! Actually working out some way to post anything on this site was a real task for me. I could blame it on all sorts of things - but principally I'll point the finger at my social media ineptitude... So, I've no idea where "the rules" are and even of a grasp on responding to a pm...!

Thanks for that! And yes, I agree - if other countries have warrantees that cover the complete hybrid system, so should Australia. Apart from anything else, if the car was travelling at speed, the failure of this inverter could be catastrophic. All of a sudden it's a complete systems failure - and I've read that this has happened before overseas. Ours was parked on a steep hill and when I tried to start it the system went haywire and it wouldn't engage gear so it very nearly barrelled in a car down the hill. Who knows what this Australian warrantee aberration will do for the resale value of a Lexus Hybrid in general. I'll let you know if I have any progress to report.

We have a RX400h that's six years old and has 137,000km on the clock. Recently the hybrid system's inverter failed - luckily we were not moving at the time. I've been told that this part alone costs around $11,500 but in other markets (US and Canada for example) the complete hybid system (inverter and batteries) is covered by a 96-month, 100,000 miles warrantee. That warrantee was brought into Australia after we purchased our (then new) RX400h but our car falls under those conditions (age and mileage). Any suggestions please?!