Lexus: ‘Make a 10-year warranty the standard’

Lexus has been offering a warranty period of up to 10 years or 200,000 kilometers on its cars since 2021. The brand extends the warranty every year after the standard factory warranty has expired by one year (or 15,000 kilometers), provided that the car is serviced at an authorized Lexus branch in the Netherlands. Sister brand Toyota also offers a comparable warranty program in the form of Toyota Relax. Lexus is now calling on other car manufacturers to extend the warranty period. Lexus says it believes that the warranty period generally given is not long enough and is calling on other car manufacturers to extend their warranty period to 10 years.

“The warranty of two to three years is little more than the warranty that applies to consumer electronics such as a laptop or mobile phone. You can expect more from a car,” says Lexus. As mentioned, the 10-year warranty period at Lexus does not apply to every car. The car can be a maximum of 10 years old and must not have driven 200,000 kilometers yet.