Toyota Highlander and Lexus RX-330, 1999-2006 Review

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(More customer reviews)As another reviewer commented, this book is good for determining whether the owner wants to try make a repair himself or bring the repair to a dealer who has specialized tools and experienced mechanics. It also gives more detail on maintenance than is provided by the manufacturer.
But the black-and-white, low contrast photos in this manual are 1930s technology. Often one cannot distinguish the blurred parts being mentioned due to the poor photography. Hello editor? Ever heard of digital photography and Photoshop? Things have changed in photography since Jimmy Olson was reporting for the Daily Planet in the Superman comics during the Great Depression.
The index is general and leaves out too many topics forcing the reader to read every page to find the topic. When this book was written on a typewriter, indeces were hard to compile; now, the lack of a detailed index means someone did not bother to run the manuscript through the index compiler in some word processing software.
The editor needs at least to footnote when models differ completely from the techniques and pictures shown. For example, the procedure for replacing the rear backup light bulb on an RX 330 2005 model is different from the procedure shown in the manual: the manual shows a simple removal of a side panel, while the 2005 model does not have a side panel on the chassis (a plastic bumper spanning the entire length of the rear tail gate has to be removed to access the bulb socket).
Haynes needs to refresh this series with new photography, fact checking and a detailed index.

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