2013 LEXUS CT Complaints

HAVE DONE OIL CHANGES MYSELF AND ALWAYS OBSERVED OIL USAGE BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. SO FAR I HAVE BEEN BURNING OIL. EVERY 2,000 MILES, THE CAR NEEDS A QUART TOP-UP. IF FOLLOWING THE 10,000 MILE OIL CHANGE INTERVAL, THIS CAR WOULD REQUIRE 5 QUARTS TO AVOID A SEIZED OR BLOWN ENGINE.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. MORE THAN 3 QUARTS REQUIRED BETWEEN REGULAR OIL CHANGES. NO VISIBLE LEAKS..

MY 2013 LEXUS CT200H IS BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. IT STARTED AROUND THE 90K MARK AND IS CONTINUALLY BURNING MORE, AND MORE OIL AS I PUT MORE MILES ON IT. I'M RUNNING THE RECOMMENDED SYNTHETIC OIL SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WITH 47K ON IT, AND I GO 7K MILES BETWEEN CHANGES. ON THE LEXUS FORM I'M LEARNING THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM! THIS ENGINE IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE ENGINE TOYOTA, RECALLED IN THE RAV4, SCION, AND OTHER MODELS FOR THIS VERY ISSUE! I KNOW ITS A HUGE EXPENSIVE RECALL BUT TOYOTA NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO KEEP MY BUSINESS, AND THE BUSINESS OF OTHERS.

THE ENGINE CONSTANTLY RATTLED/SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY UPON INITIAL START AND RANDOMLY SHAKES VIOLENTLY ON THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO VEER OFF THE ROAD EVERY TIME IT VIOLENTLY SHAKES, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. LEXUS DEALERSHIP REPORTED RANDOM ENGINE CYLINDER MISFIRES; AND A THREE-DAY PHYSICAL OBSERVATION AFTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REMOVAL SHOWS: UNEXPLAINED INTERNAL COOLANT LEAK. COLLANT LEAKING INTO CYLINDER 4. CYLINDER 1 ALSO WET AND MUDDY LOOKING. AND DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF FORECASTED REPAIRS AND PARTS REPLACEMENT WHICH COULD EITHER BE THE CYLINDER $4K OR AN ENTIRELY NEW ENGINE 17K IF THE CYLINDER REPLACEMENT FAILS TO REMEDY THE ISSUE. NO LEXUS ENGINE SHOULD FAIL LIKE THIS, IT'S A HYBRID WITH HYBRID TECHNOLOGY, IT RELIES ON BATTERY HALF THE TIME. AN ENGINE FROM LUXURY BRANK LIKE LEXUS SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 125K MILES. THIS CAR IS A LEMON. NUMEROUS PRIUS AND LEXUS OWNERS HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL LEXUS CONSUMER FOR 15 YEARS. APPARENTLY LEXUS RECEIVED J.D. POWER AND ASSOCIATE'S MOST DEPENDABLE VEHICLE AWARD FOR THE 7TH YEAR IN A ROW FOR 2019 AND RANKED HIGHEST OVERALL AMONG ALL OTHER LUXURY CAR BRANDS' NOT WITH MY LEXUS, IT'S JUNK AND UNSAFE! EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED, LEXUS!

ON 9/13/2019 I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF BRAKING POWER WHILE APPLYING BRAKES ON AN UNEVEN/POTHOLED CITY ROAD SURFACE WHILE APPROACHING A STOP WITH VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. THIS LOSS OF BRAKING POWER NEARLY RESULTED IN COLLISION. THE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT UNTIL NOW HAS NOT RESULTED IN A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. I DISCOVERED THAT DRIVERS OF BOTH THE CT200H AND PRIUS INDICATE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON UNEVEN SURFACES SUCH AS POTHOLES, SPEED BUMPS, OR MANHOLES THAT ARE NOT LEVEL WITH THE SURROUNDING ROAD SURFACE. THIS LOSS OF POWER IS OFTEN REPORTED AS ACCELERATION, THOUGH THE MORE LIKELY EXPLANATION (SEE ATTACHMENT) IS THAT DECELERATION IS INTERRUPTED DUE TO SLOW HANDOFF OF REGENERATIVE BRAKING TO FRICTION BRAKING. PREVIOUS REPORTS OF BRAKING ANOMALIES HAVE BEEN FILED WITH NTSB FOR THE LEXUS CT200H, WHICH USES THE SAME REGENERATIVE BRAKING SYSTEM AS THE TOYOTA PRIUS. A DRIVER WHO COLLECTED DATA REGARDING THIS ISSUE STATES: "THE SPEED SENSOR DATA FROM EACH WHEEL ALSO COMES AT ABOUT 60 HZ. ONE WOULD THINK WITH THIS KIND OF DATA RATE THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADD IN FRICTION BRAKING FAST ENOUGH (AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP WHILE BRAKING AND REDUCING REGEN BRAKING), SAY IN A SMALL FRACTION OF A SECOND, SO THAT THE DRIVER WON'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE MANY SECONDS OF SENSATION OF LOSS OF BRAKING, IF TOYOTA BOTHERED TO REFINE THE ALGORITHM." A REVIEW OF BRAKING RELATED INCIDENT REPORTS FOR BOTH THE TOYOTA PRIUS AND LEXUS CT200H MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INSIGHT INTO THE FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF THE LOSS OF ASSISTED/FRICTION BRAKING ON UNEVEN ROAD SURFACES. SEE ATTACHED ACCELEROMETER DATA.

THE ENGINE CONSTANTLY RATTLED/SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY UPON INITIAL START FOR ABOUT 20-30 SECONDS, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. DRIVING, ACCELERATION, AND FUEL ECONOMY HAS DECREASED/WORSENED. A MECHANIC IN SANTA MONICA STATED THAT THE OBD READINGS SHOW RANDOM ENGINE'S CYLINDERS MISFIRES; AND A THREE-DAY PHYSICAL OBSERVATION AFTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REMOVAL SHOWS: UNEXPLAINED COOLANT OIL CONTAMINATION ISSUES, OIL MIXED WITH COOLANT AT EXPANSION TANK, RAW FUEL ON CYLINDERS, FUEL BLOW BY, AND REPEATED SPARK PLUGS BURNING AFTER EACH REPLACEMENT. AND DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF FORECASTED REPAIRS AND PARTS REPLACEMENT, THE TECHNICIANS RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE WHOLE ENGINE UNIT. WE'RE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED, LEXUS!

THE STEERING WHEEL GETS STIFF, LOCKS EVENTUALLY AND THE CAR GOES DEAD WITHIN COUPLE OF MINUTES WHILE DRIVING. UPON 1ST DIAGNOSIS DEALER REPORTED THAT IT WAS DUE TO BAD BATTERY AND THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY. BUT THE SAME PROBLEM HAS REPEATED 3 TIMES NOW WITHIN A SPAN OF 2 MONTHS. DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WHEREAS THE SAME ISSUE OCCURS EVERY TIME. THIS IS LIFE THREATENING AS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET AND MAJOR CROSS JUNCTIONS.

SHOCKS AND STRUTS REPLACEMENT UNAVAILABLE- SHOCKS ARE LEAKING WITHIN 50,000 MILES. SERVICE COUNTER KEEPS REMINDING US THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE OUT THE PARTS. MECHANIC NOTED THAT ALL 4 IS LEAKING. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN 2015 OF JANUARY. VEHICLE IS A 2013 MODEL. PREVIOUS OWNER WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO WITH THIS HOW CAN IT ALREADY STARTED LEAKING? THIS LED TO POOR HANDLING AND FASTER WORN TIRES. I HAVE SEARCH ENDLESSLY FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS AND NOT EVEN ONE AFTERMARKET COMPANY CARRIES REPLACEMENT PARTS. I HAVE YET TO TRY LEXUS DEALERSHIP AS THEY CHARGE AN ARM AND A LEG FOR PARTS AND LABOR.

VIOLENT SHUDDER/SHAKING OF THE ENGINE. WHEN THE CT200H IS STATIONARY OR IN MOTION THE ENGINE PERIODICALLY SHAKES VIOLENTLY SOMETIMES UP TO 30 SECONDS THEN IT GOES AWAY. IT HAPPENED ON COLD OR HOT STARTS. THE EGR HAS BEEN CLEANED FROM CARBON BUILD UP, HAS NEW SPARK PLUGS AND COILS ARE GOOD. I HAVE LATELY BEEN NOTICING COOLANT LOSS. NUMEROUS PRIUS AND LEXUS OWNERS HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON WITH CODE P0301 "CYLINDER 1 MISFIRE."

HORN STOPPED WORKING WHEN STEERING WHEEL IN STRAIGHT POSITION. WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS MOVED TO THE RIGHT THE HORN WORKS. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS MOVED TO THE LEFT , THE HORN WORKS IN CERTAIN POSITIONS BUT IS NOT CONSISTENT. THIS CREATES A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT YOU CANNOT USE THE HORN TO WARN OTHER CARS OR PEDESTRIANS. NOTICED THE HORN ISSUES IN THE BEGGING OF NOVEMBER 2017. NOT SURE HOW LONG THE HORN WAS BROKEN BEFORE THAT.