2000 LEXUS ES300 Complaints

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  • 2000 LEXUS ES300
    - HACKENSACK, NJ

    WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE IN USE AT FAST SPEED VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE BEFORE ACCELERATING. BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC PROBLEMS ON VEHICLE WERE NORMAL. *AK ALSO A CRACKING NOISE IN THE HEATER, SOMETIME. *YH

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2000 LEXUS ES300
    - MOLINE, IL

    VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARD WHEN PLACED IN THE DRIVE POSITION ACTING LIKE IT'S IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. *SLC

    Source: CONSUMER LETTER
  • 2000 LEXUS ES300
    - ANAHEIM, CA

    VEHICLE FAILS TO START. ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF. DEALER UNSURE OF PROBLEM WITH CAR. REPLACED SENSORS, BUT NOW WANTS TO REPLACE ECU. VEHICLE FAILS TO START INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2000 LEXUS ES300
    - SILVER SPRING, MD

    FAULTY COMPUTER AND TRANSMISSION CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO DOWNSHIFT FROM 4TH TO 1ST GEAR WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, STARTS JERKING, AND MOVES AT AN UNCONTROLLED PACED BY COMPUTER ONLY, DRIVER HAS NO CONTROL OVER ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION. NLM

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2000 LEXUS ES300
    - SILVER SPRING, MD

    ON SEPTEMBER 7 WITH THE SERVICEMANGER AND MECHANIC TESTING THE VEHICLE AT 55 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IT DOWNSHIFTED FROM 4TH TO 1ST GEAR, STARTED JERKING, AND MOVING ON IT'S ON AT A SLOW UNCONTROLLED PACE BY COMPUTER ONLY. DRIVER HAD NO CONTROL OVER ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST SIX TIME IN HEAVY TRAFFIC BARELY ESCAPED DEATH BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. LEXUS PLANS TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER AND THE TRANSMISSION AND GIVE IT BACK TO ME TUESDAY, SEPT. 12. I HAVE A FEAR OF DRIVING THAT CAR AND DON'T WISH TO TAKE IT BACK. PLEASE HELP. THE CAR HAS A FACTORY DEFECT THAT LEXUS DOES NOT WANT PUBLICIZED. I DON'T WANT TO DIE IN THAT CAR, NOR CAUSE SOMEONE ELSE TO BE KILLED.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2000 LEXUS ES300
    - SILVER SPRING, MD

    ENGINE FAILED THREE TIMES IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT NOTICE. CAR STALLS, ENGINE VIBRATES, WILL NOT ACCELERATE, HAS BEEN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP ON ONE OCCASION.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2000 LEXUS ES300
    - STAMFORD, CT

    REARVIEW MIRROR DOES NOT MOVE, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. THE DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO SEE OUT OF 25% OF THE REAR WINDOW ON THE LEFT SIDE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE