2012 LEXUS ES350 Complaints

MICHELIN DEFENDER TIRES JUST HAVE 10 MILES ON THEM . THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD EXTREME ROAD NOISE, THEY HANDLE AWFUL. I'M REALLY THINKING OF TAKING THEM OFF AND PUTTING ON YOKOHAMAS OR GOODYEAR OR ANY TIRE OTHER THAN MICHELIN DEFENDERS,ALSO WHILE TURNING WITH DEFENDER TIRES IT FEELS LIKE I HAVE TO HOLD THE WHEEL EXTRA TIGHT BECAUSE IIT FEELS LIKE THE TIRES FEEL BIGGER THAN THEY ARE,LIKE I'M TURNING IN MUD. ALSO I ROTATE MY TIRES EVERY OIL CHANGE. ALL IN ALL TERRIBLE TIRES. I WISH I COULD GET SOME KIND OF REFUND FROM MICHELIN TIRE COMPANY.

WAS MOVING SLOWLY IN TRAFFIC HEADING TOWARD AN INTERSECTION (AROUND 15 MILES PER HOUR). WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE WHEN TWO CARS IN FRONT OF ME WENT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, MY CAR ZOOMED TO AROUND 60 MILES PER HOUR (FELT LIKE THE ACCELERATOR WENT LIMP). I PUMPED THE POWER BRAKES AND THEY WOULD NOT HOLD (PER LEXUS BECAUSE THE CAR WAS GOING TO FAST FOR THE AIR BRAKES). I WENT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND SWERVED AROUND A CAR AND WAS HEADING TOO FAST IN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC THAT I WAS GOING TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I TURNED QUICKLY INTO A PARKING LOT LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO CRASH THE CAR BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP IT. A CAR APPROACHED ME COMING IN THE OTHER END OF THE PARKING LOT, AND I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKE. WHEN I DID THAT THE ZOOM WENT OUT OF THE CAR, AND THE BRAKE HELD. THERE WERE 2 ADULTS AND 2 CHILDREN IN THAT CAR. (WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE GOOD DURING THIS DRIVING PERIOD).

I PARKED THE CAR IN MY INDOOR GARAGE (PART OF THE INTERIOR OF MY HOME). SEVERAL HOURS LATER, I BEGAN TO FEEL ILL AND COLLAPSED ON THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO CALL 911 AND AN EMERGENCY CREW RESPONDED TO MY HOME. I WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS. THEY IMMEDIATELY DETERMINED THAT MY HOME WAS FILLED WITH CARBON MONOXIDE AND FOUND THAT THE SOURCE WAS THE CAR IN THE GARAGE. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE CAR'S ENGINE HAD BEEN LEFT ON AND THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. THIS WAS THE RESULT OF ME WALKING AWAY FROM THE CAR, WHICH HAS A "SMART-KEY" IGNITION, WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING. I DID NOT HEAR ANY ALERT FROM THE CAR WARNING ME THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. THE MEDICS SAID THAT 5 MORE MINUTES IN MY HOME WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL, AND I WAS RUSHED BY AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE I REMAINED FOR 3 DAYS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 LEXUS ES350. THE CONTACT STATED THE PERSON DRIVING SAW SMOKE STARTING TO EMIT FROM UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT, AFTER THE SEAT HEATER WAS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN FOUND A SMALL BURN HOLE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVER SEAT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,200. UPDATED 2/24/15*CN LEXUS INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE BURN HOLD WAS NOT LOCATED NEAR THE SEAT HEATER GRID OR WHERE THE ELECTRICAL WIRING WAS LOCATED AND THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS. UPDATED 03/02/15*JB

THE SWITCHABLE RETRACTOR WAS BROKEN IN THE CENTER REAR SEAT OF THIS VEHICLE. WHEN YOU PULLED THE SHOULDER BELT OUT ALL THE WAY, AND THEN LET IT BACK IN SLOWLY, THE ALR DID NOT ENGAGE. THE BELT REMAINED IN ELR MODE THROUGHOUT - AS SHOWN IN THIS VIDEO HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=GKKQVRSRF8Q THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR THE VEHICLE CLEARLY STATES THAT THERE IS A SWITCHABLE RETRACTOR FOR ALL 3 REAR SHOULDER BELTS - BUT THE CENTER ONE IN THIS VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THIS DEFECT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE LOCKABILITY REQUIREMENT IN FMVSS 208. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 LEXUS ES350. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AFTER BEING CUT OFF. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE WHEELS SEIZED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES HOWEVER, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 LEXUS ES350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL NOISE AS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD UNUSUALLY. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A RESTRAINING WALL. THE CONTACT WAS REPORTED INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, BUT HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 7,000.