2008 LEXUS GS Complaints

SAFETY ISSUE: LEXUS GS 350 2008 HAS THE ISSUE OF REAR VIEW MIRROR. THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IS LOOSING UNDER THE GLASS THE SPECIAL TEXTURE. LEXUS COMPANY SAVED MONEY AND REPLACED HIGH QUALITY OF REAR VIEW MIRROR TO CHEAP STRUCTURE. MIRROR LOOKS LIKE FROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. APPEARANCE OF REAR VIEW MIRROR IS SCRATCHED UP WITH RANDOM BLACK SPOTS, FOGGY TO THE POINT THAT YOU CANNOT SEE THROUGH IT DURING THE LATE DARK HOURS OF THE EVENING AND NIGHT. EVEN THOUGH THE TOP OF THE GLASS IS SMOOTH WITHOUT ANY TRACE OF NEGLECT. THIS ISSUE STARTED TO BE A LONG TIME AGO WITH A SMALL BAD APPEARANCE, BUT IT'S GRADUALLY GETTING WORSE. LEXUS OF ROSEVILLE AT 300 AUTOMALL DR, ROSEVILLE, CA 95661 ON APRIL 19, 2017, OFFERED TO BUY FOR $1235 THEN THEY GAVE ME DISCOUNT OF $882 BECAUSE OF MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE OLD LEXUS GS 400 1998 AND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR LOOKS PERFECT. PLEASE REVIEW THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

ON DECEMBER 21,2015 THERE WAS A CAR THAT RAN A RED LIGHT AND HIT MY CAR DAMAGING THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF MY CAR. THE AIRBAG ON MY DRIVER SIDE DEPLOYED BUT NOT ON MY PASSENGER SIDE. MY CAR WAS IN MOTION GOING ABOUT 30MPH ON A CITY STREET AND THE GUY THAT HIT ME WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN.

CONDENSATION IN THE FRONT DRIVERS HEADLIGHT MADE MAY LIGHT GO OUT WHEN TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. COMPLETELY UNABLE TO SEE, BECAUSE OF "LEVELING" LIGHTS. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT BY USING MY BRIGHT LIGHTS. I TOOK TO THE DEALER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT THE LEXUS RX IS ALREADY BEING RECALLED, BUT NOT MY VEHICLE. . THIS IS A COSTLY REPAIR OVER 1000.

HEY I DID RECALL FOR MY CAR AFTER ONE MONTHS LATER ENGINE WAS STALL IN MOTION. PERSON WHO MAKE INVESTIGATION FROM HEADQUARTERS LEXUS THEY CAN'T TELL ME WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WHIT CAR AND AFTER RECALL HE TELLING ME MY CAR VIN NUMBER SHOWED ITS ENGINE NO RECALLS. MY WIFE SHE DROVE THIS CAR WHIT MY KIDS . THANK NOTHING HAPPEN. IN MY OPINION DELEAR LEXUS TRI COUNTY FROM NEW JERSEY THEY NOT FIXED MY ENGINE LIKE THEY SHOULD AND AFTER ONE MONTHS ENGINE BROKE- I MAKE RECALL FOR THIS. THIS CAR HAVE SAFETY ISSUE. THEY KEEP MY CAR 3 WEEKS AND THEY CAN'T TELL ME WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WHIT ENGINE. I BLAME THEM FOR MAKE PROBLEMS AND THIS CAR GOT 86000 MILES. THANKS

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A FAULTY ABS ACTUATOR. THIS HAS MADE BRAKING HARD, SOMETIMES UNRESPONSIVE, AND DISABLES THE ABS. I TOOK IT TO THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP WHERE THIS WAS CONFIRMED AND I WAS QUOTED OVER $4,000 TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE. I CALLED LEXUS CORPORATE TO WORK OUT A DEAL, HOWEVER THEY WERE UNWILLING TO COOPERATE. LOOKING THIS ISSUE UP ON THE INTERNET IT IS ALL OVER. MANY OWNERS OF THE GS450H HAS EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE AND AS A RESULT HAVE HAD TO SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX IT. THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE ABS ACTUATOR AND LEXUS THEMSELVES HAVE ADMITTED IT HOWEVER THEY FAIL TO REPLACE THEM. THE PART ON MOST CARS IS 44050-30260 WHICH LEXUS HAS DISCONTINUED SELLING. THE NEW PART IS LABELED AS 44050-30670. HYBRID TOYOTA CAMRYS HAVE BEEN GRANTED A WARRANTY EXTENSION TO ENSURE DRIVERS ARE SAFE ON THE ROAD, HOWEVER LEXUS GS450H OWNERS DO NOT EVEN THOUGH BOTH CARS ARE BUILT ON THE SAME PLATFORM. (HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERREPORTS.ORG/CRO/NEWS/2014/07/WHY-TOYOTA-SHOULD-RECALL-THE-CAMRY-HYBRID/INDEX.HTM) I CAN PROVIDE PROOF OF OTHER GS450H OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AS WELL AS THOUSANDS OF TOYOTA/LEXUS OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE BRAND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED RAPIDLY FROM VERY SLOW SPEED IN HYBRID MODE WHEN IN PROCESS OF STOPPING TO PARK BEHIND ANOTHER CAR ON FRIENDS PROPERTY, RESULTING RAMMING CAR AHEAD.

CONTACT IS OWNER OF 2008 GS 350 LEXUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING SPACE @ APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH -- THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY ON IT'S ON WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE HIT AN EMBANKMENT & VEHICLE BOUNCED BACK/FORTH ON THE EMBANKMENT, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL NECK PAIN FOR BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE & THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED BUT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME SLOWLY. LEXUS DEALER WAS TOLD OF INCIDENT & RECOMMENDED TAKING VEHICLE TO A LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER WHO COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. TIME TO TRADE VEHICLES WITH A COMPETITOR.

OCTOBER 2015 HAD BRAKES REPLACE DO TO BAD FRONT PADS/ROTORS AT FLOW LEXUS. DROVE AROUND FOR SEVERAL WEEKS TO BREAK IN BRAKES. EVERYTIME I DEPRESSED BRAKES 90% OF TIME HEARD METAL TO METAL LOUD SCRAPPING NOISE ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND I WAS IN MOTION. JANUARY 4,2016 TOOK AUTO BACK TO FLOW LEXUS. BRAKES RETESTED, LUBRICANT AND FLOW LEXUS STATED COULD NOT DETECTED THE NOISE. YET ON MY WAY HOME IN MOTION I DETECTED THE BRAKE NOISE AGAIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE BRAKE SOUND IS HEARD WHEN I SLOW UP TO STOP AS WELL AS WHEN I SLOW UP TO TURN. THE SOUND IS SO LOUD OTHER PEOPLE TURN THEIR HEAD TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG.

ON TWO OCCASIONS MY GS460 LEXUS IN STATIONARY MODE WOULD NOT START. ON 1ST OCCASION TOWED TO FLOW LEXUS WHICH WAS CHARGED FOR APPROXIMATELY $65.00. THE 2ND TIME FOUR MONTHS LATER I WAS PUMPING GAS AT SAM'S AND THE CAR BATTERY WENT DEAD. A CUSTOMER GAVE ME A BOOST. I CALLED FLOW LEXUS THEY SAID TO HAVE IT TOWED AND TO REPLACE BATTERY FOR $200.00. I PURCHASED MY BATTERY AT SAM'S. VEHICLE MAKING REAR END SOUND SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED CAR. WILL TAKE BACK TO FLOW LEXUS.

AFTER HAVING THE CAMSHAFT TIMING GEAR REPLACED DUE TO THE RECALL, I NOTICED MY CAR WAS BURNING A LOT OF OIL BUT THERE WAS NO LEAK. MY CAR WOULD BE OUT OF OIL 1,800 MILE PRIOR TO ME NEXT OIL CHANGE AND I WOULD NEED TO ADD 2 QUARTS OF OIL TO MY CAR. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO BE LOOKED AT, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS OIL SEEPAGE IN THE TIMING CHAIN AREA WHICH IS A $3,500 REPAIR. THE MORE I RESEARCH, THE MORE I'M FINDING THAT PEOPLE ARE STATING THIS IS RELATED TO THE RECALL PERFORMED.