2008 LEXUS GS Complaints

MY CARS STEREO SOUND SYSTEM HAS ALLOT OF STATIC DONE SOME RESEARCH AND HAVE COME TO A CONCLUSION THAT ITS A FAULT FROM MANUFACTURERS AS MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUES WITH THEIR MARK LEVINSON SPEAKERS WHERE THE FOAM AROUND THE SPEAKERS FALLING APART. ANOTHER ISSUE IS WITH THE VSC ISSUE WHERE IT COMES ON DASH ERROR AND SHUT THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF MAKING AUTOMOBILE TO PEEL OFF AND LOSE TRACTION. LAST ISSUE WHICH IS COMMON IS THE HEAD LIGHT SPRINKLER ALWAYS TURNING ON WHEN STARTING AUTOMOBILE WASTING WASHER FLUID. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS GS 350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WITHOUT WARNING. THE SPEED REDUCED AFTER THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE LOCATED BOTH TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,720.

STEERING RACK FAILURE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. PROBLEM DISCOVERED PRIOR TO ANY POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS GS350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT WENT DOWNHILL AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT AND A PASSENGER SUSTAINED CONCUSSIONS AND SOFT TISSUE INJURIES ALTHOUGH THE AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OF FAILURE.TOYOTA DENIES DEFECT. UPDATED 08/22/13*LJ

I HAVE HAD MY LEXUS FOR SINCE 7/2009 IN NOV 2010 AND FEB 2011 I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR SEVERAL WHEEL ALIGNMENTS (FRT AND BACK) BY THE DEALERSHIP IN CERRITOS, CA. . I HAVE HAD MY TIRE REPLACED APPROXIMATELY 3 TIMES AND ROTATED THEM REGULARLY. OAKHAMA TIRE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND HAVE NOW DECIDED TO GO WITH BRIDESTONE TIRE TO LOWER MY EXPENSES. I DO DRIVE ALOT BUT DO NOT DRIVE FREEWAY ON A DAILY BASIS TO AND FROM WORK, BUT DO DRIVE FREEWAY IN MANY OCCASIONS. . THE SUSPENSION CONTINUES TO PULL TO THE RT AND TIRES CONTINUE TO WEAR IN THE INSIDE, BOTH TIMES TO THE WIRE. AND NOW AGAIN AFTER DRIVING TO LAUGHLIN ON 7/3/12--7//7/12 I NOTICED WHEN I RETURNED THE FAR INSIDE OF MY TIRES WERE WORN TO THE METAL TREADS AGAIN. I AM REPLACING ALL FOR TIRES ON 7/12/12 AND NEED ANOTHER ALIGNMENTS IN THE FRT AND THE BACK. IT JUST IS NOT SEEM RIGHT THAT BRAKES AND SUSPENSIONS ARE CONTINUES MAINTENANCE ISSUE ON A YEARLY BASICS. I AM A MIDDLE AGED GRANDMA AND HAVE MY GRANDKIDS IN MY CAR ALL THE TIME AND MAINTAIN MY VEHICLE PER MANUFACTURE REQUIREMENTS. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES FRT AND BACK.. *TR

LEXUS GS350 IN GENERAL IS PRETTY A GOOD CAR BUT I ALWAYS HAVING PROBLEM WITH LEXUS DEALER( WESTSIDE LEXUS IN HOUSTON TX). WHENEVER I BRING MY CONCERNS OR SHOW THEM THE PROBLEMS, THEY WILL PRETEND OR REFUSE TO FIX UNTIL THEY SEE THE PROBLEM BY THEMSELVES. FIRST WAS MY BACKUP CAMERA FLICKERING AND NOW MY PASSENGER LOW BEAM IS ACTING UP AND IT'S A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. SOME TIME IT GOES DIM AND COMPLETELY TURNS OFF BY ITSELF AND I WILL NEED TO TURN OFF AND ON THE SWITCH FOR IT TO WORK. I EVEN GOT A CHANCE TO TAKE PICTURES AND RECORD VIDEO CLIP TO SHOW THEM BUT THEY DENIED AND KEPT SAYING THAT THEY NEED IT TO HAPPENS IN THERE DEALER BEFORE THEY CAN FIX IT. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND VERY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT TIME. *TR

FROM THE TIME THE 2008 LEXUS GS, LABOR DAY 2008, WAS OBTAINED I HAD PROBLEMS SEEING AT NIGHT ON A DARK ROAD, HIGHWAY OR INTERSTATE. UNLESS THE BRIGHTS ARE ON THERE IS A BLACK WALL IN FRONT OF THE AREA WHERE THE LIGHT BEAMS STOP. I OVERDRIVE THE LIGHTED AREA AND DRIVE INTO THE BLACK NIGHT. THE BRIGHTS NEED TO BE ON TO SEE-WHICH IS A DANGER AND ANNOYANCE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE TRIED TO GET THIS FIXED SINCE OCTOBER 2008. THE LATEST DATE BEING JANUARY 2011. LEXUS TELLS ME THAT THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ADJUSTED AS HIGH AS THEY CAN GO. I ASKED FOR THEM TO CHANGE THE BULBS FROM HALOGEN TO INCANDESCENT OR TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE UNIT. LEXUS SAYS THEY CAN'T DO THAT. THIS IS A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THIS CAR. *TR

NEARLY CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF A LEXUS SEDAN SLOWING FOR FULL SPEED TOLL PAYMENT. EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD DAYTIME DRIVING LIGHTS, THERE WAS NO INDICATION IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. HEAVY RAIN WAS AFFECTING VISIBILITY AND THE LACK OF ANY REAR LIGHT INDICATIONS NEARLY LEAD TO A MULTIPLE VEHICLE CRASH. I BELIEVE THIS CONDITION EXISTS ON MOST VEHICLES WITH DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS AND MAY VERY WELL HAVE LED TO NUMEROUS FATAL ACCIDENTS. NO LIGHT ON THE READ OF A VEHICLE DURING POOR VISIBILITY CONDITIONS CAN NO DOUBT LEAD TO RE-END CRASHES. *TR

LEXUS GS350 TIRE WEAR. PRIOR TO 40000 MILES, FRONT TIRES SHOWED WEAR ON INSIDE EDGES. VEH. ALIGNED, TIRE WEAR CONTINUED. AT 46000 MILES TIRES WORN DOWN BEYOND WEAR INDICATORS ON INSIDE EDGES ONLY. REPLACED TIRES, ALIGNMENT CHECKED. LEXUS ADVISED THAT ALIGNMENT WAS NOT BAD. SO WHY ARE THE TIRES WEARING OUT ON THE INSIDE AREAS? *TR

I HAVE A 2008 LEXUS GS460 WHICH WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH NOT STARTING, ON TWO OCCASIONS IT NEEDED TO BE JUMP STARTED, ON THE SECOND OCCASION AFTER BEING JUMPED, I WAS ADVISED TO DRIVE TO THE LEXUS DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AGAIN. AS BEFORE, THERE WERE MANY "DUMMY" LIGHTS LIT UP ON THE DASH BOARD, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WHICH I ATTRIBUTED TO THE BATTERY BEING DEAD. AS I WAS DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP, I ACCELERATED SLIGHTLY (ABOUT 30 MPH) TO PASS A VEHICLE THAT HAD STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND MY LEXUS STARTED TO FISH TAIL ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC, THANKFULLY I DID NOT HIT ANYONE BUT I DID CRASH MY CAR INTO A SNOW BANK, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CAR AND A MINOR CASE OF WHIPLASH. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL WAS NOT FUNCTIONING DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE BATTERY HAD DIED BUT EVEN AFTER BEING JUMP STARTED STILL DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO RUN THE TRACTION CONTROL. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THE REASON THE BATTERY KEPT DYING WAS DUE TO A LUMBAR SUPPORT BUTTON THAT WAS DRAINING THE BATTERY. SO MY ISSUE WITH THIS IS THAT I COULD HAVE VERY WELL BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT OR HURT SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE UNBEKNOWNST TO ME MY TRACTION CONTROL WAS NOT WORKING IN DECEMBER IN WISCONSIN ON ROADS WITH ICY PATCHES. THIS SEEMS LIKE A DESIGN FLAW TO ME, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY A VEHICLE WOULD BE/SHOULD BE DRIVEN WITH OUT THE TRACTION CONTROL WORKING IF THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH IT. *TR