2013 LEXUS GS 350 Complaints

I PURCHASED A NEW LEXUS GS 350 2013 AND IT JUST MADE IT OVER 10K MILES AND I HAVE ALREADY BEEN STRANDED IN MY HOUSE WITH NO CAR 2XS. THE BATTERY HAS DIED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. NO LIGHTS WERE LEFT ON AND ON BOTH OCCASIONS LEXUS SAID THE SAME. HERE I STAND INSIDE MY HOUSE WITH NO VEHICLE. FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER - I HAD NO CAR. ITS NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT I PAY A "GENEROUS" AMOUNT OF $$$$$ A MONTH; THEREFORE, I WOULD HAVE NOT EXPECT THIS FROM LEXUS. MAYBE KIA. WHO KNOWS ANYMORE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON US 93S ON GOLDEN VALLEY, ARIZONA IN MY LEXUS 350 WHEN I NOTICED THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. SOON AFTER THE VEHICLE STARTED GETTING WOBBLY SO I SLOWED DOWN AND PUT MY BLINKING LIGHT. A MINUTE LATER, THE CAR SHOOK AS IF WE WERE RIDING A RECTANGULAR TIRE AND HEARD A LOUD BANG WHEN THE LEFT DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. WE WERE AT A HIGH SPEED WITH CARS AND TRUCKS WHEEZING BY AT 75-80 MPH, NO APPRECIABLE SHOULDER, SO I DROVE THE CAR ABOUT HALF A MILE TO A ROADSIDE DELI. THE TIRE WAS A DUNLOP SP SPORT 5000, RUN FLAT, WITH 16,9000 MILES ON IT. ORIGINAL TIRE BY LEXUS. CALLED THE DUNLOP, GOODYEAR TIRE COMPANY AND REPORTED THE BLOW OUT INCIDENT BUT THEY REFUSE TO HONOR THE GUARANTEE BLAMING ME FOR THE BLOW OUT. THE BLOW OUT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE CAR TOO PUTTING A HOLE THROUGH THE WHEEL WELL.

I PURCHASED MY BRAND NEW LEXUS ES 350 LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AGO. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 500 MILES. THE CAR WAS SITTING IN MY GARAGE FOR THREE DAYS AND NOW IS COMPLETELY DEAD. HAD TO CALL ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE. THE BATTERY WAS COMPLETELY DEAD AND THE CAR COULD NOT START. THE ISSUE WITH THE BATTERY IS NOT DUE TO ANY LIGHTS BEING ON. THE CAR LIGHTS WERE COMPLETELY OFF BUT BATTERY DRAINED ANYWAY. I JUST FOUND OUT FROM OTHER LEXUS OWNERS THAT THIS IS A FLAW WITH LEXUS CARS. THE BATTERY RUNS OUT DUE TO SOME MALFUNCTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 LEXUS ES350 (N/A). THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN HE FELT AN UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WOULD SLOW DOWN AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE MALFUNCTION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 LEXUS GS350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VOICE COMMAND FEATURE DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT HAD TO ENTER THREE HAND COMMANDS INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO USE HER VOICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SYSTEM OPERATED THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO REFERRED TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO DID A SIMULATION AND AGREED THAT CERTAIN HAND COMMANDS WERE NECESSARY. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO STATED THAT THE FEATURE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE CONTACT FELT THAT SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO USE HAND COMMANDS AND FELT UNSAFE WHEN DOING SO. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 1,100. UPDATED 10/3/12 *CN UPDATED 10/04/12

ISSUE IS SPECIFIC TO F-SPORT MODEL WITH STRIATED ALUMINUM ACCENTS INTERIOR. ANYTIME THE SUN DIRECTLY HITS THE STRIATED ALUMINUM ACCENTS ON THE DRIVER SIDE A REFLECTION OF THE TRIM PIECE IS REFLECTED ON THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR DRAMATICALLY REDUCING VISIBILITY WHEN USING SIDE MIRRORS FOR LANE CHANGES AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. *TR