2006 LEXUS GS300 Complaints

I OWN A 2006 LEXUS GS300 WITH CURRENTLY 87,000 MILES AND FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS, THE HEADLIGHTS SEEM TO TURN ITSELF OFF WHILE DRIVING. . MOST TIMES IT HAPPENS ON PASSENGER ! I HAVE TO TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON FOR IT TO WORK AGAIN (FOR ANOTHER FEW MINUTES AND IT WOULD TURN ITSELF OFF AGAIN). *TR

SINCE MY VEHICLE HAS REACHED 80,000 MILES ONE OF MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TURN OFF ITSELF WHEN I AM DRIVING. THIS HAPPENS VERY OFTEN. IT WOULD BE EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT THAT WILL GO OFF OR SOMETIMES BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. I WOULD HAVE TO TURN IT OFF AND TURN IT ON AGAIN AND BOTH WILL WORK FINE. I CONSTANTLY HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY TIME I HAVE MY HEADLIGHTS ON. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND DANGEROUS WHEN I HAVE MY KIDS IN THE CAR. *TR

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT SHORTLY AFTER BEING TURNED ON.!!!.....SOMETIMES IF I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON, THEY WORK. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT MY BULB NEEDS TO BE REPLACED (COST $280) BUT I THOUGHT IF THE BULB WAS BLOWN IT WOULD NOT COME ON AT ALL. AFTER GOOGLING THE SUBJECT, I FOUND THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER CONCERNED LEXUS OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE BULB. THE BULBS ARE FINE. THIS IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS IN A RURAL AREA WHERE THERE ARE VERY LITTLE STREET LIGHTING. DEALER WON'T DO ANYTHING. THIS ISSUE KEEPS OCCURRING. AFTER CAREFUL REVIEW, IT WAS NICE TO KNOW THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS UNSETTLING TO SEE THAT SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2006 LEXUS GS300 WITH CURRENTLY 87,000 MILES AND FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS, THE HEADLIGHTS SEEM TO TURN ITSELF OFF WHILE DRIVING. . MOST TIMES IT HAPPENS ON PASSENGER ! I HAVE TO TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON FOR IT TO WORK AGAIN (FOR ANOTHER FEW MINUTES AND IT WOULD TURN ITSELF OFF AGAIN). *TR

CAR MAX, INC. SOLD [XXX] A DEFECTIVE AUTOMOBILE. DEFECTIVE AUTOMOBILE; 2006 LEXUS GS 300 VIN# [XXX] MILEAGE 100,249 CARMAX STOCK # [XXX]. CARMAX REFUSE TO REPAIR THE AUTOMOBILE. MARCH 9, 2012; ABOUT 8:45 PM (NIGHT), HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED (CUT OFF/ON REPEATEDLY). MARCH 28, 2012; LEXUS OF MEMPHIS REPLACED COGGED AC FILTER. ENGINE FRONT COVER SEAL HAS NOTICEABLE OIL LEAK, AND LEFT REAR DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR DOES NOT WORK. INVOICE # [XXX]. MILEAGE 100,952. APRIL 6, 2012; THE FOLLOWING INDICATORS/WARNING MESSAGES ILLUMINATED: BRAKE WEAR, SKID CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE AND CHECK VSC. [XXX], ASE ADVANCE LEVEL SPECIALIST, LEXUS CERTIFIED MASTER DIAGNOSTIC SPECIALIST, ASE MASTER AUTO TECHNICIAN, AND A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC COUNCIL, ORDER TECHNICIAN TO PERFORM SYSTEM CALIBRATION. NO ILLUMINATION OF INDICATORS/WARNING MESSAGES. MILEAGE 101,139. APRIL 11, 2012; THE FOLLOWING INDICATORS/WARNING MESSAGES ILLUMINATED: BRAKE WEAR, SKID CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE AND CHECK VSC CAME BACK ON. MILEAGE 101,232. [XXX] PERFORMED AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE LEXUS GS 300 MAINTENANCE RECORD FROM Y2005 TO YTD AND PERFORMED AN IN-DEPTH DIAGNOSTIC. AS RECOMMENDED BY LEXUS TECHNICAL SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETINS DTC (DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES),[XXX] RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: 7.1 LB-SB-0087-08; DTCS P030# - CYLINDERS 1 ? 6 MISFIRE DETECTED 7.2 LB-SB-0092-09; DTCS P0172, P0175, AND P0037, REPLACE OXYGEN SENSORS AND COMPUTER 7.3 LB-SB-0069-11; DTCS P030# REPLACE, R & R PISTON RING SET 7.4 A960E ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM DTC P0761 SOLENOID; REPLACE AUTOMATIC TRANS ASSY, NOTE: THE MAINTENANCE HISTORY INDICATED THAT THE CYLINDERS MISFIRING OCCURRED ON AUGUST 25, 2009, AND NOVEMBER 30, 2011. TRANS SOLENOID DTC P0761 WAS DETECTED ON NOVEMBER 23, 2011 AND APRIL 9, 2012. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE FRONT WINDOW REAR VIEW MIRROR COATING HAS COME OFF FROM THE INSIDE OF THE MIRROR AND HAS VERY VERY POOR REFLECTIVE QUALITIES. WITH APPROX. 60% - 70% OF THE REFLECTIVE MIRROR COATING GONE IT MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHAT'S BEHIND YOU USING THIS MIRROR AND COULD DEFINITELY CONTRIBUTE OR CAUSE A ACCIDENT. THE DEALER SAID THIS HAPPENS TO THIS MAKE AND MODEL BUT DID NOT SAY THEY WOULD REPLACE IT AND SAID THE APPROX. COST FOR THIS MIRROR (I CANT REMEMBER THE EXACT COST) IS AROUND $800 OR MORE DOLLARS (EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRONICS THAT ARE INSIDE THE REAR VIEW MIRROR). PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS CAR PART OR WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HAVE THE DEALER REPLACE THE MIRROR AT NO COST. THANKS *TR

EITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S OR BOTH SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL TURN OFF BY ITSELF. I HAVE NOTICE A SLIGHT FLICKED FEW MONTHS BACK BUT BARELY NOTICEABLE. I TURN IT OFF AND ON AND IT COMES BACK ON.....AFTER 5 MIN OF DRIVING, IT WILL TURN OFF AGAIN RANDOMLY. THE BULBS ARE FINE. THIS IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS IN A RURAL AREA WHERE THERE ARE VERY LITTLE STREET LIGHTING. DEALER WON'T DO ANYTHING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS GS300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S HEADLIGHT STOPPED ILLUMINATING WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE CONTACT ANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO CONFIRM THAT THE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATING. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BULB, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT NEEDED TO STOP ILLUMINATING COMPLETELY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

FOR THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY HEADLIGHTS DURING EVENING HOURS. I ALWAYS TURN THEM ON AT NIGHT AND NOTICED THAT MY DRIVER HEADLIGHT WOULD GO OUT AFTER ABOUT FIVE TO TEN MINUTES OF DRIVING AND SHORTLY AFTER THE PASSENGER LIGHT WOULD GO OUT. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE BULB, BUT I SOMEHOW DISCOVERED A GLITCH IN THAT IF I MANUALLY TURN MY LIGHTS OFF AND THEN TURN THEM BACK ON THEY BOTH TURN ON. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE VERY CYCLICAL AND HAPPENS MORE OFTEN AND WITH A SHORTER GAP IN TIME OF TURNING OFF. KNOWING THAT MY BULBS ARE NOT BURNT OUT IN THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO TURN BACK ON LEADS ME TO BELIEVE SOMETHING IS WRONG ELECTRICALLY AND SHORTING. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT I WORRY THAT BOTH LIGHTS ARE OFF AND OTHER DRIVER'S CANNOT SEE ME. THE OTHER WORRY IS THAT I AM CONSTANTLY FLASHING OTHER DRIVERS BY ALWAYS TURNING MY LIGHTS OFF AND ON. AFTER REVIEWING THIS SITE, IT WAS NICE TO KNOW THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS UNSETTLING TO SEE THAT SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2006 LEXUS GS300 WITH CURRENTLY 80,000 MILES AND FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS, THE HEADLIGHTS SEEM TO TURN ITSELF OFF WHILE DRIVING..SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE THE DRIVER SIDE, OTHER TIMES IT WOULD BE THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND OFTEN IT WOULD BE BOTH HEADLIGHTS - A COMPLETE BLACKOUT! I HAVE TO TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON FOR IT TO WORK AGAIN (FOR ANOTHER FEW MINUTES AND IT WOULD TURN ITSELF OFF AGAIN). I'VE BEEN HIGH BEAMED AND HONKED AT SEVERAL TIMES. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE HEADLIGHTS ARE IN AUTOMATIC OR MANUAL MODE. ITS BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM. I LOVE MY CAR BUT I DON'T WANT PUT ME, MY KIDS, OR ANYONE ELSE'S LIFE IN DANGER SHOULD MY HEADLIGHTS GO OUT OR GET PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE!!! PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!! I FEEL LIKE I CANT BE DRIVING MY CAR AT NIGHT IF THIS PROBLEM KEEPS HAPPENING!!! DO A RECALL PLEASE!! IS IT REALLY WORTH SOMEONE LOSING THEIR LIFE OVER?? *TR