2007 LEXUS IS Complaints

TAKATA RECALL BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM CARMAX AND WAS AWARE THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE AIRBAGS. WE WERE TOLD TO CONTACT THE COMPANY AND WE COULD HAVE THEM REPLACED AT A LEXUS DEALERSHIP. EVERY TIME I GO ONLINE TO SEE IF THE AIRBAGS ARE AVAILABLE I GET A MESSAGE STATING "RECALL INCOMPLETE, REMEDY NOT YET AVAILABLE. " I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF SINCE AUGUST, THIS IS NOW NOVEMBER. GETTING FED-UP!

REAR VIEW MIRROR IS BLURRED AND DEVELOPS INTERIOR SCRATCHES RENDERING THE MIRROR PRACTICALLY USELESS.

MELTING DASH - I HAVE THE LEXUS "MELTING DASH" PROBLEM ON MY IS250 AND HAVE WAITED FOR 1 1/2 YEARS, WITH NO RESOLUTION. MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY DASHES FOR OVER 6 MONTHS AND HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEY MIGHT ARRIVE. MY DASH HAS MELTED INTO A SLICK BLOB AND THAT BECOME A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD. WHEN DRIVING DURING THE DAY, THE SUN REFLECTS ON THIS MELTED SURFACE AND BLINDS THE DRIVER. I HAVE NOTIFIED CERRITOS LEXUS AND LEXUS CORPORATE OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE. FORCING CUSTOMERS TO DRIVE UNSAFE VEHICLES WITH NO EXPECTATION OF WHEN A SOLUTION IS AVAILABLE IS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS SHOULD BE LISTED AS A RECALL DUE TO THE DRIVER/PASSENGER SAFETY CONCERNS. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? I'M TELLING MY WIFE NOT TO DRIVE UNLESS IT'S AN EMERGENCY. *TR

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT. I HAVE DIRECTIONAL HEADLIGHTS THAT WHEN I TURN MY VEHICLE ON, MY LIGHTS WILL TURN ON (IF DARK ENOUGH OUT) AND THEY MOVE POINTING DOWN AND THEN UP. WHILE DRIVING THEY ALSO DO THIS AND GO LEFT TO RIGHT. WELL WHEN I FIRST START MY CAR THEY BOTH WORK. AS SOON AS LOWBEAMS MOVE STRAIGHT TO DOWN AND THEN TO UP, ON UP MOVEMENT MY DRIVER SIDE CUTS OUT. DOES NOT TURN BACK ON. *TR

HEAD LIGHTS WORK AND THEN DO NOT WORK . PAID $1500 TO FIX AND STILL DOES NOT WORK ..

TAKATA RECALL THE INTERIM RECALL NOTICE WAS SENT OUT AROUND MAY'16 WHEN THE RECALL STARTED. CALLING THE DEALERSHIP PROVIDED NO INFORMATION ON WHEN A FIX WILL BE AVAILABLE NOR ANY ADDITIONAL REMEDY PROVIDED. THIS CAR IS UNSUITABLE FOR COMMUTING WITH A PASSENGER BECAUSE "METAL FRAGMENTS COULD PASS THROUGH THE AIRBAG CUSHION MATERIAL, STRIKING VEHICLE OCCUPANTS, AND RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH". WITH SUCH THE POTENTIAL FOR SUCH A TRAUMATIC OUTCOME, EITHER A FIX NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY OR RENTAL CARS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO DO NOT WISH TO PUT THEM OR THEIR PASSENGERS AT RISK. WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO DETERMINE HOW AT RISK A VEHICLE IS FOR THE INFLATOR DEGREDATION, REMEDY OPTIONS SHOULD BE PROVIDED NOT ONLY TO THOSE UNDER IMMEDIATE RECALL BUT FOR VEHICLES THAT ARE IN THE INTERIM PERIOD (PRE-RECALL) AS WELL.

I PURCHASED A CPO LEXUS IS250 IN 2008, I HAD INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT FAILURE BROUGH CAR INTO LEXUS AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDNT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. PICKED MY CAR UP BROUGHT IT HOME AND SURE ENOUGH THE HEADLIGHT IS OUT. CALLED LEXUS IMMEDIATELY SENT A PICTURE OF THE LIGHT OUT. BROUGHT CAR BACK IN THEY SWITCHED THE HEADLIGHT AND OF COURSE THE LIGHT ON THE SAME SIDE WENT OUT AGAIN. I WAS VERY FRISTRATED BECAUSE AS A FEMALE AND KNOWING WARRANTY WAS UP SOON I FEEL THEY DIDNT CARE. THE LIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN AND HAPPENS EVERY DAY I HAD BULBS REPLACED AND PROBLEM STILL HAPPENS. I HAVE BEEN TICKETED FOR LIGHT FLICKERING AND GOING OUT. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65MPJ, CHECK ENGINE AND CHECK VSC LIGHT GO ON, CAR DROPS POWER AND DOWNSHIFTS VERY HARD, I DROP TO 40 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE OF HIGHWAY. CHECK VSC AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AT 1

LEXUS HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS RECALL FOR MONTHS AND HAS STILL NOT STARTED FIXING THE AIRBAGS.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 IS 250 LEXUS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE INTERIOR DASHBOARD BECOMES STICKY AND HAS FORMED SPOTS OF SMOOTH AREAS THAT DANGEROUSLY REFLECT SUNLIGHT INTO THE DRIVER'S EYES. THE DASHBOARD HAS STARTED TO PIT AND CRACK LEAVING PIECES OF MELTED DASH ON THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THE DOOR PANELS SEEM TO BE MADE OF THE SAME MATERIAL AS THE DASH, AS THEY TOO ARE PITTING AND CRACKING.