2006 LEXUS IS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS IS 250. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE BECAME HARDER TO CONTROL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PISTONS RING SETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS IS 350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD MELTED, FRACTURED, AND PRODUCED A GLARE DURING SUNNY WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE FAILURE RECURRED EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ON A SUNNY DAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS IS 350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REARVIEW MIRROR BECAME DISCOLORED AND DARK. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SEE THROUGH THE REARVIEW MIRROR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE REARVIEW MIRROR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

I NOTICED A BLACK SPOT IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR ONE DAY AND DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT, HOWEVER THE ONE SPOT TURNED INTO MULTIPLE STREAKS. IT'S GETTING HARDER TO SEE OUT OF THE MIRROR WHICH TO ME IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS DEFECT AS WELL. I HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE RECALLS ON THE MELTING DASHBOARD AND DOORS AND ENGINE. LEXUS SHOULD REALLY TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE PURCHASED SEVERAL NEW VEHICLES HOWEVER I HAVE HAD MORE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR THAN I DID WITH MY OTHER CARS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS IS 350. THE CONTACT NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT TIME CHAIN SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

I NOTICED MY AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON WHILE DRIVING. RESTARTING THE CAR SEEMED TO SOLVE THE ISSUE AT FIRST, DAYS WENT BY AND I NEVER SAW THE LIGHT AGAIN. FEW DAYS LATER LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN. I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR 4 TIMES BEFORE IT WENT OFF. SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND ASKED TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE WIRE HARNESS WAS BAD AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE IS LEXUS IS MODELS. THEY HAVE A TSB L-SB-0167-08 ASSIGNED TO THIS. THE SOLUTION TO FIX THIS IS TO REPLACE THE WHOLE HARNESS WHICH WILL COST UPWARDS OF $3500 AND APPARENTLY THIS IS CAUSED DUE TO THE RESTRAINT ON THE HARNESS AND IT AUTOMATICALLY DISABLES THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WHICH SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY LEXUS CORPORATE AND A SAFETY RECALL SHOULD BE APPLICABLE TO THIS HAZARD. THIS IS NOT REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR AND REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION TO ALL LEXUS IS MODEL VEHICLE OWNERS. *TR

THE CHECK ENGINE, CHECK VSC LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY COME ON WHEN I TURNED ON MY CAR AND SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 2006. I BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR THE RECALL BUT THEY COULDN'T MAKE THE LIGHT COME ON WHEN THEY HOOKED UP THEIR COMPUTERS TO THE COMPUTERS IN MY CAR. I RECENTLY BROUGHT MY CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP TO PERFORM THE RECALL OF THE DASHBOARD AND SIDE PANELS AND THE PROBLEM FINALLY HAPPENED WHILE THEY HAD THE CAR IN THEIR POSSESSION. THEY TESTED IT AND SAID THIS PROBLEM WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY A RECALL HAD IT NOT EXPIRED. THEY SAID THE REASON IS THAT CARBON BUILDUP IN THE FIRST, THIRD, AND FIFTH CYLINDERS ARE CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. WHY DIDN'T THEY DISCOVER THIS WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR THAT RECALL THE FIRST TIME? BECAUSE IT DIDN'T EXHIBIT THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME DOESN'T MEAN IT DIDN'T HAVE THE ISSUE. NOW THEY SAID THEY CANNOT FIX IT BECAUSE THE RECALL EXPIRED?! HOW IS THAT FAIR OR SAFE?!?!?!? *TR

MY IS 250 HAD A RECALL/TSB FOR A SEVERE ENGINE PROBLEM THAT INVOLVED REBUILDING THE ENTIRE ENGINE. THEY PERFORMED THIS IN 2013. BARELY 1 YEAR LATER I EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. 2 WEEKS AGO THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN SO I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER, NOW THEY INFORM ME THE CAR NEEDS A NEW ENGINE AND IS GOING TO COST OVER 4000 DOLLARS FOR A FIX THEY DID NOT PERFORM CORRECTLY THE FIRST TIME. *TR

MY REAR VIEW MIRROR IS DISCOLORED AND HAS BLACK SPOTS ON IT. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE. I'VE TOLD THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST OVER 800 TO REPLACE THE PART. I SEE MANY LEXUS OWNERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND I BELIEVE ITS A DEFAULT IN THE PART. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD PAY 800 TO HAVE IT REPLACED. *TR

EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED BY A COUPLE OF ISSUES LEXUS REFUSES TO FIX. I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH 84K ON THE ODOMETER AND LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER THAT ALL THESE PROBLEMS ARISE. THE STEERING IS SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ASAP. DRIVING ANYTHING OVER 50 MPH THE STEERING STARTS TO BECOME NOTCHY AT THE CENTER AND AT TIMES DIFFICULT TO KEEP IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THE STEERING WHEEL WHINES AS I TURN ALMOST AS IF SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO BREAK. LEXUS QUOTED ME $3000 TO REPLACE THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. I WOULD LOVE TO REPLACE IT BUT $3000 DOLLARS ON A PART THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BROKEN ANYTIME SOON IS VERY DISAPPOINTING. THEN TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE THERE IS A KNOWN ENGINE LEAK. THE TIMING CHAIN COVER LEAKS OIL AND THE DEALER QUOTED ME $5000 DOLLARS TO FIX IT. THAT IS $8000 DOLLARS WORTH OF REPAIRS FOR TWO PROBLEMS THAT LEXUS NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE. THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE OTHER VERY COMMON PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE NAVIGATION SCREEN MELTING IN THE SUMMER TIME SO THAT IT IS INOPERABLE. NOW THE DASHBOARD BECOMES STICKY AND SHINY MAKING IT HARD TO SEE IN THE DAYTIME AND IT CHIPS SO EASILY. IM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED DUE TO THE FACT THAT LEXUS USUALLY MAKES SOLID VEHICLES. MANY OTHER OWNERS ARE FACING THE SAME ISSUES AND THEY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED. *TR