2008 LEXUS IS Complaints

WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR WHEN AT A STOP, MY CAR WOULD SHAKE VERY HARD AS IF IT WAS GOING TO TURN OFF. FORTUNATELY, IT NEVER HAS. I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL TO STOP THE SHAKING OR IT WOULD STOP ON IT'S OWN AFTER 10-15 SECONDS. DURING THIS TIME, NO LIGHTS HAVE EVER TURNED ON TO INDICATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN LATE JULY 2009/ EARLY AUGUST 2009 AND EVER SINCE THEN, IT WOULD HAPPEN AT LEAST 2 TIMES A DAY. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO A FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE WILL SHIFT GEARS NORMALLY. THERE HAVE BEEN A HANDFUL OF INSTANCES, THOUGH, WHERE THE GEARS DO NOT SHIFT AS EXPECTED. ON THOSE OCCASIONS, THE CAR WOULD SHIFT UPWARD TO THE 5TH GEAR (OUT OF 6). AFTER LIGHTLY RELEASING GAS PEDAL, THE CAR DOES NOT SHIFT TO 6TH GEAR AND THE RPM STAYS HIGH AROUND 3500-4000RPM. IT STAYS IN THAT GEAR UNLESS I BRIEFLY TAP ON THE BRAKES AND BACK TO THE GAS PEDAL. IF THE SPEEDDROPS TO HE 35MPH RANGE, THEN IT DROPS TO 4TH GEAR. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE BEHAVIOR OF THE CAR IS NORMAL AGAIN. THE REASON FOR CONCERN IS THAT THIS OCCURRED ABOUT A TOTAL OF 6 TIMES SINCE I OWNED THE CAR, AND THEY OCCURRED ON A NORMAL DAILY COMMUTE THAT I CONSIDER ROUTINE. THESE FEW TIMES WERE DEFINITELY OUT OF THE ORDINARY BEHAVIOR FOR THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

2008 LEXUS IS 250 - CAR PULLS TO LEFT WHEREBY THIS COULD LEAD TO UNEXPECTED OVERSTEERING OF CAR AND COULD CAUSE HIGHWAY INCIDENT AND/OR FATALITY. TOLD BY DEALER THAT THIS IS DUE TO "LOW PROFILE TIRES & SPORT SUSPENSION", THEREFORE IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE. *LN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN BRAKING OVER WET ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD BECOME ABNORMALLY HARD TO STOP. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SECURE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE AND POSSIBLE REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 600. UPDATED 5/9/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE IDLE SPEED WAS EXCESSIVELY HIGH. THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. UPDATED 05/18/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF WHEN OR HOW THE VEHICLE STOPPED BUT THE SHE ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT HAD BLACKED OUT AND HIT HER HEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 42,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS 350 IS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT ABNORMAL RATTLING NOISES AND WOULD SHAKE EXCESSIVELY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD ALSO DRIVE ROUGHLY WHEN DRIVING AT LEAST 25 MPH. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V309000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE) AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITI9NG REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,400.

8/31/10 LEXUS 2008 IS 250 WITH 14K MILES, TRYING TO STOP, BRAKES (ABS) PULSED VERY HARD THUMP-THUMP-THUMP, DRY PAVEMENT 30MPH STRAIGHT ROAD. NEXT INTERSECTION APPLIED BRAKES AT 20MPH STEERING PULLED RIGHT THEN LEFT AS BRAKES WERE APPLIED. VERY SCARY-CALLED DEALER - GOT #ROADSIDE TOW TRUCK - IN TO SERVICE DEPT. DEALER RAN COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS & TEST DROVE, NO PROBLEMS, DID A NYS SAFETY INSPECTION SINCE IT WOULD EXPIRE SOON. NO PROBLEMS DETECTED , SENT VEHICLE HOME. DRIVING HOME 10 MILES FROM DEALER - SAME PULLING RIGHT/LEFT WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. NOT A GENTLE PULL - LIKE WHEEL BEING RIPPED OUT OF YOUR HANDS. NO CONTROL AT ALL. RETURNED CAR TO DEALER. NEXT DAY 9/1/10 THREE (3) MECHANICS TEST DROVE, ONLY SLIGHTLY FEELING BRAKE PULL. REPLACED BRAKES AS A WARRANTY, SENT CAR HOME. AGAIN, 20 MILES OUT GENTLY APPLIED BRAKES WHILE APPROACHING RR TRACK - CAR STEERED COMPLETELY INTO LEFT ONCOMING TRAFFIC - ALMOST A HEAD-ON COLLISION..TURNED AROUND AND TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALER DEMANDED A LOANER VEHICLE TILL THEY FIX. I AM FRIGHTENED FOR MY LIFE AS WELL AS OTHERS AROUND ME. THIS IS A LEASE VEHICLE - WHICH I STILL HAVE FOR ANOTHER 12 MONTHS. IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN CANCEL THIS LEASE? I'M AFRAID TO TAKE THIS CAR BACK AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WAS ENGAGED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL, OFFENSIVE ANIMAL ODOR EMITTING FROM THE VENTILATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WAS CLEANED AS WELL AS THE CHARCOAL BOX. THE ODOR WAS STILL PRESENT AND THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE ODOR WAS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS HESITANT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF WHAT SHE WAS INHALING AND IF IT WAS HARMFUL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,900 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,945.

2008 LEXUS IS250. CONSUMER STATES WHEN SHE TURNED INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JUMPED OVER THE CONCRETE BARRIER AND STOPPED WITHIN INCHES OF HITTING A BRICK WALL.

I AM DRIVING A CAR WHICH HAS ACCELERATED UNINTENTIONALLY THREE TIMES. I WANT LEXUS TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND FIND OUT WHY MY CAR ACCELERATES RANDOMLY AND I WANT THEM TO FIX MY CAR. I ALSO WANT LEXUS TO ADMIT TO THIS SAFETY FLAW. I WISH THAT LEXUS WOULD BE PUNISHED FOR THIS SERIOUS BREACH IN CONCERN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ALTHOUGH THAT IS NOT MY IMMEDIATE CONCERN. IN JULY OF 2009 THE CAR ACCELERATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE CAR COULD NOT BE STOPPED BY APPLYING THE BRAKES ALONE AND ONLY STOPPED WHEN IT WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF US. LEXUS ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE DRIVER'S 'BIG FOOT'. IN DECEMBER OF 2009 WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT, THE CAR LEAPT ACROSS A SIDEWALK WHILE THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED, AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL IT WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL. LEXUS ATTRIBUTED THIS INCIDENT TO A MOVING FLOOR MAT. IN APRIL OF 2010, ONE WEEK AFTER LEXUS INSTALLED A 'BRAKE OVERRIDE OF ACCELERATOR', THE CAR ENGINE ACCELERATED INTO RED RPMS. THE OVERRIDE TOOK PLACE BUT CAR STRAINED AGAINST THE BRAKE AND ONLY STOPPED WHEN IT WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL. LEXUS SAID THE CAR DOESN'T 'REGISTER' THIS OCCURRENCE SO TO LEXUS, APPARENTLY NOTHING HAPPENED. WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED IN APRIL AFTER LEXUS HAD INSTALLED THE COMPUTER PROGRAM TO CREATE A BRAKE OVERRIDE OF THE ACCELERATOR, A 'FIELD TECHNICIAN CHECKED OUT THE CAR THOROUGHLY '. I ASSUMED THAT THE COMPUTER FIX WOULD ALSO RECORD BRAKE/ACCELERATOR ACTION, BUT THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT BUILT INTO THE MODIFICATION. THE FIELD TECHNICIAN SAID THAT ALL SYSTEMS IN THE CAR WERE FUNCTIONING AND THAT HE DROVE IT FOR 16 MILES AND THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS. THIS ACCELERATION HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN TWO YEARS AND THE CAR HAS 25,000 MILES ON IT. IT IS INCONCEIVABLE TO ME THAT GIVEN THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM, A 16 MILE TEST DRIVE COULD BE CONSIDERED ADEQUATE. *TR