2006 LEXUS IS Complaints

LEXUS FAST ACCELERATION IN MY CAR. IT HAS HAPPENED 4 OR 5 TIMES IN MY 2006 LEXUS IS 250, WHICH I BOUGHT NEW. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY FAULT SINCE I USUALLY WEAR WIDE ATHLETIC SHOES. I THOUGHT THAT I WAS TOUCHING BOTH THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR AND MENTIONED IT TO MY SISTER, WHO WORKS FOR A LEXUS DEALER. SHE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE COMING OUT WITH A LETTER ABOUT THE FLOOR MATS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I TOOK THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR MAT OUT OF MY CAR. I CHECKED THE CLEARANCE AND IT WAS ABOUT 2 INCHES. MY BROTHER, WHO WAS THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS AT WESTINGHOUSE, TOLD ME THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A COMPUTER PROBLEM. I CHANGED MY DRIVING SHOES TO GET SOME THIN SOLE, NARROW PUMA'S. IT HAS HAPPENED ONCE SINCE THEN. I USUALLY ONLY USE THE LEXUS FOR LONG TRIPS, AND MOST OF THE PROBLEMS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS PARKING THE CAR AFTER DRIVING A LONG WAY. WITHOUT THINKING WHAT TO DO, I JUST PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL OR IF I WASN'T MOVING, I'D SHIFT IT INTO PARK. TURN THE ENGINE OFF. THEN, I WOULD RESTART IT AND IT WAS OK. I WAS A BIT SHAKY AND MY WIFE THOUGHT I WAS NUTS. AROUND TOWN, I DRIVE MY OLD 1996 TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCK. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT. I BOUGHT IT NEW AND STILL USE IT EVERY DAY. *TR

HAD SSC 9LC (ELECTRIC POWER STEERING LINK ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT) PERFORMED AND THE STEERING FEEL HAS BEEN ADVERSELY AFFECTED, WHERE THE ON-CENTER STEERING FEEL AT FREEWAY SPEEDS IS VAGUE. FURTHERMORE, WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL ON GRADUAL TURNS, I FEEL A NON-LINEAR RESISTANCE MOVING FROM THE ON-CENTER POSITION TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. THE SENSATION MAKES THE STEERING FEEL DISCONNECTED WITH THE WHEELS, WHERE I'LL TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AN AMOUNT THAT I FEEL IS APPROPRIATE TO NEGOTIATE THE GRADUAL TURN, YET THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ON ITS ORIGINAL COURSE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS IS250. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A GARAGE. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE STATED THAT THE FLOOR MATS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FLOOR MATS WERE REMOVED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THE FLOOR MATS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATING. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,500.

I OWN A 2006 LEXUS IS250 AND THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT I CANNOT SEE TO HANDLE NOR THE DEALER CAN HANDLE. THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR IS THAT WHEN I'M GOING OVER 60 TO 65 MPH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BLINKS AND THE VSC LIGHT COMES ON. THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE AND JUST THE RPM WOULD GO UP. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY IN HAND ON 4 NOW 5 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND EVERYTIME I'M HEARING DIFFERENT STORIES. HERE IS THE LIST. * MAY 22, 2009: 60,000 MILE SERVICE DONE.* SEPT 6, 2009: TOOK THE CAR IN FOR "CHECK VSC & CHECK ENGINE". NEXT DAY THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR.* OCT 10, 2009: TOWED CAR TO DEALERSHIP. "CHECK VSC & CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN.PULLED OVER ON THE HIGHWAY 3 TIMES TO RESET BUT THE LIGHTS DID NOT GO AWAY. PULLED OVER TWICE EARLIER THAT DAY, TWICE THE DAY BEFORE ALSO.* OCT 14, 2009: (LEXUS TOLD YOU THAT THE ISSUES WERE RESOLVED BY SWAPPING THE ENGINE COILS THE DAY OR TWO BEFORE. NO CHARGES.) I REQUESTED AN EMISSIONS TEST BEFORE I CAME TO PICK IT UP. LEXUS CALLED BACK AND TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AGAIN DURING THE EMISSIONS TEST. STILL LOOKING FOR THE PROBLEM.* OCT 18, 2009: LEXUS CALLED, TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE IS BECAUSE OF THE CARBON BUILDUP. THEY WERE GOING TO COVER THE VALVE SPRINGS BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE CLEANUP WHICH IS $ 960. NOT COVERED BY EXT. WARRANTY. 2 OTHER DEALERS TOLD ME THAT THE CARBON BUILDUP CLEANUP WAS AN INJUNCTION SERVICE AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO ONLY COST 190 DOLLARS. THE FUNNY THING IS THAT THE DEALER WROTE THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY "CARBON BUILDUP CLEANUP?" WITH A QUESTION MARK. TOOK THE CAR AND HAD THE INJUNCTION SERVICE DONE. I TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER LEXUS DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT WHILE THE OTHER DEALER WAS DOING THE COIL SWAP THEY CRACKED THE COVER FOR IT AND NOW GAS WAS LEAKING. HAD TO GET IT FIXED AND ALSO DID THE CARBON BUILDUP CLEANUP (INJUNCTION SERVICE). FEB 2010 SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. *TR

LEXUS IS250. DRIVE SHAFT CAME OFF. I HAD AN ACCIDENT ON INTER-STATE 75/85 NORTH BOUND IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA AROUND EXIT 248B. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL CAME OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY. I DID NOT HIT ANY CAR EXCEPT THE BROKEN TIRE HIT CONCRETE WALL AND STOPPED AGAINST CONCRETE WALL. I REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO TOYOTA IMMEDIATELY BUT IT TOOK THEM 3 MONTHS TO INSPECT THE CAR. SINCE I CAN NOT AFFORD TO LET IT SAT IN COLLISION CENTER FOR A WHILE, I HAD TO REPAIRED. BY THE TIME, THEY INSPECTED ON NOV. 25, 2009. IT GOT ALL REPAIRED. I DID SHOW PICTURE TO THEM. HOWEVER, LEXUS REFUSE TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE AFTER INSPECTION. LEXUS SAID THAT I COULD HIT SOMETHING THAT IT'S WHY MY RIM WAS DAMAGED. OF COURSE, MY RIM WAS DAMAGED BECAUSE IT HIT CONCRETE WALL AFTER IT CAME OFF. THOSE PICTURES SHOWED THAT I DID NOT HIT ANY WHERE (INCLUDING FRONT BUMPER). ATLANTA POLICE CAME IMMEDIATELY SINCE THIS ACCIDENTS WAS ON INTERSTATE. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO HIM THAT I DON;T NEED TO FILE REPORT BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER PARTY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. IT WAS ONLY MY CAR. I WENT TO HOSPITAL FOR NECK CHECK OUT. X RAY DID SHOW SOMETHING UNUSUAL BUT MY OWN INSURANCE COVERED THE CHARGE. PLEASE REVIEW AND SEE IF ANY RELATED INCIDENT TO PREVENT FUTURE ISSUE. *TR

I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM LEXUS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT MY IS250 WOULD BE RECALLED DUE TO'POTENTIAL FLOOR MAT INTERFERENCE WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL'. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. I WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM HAD NOT STARTED YET. IN THE LETTER, IT STATES THAT I SHOULD CONTACT YOU IF LEXUS HAD NOT REMEDIED THIS PROBLEM IN A REASONABLE TIME. I FEEL THAT THEY HAVE NOT. I APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE IN GETTING LEXUS TO COMPLETE THE NECESSARY RECALL WORK ON MY CAR. *TR

BACK ON MAY 21, 2009, I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY IN MY 2006 LEXUS IS250 AND THE ACCELERATOR IMMEDIATELY BECAME STUCK DOWN FORCING MY CAR TO GO ALMOST 55 MPH DOWN A WINDING HILL. AT THIS POINT THE BRAKES ALSO DID NOT WORK AND I SIMPLY HAD TO WAIT FOR EVERYTHING TO BEGIN WORKING AGAIN. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY THIS HAPPENED AT NIGHT AND NOBODY WAS IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE THIS IS A MAIN ROAD. I CONTACTED LEXUS THE NEXT DAY WHO INFORMED IT WAS JUST MY FLOOR MAT AND TO REMOVE THE EXTRA MAT IMMEDIATELY. WHILE I DID NOT AGREE DUE TO THE WAY BOTH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND BRAKES FELT COMPLETELY LOCKED IN PLACE, I DID AS THEY SAID. NOW WITH THE RECENT RECALL ON TOYOTA MODELS, I CALLED LEXUS AGAIN WHO INFORMED ME THAT IN ABOUT 3 MONTHS I WILL RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE AND THAT IN THE MEAN TIME I CAN COME IN AND HAVE A TECH TEST DRIVE IT WITH ME FOR "PEACE OF MIND". I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED AND PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED IN THE RECALL WHEN THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE DANGERS! BEING TOLD THE "PART" NEEDED TO TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM (BOTH THE ACCELERATOR AND THE BRAKE SYSTEM) IS NOT YET BEING MANUFACTURED FOR MY MODEL IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IN THE MEANTIME I AM TRYING TO NOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE AND HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE AGAIN. *TR

2006 LEXUS IS 350 VIBRATED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES FROM HIGHWAY SPEED, AT 44K MILES I TOOK TO THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP TWICE AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG, I FINALLY TOOK IT TO MY PRIVATE MECHANIC AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE REAR ROTORS WERE WARPED, ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW OEM PARTS AND THE PROBLEM WAS ABATED. AT 56K MILES IT BEGAN VIBRATING AGAIN FROM THE REAR ROTORS, CURRENTLY (59K MILES) IT IS GETTING WORSE. THIS IS CLEARLY A DESIGN DEFECT, I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH REAR ROTORS WARPING LIKE THIS IN 32 YEARS OF DRIVING. *TR

HI, WITH ALL THE NEWS LATELY REGARDING THE PROBLEMS WITH "STICKING" GAS PEDALS ON CERTAIN TOYOTA MODELS, I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS LIMITED TO TOYOTAS. I HAD E-MAILED YOU PREVIOUSLY TO DESCRIBE SIMILAR PROBLEMS MY WIFE AND I HAVE HAD WITH OUR 2006 IS 250, WHERE THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WANTED TO LURCH FORWARD WITH OUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. ADDITIONALLY, THE TACHOMETER NEEDLE WAS FLUCTUATING WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING. OUR CAR EVEN DIED ONCE AT A STOP LIGHT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THERE IS A RECORD OF OUR TAKING THE CAR INTO PUTNAM LEXUS FOR INSPECTION OF THIS PROBLEM. WE NEVER DID RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM LEXUS TO OUR FIRST E-MAIL. AND, WE DO NOT FEEL THAT A CREEPING FLOOR MAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS WE WERE EXPERIENCING. WE FEEL THAT THE PROBLEMS WE'VE DESCRIBED NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER SINCE IT IS SAFETY RELATED. I JUST TRIED FOUR TIMES TO SEND THIS DESCRIPTION TO LEXUS THROUGH THEIR ONLINE E-MAIL SYSTEM BUT KEPT GETTING, "OPERATION FAILED, ILLEGAL PARAMETERS." *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS IS250. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT RAPIDLY INCREASED ITS SPEED UP TO 90 MPH . HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE FLOOR- MAT FROM UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF OF THE ROAD AND THEN INTO A DITCH. WHEN THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, ONE OCCUPANT WAS EJECTED FROM THE FRONT SEAT; SINCE HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. THE OTHER THREE PASSENGERS HAD BRUISES LACERATIONS, AND WERE HOSPITALIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000. UPDATED 05/10/10 *BF UPDATED 05/13/10.*JB UPDATED 9/29/2011*CW