2006 LEXUS IS Complaints

A known problem in this year of lexus is250. The knee bag wiring harness was constructed too short (lexus has a tsb regarding this, # L-SB-0007-19). The airbag warning light will often come on and stay on. When the light is on the airbag system is inoperable. Having an inoperable airbag system is a great safety concern. A mechanic at a local shop used the scan tool and identified the airbag code as related to the wiring harness for the knee air bag. This should be a recall since it is a known problem and it renders the vehicle unsafe due to inoperable air bags. If this isn't an unsafe problem justifying a recall I dont know what is. Thank you.

My dash and door panels are sticky and crumbling to pieces. Also, my door handles aren't working on the car. Every time I open the door the handles are stuck on the driver and passenger side. Also, my floor mats are constantly wet and I'm not sure why. I don't want it to get worst and build mold or start to rust.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS IS250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 145,000.

DASHBOARD IS STICKY AND PEELING CAUSING SAFETY AND VISIBILITY ISSUES. I HAVE CONTACTED LEXUS AND THEY ARE NO LONGER FIXING THE ISSUE, THOUGH IT HAS BEEN RECALLED. THEY HAVE CLOSED THE RECALL BUT THIS IS STILL AN ISSUE AND THE RECALL SHOULD BE REOPENED.

THE PROBLEM IS A PREVIOUS TSB ON LEXUS'S WEBSITE CALLED 9LC SPECIAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN FOR THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING LINK ASSEMBLY. THE STEERING IS VERY UNSAFE WITH RANDOM WANDERING BETWEEN LANES AND IS VERY NOTCHY WITH RAPID MOVEMENT ONCE A CERTAIN ANGLE IS REACHED. IT HAS A DEAD ZONE OF ABOUT 20 DEGREES ON EACH SIDE AND EVERY IMPERFECTION IN THE ROAD CAUSES THE CAR TO WANDER BUT THE STEERING IS NOT GIVING ANY FEEDBACK TO INDICATE ITS WANDERING OUT OF THE LANE YOU JUST HAVE TO WATCH THE EDGES OF THE LANE AND CORRECT IT CONSTANTLY. 6 LEXUS DEALERSHIPS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND END UP COSTING BE 5000 +DOLLARS TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM REPLACING THE SUSPENSION, BALLJOINTS, LOWER CONTROL ARMS, RACK AND PINION + ECU, INNER/OUTTER TIE RODS AND AN INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. NOTHING HAS RESOLVED THE PROBEM AND THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIX IT OR DIAGNOSE IT. THEY JUST SAY TRADE IT FOR A NEWER ONE. THERE ARE MANY IS250/350 OWNERS BETWEEN 2006 AND 2009 THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS AND MANY HAVE HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS ESPECIALLY CAUSED BY LONG HWY RAMPS AND EXITS IN WHICH THE STEERING BINDS TO ONE SIDE AND YOU HAVE TO VIOLENTLY CORRECT IT OR IT WILL HIT THE CURB OR WANDER INTO ANOTHER LANE EXTREMELY UNSAFELY. THIS IS NOT A COMFORT ISSUE, IT IS PURELY A HIGH LEVEL SAFETY CONCERN AS THERE IS NO REMEDY AND LEXUS DEALERSHIPS AND CORPORATE REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM AT ALL. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. I THINK IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO OTHER DRIVERS. I DRIVE A HONDA ACCORD AND TOYOTA CAMRY AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS WITH EITHER OF THEM AND THEY HAVE OVER 220K MILES EACH. I HAVE VISITED 10 INDEPENDENT SHOPS AS WELL AND GOT 10 ALIGNMENTS FROM DEALERSHIPS TO PERFORMANCE SHOPS AND NO ONE IS ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING OR HOW TO FIX IT.

OWNER MANUAL, SAYING IT'S LIFETIME NO CHANGING TRANSMISSION FLUID. NOW HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF THAT. I WENT ON LEXUS FORUMS, AND A LOT OF LEXUS OWNER HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. LEXUS IS NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS.

RE: LEXUS RECALL FOR STICKY PANELS INSIDE CARS, INCLUDING 2006 IS 250 DEAR NHTSA: ACCORDING TO BEST RECOLLECTION, AS WELL AS INFORMATION PROVIDED BY LEXUS CORPORATE AND GLENDALE, CA LEXUS DEALERSHIP, THE FOLLOWING EVENTS HAVE TRANSPIRED. YEARS AGO, I WAS NOTIFIED TO BRING MY CAR IN FOR STICKY/MELTING DASHBOARD AND SIDE PANEL ISSUES. IN DEC 2015, I BROUGHT THE CAR TO LEXUS DEALERSHIP IN GLENDALE, CA TO REPLACE THE FRONT PANEL. DURING THE DEC 2015 VISITS, I INQUIRED ABOUT THE SIDE PANELS TOO, FRONT AND BACK. I WAS TOLD THESE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE YET AND WHEN THEY WERE, I'D KNOW. I KEPT IN CONTACT WITH LEXUS GLENDALE, AND CAME BACK IN IN DEC 2017 FINALLY TO REPLACE SIDE PANELS FRONT AND BACK. DURING DEC 2017 VISIT, I WAS TOLD SIDE PANELS FOR THE BACK WERE NOT AVAILABLE YET AND ONLY FRONT SIDE PANELS WERE COMPLETED. IT IS NOW 2/25/21, AND NOTHING IS FIXED ON BACK SIDE PANELS. TODAY, THE DEALER HAS STATED THEY CANNOT ASSIST FURTHER. LEXUS CORPORATE PASSED ME OFF IN JAN 2021, TO LOCAL DEALER LEXUS GLENDALE. LEXUS CORPORATE CLAIMS SINCE THE RECALL EFFORTS PURPORTEDLY 'ENDED,' IN 2017, THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I RELIED ON THEIR AGENT, THE GLENDALE DEALER TO FAIRLY MANAGE THIS PROCESS FOR YEARS. 2.4.21-2.25.2021, WAS STREAM OF CALLS/TEXTS WITH LEXUS GLENDALE WHO 1ST STATED THEY WOULD LOOK INTO THIS ON THEIR INSURANCE AND GETTING IT TAKEN CARE OF, TO LOOKING FOR OLD RECORDS THAT THEY COULD NOT RECONCILE BECAUSE THEY HAD A SYSTEMS CHANGE, TO TODAY 2/25/21WITH THE DEALER STATING THEY CANNOT HELP FURTHER. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO DATE BY LEXUS CORPORATE OR GLENDALE LEXUS TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER, WHICH EACH SHIRKING ITS ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE OTHER. LEXUS'S MODELS FROM 2006 AND SPANNING A NUMBER OF YEARS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE UPON MULTIPLE RECALLS. EVERYTHING FROM GAS COMPONENTS, TO BRAKES, TO FUEL INJECTORS, TO MELTING DASHBOARDS AND ETC. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP?

THE CONCERN I HAVE FOR MY LEXUS IS 250 IS THAT 3 MAJOR SAFETY RECALL REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY THE DEALER. IT FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE TO DATE AS IT HAS ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT HAVE CAUSED IT TO LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING. A PROBLEM WITH THE STABILITY CONTROL, STEERING AND ACCELERATION MOST NOTABLE IN THE RAIN. TODAY I LEARNED OF THE TAKATA INFLATOR RECALLS. I BELIEVE THIS MODEL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN WHOLE FOR A SAFETY RECALL.

THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHEN THE PARKED CAR WAS STARTED. WHEN WE TRIED TO DRIVE IT, IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER.

MY CAR WAS LEAKING GAS AND HAS FUEL VAPOR SMELLS INSIDE THE CABIN. STRONG SMELL OF GAS AND WHEN I STARTED MY CAR GAS WOULD LEAK ALOT. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS (11V029000) AND I WAS TOLD I WASN'T ELIGIBLE FOR THIS. I HAD TO BRING MY CAR TO A LOCAL SHOP TO GET THIS CHECKED OUT AND THEY CHARGED ME $300 LABOR AND $300 FOR THE PART. I AM REALLY FRUSTRATED ABOUT THIS SITUATION. PLEASE HELP