2007 LEXUS IS Complaints

OWNERS OF TOYOTAS AND LEXUS VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAG OCCUPANT SENSOR LOCATED UNDER THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT DEALERS ARE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THIS PROBLEM. IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND FACEBOOK. IT IS SIMILAR TO THE TACOMA FRAMES RUSTING OUT PREMATURELY. EVENTUALLY THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND TOOK ACTION. IT APPEARS THEY WON'T TAKE ANY ACTION UNTIL PRESSURED.

THE REAR VIEW MIRROR HAS BLACK LINES ON IT, WHICH INDICATES THE COATING BEHIND THE MIRROR IS DETERIORATING IN SOME WAY. I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE NOW AND REALIZED THIS IS A MORE WIDESPREAD ISSUE. SOME CUSTOMERS ONLINE HAVE INDICATED IT'S HARD TO SEE ANYTHING USING THE REAR VIEW CAMERA, THOU MY REAR VIEW HAS NOT GO TO THAT POINT.

I CANT SEE IM BLINDED BY THE DASH BOARD ITS MELTING THE CLARE FROM THE SUN IS BLINDING ON THE DASH MELTED PLASTIC

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON REVERSE. IT DOES NOT TRAVERSE UNLESS I DRIVEN 30 MINUTES AND GOING 40 AMD HIGHER, THE RPMS START AT 4K THEN 5K AMD KEEPS GETTING HIGHER. THE ENGINES WANTS TO STALL FROM TIME TO TIME. THE SUSPENSION IS HARD, EVEN AFTER CHANGING THE SHOCKS

THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS WITH THE AIR BAG WIRING HARNESS. MANY CARS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM INCLUDING MY CAR. THE WIRING HARNESS GETS DISCONNECTED FROM THE AIR BAG ITSELF AND DISCONNECTS PUTS ON THE AIR BAG LIGHT. TAKING IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE $2,500 OUT OF POCKET. LOOKING THROUGH THE FORUMS MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS A VERY NORMAL PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS.

VEHICLE DASHBOARD IS MELTED ON DRIVER SIDE, CAUSING A GLARE ONTO THE WINDSHIELD AND CANNOT SEE WHILE DRIVING.

TAKATA RECALL. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE LIGHTS WILL JUST GO OFF OR FLICKER. THIS CAN SOMETIMES BE CORRECTED BY TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF THEN BACK ON. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING OR IDLELIGHT BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACE AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. CHECK VSC LIGHT ON WITH NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. COKE'S ON AND OFF FOR YEARS

I WORK FOR TOYOTA/LEXUS MANU PLANT IN KY. MY VEHICLE STARTED THROWING A MISFIRE CODE (P0304) AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MY CAR WAS DIAGNOSED BY LEXUS DEALER AS HAVING CARBON BUILD UP IN ENGINE (TEMPORARY REPAIR WILL COST $600 TO CLEAN ENGINE. PERMANENT REPAIR THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO HAPPEN $15,000). LEXUS DID OFFER A CSP ON THIS ISSUE AND EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS ISSUE BUT YOU COULD NOT GO TO THE DEALER AND HAVE IT DIAGNOSED UNTIL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON UNTIL IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. AFTER MANY PHONE CALLS AND CONTINUOUS COMPLAINING LEXUS WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I FINALLY HAD TO FILE A COMPLAINT THRU THE WARRANTY DEPT AT THE MANU PLANT. LEXUS FINALLY CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THEY WOULD PAY THE $600 TO CLEAN THE ENGINE, SHE DID TELL ME THAT THE ONLY REASON THEY WERE EVEN TALKING TO ME WAS BECAUSE I WORK AT THE PLANT. I HAD THE ENGINE CLEANED OCT 2017. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS CARBON BUILD UP WILL RETURN AND I WILL EVENTUALLY NEED AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT.

TAKATA RECALL: LOCAL LEXUS DEALERSHIP IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON NOT WILLING TO REPAIR POTENTIALLY LETHAL AIRBAG FOR (4) FOUR MONTHS. WE CANNOT BE WITHOUT A TRANSPORTATION FOR +/- 16 WEEKS DUE TO DEALERSHIP ISSUES.

I'VE HAD THIS CAR FOR 4 MONTHS AND WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE MY LIGHTS WILL JUST TURN OFF. THIS HAPPENS WHILE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR ON THE ROAD AT LOW STREET SPEED OR HIGH HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SOMETIMES JUST THE LEFT HEADLIGHT, SOMETIMES JUST THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT AND SOMETIMES BOTH HEADLIGHTS AT THE SAME TIME. ONLY WAY TO TEMPORARILY CORRECT IS TO TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND THEN BACK ON FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES AND THEN THE LIGHT PROBLEM HAPPENS AGAIN. I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. CHANGING THE LIGHTBULBS DOES NOT WORK, I'VE TRIED THAT. I'VE DONE RESEARCH AND BEEN ON LEXIS IS FORUMS AND PEOPLE LIKE ME HAVE THE SAME OR SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE SAME YEAR AND MODELS OR SIMILAR YEAR AND MODELS. I WENT TO DEALERSHIP TO ASK ABOUT A POSSIBLE RECALL FOR THIS HEADLIGHT ISSUE AND THEY SAID LIGHT BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I TOLD THEM I HAD REPLACED THEM ALREADY AND THERE ANSWER WAS REPLACE THE WHOLE HEADLIGHTS WHICH RUN CLOSE TO $1000. I'VE HEARD OF PEOPLE REPLACING THEIR ENTIRE HEADLIGHTS AND THE SAME PROBLEM PERSISTS. DEALERSHIP STATES IT'S A WEAR AND TEAR ISSUE. HOW IS IT A WEAR AND TEAR ISSUE WHEN YOUR HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WHEN YOUR DRIVING AT HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS AT NIGHT? AND NOT TO MENTION BOTH BULBS WORK OCCASIONALLY BUT THEN GO OUT AND PROBLEM CAN BE FIX BY TURNING THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON AGAIN A FEW TIMES A TRIP HOPING YOU DON'T HIT ANYTHING OR ANYONE. THIS IS NOT A WEAR AND TEAR ISSUE, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND MUST BE CORRECTED BEFORE WE ALL HAVE AN ACCIDENT OR WORSE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS.