2008 LEXUS IS 250 Complaints

MY NAVIGATION TOUCH SCREEN STOPPED WORKING ON MY IS250 WITH NORMAL CONSUMER OPERATION. I STARTED NOTICING HUNDREDS OF OTHER LEXUS VEHICLE OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. THEY DID NOTHING TO CAUSE THIS ISSUE AND MAINTAIN THEIR CARS WELL. IN FACT, ALL THE SERVICE DONE ON MY CAR INCLUDING A RECENT UPDATE TO THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM DRIVING DIRECTIONS HAS BEEN DONE BY THE SAN DIEGO LEXUS DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE BEEN SERVICING MY CAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT FROM THEM NEW IN 2008. IN MY RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THEIR IS A DEFECT IN THAT THERE IS A FAULTY CONNECTOR ON THE TOUCH PANEL. THE TOUCH PANEL IS A 4-WIRE RESISTIVE PANEL, TAPED TO THE LCD DISPLAY. THERE'S A FOUR WIRE RIBBON CABLE THAT IS IMPROPERLY BONDED TO THE TOUCH PANEL. LEXUS QUOTED ME $2,800 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THAT IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND A DEFECT IN THEIR MANUFACTURING. IN MY OPINION LEXUS SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE AS THEY PROVIDED FAULTY EQUIPMENT WITH HUNDREDS OF CONSUMERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH LEXUS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE THE COMPLAINT, REMOVED FROM THE WEBSITE. UPDATED 07/10/13 *TR

AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VSC LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE CAR LOST POWER, WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, AND THE ENGINE STARTED MISFIRING. *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 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.

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 WAS DRIVING MY 2008 IS250 AT ABOUT 40 MPH ON A TWO LANE ROADWAY WHEN I FELT THE CAR ACCELERATE SUDDENLY. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL BUT IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE TO 85 MPH. I IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BRAKE BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP OR EVEN SLOW DOWN. I HAD PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AS FAR AS IT WOULD GO BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE THIRD TIME I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN BUT WOULD NOT STOP. THE SPEED SLOWLY DECREASED TO ABOUT 20 MPH BUT STILL DID NOT STOP. LUCKILY THERE WAS LITTLE TRAFFIC VOLUME BUT I WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION. THE CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN BUT NOT STOPPING. FINALLY IT CAME TO A CRAWL JUST AS THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I LET GO OF THE BRAKE AND THE CAR THRUSTED FORWARD. I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL YET AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A STOP. I CALLED LEXUS DEALERSHIP TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. THEY TOWED THE CAR TO THEIR SERVICE CENTER. NOONE ASKED FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT. IT DIDN'T SEEM THAT THIS TYPE OF COMPLAINANT WAS ANYTHING NEW TO THEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS250. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH INTO A PARKING SPACE. THE VEHICLE SURGED OVER A SIDEWALK AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 15,000.

ABOUT 1 MONTH AFTER TAKING DELIVERY OF THIS NEW LEXUS, THE DRIVER SLOWED AND BEGAN BREAKING FOR A RED LIGHT. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE SURGED AND THE CAR ACCELERATED FOR 1 TO 2 SECONDS. NO RECURRENCE SINCE (1 1/2 YEARS). *TR