2006 LEXUS IS 250 Complaints

A YOUNG LADY PARKED HER 2006 IS 250 LEXUS,EQUIPPED WITH A "SMART KEY" SYSTEM, IN HER ATTACHED GARAGE WHICH WAS ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF HER THREE STORY TOWNHOUSE. SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE WITH THE "KEY FOB" ON HER PERSON, BUT EITHER INADVERTENTLY FORGOT TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE OR PUSHED THE START BUTTON IN AN EFFORT TO DO SO BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE YOUNG LADY DID NOT REALIZE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND AFTER ENTERING HER TOWNHOUSE FROM THE GARAGE PLACED THE "KEY FOB" ON A TABLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THE YOUNG LADY REMAINED IN HER TOWNHOUSE WITH THE VEHICLE RUNNING IN THE GARAGE UNTIL IT RAN OUT OF GASOLINE AND STOPPED. THE YOUNG LADY WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND DEAD IN HER BATHROOM ON THE THIRD FLOOR. THE DEATH WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AS A RESULT OF THE VEHICLE HAVING BEEN LEFT RUNNING IN THE GARAGE. THE VEHICLE LACKED A "SHUT-DOWN" SWITCH TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF WHEN UNOCCUPIED AND INERT FOR AN INTERVAL OF TIME AND/OR LACKED AN ADEQUATE AURAL WARNING THAT THE "KEY FOB" WAS BEING REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS RUNNING OR THE OPERATOR HAD EXITED THE VEHICLE WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. *TR

STARTING GETTING RAW GAS ODOR INSIDE CAR WHEN STARTING CAR 1ST THING IN MORNING. I TOOK MY 2006 LEXUS IS-250 INTO DEALER. I MET WITH MECHANIC BEFORE STARTING CAR ( ON THE DEALER LOT ) SO HE COULD UNDERSTAND PROBLEM. IT TOOK ABOUT 20 SECONDS AND WE BOTH HAD TO GET OUT OF CAR BECAUSE OF GAS SMELL. CUSTOMER REP CALLED ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER AND STATED THE MECHANIC FOUND LEAKS IN THE FUEL PIPES. THIS WAS REPAIRED ON A RECALL ABOUT 17 MONTHS EARLIER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS IS250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR VIEW MIRROR HAD SPLOTCHES ON IT WHICH INTERFERED WITH HER VISION WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS AN INTERNAL DEFECT IN THE MIRROR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE OWNER REGARDING THE REPAIR EXPENSES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 84,000.

I HAVE AN IS250 FOR FOUR YEARS. IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, I HAVE EXPERIENCED A VSC AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ON. THE CAR LOOSES POWER AND CAN'T BE DRIVEN SECURELY ONCE THIS HAPPENS. THIS HAD CAUSED ALMOST TWO ACCIDENTS FOR ME ON THE EXPRESSWAY AS I DRIVE ABOUT 40 MILES EACH WAY TO MY OFFICE ON A DAILY BASIS. DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND THE SECURITY RISK, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED. I PAID $100 JUST TO CHECK THE CAR. THE DEALER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED WITH THE SPRINGS ON THE VALVES THAT PROBABLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I TOOK THE CAR HOME AS I DID NOT HAVE THE $4K TO REPAIR THIS. ON 7/5/10, I OPENED AN INCIDENT WITH LEXUS CORPORATION AND THE VERY NEXT DAY I SAW ON THE NEWS THE RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. I FOLLOWED UP WITH LEXUS ON 7/6/10 ABOUT THIS AND THEY STATED THEY WERE LOOKING INTO THIS. I FOLLOWED UP AGAIN ON 7/9/10 (I CALLED THIS TIME) AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD CALL ME BACK BUT NONE CALLED BACK SO I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AS I FELT IT WAS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN AND WAS VERY UNSECURED TO DRIVE. THE DEALER STATED MY PARTICULAR MODEL WAS NOT PART OF THE NEW RECALL AND DID NOT CARE MUCH ABOUT MY SAFETY. I SENT A FOLLOW UP EMAIL ON 7/15/10 TO LEXUS CORPORATION AND THEY SAID AGAIN THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME. I CALLED AGAIN TODAY AS I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. OUR SECURITY IS IMPACTED DRIVING THIS CAR AND DOES NOT SEEM THAT LEXUS CORPORATION IS EVEN INTERESTED INTO LISTENING A SECURITY CONCERN FROM A CONSUMER AT THIS TIME. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET THIS SECURITY RISK MITIGATED FOR MY FAMILY AND MYSELF. THANKS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS IS 250. THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES WERE MAKING UNUSUAL NOISES AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE REAR BRAKE PADS WERE LOW AND THE CALIPER HAD SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED AS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND A LOANER WAS PROVIDED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION OF AN UNKNOWN RECALL BUT WHEN CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER, HIS CLAIM WAS DENIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 106,000. UPDATED 08/03/10. *LJ ACCORDING TO THE INVOICE, THE RIGHT REAR CALIPER HAD SEIZED. UPDATED 09/22/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS IS250. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 25 MPH THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE AND NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD .THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO STOP THE ACCELERATION. THE SAME FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ON 3 PRIOR OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108000,CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113000.

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

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