2007 LEXUS LS Complaints

THE DASH BOARD SURFACE HAS BECOME GUMMY AND THE REFLECTION OF THE SHINY, GUMMY SURFACE ON THE WINDSHIELD VERY FREQUENTLY AFFECTS THE VISIBILITY AND IMPAIRS MY CAPACITY TO SEE SAFELY, SPECIALLY ON VERY SUNNY DAYS. THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN INCIDENT YET, BUT I WANTED TO REPORT THIS BECAUSE I AM AFRAID OF THE POTENTIAL DANGER OF AN ACCIDENT DUE TO IMPAIRED VISIBILITY. I BEGAN NOTICING THE DASHBOARD'S SURFACE DETERIORATION ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN THE WARRANTY HAD ALREADY EXPIRED. *JS

VEHICLE HAS LOSS OF POWER AND HESITATION DURING ACCELERATION. HAPPENS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR LOW SPEEDS. IT'S CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE TO HAVE. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS LS460. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AFTER DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

THE VEHICLE DASHBOARD COMES UP WITH SEVERAL WARNINGS. 1) CHECK VSC SYSTEM. 2) CHECK PCS SYSTEM. 3)CHECK ABS. 4) BRAKE MALFUNCTION. 5) CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM. IT SAYS TO PULL OVER AND TO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. LEXUS DIAGNOSED MY VEHICLE AS NEEDING TO HAVE THE BRAKE ACTUATOR REPLACED AT A COST OF NEARLY $3500! THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY HAD ALREADY REPLACED SEVERAL OF THESE ON THIS MODEL VEHICLE IN JUST THE PAST FEW MONTHS. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE, I FOUND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF LEXUS OWNERS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED IN MY VEHICLE, WITH SOME OWNERS ALREADY HAVING THE PART REPLACED TWICE! THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN ONGOING PROBLEM. LEXUS HAVE SINCE MADE A NEWER, IMPROVED VERSION OF THE PART. THERE WAS ALSO A TSIB (TECHNICAL SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETIN) ISSUED ON DECEMBER 2, 2009 FOR "BRAKE ACTUATOR KNOCK NOISE" L-SB-0178-09 LEXUS ARE NOW COVERING THIS PART FOR 48 MONTHS OR 50,000 MILES. I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE DONE AS THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT IS A KNOWN DEFECT. A SAFETY RECALL IS NECESSARY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED AS A RESULT OF THIS KNOW DEFECT. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME AS THIS IS OUR FAMILY VEHICLE THAT WE DRIVE ON TRIPS AND IT IS USED AS A DAILY DRIVER FOR MY WIFE AND CHILD. *TR

TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR A ROUTINE 60K SERVICE. THE ONLY SERVICE PROVIDED WAS AN OIL AND FILTER CHANGE, TIRE ROTATION AND MAINTENANCE REMINDER RESET. THE ISSUE THAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE HAS BEEN HESITATION OR POOR ACCELERATION FROM A STOP AND LOW SPEEDS. *TR

THIS MODEL HESITATES IN CHANGING (HUNTING) GEARS ON HARD ACCELERATIONS. THREE TIMES I HAVE BEEN IN NEAR ACCIDENTS ON MERGING INTO FREEWAYS, CHANGING LANES FROM A STRAIGHT PATH OR FROM CORNER TURNS. THE CAR RESPONDS VERY SLOW ON HARD ACCELERATION. THE WEB IS FULL OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS WITH THIS MODEL CAR. I SUSPECT IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH LEXUS' EIGHT SPEED TRANSMISSION AND HOW THEIR SOFTWARE IS INTEGRATED WITH THE POWERTRAIN. LEXUS HAD A "FIX" FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT DID NOT QUITE FIX IT COMPLETELY AND THEY INSIST THE CAR IS WORKING AS DESIGNED. I CAME ACROSS A TEST DRIVE REVIEW, AT WWW.AUTOBYTEL.COM, FOR A 2013 LEXUS RX 350 WITH THE LEXUS 8-SPEED TRANSMISSION AND IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED ABOVE AND WHICH CAUSED A NEAR ACCIDENT DURING THE AUTOBYTEL TEST DRIVE AS STATED IN THEIR ARTICLE. *TR

AFTER AN OIL CHANGE AT THE DEALER, THE CAR IS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE, SLUGGISH, AND THE POWERTRAIN ACTS LETHARGIC, PARTICULARLY WHEN TRYING TO ENTER THE FREEWAY OR MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. THE DEALER HAS PERFORMED A SOFTWARE UPDATE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. THIS ONLY HAPPENED AFTER AND OIL CHANGE. SEVERAL OTHER LS460 OWNERS I KNOW COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME PHENOMENON. LEXUS HAS NO ANSWER. *TR

MY CAR IS A 2007 LS460. I BOUGHT IT NEW IN SEP 07. IT CURRENTLY HAS 35,000 MILES ON IT. ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS DURING MY OWNERSHIP OF THIS CAR, IT HAS FAILED TO ACCELERATE, IN RESPONSE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS PERFORMANCE ISSUE ONLY LASTS A FEW HUNDRED MILES AND THEN THE CAR RETURNS TO PERFECT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO, I MADE THE CORRELATION THAT THIS STRANGE BEHAVIOR OCCURS RIGHT AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE PAID SPECIAL ATTENTION AND THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT IT IS RELATED TO THE OIL CHANGE. MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THIS IN INTERNET CAR FORUMS. *TR

INTERMITTENTLY HESITATION OF POWER WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS AFTER EVERY OIL CHANGE WHICH WILL RESOLVE ITSELF AFTER DRIVING FEW HUNDRED MILES. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS I HAVE FOLLOWED THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE CLUBLEXUS.COM FORUMS, ESPECIALLY THE LS460, BECAUSE OF MY SPECIAL INTEREST IN A WIND NOISE PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS MANY OF THE '07-'09 MODELS. THERE IS A SOLUTION FOR MOST OF THE WIND NOISE PROBLEMS HERE: HTTP://WWW.CLUBLEXUS.COM/FORUMS/LS460-LS460L-AND-LS600H/506217-INSTRUCTIONS-FOR-THE-JMCRANEY-WIND-NOISE-FIX.HTML THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF PHANTOM DEAD BATTERIES AND REPORTS MOSTLY INDICATE THAT THE ONLY REPAIR WAS TO REPLACE THE BATTERY. I HAVE LONG MAINTAINED THAT THIS IS MOSTLY RELATED TO A FAILURE OF THE EXTERIOR-LIGHTS AUTO-OFF FEATURE TO DO ITS JOB. IN ONE OF THE RECENT DISCUSSION THREADS A VERY ASTUTE OWNER HAS SHOWED US ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF THIS PROBLEM IS A FAILURE OF THE SWITCH ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR THAT SENSES WHEN THE DOOR IS OPEN. YOU CAN SEE THAT DISCUSSION HERE: HTTP://WWW.CLUBLEXUS.COM/FORUMS/LS460-LS460L-AND-LS600H/658790-BATTERY-KILLER-AND-MEMORY-SEAT-WONT-SET.HTML AND IT IS ESPECIALLY NOTEWORTHY THAT ONE OF THE DISCUSSION CONTRIBUTORS, AN APPARENT TECHNICIAN AT A LEXUS DEALERSHIP, TELLS US THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE IN MANY LEXUS MODELS. WHILE A DISCHARGED BATTERY IS A PROBLEM, MY MAJOR CONCERN IS THAT THIS CONDITION COMPROMISES THE SAFETY FEATURE THAT PROVIDES A WARNING WHEN THE CAR IS BEING LEFT WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. ANOTHER SAFETY FEATURE THAT IS AFFECTED IS THE CANCELLATION OF THE HOLD FEATURE WHICH IS NORMALLY CANCELED WHEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS OPENED. *TR