2008 LEXUS LS Complaints

AIR STRUTS AND AXLESHAFT COMPROMISED AND VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE ACCORDING TO LEXUS AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO CHARGE 10 TO 12K TO REPAIR ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD AND HAS DONE THIS FOR YEARS NOW

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, CAR WARNINGS ON MY INSTRUMENT PANEL BEGAN FLASHING STATING "CHECK ABS", "CHECK VSC", "CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM", AND "STOP THE VEHICLE IN A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. CONTACT A DEALER".

UPPER DASH STICKY AND MELTING. LOWER DASH CRACKING, STICKY AND MELTING. UPPER DOOR PANELS ALSO STICKY AND MELTING. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA/LEXUS. IT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE OVER TIME.

DASHBOARD AND DOOR PANELS SEEM TO BE MELTING. IN SUNSHINE THEY GET GLUEY AND STICKY. SUN ON DASH REFLECTS IN EYES

WHILE BRAKING GRADUALLY, WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL IN A STEADY POSITION, THE CAR LURCHES/PULSES, THE TIRES MAKES LOUD SKIDDING SOUND THEN THE CAR COMES TO A HARD STOP AS THOUGH IT HAS SLAMMED INTO SOMETHING. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AT LOW SPEEDS, WHERE IT FEELS LIKE IM PRESSING THE BRAKE AND LETTING GO, AND PRESSING AGAIN, BUT IN REALITY, THE BRAKES ARE BEING PRESSED AT A CONSTANT PRESSURE. THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ABS FEELING, AS THE BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT TRAVEL BENEATH MY FOOT, AND THE RELEASE AND GRABBING OF THE BRAKES SEEM VERY SLOW. IT HAPPEN THE FIRST TIME WITH ABOUT 50,000 MILES, GOING ABOUT 25-30 MPH. THEN WITH 86,000, GOING ABOUT 5-7 MPH.

THE BRAKES HAVE A CHATTERING NOISE AND FEEL THROUGH THE PEDAL WHILE STOPPED, WHEN YOU RELEASE THEM. THE CAR CAN BE IN PARK, AND IT STILL DOES IT. IT'S A KNOWN PROBLEM, BUT TOYOTA IS DOING THEIR BEST TO AVOID REPAIRING IT UNDER THE NEWLY EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE "BRAKE ACTUATOR". IT'S 100% REPEATABLE, AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE, IF THE ENGINE IS RUNNING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PUSHED AND RELEASED.

VGRS RECALL 10V218000 TOYOTA/LEXUS HAD A RECALL FOR 2009 AND UP MODELS OF THE LS VEHICLE FOR STEERING NOT RETURNING TO CENTER DURING DRIVING OPERATIONS OR COMPLETE LOCKED TURNS. WHICH CAN CAUSE A ACCIDENT. THIS RECALL SHOULD HAVE STARTED IN 2008 AND NOT JUST 2009 AND UP. 2008 THE LS460/600 FIRST DEBUTED. THE VGRS SYSTEM WAS INCORPORATED IN THESE VEHICLES AS WELL. 2008 WAS THE ACTUAL STARTING YEAR FOR THESE VEHICLES. NOW I AM DRIVING A 2008 LS AND THE STEERING KEEPINGS GOING OFF CENTER. YESTERDAY I ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN AND THERE CHILD WHILE CROSSING BECAUSE THE STEERING WAS OFF CENTER CAUSING ME TO STEER THE VEHICLE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. THIS MORNING WHILE GOING TO WORK. TODAY THE WHEEL DOES THE SAMETHING EXCEPT WORST THEN BEFORE. NOW ITS A COMPLETE 90 OFF. IM DRIVING WITH STEERING SIDEWAYS. THIS HAS BEEN A ISSUE FOR THE PASSED 2 DAYS AND ITS FREAKING ME OUT. IT HAPPENS MOSTLY AFTER PULLING FROM PARKING OR U-TURN OR JUST RANDOMLY. I DO NOT KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT IT. 2008 LS SHOULD BE IN THE RECALLS AS WELL. THE 2009 RECALL STATES STEERING ECU WAS THE CULPRIT AND A NEW ECU HAD TO BE PLACED IN LS VEHICLES EXHIBITING THE PROBLEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN VERY VERY SERIOUSLY. GOD FORBID YOU ARE HOME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND HERE I COME SMASHING THRU YOUR LIVING ROOM WITH MY LEXUS. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID# 10V218000

THERE IS A CLICKING OR POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS ANYTIME WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED. THE FREQUENCY OF THE NOISE HAS INCREASED WITH A SENSATION UNDER YOUR FOOT. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME TYPE OF ABS BRAKE FAILURE. I DID AN ONLINE SEARCH FOR THIS NOISE AND IT LOOKS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE LS MODELS. NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. IT TURNS OUT, IT IS THE BRAKE ACTUATOR AND LEXUS IS VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM EARLY IN THE CARS LIFE OR LATER. SINCE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE 2007 TO 2010 MODEL YEAR I THINK THIS SHOULD BE AN OFFICIAL RECALL OR AT LEAST GRANDFATHERED IN AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED.

I HAVE 111000 MILES ON MY LS 460 2008. I NOTICED A SQUEALING SOUND WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE AND SLIDES A LITTLE WHEN U PRESS THE BRAKE IT FEELS LIKE IT DON'T WANNA STOP AND I WAS TOLD IT'S THE BRAKE ACTUATOR

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (70 MPH) I ENCOUNTERED ILLUMINATION OF BRAKE/ABS WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH ADVISING ME THAT THE SAFETY BRAKE/ABS/TRACTION FEATURES ON MY CAR ARE NON OPERATIONAL. UPON PULLING OVER, I READ A MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE DASH ALERTING ME TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE NEAREST LEXUS DEALER. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP, I WAS ADVISED BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL AND MORE LIKELY THEN NOT THE FAULTY BRAKE ACTUATOR WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS CONFIRMED THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS DAY WHEN I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SERVICE ADVISOR CONFIRMING THAT THE BRAKE ACTUATOR HAS FAILED. UPON QUESTIONING THE ADVISOR OF THE CAUSE, HE ONCE AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT LEXUS HAS ISSUED AN UPDATED PART AS A REPLACEMENT. IT CONCERNS ME THAT LEXUS HAS NOT PERFORMED A VOLUNTARY RECALL ON SAID BRAKE ACTUATOR SINCE THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY DEVICE AND THEY (LEXUS) ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS DEFECT TO THE ORIGINAL PART BY PROVIDING AN "IMPROVED" BRAKE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY. FURTHERMORE, BY PERFORMING A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH I ENCOUNTERED NUMEROUS TOPICS ABOUT IDENTICAL ISSUES AS MINE ON THE MODEL/YEAR (2007-2010 LEXUS LS460). I WOULD LIKE TO DULY REQUEST THAT NTSB PERFORMS AN INQUIRY WITH LEXUS REGARDING BRAKE ACTUATOR ISSUES STATED ABOVE.