2007 LEXUS LS460 Complaints

MY INTERIOR OF MY 2007 LEXUS LS460 APPEARS TO BE MELTING! I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM AS I USE A SUN SHADE... THE DASH AND DOOR PANELS ARE STICKYS AND GUMMY .... LEXUS TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO ABOUT IT.... I CONSIDER THIS VERY UNACCEPTABLE FROM A $85K AUTOMOBILE! *TR

2007 LEXUS LS460L BRAKE ACTUATOR AND BRAKE ACCUMULATOR ARE DEFECTIVE. *MW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, A BELL SOUNDED AND THE DASHBOARD LIT UP AND FLASHED BRAKE MALFUNCTION, DO NOT DRIVE CAR, CALL DEALER. THE COST TO FIX THE VEHICLE WAS $5400. *JB

DURING LOW SPEED BRAKING. THERE IS A BUZZING NOISE/VIBRATION COMING FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I AM PRETTY CERTAIN, BUT NOT 100% THAT WHEN THIS NOISE IS PRESENT, MY BRAKING ABILITY IS DIMINISHED. IT IS A VERY UNSETTLING FEELING WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN AND IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING WITH GREATER FREQUENCY. *TR

THE VEHICLE MAKES A NOISE WHEN BRAKING AND PULSES. UPON INVESTIGATION AT THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A FAULTY BRAKE ABS ACTUATOR. BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY LEXUS WILL NOT COVER THE $3000 REPLACEMENT. LEXUS IS FULLY AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND PUT OUT A TECHNICAL BULLETIN FOR THE REPAIR. EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKES ARE A SAFETY COMPONENT LEXUS REFUSES TO CONSIDER THIS FOR A RECALL. AFTER RECALLING ALL THOSE FLOOR MATS WHEN THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY ISSUE CAUSING RAPID ACCELERATION YOU WOULD THINK LEXUS WOULD RECALL A KNOWN FLAW WITH THE ABS BRAKE ACTUATOR. *TR

MY DASHBOARD IS STICKY AND DETERIORATING. VERY SHINY. GLARE IS DANGEROUS. SOME OTHER INTERIOR PARTS ARE VERY STICKY. *TR

PARKED VEHICLE, PRESSED START/STOP BUTTON TO TURN OFF ENGINE. ENGINE STOPPED. EXITED THE VEHICLE AND AS WALKING AWAY PRESSED THE LOCK BUTTON ON THE KEY FOB. CAME BACK FROM SHOPPING AND THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND FOB WOULD NOT UNLOCK THE DOORS. PUT NEW BATTERY IN FOB... AND STILL WOULDN'T WORK.USED SPARE FOB... IT WOULD NOT OPEN DOOR. I COULD NOT SHUT OFF ENGINE. CALLED AAA THEY CAME OUT, TOOK APART THE HANDLE AND INSERTED THE FOB KEY TO GAIN ACCESS AND WAS ABLE TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. LEXUS SERVICE SAID COMPUTER DID NOT SHOW ANY MALFUNCTION THOUGH 3 HUMANS WITNESSED IT. *TR

DASHBOARD AND PART OF DOORS (AT BOTTOM OF WINDOW) ARE VERY STICKY WHEN THE CAR IS IN THE SUN AND SOMETIMES REFLECTS SUNLIGHT INTO YOUR EYES. *TR

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

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