2006 LEXUS RX Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS RX400H. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS BEING THE HYBRID INVERTER BATTERY WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND SHUTS OFF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

ON THE ABOVE DATE NOTICED HEADLIGHT OUT AND WATER IN DRIVERS SIDE HEADLAMP, REPLACED BULB HEADLAMP DRY OUT ON ITS OWN. ON 03/12/2013 BROUGHT MY LEXUS TO DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL ON MAT/ACCELERATION PROBLEM. SERVICE DEPT NOTICED HEADLIGHT WAS OUT AND IT SHOULD BE REPLACED, I ADVISED THEM OF THE CONDENSATION IN HEADLAMP AND THEY STATED THAT TO FIX PROBLEM WOULD COST ABOUT 2 THOUSAND DOLLARS I ADVISED THEM THAT NOT TO FIX PROBLEM, AND IF THEY COULD NOTIFY LEXUS CORP ABOUT POSSIBLE GOOD WILL AND THEY STATED NO, CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

I OWN A LEXUS RX400H 2006. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE HAS LURCHED FORWARD (I.E. ACCELERATED) BEFORE STOPPING WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. I WENT TO THE WILKIE LEXUS DEALERSHIP IN HAVERFORD, PA ON JANUARY 31, 2013. A TECHNICIAN PERFORMED A TEST ON THE VEHICLE AND REPORTED NORMAL BRAKING PERFORMANCE. I HAVE FOUND SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA. BASED ON THESE SIMILAR REPORTS, I BELIEVE MY VEHICLE IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS MODEL NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. I WILL ALSO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH LEXUS. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO NOT HIT A PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICLE, HOWEVER, IT SEEMS AS IF IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. OTHERS WITH SIMILAR INCIDENCES HAVE NOT BEEN SO LUCKY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THE LEXUS RX400H WITHIN THE CITY AND TRIED TO BRAKE SUDDENLY TO AVOID A FAILED CAR IN MY LANE. I PUSHED REALLY HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND CONTINUED TO STEP HARD ON THE BRAKE. THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION WHATSOEVER. IT APPEARED AS IF PRESSING VERY HARD ON THE BRAKE JUST DISABLED THE BRAKE. THE CAR CONTINUED TO DRIVE LIKE IT WAS ON A CRUISE CONTROL AND THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN REAR-ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RADIATOR EXPLODED, CAUSING A LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT FLUID. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AS THE CONTACT TRAVELED 35 PH. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE BEGAN INCREASING PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, INDICATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

THIS IS A SUDDEN ACCELERATION/UNINTENDED ACCELERATION INCIDENT. I TURNED OFF OF A MAJOR ROAD INTO A SMALL, CROWDED PARKING LOT. AS I SLOWLY PULLED INTO AN AVAILABLE SPACE (WITH A CAR PARKED ON EACH SIDE OF ME), THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. ALTHOUGH I KEPT JAMMING ON THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD, THEY DID NOT STOP THE CAR--IT KEPT GOING FORWARD. THE CAR WENT OVER THE WOODEN RAILROAD TIE AT THE END OF THE PARKING SPOT AND CRASHED THROUGH A WOOD FENCE. THE ONLY REASON THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED IS DUE TO THE RAILROAD TIE, WHICH SLOWED THE CAR AT THE REAR AXLE AS THE FRONT OF THE CAR HUNG IN THE AIR. *TR

STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RACK AND PINION. MAKING IT HARD TO STEER.THE RACK AND PINION MUST NOW BE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED COOLANT LEAKED FROM THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE RADIATOR WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,340.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THERE WAS A NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE WHEEL WINCH THAT HELD THE SPARE TIRE. THE WHEEL WELL BROKE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL TO THE GROUND. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED WHO STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,400.

I HAVE 41K MILES ON MY CAR. ANTI FREEZE HAS BEEN DRIPPING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RADIATOR SAME AS OTHER PEOPLE. IN CONTACTING LEXUS, BEING THAT THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, THEY WILL CHARGE TO EVALUATE THE PROBLEM AND THE REPAIR ESTIMATE IS 1K. HOW DOES LEXUS KNOW THAT THE RESIDUAL PARTS FROM 2004-05, WHICH HAS BEEN RECALLED, WAS NOT USED DURING THE 2006 ASSEMBLY? *JS