2007 LEXUS RX Complaints

I HIT THE CURB ON THE PASSENGERS RIGHT FRONT SIDE NOT THAT HARD AT A VERY LOW SPEED TURNING IN FROM THE CENTER TURNING LANE INTO A BANK AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN I COULD NOT STEER THE CAR... *TR

CAR JUST STOPPED ON FREEWAY. TOYOTA STATED WAS INVERTER. CALLED LEXUS STATES NO RECALL OR WARRANTY. PAID $10,000. LATER IN MAIL GOT RECALL LETTER FROM LEXUS. CALLED LEXUS BACK WHO INITIALLY STATED IS COVERED. SENT IN REPAIR PAPERWORK. LEXUS THEN CALLED BACK AND SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED BUT NO LONGER REQUIRED TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIRED SINCE THIS REPAIR COMPLETE. REPAIRED: ELK GROVE TOYOTA 916-405-8000 PART # G92AO-48080 INVERTER ASSEMBLY. RECALL PART BY LEXUS: INVERTER ASSEMBLY. I HAVE ALL RECEIPTS FROM TOYOTA AS WELL AS RECALL LETTER FROM LEXUS. TOYOTA REPAIR STATES IT IS SAME REPLACEMENT. *TR

DASH BOARD IS CRACKING. THE WORSE AREAS OF THE CRACKS IS ALONG THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. *TR

TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. VEHICLE BEGAN LOSING POWER AND EVENTUALLY STALLED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DID NOTHING MORE THAN REMOVE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. INDEPENDENT SHOP MADE ME AWARE OF LEXUS BULLETIN REGARDING 2GR-FSE ENGINE AND SIMILAR SYMPTOMS. I REVIEWED BULLETIN AND VERIFIED SYMPTOMS WERE EFFECTIVELY IDENTICAL TO THOSE I EXPERIENCED. VEHICLE TOWED TO JACK SAFRO LEXUS OF BROOKFIELD, WI AND LEXUS CORPORATE WAS CONTACTED BY ME AT THAT TIME. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND TWO OF THE THREE BOLTS HOLDING BANK ONE VVT IN PLACE HAD COME LOOSE AND WERE RESTING INSIDE THE CRANKCASE. THE THIRD BOLT WAS ~50% OUT WHEN IT SHEARED OFF AND VVT FAILURE CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE. LEXUS CORPORATE WAS ASKED BY ME REPEATEDLY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION WITH AN ENGINEER FAMILIAR TO THE SYSTEM AND TO EVALUATE THIS (2GR-FE) FOR POTENTIALLY THE SAME ROOT CAUSE AS THE ISSUE NOTED IN THE BULLETIN. LEXUS WAS MADE AWARE, UP TO THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL, THAT THE FAILURE MODE WAS VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO THAT DESCRIBED AND EVIDENCE OF FAILURE WAS REPEATEDLY OFFERED. LEXUS CORPORATE CONTINUES TO REFUSE TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE.

THERE WAS A CONDENSATION THAT FORMED INSIDE THE DRIVER-SIDE HEADLIGHT. IT CAUSED THE HEADLIGHT TO SHORT-CIRCUIT AND BLOW OUT. ONE SIMPLY NEEDS TO GOOGLE 'LEXUS RX HEADLIGHT' AND THEY WILL FIND THIS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE AMONG 2004-2009 MODELS OF LEXUS RX. UNFORTUNATELY, IT APPEARS LEXUS/TOYOTA WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL FOR A WHAT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, AND DEMANDING US TO REPAIR THE HEADLIGHT AT OUR OWN EXPENSE, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL. COULD THE NHTSA INVESTIGATE THESE DEFECTS? *TR

RUBBER HANDLE PART TO OPEN THE HATCH BACK, BECAME GOOEY LIKE TAR, AND MADE A BIG MESS. DIFFICULT TO CLEAN OFF OF THINGS AND HANDS. PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED. TEMPORARY REPETITIVE SOLUTIONS WAS TO CUT TO FIT BLACK DUCT TAPE AND TOTALLY COVER THE MESS, BUT COULD STILL PRESS THE MECHANISM IF NECESSARY. MOSTLY USE REMOTE NOW OR THE BUTTON IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. LAST DUCT TAPE APPLICATION IS WEARING OFF, AND I NEED TO GO IN TO LEXUS FOR A RECALL SERVICE, SO I DECIDED TO ASK THEM ABOUT IT, AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST. AMAZINGLY, THE SERVICE MAN KNEW OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD THAT THEY HAD THE PART IN STOCK, AND RECALLED HOW MUCH THE PART AND LABOR WOULD COST! SOUNDS LIKE THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF THESE REPLACEMENTS!!! OF COURSE I'M NOT UNDER WARRANTY RIGHT NOW. *TR

POWER STEERING RACK LEAKING. THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL LEXUS RX MODELS 2007 AT LEAST. THIS SHOULD BE REPAIRED UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY DUE TO THE NUMBER OF REPORTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2007 RX350 WAS IN FOR 50K MAINTENANCE SERVICE. I WAS INFORMED OF THE POWER STEERING OIL LEAKING. NO DROPPING OF OIL WAS NOTICED ON THE PARKING FLOOR AT MY HOME. TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE OIL RESERVOIR WAS ALMOST EMPTY. I WAS ASKED TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING RACK. I WAS TOLD BY THE LEXUS TECHNICIAN THAT ABOUT 30% OF RX-350 2006 SEEM TO HAVE THIS ISSUE WITHIN 5 YEARS OF IN SERVICE DATE AND TOYOTA/ LEXUS ID NOT PAY ANY CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF THE OWNERS. I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT I AM DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS RUNNING WITHOUT OIL IN THE POWER STEERING. PLEASE REVIEW AND ADVISE ALL OWNERS OF THIS FAILURE AND ENSURE LEXUS RECALLS AND FIX THIS ISSUE FOR ALL OWNERS. *TR

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY WIFE NOTICED A FILM ON THE BACK WINDOW AS WE WERE HEADED FROM ONALASKA WI TO EAU CLAIRE WI ABOUT 20 MILES FROM EAU CLAIRE THE OIL LAMP STARTED TO FLICKER THEN CAME ON SOLID. WE ALSO HEARD A FLAPPING SOUND. WE WERE NOT SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON WE STOPPED AT A KWIK TRIP GAS STATION AND CHECKED THE OIL DIP STICK AND NOTICED NO OIL. ALSO CHECKED THE BACK OF THE CAR HAD OIL FILM PURCHASED 4 QUARTS OF OIL AND DROVE TO THE NEAREST QUICK LUBE THEY DISCOVERED A SERIOUS LEAK COMING FROM A SMALL HOSE OFF THE OIL FILTER AREA I AM CONCERNED WE MAY HAVE ENGINE DAMAGE. WHY WERE WE NOT NOTIFIED BY LEXUS?? THANKS. *TR

IN AUG 2013 I NOTICED EVERY TIME I PASSED OVER A SMALL BUMP THAT A LOUD CLUNK WOULD EMIT FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION. IT HAPPENED WHENEVER I PASS OVER A BUMP OR A CHUCK HOLE. IT DOESN'T SEEM SPEED RELATED. IT SOUNDS TO ME AS IF THE REAR SUSPENSION IS BOTTOMING OUT OR LOOSE. I JUST SAW THAT TOYOTA HAD SOME SUV SUSPENSION RECALLS LAST WEEK AND I AM NOW AFRAID THAT SINCE MY SUV SHARES COMMON PARTS WITH THE TOYOTA SUVS THAT I MAY HAVE THE SAME OR SIMILAR SUSPENSION DEFECT. *TR