2007 LEXUS RX Complaints

WHEN BRAKING AND CAR ENCOUNTERS ROUGH ROAD OR A POTHOLE, CAR LURCHES FORWARD AND LOSES COMPLETE BRAKING POWER. HAVE TO DEPRESS BRAKES ALL THE WAY TO BRING TO A STOP. OCCURS CONSISTENTLY WITH ABOVE STATED ROAD CONDITIONS. DEALER SERVICE REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM AND CLAIMED TO HAVE NEVER HAD SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. *TR

SINCE PURCHASING MY 2007 RX350 LEXUS, I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INSTANCES WHERE , UPON ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE WITH FOOT ON GAS PEDAL, THERE IS A HESITATION, FOLLOWED BY A LURCH/AND OR UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION. THESE EPISODES HAVE ONLY LASTED A FEW SECONDS, AND HAVE SEEM TO REMEDY BY REMOVING FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL , OR APPLYING PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL. ALTHOUGH, I HAVE NOT HAD A SITUATION WHERE THE CAR IS "OUT OF CONTROL" AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENT, THESE EPISODES ARE SCARY. I REPORTED THIS BEHAVIOR TO MY LEXUS DEALER WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF OWNERSHIP. THEY TESTED IT AND DEEMED THE CAR SAFE TO DRIVE. IT IS NOT MY EXPERIENCE THAT THESE INSTANCES ARE CAUSED BY THE PEDAL GETTING CAUGHT ON THE CARPET, OR BY A "STICKY" PEDAL AS DESCRIBED BY THE DEALERSHIP ON MODELS CURRENTLY RECALLED. I HAVE NOTIFIED MY DEALER , AGAIN , OF THE SITUATION IN HOPES THAT THIS WILL GAIN WIDER ATTENTION, AND TOYOTA WILL MAKE THE REPAIRS NEEDED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. I AM PERSONALLY AWARE OF AT LEAST ON FATALITY OF SOMEONE DRIVING THE EXACT SAME MODEL AS MY CAR. I DO NOT WANT TO WIND UP LIKE HIM. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS SITUATION FURTHER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS RX400H. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, FOLLOWED BY AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE DRIVER CONTINUOUSLY APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN AND CRASHED INTO THE PROCEEDING VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE POLICE WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN FROM THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR REPAIRS AT THE COST OF $4,500. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

LEXUS RX350 AUTO-ACCELERATION. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT (AT A SLOW SPEED) IN A PARKING STRUCTURE, THE ENGINE, WITHOUT PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL, SUDDENLY REVED UP TO HIGH SPEED AND ACCELERATED INTO THE WIRE RETAINING CABLED AND WALL OF THE STRUCTURE. THE DISTANCED TRAVELED WAS LESS THAN 10 FEET BEFORE THE CAR WAS STOPPED BY THE RETAINING CABLES AND THE WALL. THE FRONT END OF THE CAR AND THE STRUCTURE WERE DAMAGED. THE IMPACT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO BREAK 5 OF THE 7 CABLES. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 LEXUS 400H. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR SINCE NOV. 2006. ON TWO OCCASIONS THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE NOTIFICATION WARNING HAS ACTIVATED. ON THE FIRST OCCASION I JUST ADDED AIR TO ALL FOUR TIRES AND THE WARNING LIGHT TURNED OFF. HOWEVER ON THE SECOND OCCASION WHEN I PLACED THE CORRECT AIR PRESSURE IN COLD TIRES AS SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURE AND TRIED TO RESET THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEM, THE SYSTEM WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO DO SO. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR'S TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO ACTIVATE THE SYSTEM AT THE CORRECT COLD TIRE PRESSURE WHICH IN THIS CASE IS 30PSI AND THEY HAD TO PUT 4 EXTRA POUNDS OF PRESSURE IN EACH TIRE TO TURN OFF THE WARNING IMAGE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I FEEL THIS IS UNSAFE AND THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD CORRECT THIS IF THIS IS IN DEED THE PROBLEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMPLAINANTS OF THIS NATURE AND CAN YOU ADVISE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS RX350. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-40 MPH SHE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED VEHICLE ACCELERATION. CONSEQUENTLY SHE REAR-ENDED THE PROCEEDING VEHICLE. BOTH DRIVERS OF EACH VEHICLE RECEIVED BRUISES FROM THE IMPACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE RECEIVED $13,000 WORTH OF DAMAGES. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER WAS SENT TO INSPECT HER VEHICLE. THE INSPECTOR COULD NOT LOCATE A DEFECT IN HER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,179.

LEXUS RX 350 COMPLAINT. I HAVE 2007 RX350 THAT HAS` SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO FUEL INJECTION HOSE. . THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE OCCASIONAL ACCELERATION. WHY AREN'T THE RX 350'S BEING RECALLED ALSO. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND MY CAR STARTED MAKING A TICKING NOISE. IT GOT LOUDER AND WOULD BARELY ACCELERATE. IT SMELLED LIKE IT WAS BURNING AND IT WAS SMOKING. ONCE I GOT IT TO THE MECHANIC, HE SAID MY OIL LINE BURST AND I ALL THE OIL GUSHED OUT. HE SAID HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES BEFORE. LEXUS SAID THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF THIS ISSUE, EVEN THOUGH WHEN MY MECHANIC CALLED THEY HAD OVER 200 OF THESE PARTS IN STOCK! *TR

I DRIVE A 2007 LEXUS RX 350 WHICH WAS PURCHASED AND I HAVE NOTICED THAT PERIODICALLY IT SURGES FORWARD WHEN MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKES. IT HAPPENS A LOT EVEN IN SLOW TRAFFIC. I FIRST NOTICED IT WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY A FEW TIMES. AT THAT TIME I GOT SO FRIGHTENED THAT I HAD TO CHECK IF I MADE A MISTAKE AND PRESSED THE BRAKES INSTEAD, BUT MY FOOT WAS DEFINITELY IN THE BRAKES. I TRAVEL ON AN EXPRESSWAY TO GET TO WORK IN THE MORNINGS AND QUITE A FEW TIMES I NOTICE THE SURGE, BUT USUALLY I AM DRIVING SLOWLY. IN GENERAL I'M NOT A FAST DRIVER. I MENTIONED IT TO THE SERVICER OF MY CAR, THEY DRIVE IT AND INDICATES THAT THEY DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, ONLY PERIODICALLY. IT IS VERY FRIGHTENING BECAUSE IT IS SO UNPREDICTABLE. *TR

2007LEXUS 350 RX -AT LEAST 3 TIMES IT HAS ENGAGED IN SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. NOW I FIND THAT IT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. PLEASE REGISTER MY NAME TO THOSE HAVING HAD SAFETY PROBLEMS. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCIDENT (YET)! *TR