2015 LEXUS RX Complaints

SUNROOF GLASS SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING 60 MILES AN HOUR ON A HIGHWAY IN MARYLAND.

ENGINE FIRE WHICH DESTROYED ENTIRE CAR ON A CLEAR 70 DEGREE DAY AT 65 MPH,OPERATOR IS NON SMOKER,ON A WELL MAINTAINED 4 LANE HIGHWAY CAR BURST INTO FLAMES AT 12:30PM CAR EXCLUSIVELY SERVICED AT AUTHORIZED LEXUS DEALERS AND ALL SCHEDULED MAINTAINANCE COMPLETED

ON JANUARY 2ND, 2018, MY DAUGHTER WAS ON HER WAY TO WORK WHEN SHE CALLED ME AT APPROXIMATELY 5:40AM STATING HER DRIVER'S SIDE CAR DOOR CAME WIDE OPEN WHILE DRIVING ON ROUTE 59. BEFORE SHE LEFT, ALL DOORS WERE LOCKED AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. ON THE SAME DAY EVENING WE WENT TO LEXUS DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, AFTER A LONG WAIT, THEY INFORMED US THAT IT WAS QUITE BUSY AND WE SHOULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 2 DAYS LATER. THEY LET US LEAVE THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT INVESTIGATING THE MATTER ALTHOUGH THEY KNEW THE SERIOUS PROBLEM. ON JANUARY 4TH, WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE AND THEY DID LUBRICATION ON THE HINGES. THEY MENTIONED IT MAY BE DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER. WE WERE IN BLIND TRUST AND LEFT THE DEALERSHIP THINKING THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN LOOKED AT AND SOLVED. ON JANUARY 10TH, 2018, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME WHILE SHE WAS STARTING HER DRIVE FROM WORK TO HOME IN THE PARKING LOT. AGAIN, WITH ALL DOORS LOCKED AND NO WARNINGS. SUBSEQUENTLY WE WENT TO LEXUS OF NAPERVILLE DEALERSHIP ON JANUARY 12TH. THIS TIME WE WERE VERY FIRM AND WE REFUSED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS KEPT THE CAR AND WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE LOANER VEHICLE.

WHEN DRIVING UPHILL ON A LOCAL CITY STREET, WHERE THERE WAS A METAL PLATE IN THE ROAD, MY LEXUS RX350, WOULD DETECT THE METAL PLATE, AND APPLY THE PRE-COLLISION SYSTEM. WHEN I REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY OFFERED TO SHUT OFF THE PRE-COLLISION SYSTEM AS A WORK AROUND. I WAS TOLD THAT THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING PROPERLY AND THAT THERE WAS A "WARNING" ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IN THE MANUAL. I REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO LEXUS CORPORATE AS WELL. I COULD REPRODUCE THIS ISSUE AND OFFERED BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND CORPORATE TO VIEW THE VIDEO. BOTH DECLINED MY OFFER. I AM CONCERNED FOR BOTH FOR THE FUTURE DRIVERS OF THIS RX350 AND THOSE WHO ARE TRAVELING BEHIND WHO MAY HAVE THIS RX350 UNEXPECTEDLY STOP IN FRONT OF THEM. I ALSO ASKED BUT WAS NOT GIVEN AN EXPLANATION, BY EITHER THE DEALERSHIP NOR CORPORATE, AS TO WHY THIS IS NOT THE SAME ISSUE THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN THEIR RECALL NUMBER 15V728000, DATE 11/03/2015.

LEXUS RX350 HAS NO AC BUTTON ON THE DASH BOARD. IT HAS A VOICE COMMAND WHICH IS INEFFECTIVE. THE AC STAYS ON ALL THE TIME WHEN THE CAR IS RUNNING AND WITH FAN ON. THERE ARE 4 MONTHS OUT OF A YEAR ONE DOES NOT NEED AC ON, JUST AIR IS ENOUGH. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE JUST AIR (NO AC ON), ONE HAS TO USE A COMPUTER MOUSE ON BOARD GO TO THE MENU, CLICK ON CLIMATE CONTROL, THEN CLICK ON AC TO TURN OFF AC WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. THIS ON BOARD COMPUTER MANEUVERING WHILE DRIVING IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS ANALOGOUS TO TEXTING WHILE DRIVING! I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WHILE PERFORMING TURNING OF AC TASK WHILE DRIVING. WHEN I USED THE VOICE COMMAND ON BOARD AND ASKED TO TURN OFF THE AC, THE SYSTEM TURN OFF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. I CONTACTED LEXUS ABOUT THIS AND REQUESTED EITHER TO INSTALL AN AC BUTTON ON THE DASHBOARD OR UPGRADE THE VOICE COMMAND SOFTWARE SUCH THAT IT WILL TURN OFF JUST THE AC INSTEAD OF TURNING OFF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. LEXUS REFUSED THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I REQUEST NHTSA TO ORDER LEXUS TO CORR3CT THE SAFETY ISSUE EITHER BY INSTALLING AN AC BUTTON ON THE DASHBOARD OR UPGRADE THE VOICE COMMAND SOFTWARE. THANKS MUCH.

UPON ENTERING MY GARAGE, THE CAR SURGED FORWARD WHEN I SLIGHTLY APPLIED A LITTLE PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL. I TURNED THE WHEEL TO AVOID A STRAIGHT ON COLLISION, BUT STILL SUSTAINED MUCH DAMAGE TO BOTH CAR AND HOME. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT SURGED, BUT WAS CERTAINLY THE MOST SEVERE SINCE THERE WAS NOWHERE TO GO. THE SURGE OCCURRED AFTER APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL AFTER A STOP IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE TO OPEN THE DOOR. IN THE PAST, THE SURGE HAS ALWAYS OCCURRED (WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN) AFTER A STOP IN TRYING TO PROCEED FORWARD. THE CAR WOULD 'JUMP'. NO AIRBAG DEPLOYED.

BRAKING SYSTEM OF THE CAR FAILED. I COULD NOT STOP THE CAR AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS, ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS, CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD OF THE CAR. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW WITH 71 MILES, THE CAR WAS NEVER IN AN ACCIDENT, THE CAR HAD NOTHING INSTALLED TO IT, THE CAR WAS SERVICED BY LEXUS FOR 10,000 MILE OIL CHANGE, AND THE CAR HAD 14693 MILES WHEN THE BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED ON AUGUST 7, 2017. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN ON A SUNNY DAY ON DRY FLAT ASPHALT ROAD IN CHICAGO ILLINOIS. THE BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE OCCURRED AT FOSTER AVENUE AND CALIFORNIA AVENUE. ONCE ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AS LISTED ABOVE, THE BRAKES IN THE CAR STARTED TO PUMP UP AND DOWN EVERY SECOND BY ITSELF. THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO STOP AS I FORCEFULLY STEPPED ON THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES CONTINUE TO PUMP UP AND DOWN SO I HAD TO VEER THE CAR TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STREET WHILE PRESSING ON THE PARKING BRAKES OF THE CAR TO STOP THE CAR. THE BRAKES CONTINUE TO PUMP UP AND DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO FORCEFULLY STEP ON THE BRAKES AGAIN TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO PARK TO TURN OFF THE CAR. ONCE THE CAR WAS TURNED ON AFTER 20 MINUTES THE CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM AND A YELLOW TRIANGLE WITH AN EXCLAMATION MARK LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD OF THE CAR. I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS OR FATAL ACCIDENT IF THE BRAKING SYSTEM HAD FAILED SINCE I WAS 2MILES FROM ENTERING THE HIGHWAY TO GO TO WORK. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN TO LEXUS DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT A MAJOR INTERNAL BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE OCCURRED BETWEEN THE SKID CONTROL ECU AND CAR'S ENGINE. IF THE CAR DID NOT HAVE MANUAL PARKING BRAKES TO SLOWLY APPLY AND STOP THE CAR, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS OR FATAL ACCIDENT ON FOSTER AVENUE IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. IF THE BRAKING FAILURE HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 55MILES, I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR IN A MULTICAR FATAL ACCIDENT.

ABOUT 15 MILES INTO MY DRIVE TO WORK IN MY 2015 LEXUS RX 450H WITH ONLY 6,300 MILES, MY DASH PANEL INDICATED THE FOLLOWING ERRORS: CHECK ABS, CHECK BSM SYSTEM, CHECK HEADLIGHT LEVELING SYSTEM, BRAKE MALFUNCTION, CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM, CHECK POWER STEERING SYSTEM, SPEEDOMETER AT 0 MPH AND EVERY POSSIBLE ERROR LIGHT POSSIBLE. AS I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN FROM 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE 5, I NOTICED I WAS EXPERIENCING COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AND WERE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. WITH AGGRESSIVE FORCE, I WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES BUT NOTICED AN EXTREMELY LOUD METAL ON METAL SOUND WHEN DOING SO. IN ORDER TO COME TO A STOP, I EXITED AT THE FIRST OFF-RAMP POSSIBLE, AND POPPED THE CURVE SO I COULD PARK THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LEXUS OF GLENDALE WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE ERROR CODES BUT WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE ISSUE SINCE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE IT. MY VEHICLE WAS BORROWED FOR 4 DAYS WITH THE TECHNICIAN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES BEFORE RETURNING THE VEHICLE BACK TO ME WITH NO REPAIRS MADE. I FEAR THIS IS AN SEVERE SAFETY RISK THAT CAN LEAD TO A POTENTIALLY FATAL OUTCOME. PLEASE NOTE, I ALSO HAVE A 18 SECOND VIDEO OF THE ERRORS OCCURRING WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE FIRST LANE PRIOR TO MY ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE.

TAKATA RECALL WHILE STOPPED AT RED LIGHT. MY CAR WAS HIT HEAD-ON BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY CAR WAS TOTALED. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IN MY CAR. MYSELF AND MY DAUGHTER SEATED ON PAX SEAT WERE INJURED. I WAS THROWN INTO STEERING WHEEL WHICH RESULTED IN BROKEN STERNUM. POLICE WERE SURPRISED THE BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I CONTACTED LEXUS, THEY SAID ATTORNEYS WOULD DISCUSS IT WITH ME. I SAID I JUST WANTED THEM TO LOOK AT THE CAR AND EXPLAIN WHY THE BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY THIS WAS IN MID NOV. THEY SAID ENGINEERING WOULD GO LOOK AT AUTO. [XXX] ENGINEERING WAS TO COORDINATE THE EVENT. THEY KEPT PUTTING IT OFF AND OBVIOUS TO ME THEY JUST WANT TO BURY THE INCIDENT. THE CAR IS AT AUCTION BLOCK AND WILL BE SOLD WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH AND CUT UP. I THINK THERE COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

GAS TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE GASOLINE OVERFLOWED INTO THE FUEL TANK CANISTER. SINCE REPLACEMENT CAN INTERMITTENLY SMELL GAS BUT DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT SMELL UNEXPLAINED EXCESSIVE ENGINE NOISE IN WHICC DEALERSHIP CANNOT HEAR, AND CANNOT MAINTAIN AN ALIGNMENT.