2006 LEXUS RX Complaints

YEARS AGO, I BEGAN TO HAVE A SERIES OF BATTERY FAILURES WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. EACH TIME, LEXUS JUST TOLD ME IT WAS A DEAD BATTERY, AND REPLACED IT (PRO RATA, NOT FREE TO ME). I GRADUALLY BECAME AWARE THAT THESE FAILURES WERE BEING ACCOMPANIED BY A MESSAGE TO "SHIFT TO P WHEN TURNING OFF IGNITION," WHICH I ALWAYS DO. I SUSPECTED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SOMEHOW SENSING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT LEVEL AND WAS WRONGLY ENGAGING SOME SORT OF STABILITY SYSTEM, DRAINING THE BATTERY. THE CURRENT EPISODE IS ACCOMPANIED BY A "VSC" ERROR MESSAGE, WHICH IS INDEED A STABILITY SYSTEM. OTHERS HAVE REPORTED THIS ONLINE AS HAVING KILLED THEIR VEHICLES WHILE THEY ARE IN MOTION. I AM FORTUNATE THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN TO ME...YET. HOWEVER, I AM NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND AM TOLD THIS WILL COST OVER $8000 TO FIX. I THEREFORE WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE GROWING NUMBER OF AFFECTED CUSTOMERS--LEXUS SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CLEAR FLAW IN THEIR MANUFACTURING!

BRAKE ACTUATOR OVERWORKING,BRAKES CHIRP WHEN PEDAL COMPRESSES,ALL DASH WARNING LIGHT ON. "CHECK VSC SYSTEM" - ABS,BRAKE,TRACTION CONTROL,RED CAUTION LIGHT. REGENERATIVE BRAKING NOT WORKING.

THE SUNROOF ON OUR LEXUS RX 330 SHATTERED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. IT WAS NOT HIT BY A ROCK OR OTHER DEBRIS, IT SHATTERED FOR NO APPARENT REASON INTO MANY SMALL PIECES. FORTUNATELY WE HAD THE SUNSHADE CLOSED, OTHERWISE WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN INJURED BY FLYING GLASS.

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE BETWEEN 60-70 MPH, THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT-OFF. LOST ALL POWER AND "CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM" LIGHTS CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. NOTIFIED AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LOCAL LEXUS DEALER WHO CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND SAID THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND RETURNED IT TO ME. SAME PROBLEM AGAIN A WEEK LATER WITH SAME RESULTS. LEXUS CONTINUES TO SAY THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE NOR CAN THEY FIND ANY RECALLS. BUT CAR CONTINUES TO SHUT DOWN AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE FAILURE APPROXIMATELY TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD BE NOTIFIED AS SOON AS THE PART BECAME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE RECALL DETAILS WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

VEHICLE APPEARED TO ENTER "FAIL-SAFE" MODE WITH REDUCED POWER WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY RESULTING IN REDUCED ABILITY TO CONTROL VEHICLE. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET, THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY LOST ALL POWER WHILE STOPPED AT RED LIGHT AND COULD NOT BE DRIVEN, AND POWER-STEERING ALSO FAILED. WARNING LIGHTS INCLUDED "CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM," "CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT," "SLIP INDICATOR," AND PERHAPS OTHERS. AFTER TURNING OFF AND TURNING BACK ON AT RED LIGHT, THERE SUFFICIENT POWER TO DRIVE VEHICLE AGAIN, THOUGH "CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM" AND "CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT" REMAINED ILLUMINATED. A COUPLE HOURS LATER, AFTER RESTARTING VEHICLE, WARNING LIGHTS WERE NO LONGER ON AND VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN NORMALLY. THE CONDITION APPEARS SIMILAR TO ISSUE IN TOYOTA SAFETY RECALL 13V-396. HOWEVER, OUR VEHICLE'S VIN IS NOT IN THE RANGE OF THAT RECALL. WE HAVE NOT YET CONTACTED LEXUS DEALERSHIP REGARDING THIS ISSUE. *TR

IN APRIL 2014, MY MOM WAS CONTACTED BY LEXUS ABOUT THE MELTING DASHBOARD ISSUE THAT HAS PLAGUED ALMOST 5 MILLION LEXUS VEHICLES. SHE WAS TOLD SHE WOULD HAVE TO "WAIT IN LINE" FOR HER CUSTOMER NUMBER TO POP UP IN THE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO FIX THE MELTING DASHBOARD, WHICH HAS AFFECTED HER VISIBILITY WHEN IT IS SUNNY OUTSIDE AS WELL AS HER STEERING MECHANISM. WE DO NOT KNOW IF THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE AIRBAGS, BUT WITH A CONTINUOUSLY MELTING DASHBOARD WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE DAMAGE AND DANGER THAT LURKS UNDERNEATH. THE STEERING HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY MORE DIFFICULT AS THE DASH CRACKS AND MELTS MORE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE DASH THAT HAVE GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND INTERFERE WITH THE INTEGRITY OF THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. SOON, THE PARTS ATTACHED TO THE DASH MAY DISASSEMBLE WHILE SHE IS DRIVING, WHICH CAN POTENTIALLY KILL OTHER PASSENGERS ON THE ROAD AND HERSELF. WE REACHED OUT TO LEXUS CORPORATE AND IN MARCH 2016, AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO GO THROUGH THE LOCAL DEALER BOTH HERE AND IN NORTH FLORIDA, LEXUS REFUSES TO FIX HER DASHBOARD AND CONTINUES TO IGNORE OUR PLEAS AND DEMANDS FOR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED PHOTOS. *TR

THE BRAKES MAKE A STRANGE CHIRP-TYPE NOISE WHEN I APPLY PRESSURE, USUALLY IT HAPPENS WHEN I AM STOPPED AND MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. HOLDING MY FOOT STEADY ON THE BRAKE AND IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND OFTEN. I HAD MY BRAKES CHECKED AND THE PADS AND ROTORS ARE FINE; THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE ACTUATOR AND WAS A KNOWN LEXUS PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A NOTICE FROM LEXUS STATING IT IS A PROBLEM.

I PURCHASED THIS CAR ON 6/11/2016 WITH 125, 812 MILES. I AM NOW AT 140, 949 AND TODAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR MY VSC MAINT LIGHT, ABS LIGHT, BRAKE LIGHT, AND TRACK STABILIZER LIGHT ALL CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE CONTACTED THE LEXUS DEALER IN REGARDS TO CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V396000 AS THIS RECALL IDENTIFICATION IS IDENTICAL TO WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. THIS BEING MY ONLY VEHICLE WHICH CARRIES MYSELF AND MY CHILD THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT ALL OF THESE RECALLS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AND MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED. IF THIS CAR WAS REPAIRED IT IS OBVIOUS IT WAS NOT REPAIRED CORRECTLY, IF AT ALL. THIS REPAIR WOULD COST ME CLOSE TO WHAT I PAID FOR THE CAR ITSELF! I WOULD LIKE DOCUMENTATION THAT MY VEHICLE HAS IN FACT BEEN REPAIRED AS I AM BETTER OFF BUYING A DIFFERENT CAR AND JUNKING THIS ONE THAN PAYING TO REPAIR IT.

CRACKED DASHBOARD ISSUE (AS PER THE SO-CALLED WARRANTY ISSUE PER CSC-10057809-9406). 10-MONTHS AGO I WAS PROMISED PARTS BY LEXUS OF MONTEREY, CA, AND, I'VE SINCE CONTACTED THEM FIVE OR MORE TIMES...NO PARTS ARE FORTHCOMING. THE LEXUS REGIONAL MANAGER OFFERS NO HELP. WHAT CAN I DO?