2019 LEXUS RX Complaints

BLIND SPOT MONITORING ON PASSENGER SIDE ONLY WORKS ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME. DRIVER'S SIDE IS FINE. SYSTEM ON PASSENGER SIDE DOES NOT REGISTER OR "SEE" ABOUT HALF OF THE VEHICLES WHEN OVERTAKING OR BEING OVERTAKEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 LEXUS RX350. WHILE DRIVING WITH THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED AND SET AT 72 MPH, THE DRIVER REDUCED THE SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN SWITCHING LANES. AFTER RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE PAST THE SET CRUISE CONTROL SPEED OF 72 MPH AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE TO APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH. AFTER DEACTIVATING THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND THE RPMS INCREASED BEFORE THE SPEED EVENTUALLY WAS REDUCED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. LEXUS ESCONDIDO (1205 AUTO PARK WAY, ESCONDIDO, CA) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE ACCELERATING AND WAS SERVICED. THE SAME LEXUS DEALER REPROGRAMMED/FLASHED THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,800.

THE CAR ABRUPTLY JERKS FORWARDS OR SLOWS DOWN WHEN SWITCHING GEARS. THERE IS A KNOCKING SOUND WHEN YOU ACCELERATE. THE RPM INCREASE TO 6K-7K BEFORE THE NEXT GEAR IS ENGAGED AND THEN CAR ABRUPTLY THRUSTS FORWARD. THE CAR ACCELERATES AND DECELERATES RANDOMLY. THIS CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN SAFELY IN THIS CONDITION. THE CAR ONLY HAVE 1116 MILES AND IS A 2019 MODEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 LEXUS RX350. WHEN IT RAINED, WATER ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE PARK ASSIST SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS ABOUT TO REAR END THE PRECEDING VEHICLE AND THE "LEXUS PARK ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE" INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LEXUS OF GREENVILLE (864-551-2359, LOCATED AT 2660 LAURENS RD, GREENVILLE, SC 29607) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A DESIGN FLAW. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND HAD TWENTY-FOUR HOURS TO CALL THE CONTACT BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT TRADED IN A 2018 MODEL FOR THE CURRENT VEHICLE DUE TO THE SAME FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 980.

THE VEHICLE BACK DOOR HATCHBACK IS IS VERY HAVEY ONCE THE TO CLOSE BUTTON IS PRESSED THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP AND DOOR CRASHED EVERY THING ON ITS WAY. THIS DOOR HAS NO SENSOR IT MUST BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT WOULD RESULT IN A CHILD DEATH OR A MAJOR INJURY!

AS PER LEXUS DEALERSHIP, THE ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE CHEWED BY RODENTS WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. AFTER READING ABOUT THIS ON THE INTERNET, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH LEXUS VEHICLES BECAUSE OF THE USE OF SOY BASED ELECTRICAL WIRES WHICH THE RODENTS ARE ATTRACTED TO. NONE OF MINE OR ANY OTHER VEHICLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY RODENTS, EXCEPT FOR THIS 2019 MODEL AND IT HAPPENED THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT IT WAS NOT USED FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE OF DAYS.