2006 LEXUS RX HYBRID Complaints

THE HYBRID SYSTEM LIGHT TURNED ON. NEXT WERE THE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS TURNED ON, THEN THE WAS STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AND I WAS ABLE TO STEERED IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS ON THE STREET ROAD. I CHECKED FOR THE RECALLS RELATED TO THE VIN, BUT NO RECALLS FOR THIS VEHICLE ALTHOUGH THERE WERE 6 RECALLS TOTAL. ONE OF THE RECALL RELATED TO THE INVERTER COOLANT. IT HAPPENED TO ME TWICE ONCE AT AROUND 120K AND NOW 135,828 MILES.MY VIN IS [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WITH NO WARNING WITH NO POWER TO CONTROL OR NAVIGATE THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.

AFTER THE VEHICLE BEEN WORKING PERFECTLY, AFTER OVERNIGHT THE VARIOUS WARNING LAMPS, INCLUDING THE MAL FUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP, SLIP INDICATOR LIGHT, BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT, MASTER WARNING LIGHT, AND CHECK VSC SYSTEM MESSAGE SHOWED UP ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. WHEN THE VEHICLE WERE IN MOTION, THE BREAKS WENT IN BLANK, CONTINUING RUNNING EVEN WITH THE BREAK PEDAL PRESSED. THE VEHICLE ONLY STOPED WITH THE EMERGENCY BREAKS. AFTER GET THE VEHICLE CHECKED AT MY NEAREST LEXUS DEALER, THE SERVICE ADVISOR INDICATE THAN THE ISSUE HAS BEEN CAUSED BY THE ACTUATOR AND THE BREAK MASTER CYLINDER, WHICH WOULD COST $4,595 PLUS TAX.

THE VEHICLE DASH HAS DEVELOPED PREMATURE CRACKS, AND IS SHINING AND STICKY. LEXUS CLAIMS THIS IS ONLY A COSMETIC ISSUE HOWEVER THE DASH IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE VEHICLE AND WITH THE DASH DETERIORATING THE FOAM PADDING IS HARDING CREATING A SAFETY ISSUE IN EVENT OF CRASH. LEXUS HAS ADMITTED TO THE ISSUE HOWEVER HAS ONLY OFFER REPAIRS TO A LIMITED ARBITRUARY NUMBER OF OWNERS WHILE ARBITRUARILY EXCLUDING OTHER OWNERS. THERE SHOULD BE A MANATORY RECALL ON THIS ISSUE AS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED CRACKS IN 2017 AND AM TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL. CONTACTED LEXUS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL HAS ENDED. I NEVER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF RECALL. LEXUS IS REFUSING TO HONOR THE RECALL.

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.

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.

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

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.