2007 LEXUS RX HYBRID Complaints

VSC SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. PARKED THE CAR AS IT SHUT OFF. CAR WON'T START. WARNING LIGHT SAYS CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM. WHEN TRYING TO START CAR WILL SAY PUT CAR ON PARK BEFORE STARTING. SAME PROBLEM AS SEEN IN RECALLS FOR 2006 LEXUS HYBRIDS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS RX400H. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE CONTACT TAPPED A CURB AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000. *TR

I HIT THE CURB ON THE PASSENGERS RIGHT FRONT SIDE NOT THAT HARD AT A VERY LOW SPEED TURNING IN FROM THE CENTER TURNING LANE INTO A BANK AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN I COULD NOT STEER THE CAR... *TR

CAR JUST STOPPED ON FREEWAY. TOYOTA STATED WAS INVERTER. CALLED LEXUS STATES NO RECALL OR WARRANTY. PAID $10,000. LATER IN MAIL GOT RECALL LETTER FROM LEXUS. CALLED LEXUS BACK WHO INITIALLY STATED IS COVERED. SENT IN REPAIR PAPERWORK. LEXUS THEN CALLED BACK AND SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED BUT NO LONGER REQUIRED TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIRED SINCE THIS REPAIR COMPLETE. REPAIRED: ELK GROVE TOYOTA 916-405-8000 PART # G92AO-48080 INVERTER ASSEMBLY. RECALL PART BY LEXUS: INVERTER ASSEMBLY. I HAVE ALL RECEIPTS FROM TOYOTA AS WELL AS RECALL LETTER FROM LEXUS. TOYOTA REPAIR STATES IT IS SAME REPLACEMENT. *TR

THERE WAS A CONDENSATION THAT FORMED INSIDE THE DRIVER-SIDE HEADLIGHT. IT CAUSED THE HEADLIGHT TO SHORT-CIRCUIT AND BLOW OUT. ONE SIMPLY NEEDS TO GOOGLE 'LEXUS RX HEADLIGHT' AND THEY WILL FIND THIS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE AMONG 2004-2009 MODELS OF LEXUS RX. UNFORTUNATELY, IT APPEARS LEXUS/TOYOTA WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL FOR A WHAT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, AND DEMANDING US TO REPAIR THE HEADLIGHT AT OUR OWN EXPENSE, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL. COULD THE NHTSA INVESTIGATE THESE DEFECTS? *TR

RUBBER HANDLE PART TO OPEN THE HATCH BACK, BECAME GOOEY LIKE TAR, AND MADE A BIG MESS. DIFFICULT TO CLEAN OFF OF THINGS AND HANDS. PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED. TEMPORARY REPETITIVE SOLUTIONS WAS TO CUT TO FIT BLACK DUCT TAPE AND TOTALLY COVER THE MESS, BUT COULD STILL PRESS THE MECHANISM IF NECESSARY. MOSTLY USE REMOTE NOW OR THE BUTTON IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. LAST DUCT TAPE APPLICATION IS WEARING OFF, AND I NEED TO GO IN TO LEXUS FOR A RECALL SERVICE, SO I DECIDED TO ASK THEM ABOUT IT, AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST. AMAZINGLY, THE SERVICE MAN KNEW OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD THAT THEY HAD THE PART IN STOCK, AND RECALLED HOW MUCH THE PART AND LABOR WOULD COST! SOUNDS LIKE THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF THESE REPLACEMENTS!!! OF COURSE I'M NOT UNDER WARRANTY RIGHT NOW. *TR

IN AUG 2013 I NOTICED EVERY TIME I PASSED OVER A SMALL BUMP THAT A LOUD CLUNK WOULD EMIT FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION. IT HAPPENED WHENEVER I PASS OVER A BUMP OR A CHUCK HOLE. IT DOESN'T SEEM SPEED RELATED. IT SOUNDS TO ME AS IF THE REAR SUSPENSION IS BOTTOMING OUT OR LOOSE. I JUST SAW THAT TOYOTA HAD SOME SUV SUSPENSION RECALLS LAST WEEK AND I AM NOW AFRAID THAT SINCE MY SUV SHARES COMMON PARTS WITH THE TOYOTA SUVS THAT I MAY HAVE THE SAME OR SIMILAR SUSPENSION DEFECT. *TR

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HAVE LEXUS WOODLAND HILLS FIX MY 2007 RX 400H REGARDING AN ISSUE WITH MY ALARM. MY ALARM GOES OFF RANDOMLY. I HAPPENED TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT WHEN A CLASS I WAS ATTENDING ANNOUNCED OVER THE LOUD SPEAKER THAT A GOLD LEXUS SUV HAD ITS ALARM GOING OFF. I WENT OUT, RESET IT, AND WENT BACK TO CLASS. WHEN THEY GOT ME OUT A SECOND TIME ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR LATER, I JUST LEFT THE CAR UNLOCKED SINCE I WAS IN A SAFE, SECURED LOT. SINCE I AM NOT USUALLY AROUND MY CAR AT THE STORE, MALL, ETC, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY OTHER TIMES IT WENT OFF UNTIL I WAS AT A FUNERAL IN SIMI VALLEY. WHILE WE WERE LEAVING, SOMEONE NOTIFIED ME THAT THE ALARM WAS GOING ON & OFF FOR AN HOUR! I TOOK IT TO WOODLAND HILLS LEXUS WHERE THEY SUPPOSEDLY CORRECTED THE ISSUE. IN JUNE 2011, IT WENT OFF YET AGAINWHILE I WALKED WITH A FRIEND IN A GATED, SECURE COMMUNITY ON A CUL-DU-SAC WITH NO TRAFFIC. MY FRIEND TOLD ME LATER THAT HER NEIGHBOR CAME OVER TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CAR ALARM GOING OFF AGAIN AND AGAIN. TOOK IT TO WH LEXUS FOR SERVICE AGAIN. LAST TIME WAS WHEN I WAS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE AND PARKED IN HER DRIVEWAY. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR SO, I HEAR THE ALARM GO OFF. I TURNED IT OFF BUT NOT BEFORE HER DISTRAUGHT NEIGHBOR CAME OVER AND SCREAMED AT ME ASKING ME TO MOVE MY CAR. WH LEXUS HAS HAD MY CAR SINCE JULY. CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE WARRANTY COVERAGE (SOLD BY LEXUS) TO KICK IN. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DISCONNECT MY ALARM - WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NOT AN ACCEPTABLE ANSWER. *TR

REAR HATCH HANDLE/OPENER HAS COMPLETELY MELTED. IT STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE STICKY AT FIRST, THEN THE BLACK RUBBER STARTED COMING OFF ON MY FINGERS WHEN I OPENED THE HATCH MANUALLY. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THERE IS A SERVICE ADVISORY OUT ABOUT THIS AND THAT IT IS ONLY HAPPENING IN FLORIDA. THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL AND A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS RX400 HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AFTER ENGINE START UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A BATTERY FAILURE. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED A FEW WEEKS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER A SECOND TIME WHERE THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED THE CONTACT INQUIRED ABOUT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V342000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) BUT WAS ADVISED THAT BECAUSE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE BATTERY WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58,000.