2000 LEXUS RX300 Complaints

TRANSMISSION GONE ON MY 2000 LEXUS VEHICLE, RX300 MODEL. THERE SEEMS TO BE A NEED FOR A RECALL AS MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM. THERE WAS NEVER ANY INDICATION OF PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION AND CAR HAS BEEN KEPT UP PROPERLY. *TR

LEXUS RX 300 DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY POPPED INTO 1ST GEAR AND WOULD NOT UP SHIFT. LIMPED THE CAR HOME AND HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO CONTACT DEALER. IT APPEARS MANY OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS SIMILAR PROBLEM. I AM SURPRISED THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LEXUS RX300. WHILE DRIVING 47 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE AND THEN FELT A JOLT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST $4,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I HAVE A 2000 RX300 THAT BROKE DOWN AS I WAS ACCELERATING TO ENTER THE FREEWAY COMING BACK FROM A TRIP 2 HOURS NORTH OF HOME. WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO GO ABOUT 25MPH BACK TO FAMILY'S HOUSE. AAA TOWED IT THEN TO A MECHANIC. HE TOOK THE PAN OFF AND SAID THERE WAS A LOT OF METAL. IN RESEARCHING THIS THERE ARE SEVERAL FORUMS WITH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE RX300. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AT THIS POINT. WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE CAN SPEND $5000 TO REPAIR THIS CAR THAT WE THOUGHT HAD SUCH GREAT RELIABILITY. *TR

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WITH MY SON IN THE SEAT. THE CAR STOPPED GOING. ALMOST GOT SMASHED BY AN 18 WHEELER. GOT IT TOWED HOME AND FOUND OUT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION! *TR

THE TRANSSMISION ON MY LUXUS RX 300 FAILED WITH 120,000 MILES. LUXUS WANTED TO PAY 25 % OF THE BILL.($4300). I TOLD THEM THA T A LUXUS CAR SHOULD NOT FAIL WITH THAT LOW MILEAGE. *TR

I HAVE A WELL KEPT 2000 RX300 - TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT. IT WAS ON THE INTERSTATE HEADING OUT OF TOWN FOR CHRISTMAS. IT IS A ONE OWNER CAR. WHAT RECOURSE DO I HAVE. I PAID $4000+ TO GET IT REPLACED. NOT INCLUDING TOWING 150 MILES AND RENTAL CAR. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 LEXUS RX300 WITH 124,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED IN THE CAR AFTER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL DOES NOT INDICATE TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION OIL IN THE CAR, ONLY TO CHECK IT. I HAVE BEEN ON NUMEROUS LEXUS INTERNET SITES WHICH HAVE STATED THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED TO THEM WITH THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR LEXUS. *TR

WELL TAKEN CARE OF LEXUS RX 300 TRANSMISSION FAILURE TWICE. USED TRANSMISSION INSTALLED IN 2004 AFTER FIRST FAILURE. SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS GIVEN SUCH AS NEVER SHIFTING GEARS QUICKLY WHEN BACKING UP AND TO PUT INTO DRIVE. TRANSMISSION WILL BE REPLACED... AGAIN. THE USED TRANSMISSION HELPS TO PROVE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS INEVITABLE. *TR

WELL TAKEN CARE OF 2000 LEXUS RX300 HAS FAILED TRANSMISSION. COULD HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT AS WENT OUT ON BUSY ROAD WITH NO NOTICE. 100K PREDOMINANTLY HIGHWAY MILES. VERY WELL CARED FOR, ONE OWNER VEHICLE. NEW TRANSMISSION COST EQUALS $4000 PER DEALER CALL. A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT GO OUT ON A WELL CARED FOR, HIGHWAY DRIVEN VEHICLE. WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SHARED A PICTURE OF MY GMC YUKON PULLING MY WIFE'S LEXUS TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING. AWFUL RELIABILITY FOR WHAT THE PRICE OF THIS CAR ORIGINALLY COST. THE LEXUS WAS PURCHASED FOR PERCEIVED RELIABILITY. I GUESS PERCEPTION IS NOT REALITY. BUYER BEWARE ON LEXUS HIGH PRICED GARBAGE! *TR