2001 LEXUS RX300 Complaints

CAR BEGAN HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS TRANSMISSION FAILED IN PROCESS OF HAVING TO REBUILD/REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *TR

RX300 CAR EITHER WON'T GO INTO GEAR OR JUMPS OUT OF GEAR. IT HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND MANY MANY REPORTS ON OWNER SITES RE: TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE LATEST INCIDENT LEFT MYSELF AND MY 4 YEAR OLD SON STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT IN LOW TEENS WEATHER. IT ALSO JUMPED OUT OF GEAR ONCE WHILE DRIVING. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR JUST STOPPED DANGEROUSLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND WAS UNABLE TO BE PUSHED TO SIDE OF ROAD ,EVEN WHEN PUT IN NEUTRAL POSITION ON THE GEAR SELECTOR. THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP INTERNALLY AND VEHICLE IMPEDED TRAFFIC FOR QUITE SOME TIME CAUSING A SEVERE SAFETY DANGER FOR US AND ANY CARS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ENCOUNTERING AN UNEXPECTED SLOWING OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE BLOCKED ROADWAY . *TR

1. GRINDING NOISE. 2. TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CAR STOPPED MOVING. 3. TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *TR

OUR TRANSMISSION FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY CAUSING OUR WHEELS TO LOCK. I SPENT NEARLY $4000 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED LIKE THE MANY LEXUS RX300 OWNERS HAVE HAD TO DO. THIS HAS NOT ONLY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED OUR WALLETS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY COULD HAVE KILLED MY WIFE AND I. *TR

AT ONLY 98K MILES, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY 2001 LEXUS RX300. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WERE NEARLY HOME WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. WE HAD SOME MINOR PROBLEMS WITH IT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, BUT THEY SEEMED TO GO AWAY ONCE THE ENGINE WARMED UP. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, IT WENT FROM DRIVING TO JUST REVVING, AS IF IN NEUTRAL, IN ABOUT A MINUTE OR LESS. WE HAD TO COAST DOWN AN OFF-RAMP AND PUSH TO A PARKING SPOT BEFORE HAVING IT TOWED. OUR MECHANIC SAYS IT WILL BE BETWEEN $2-3K TO FIX IT. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR A LUXURY VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 100K MILES ON IT. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT .. IT WILL NOT SHIFT RIGHT OR DRIVE CORRECTLY AND LEXUS WILL NOT FIX IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 RX300, AS I AM READING I HAVE NOT BEEN THE ONLY ONE TO EXPERIENCE A TRANSMISSION ISSUE! I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 3 YEARS AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE OVERHAULED, AS I WAS DRIVING MY CHILDREN TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY THE CAR GOT TO ABOUT 30 MPH AND STARTED REVVING UP REALLY HARD AND THEN JERKED, IN A 65MPH ZONE, WHERE I WAS NEARLY REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRYING TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE! THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD, I CANNOT LEXUS TO HELP AND WILL BE PAYING $3500 TO REPLACE! I WORK IN TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND I MUST SAY THIS IS A HUGE HAZARD AND THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING SOMEONE CAN DO TO MAKE LEXUS FIX THIS PROBLEM BEING THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CARE ABOUT FIXING IT ON THEIR OWN! *TR

FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION IN 2001 LEXUS RX 300. THERE IS A KNOWN, WELL-DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSAXLES IN THIS VEHICLE. LEXUS HAS NOT RECALLED THE VEHICLE AND FIXED THE PROBLEM. *TR

2001 LEXUS RX300. TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 120,000 MILES. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 30-40 MPH ON HIGHWAY THE WOULD COME TO COMPLETE STOP. WILL HAVE TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION OR REBUILD OLD ONE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH 99-02 LEXUS 300. WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL. *TR