2000 LEXUS RX300 Complaints

TL* - ON 12-22-06 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH TRANSMISSION DROPPED TO FIRST GEAR AND WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF FIRST GEAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP ON SCHEDULE. THE CONTACT CURRENTLY HAS VEHICLE AT THE REPAIR FACILITY. *AK UPDATED 2/27/2007 - *NM

PURCHASED 2000 LEXUS RX300. SERVICED BY DEALER AT ALL RECOMMENDED TIMES. ONE PREVIOUS OWNER PRIOR TO ME. AT APPROXIMATELY 125,000 MILES. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, DIAGNOSTIC DONE. NEED NEW TRANSMISSION. APPARENTLY THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. HOW CAN THEY BE ALLOWED TO SELL DEFECTIVE PRODUCT TO CONSUMERS? ISN'T THAT FRAUD? *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS, VEHICLE CONTROL WAS LOST. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN IT COLLIDING WITH A PARKED VEHICLE. A PIECE OF METAL WAS OBSERVED ON THE GROUND AFTER THE INCIDENT. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED AN AIR BUBBLE IN THE METAL OF THE CONTROL ARM CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. THE SHOP REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL ARM, STRUT, INNER AND OUTER TIE ROD, AND THE BOOT KIT.

AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF FEELING OCCASIONAL SLIPPAGE IN THE DRIVE TRAIN OF MY 2000 RX300 (118K MILES), I HAD MY LOCAL MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT. HE DROVE TESTED IT, CHECKED ALL FLUID LEVELS, VISUALLY INSPECTED THE TRANSMISSION, TRANSFER CASE, U-JOINTS ETC AND COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. TODAY WITH NO FURTHER NOTICE, THE TRANSMISSION FULLY BROKE - LURCHING, CLUNKING, AND AFTER PULLING OVER TOTAL SLIPPAGE. I HAD IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE I'M WAITING FOR AN EVALUATION OF THE SITUATION. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, I COULD HAVE CAUSED A SEVERE ACCIDENT, AS THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION CAUSING A VERY UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. *NM

EARLY FAILURE OF PLANETARY GEAR SET IN LEXUS RX300 TRANSMISSION FAILING IN MORNING TRAFFIC IN BUSY STREET. *JB

THIS IS AN LEXUS RX300 2000 EDITION; THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. IT STARTED WITH AN UNTRACEABLE PROBLEM IN WHICH THE REAR TAIL BRAKE LIGHT STOPPED WORKING; LATER ON, THE TWO MAIN HEAD-LAMPS STOPPED WORKING; FUSES HAVE BEEN CHANGED, BULBS HAVE CHANGED, BUT NO PROBLEM HAS BEEN FOUND. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS OR DAMAGE. *JB

MILEAGE 75000 AWD RX300 COMPLETE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION PUMP. LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND MANUVERABILITY => DANGEROUS CAR WAS 100% MAINTAINED BY A LEXUS DEALER WEB REVEALED MANY SIMILAR FAILURES FIRST TIME TOYOTA TRIED TO USE A LIFETIME TRANSMISSION FLUID, IT DID NOT WORK!!!!*JB

I TOOK MY LEXUS 2000 BECAUSE IT SHIMMIED BADLY. THE DEALER COULD NOT LOOSEN THE NUT BECAUSE THE WHOLE CYLINDER DISC ASSY WAS RUSTED SO BADLY THAT THEY HAVE TO SAW IT OFF. THE BRAKE PAD COULD NOT EVEN MOVE, THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE ARM THAT CONNECT BRAKING. I WAS NEVER WARNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *JB

LIFTGATE OPENS DUE TO RUST IN BALL STUD ATTACHED TO BODY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE LIFTGATE CAN FALL OFF DUE TO RSUT IN BALL STUD AND HINGE HARDWARE FOR LIFTGATE - 2000 LEXUS RX 300

DT: VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED FROM A HONDA DEALER IN TEXAS, BANXTEN HONDA. VEHICLE WAS JUST OUT OF THE FOUR YEAR WARRANT., HOWEVER, IT HAD POWER TRAIN WARRANTY LEFT. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN CALIFORNIA WHEN HE MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION. VEHICLE PULLED VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT AND CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO TURN VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT WITH GREAT EFFORT TO AVOID A BIG TRUCK. VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, AND CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE BALL JOINT ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE FAILED. CONSUMER HAS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS. INSURANCE HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER IN VAN NUYS CALIFORNIA, KEYES LEXUS. ALSO, MANAGER CHECKED ON VEHICLES SERVICE HISTORY AND FOUND THAT VEHICLE WAS SERVICED REGULARLY, AND THAT THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY WAS STILL IN AFFECT. VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 60,000 MILES ON IT. MANUFACTRURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND TOLD CONSUMER THAT DEALER SHOULD NOT DO ANY REPAIR UNTIL FACTOR INSPECTOR HAD A CHANCE TO DO AN INSPECTION ON VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT JULY 11, 2005. YESTERDAY, JULY 20, 2005, MANUFACTURER CONTACTED CONSUMER AND SAID THAT INSPECTION WAS DONE, AND MANUFACTURER WOULD PAY TO HAVE VEHICLE FIXED BECAUSE THE COMPONENT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY DEFECT WITH THE BALL JOINT. CONSUMER SAID THAT HE HAS FOUND THAT BALL JOINT HAD THE SAME PART NUMBER OF BALL JOINTS THAT THEY HAD ISSUES WITH THE FINISHING PROCEDURE FOR. RECALL ON A LEXUS GS 300 1993, RECALL WAS DATED APRIL 3, 1995, DEFECT SUMMARY STATED THAT SPHERICAL PORTIONS OF CERTAIN LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD FINISHED SURFACES THAT WERE NOT SMOOTH, CAUSING FRICTION WITH THE SURFACE OF THE BALL JOINT CAP. THIS CONDITION COULD LEAD TO SEPARATION OF BALL JOINT, INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. ALSO, SAYS TOYOTA HAS HAD OTHER ISSUES WITH BALL JOINTS USED IN PICKUPS AND SUVS. ALSO, ABOUT FINISHING. PART NUMBER FOR PART WAS L2020-146563. CONSUMER'S INECK AND SHOULDER WERE INJURED. *AK