2000 LEXUS RX300 Complaints

CENTURY MODEL 4525 WVS - APPARENTLY THIS SEAT WAS RECALLED. WHEN IT WAS RECALLED THE MANUFACTURER DATES MENTIONED APPARENTLY WERE 9/95-5/96. WE THOUGHT THIS RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO OUR SEAT BECAUSE THE DATE THAT APPEARS AFTER OUR MODEL NUMBER IS 061197. WE JUST WENT IN FOR A POLICE INSPECTION OF OUR CAR SEAT INSTALLATIONS AND FOUND OUT THAT OUR CAR SEAT WAS RECALLED. APPARENTLY THE DATE ON THE SEAT AND THE DATE THAT IT WAS BOUGHT REALLY DON'T CORRELATE WITH THE MANUFACTURE DATES. WE ARE UTTERLY IN AWE THAT WE HAVE 2 CHILDREN WHO HAVE USED A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SEAT. THIS REALLY SHOULD BE CLARIFIED. I AM SURE THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT BELIEVED THAT OUR SEAT WAS SAFE DUE TO THE DATES PRINTED BY THE MANUFACTURER ON THE SEAT ITSELF!!! MORE IMPORTANCE REALLY NEEDS TO BE PLACED ON THE MODEL NUMBER!!!!. *AK

AT 40 MPH OR ABOVE, WITH THE SUN ROOF OPENED, THE AIR ENTERING THE VEHICLE MAKES THE WHOLE VEHICLE SHAKE AND CREATES A LOUD AIR NOISE WHICH WILL HURT YOUR EARS. I CONTACTED BOTH THE DEALER & THE MANUFACTURER. THEY BOTH ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS PROBLEM EXISTS ON EACH & EVERY RX-300. IT ALSO OCCURS WHEN THE SUN ROOF IS CLOSED AND THE REAR WINDOWS ARE DOWN. THEIR FIX IS FOR ME TO CLOSE THE SUN ROOF, CLOSE ALL THE WINDOWS AND TURN ON THE AIR CONDITIONER. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. LEXUS STATED THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP. I DO NOT ENJOY DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, PLUS I SPENT $1,000. 00 JUST FOR THE MOON ROOF. LONGO LEXUS SUGGESTED THAT I PURCHASE AN EXTERNAL ROOF MOUNTED AIR DEFLECTOR AND RAIN/AIR DEFLECTORS AROUND THE WINDOWS. THEY WERE WILLING TO SELL ME THESE ITEMS. *AK

IF THE WIRELESS REMOTE IS USED TO LOCK THE VEHICLE AND A PERSON IN IT, THEN AFTER 30 SECONDS THE SECURITY SYSTEM ACTIVATES AND THE PERSON IN THE VEHICLE IS TRAPPED. NONE OF THE DOOR HANDLES OR WINDOWS WILL OPERATE. *AK

UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE OCCUPANT PRESSED DOOR LOCKS AND SHUT THE DOOR. BUT DID NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE'S KEYS, AFTER 30 SECONDS, ALARM WENT OFF, AND THE OCCUPANT COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. HAD TO BREAK A WINDOW IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK