1999 LEXUS RX300 Complaints

BEGAN WITH VERY ROUGH IDLE. TRANSMISSION THEN REFUSES TO SHIFT TO OVERDRIVE GEAR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY LEXUS RX300 I HEARD A SLIGHT POP UNDER THE FRONT. AND THE CAR STOPPED. I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD. THE CAR HAS 128,000 MILES. *TR

MY CAR HAS A SHUDDER FROM 2 TO 3 SHIFT OF THE TRANSMISSION. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A SERVICE CAMPAIGN ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT BEING MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

I BOUGHT A '99 LEXUS RX300 FOR MY WIFE AT 62K MILES. I DID ALL OF THE SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE INCLUDING THE EXPENSIVE STUFF (LIKE THE TIMING BELT CHANGE). UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, THE ENGINE REAR MAIN SEAL WAS LEAKING AT THE TIME THAT I PURCHASED IT. I FIGURED IT WAS SIMPLE AND "ITS A LEXUS, RIGHT?". I FOUND OUT THAT IT WOULD COST $1700 TO FIX AND THAT IT WAS COMMON ON THIS MODEL. I IGNORED THE LEAK BECAUSE MY WIFE LOVED THE TRUCK OTHERWISE. UNRELATED TO THE OIL LEAK, AT 183,000 MILES I'M DRIVING ON A FAMILY VACATION WITH THE CAR ON CRUISE CONTROL AND THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY STARTS TO SLIP. I MANAGE TO MAKE IT MY DESTINATION, BUT AFTER RESEARCH AND GETTING DIAGNOSTICS FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND TRANS SHOPS, I FOUND IT WOULD COST $3000-$4000 TO FIX. I DECIDED TO FIX IT AND PAID $3700 FOR IT. NO SOONER THAN I TOOK OFF DRIVING, THE CAR STARTED SMOKING HORRIBLY AND WAS NOW SLIPPING IN 1,2, AND 3RD GEAR. THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE A NIGHTMARE TO REPAIR, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND ANYONE THAT BUYS ONE TO COUNT YOUR LOSSES WHEN IT FAILS AND TRASH THE CAR. *TR

1999 LEXUS RX 300 91K MILES, OWNED SINCE NEW, ALL SERVICE AT DEALER AS REQUIRED, TRANSMISSION JUST WENT OUT. FOUND A WEBSITE WITH MANY COMPLAINTS, SAME THING, LOW MILES. OBVIOUSLY A DEALER DEFECT, THIS IS NOT RIGHT! I BOUGHT A LEXUS SO IT WOULD BE RELIABLE. MY CHEVY SILVERADO 1993 IS GOING STRONGER THAN THIS CAR. SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR, IT DID NOT UPSHIFT RIGHT. LEXUS ALWAYS SAID THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM. I NOTICE OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME SYMPTOM. THIS FAILURE WAS SUDDEN OTHER THAN THAT. JUST IN A PARKING LOT & SUDDENLY IT WOULD NOT SHIFT GOING FORWARD. 1 1/2 YEARS AGO MY MECHANIC HAPPENED TO CHECK MY TRANNY FLUID, IT WAS BLACK. HE DRAINED & REPLACED IT. I WAS LIVID, I HAD PAID FOR ALL DEALER MAINTENANCE. THAT WAS AT ROUGHLY 80K MILES. SUPPOSEDLY THIS WAS DONE AT 60K MILES BY LEXUS (I'M NOT SURE IF THEY DID THE WORK NOW, OR NOT) THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS IN THE FLUID. SOMETHING APPEARS TO BE WRONG WITH THIS DESIGN, AND LOOKS LIKE THEY DID A BANDAID IN LATER MODELS. I AM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING GETTING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY $5K FOR A NEW TRANNY NOW, THAT IS WHY I BOUGHT A LEXUS. MY CELICA WAS STILL GOING STRONG AT 175K MILES WHEN I SOLD IT. CHECK THIS WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/REVIEWS/LEXUS/RX300/R54694/COMMENTS/PAGE-2/ [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY 1999 -- LEXUS RX300 HAS ABOUT 140K MILES ON IT. THE CAR IS NOW PARKED SO I DON'T KILL MYSELF OR MY FAMILY WHILE DRIVING. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, MY CAR JUST STARTED JERKING AS IF IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WORK OFF A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND I WAS REALLY SCARED. MY CAR SPEED WOULD BE 50-55MPH BUT THE RPMS WOULD BE AS HIGH AS 6. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE. I WENT TO THE CAR REPAIR SHOP - I HAD SOME MIS-FIRES AND THEY WERE FIXED FOR $150, NO PROBLEM. THE CAR REPAIR RECOMMENDED I GET MY FRONT BRAKES DONE BECAUSE MY MILES PER GALLON HAD SLIPPED TO 15 IN THE CITY. A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, I GOT MY FRONT BRAKES DONE, NO PROBLEMS UNTIL ONE EVENING, I WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN...THIS TIME I WAS AT THE STOP LIGHT AND MY CAR STARTED IDLING/JERKING LIKE I NEEDED TO GIVE IT SOME GAS OR IT WAS GOING TO DIE. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW BLINKING ON MY DASH BOARD. MY HUSBAND TOOK MY CAR TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP THEY SAY 2-COIL IGNITIONS HAVE FAILED. AND THAT MY SPARK PLUGS NEED TO BE REPLACED. I ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BUT IN ORDER TO GET THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO STOP BLINKING I HAVE TO FIX, THE COIL IGNITION PROBLEM WHICH COST BETWEEN $515 TO $775. THEN THEY CAN RUN MORE TEST TO SEE THERE IS ANY MORE PROBLEMS. MY CAR IS PARKED FOR NOW. THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF RECALL SINCE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL '99 LEXUS RX300. THIS IS CRAZY. *TR

I HAVE A POPPING IN THE STEERING COLUMN. I HOPE THAT THE STEERING IS NOT LOST FROM THIS POPPING. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A INTERSTATE AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING UNTIL IT GAVE OUT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE ABS STARTED ACTIVATING WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND ONCE THE CAR SPEED WAS LESS THAN 20-25 MPH OR SO. THIS NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND AS SOON AS THE SPEED DROPS BELOW 20-25MPH. THE LOCAL LEXUS SERVICE DEPARTMENT DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A "CRACKED ACTIVATOR" WHICH COULD BE REPLACED FOR $1200.00 PARTS AND $800.00 LABOR. ARE THERE OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE? *TR

1999 LEXUS RX 300 VEHICLE 99,000 MILES IN VERY GOOD REPAIR SUDDENLY STALLS DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THE FREEWAY. NO PREVIOUS WARNING. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO "COAST" OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO A SAFE AREA TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IT WOULD NO LONGER MOVE, TRANSMISSION WAS REPORTED TO BE DEAD BY TWO MECHANICS. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS MODEL THERE ARE MANY REPORTS ABOUT TRANSMISSION FAILURES SOME CAUSING ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES. NEITHER WAS THE CASE WITH MY INCIDENT BUT IT IS A DISTURBING TREND. *TR