2000 LEXUS RX300 Complaints

2000 LEXUS RX300. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE WHEELS SEIZED. *JB

I HAVE 2 LEXUS RX 300. ONE OF THE LEXUS WHICH HAS 127000 MILES SUDDENLY IT WONT GO IN REVERSE AND THEN AFTER FEW TRIES AND PUMPING GAS IT WENT IN REVERSE. IT IS RIGHT NOW WITH LEXUS DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING, BUT ARE INVESTIGATING. READING THRU THE WEB LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEM. I HOPE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM DOES NOT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AND WONT CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. MY WIFE AND KIDS RIDE THESE VEHICLES. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT ANY STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY NHTSA SO FAR IN THIS MATTER. *TR

2000 LEXUS RX300 WITH 96,600K MILES. TRANSMISSION FAILED AND LOCKED CAR UP IN BUSY INTERSECTION. NEW INCIDENT, AND A REPAIR WILL COST $5, 000 OR MORE. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 84,000 MILES. LEXUS WAS PURCHASED NEW AND HAS RECEIVED ALL DEALER'S RECOMMENDED SERVICE AT SAME DEALERSHIP EXCEPT THE LAST FEW, WHICH WERE PERFORMED AT ANOTHER LEXUS DEALERSHIP. DEALER WANTS $4,700 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITH REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *TR

I AM ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION WHEN THE CAR IS NOT IN PARK AND TURNED OFF. I HAVE HAD THE CAR BEGIN ROLLING WHILE I HAVE ALREADY LEFT THE CAR AND HAVE HAD TO RUSH TO GET BACK IN AND PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. I AM WORRIED THIS WILL HAPPEN AND HURT SOMEONE OR CAUSE DAMAGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LEXUS RX300. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE SEVERAL KNICKS AND CRACKS ON THE WINDSHIELD FROM SMALL PEBBLES HITTING THE WINDOW. THE CONTACT STATED THAT OVER TIME, THE CRACKS WOULD SPREAD ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED TWICE IN A FIVE YEAR SPAN DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

2000 RX 300 FWD WITH 95K MILES CROSSING CA HWY1 CAR STARTED MAKING DRAGGING NOISES AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. DOES NOT GO INTO LOW GEARS, NEUTRAL OR REVERSE. OCCURS 100% OF THE TIME. TRANSMISSION IS DEAD DUE TO "ENGINEERING DESIGN FLAW" ACCORDING TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP REBUILDING IT FOR $4000. THANKS LEXUS - I'M NEVER BUYING LEXUS OR TOYOTA AGAIN. *TR

IN OCT 2009, NOTICED A SLIP 2000 RX300 TRANSMISSIONS 30MPH. WOULD NOT SLIP OUT OF 1ST GEAR SO WHEN 5 MPH TO GET HOME. HAVE RX300 TOWED TO MECHANIC. TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 140,000 MILES. REPLACED WITH REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *TR

PURCHASED USED RX-300 (YR 2000) IN 2003 AND THE TRANSMISSION DIED SUDDENLY AS I WAS COMING BACK HOME AT 87,000 MILES. THE DEALER FIXED IT FOR FREE, A WEEK LATER THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE LEXUS DEALER IN SILVER SPRING AND ANOTHER TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN THE CAR. TODAY THE SAME THING HAPPENED, ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED AND IT WILL COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE MILEAGE IS 127,000, NOT SURE IF IT'S WORTH GETTING IT FIXED. *TR

2000 LEXUS RX 300 WITH 82K MILES HAS BROKEN TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND DRIVEN BY MY WIFE AND THE TRANS WENT OUT LAST FRI WHEN SHE WAS LEAVING THE PARKING LOT. *TR