2004 LEXUS RX330 Complaints

DRIVING CONSERVATIVELY THROUGH A PHARMACY PARKING LOT; ABRUPTLY TOOK A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO AN AVAILABLE PARKING SPACE ( HABITUALLY PREFER A LEFT-HANDED PARKING ENTRY); ENGINE ROARED, TIRES SQUEALED AND AUTO JUMPED OVER THE CONCRETE PARKING BARRIER/ OVER THE CURB/ AND PROCEEDED TO STRIKE NEAR THE DOOR ENTRANCE AND A SUPPORT WALL. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

I OWN A RX 330 LEXUS AND IT HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATOR. SOMETIMES IT GETS STUCK AT ABOUT 3 RPMS AND IT WONT COME DOWN FROM THERE UNTIL SOMETHING LETS GO OF IT AND THEN IT JERKS EVEN THOUGH I WOULD BE GOING AT A LOW SPEED SUCH 25MPH. THE ACCELERATOR FEELS RIGID AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PUSH ON IT THE SPEED DOESN'T INCREASE UNTIL IT JERKS AND LETS GO. OTHER TIMES IT TENDS TO GO FASTER EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT PRESSING ON IT, WHEN I BRAKE IT DOESN'T WANT TO STOP UNTIL I SLAM ON THE BRAKES HARD. I CAN FEEL THAT IT IS LIKE SOMETHING IS STUCK AND THE CAR DOES WHAT IT WANTS UNTIL IT IS LET GO WHICH IS WHEN IT JERKS. I HAVE NOT HAD A CRASH YET, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IT. *TR

1. I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO WITH MY DAUGHTER ON HER WAY TO COLLEGE. 2. THE REAR RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. FORTUNATELY I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND NEAR AN EXIT. I SLOWED DOWN, EXITED AND PULLED INTO A TRUCK STOP. 3. I WAS ABLE TO GET SOMEONE AT THE TRUCK STOP TO HELP ME PUT ON THE SPARE TIRE AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIRE WAS UNREPAIRABLE. I PUT THE TIRE A GOODYEAR / EAGLE RS-A / P235/55R18 99V IN THE SPARE COMPARTMENT AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO CHICAGO. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND DOING THE SPEED OF 70 ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY POWER WAS LOST IT DROPPED TO ZERO, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT, BUT I THANK GOD IT WAS NOT, I HAD TO COAST AND TRY TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY ONTO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY.*TR

TRANSMISSION JERK, LAGS AND HESITATES, CAR LOOSES POWER WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. ON GOING PROBLEM, HAD DEALER PERFORM ECM REPROGRAMMING AS PER TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, CONDITION PERSISTS, GET WORSE. SAFETY ISSUE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE OUT OF TRAFFIC OR AVOID AN OBJECT ON THE ROAD. BROUGHT CAR BACK TO DEALER SERVICE, THEY STATED CONDITION IS "NORMAL". MANY MANY MORE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON SEVERAL BLOGS AND MESSAGE BOARDS ON THE INTERNET. CAR NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. SHOULD HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *TR

I USED THE FLOOR JACK ON MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 AND THE CENTER PIVOTAL ROD FRACTURE AND BROKE INTO TWO PIECES WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE VEHICLE TO FALL ONTO THE FLOOR. THE ONE LUCKY THING THAT I WAS NOT UNDER THE VEHICLE, OTHERWISE I COULD HAVE BEEN KILL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE DUELER H/L 683 TIRES, SIZE P265/70R15. AFTER PLACING AIR IN THE TIRES, THE CONTACT DROVE FOR 42 MILES. HE REACHED HIS DESTINATION AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD THREE GRAPEFRUIT-SIZED KNOTS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE. AAA ARRIVED AND DEFLATED THE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 95,042. UPDATED 11/07/08 *BF UPDATED 11/13/08. *JB

VEHICLE KEEPS MAKING NOISES AT AROUND 30 MPH. ROOT CAUSE IS THAT A TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE ON MY 2004 WHEN UNDER PRESSURE BANGS AGAINST THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. LEXUS WAS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, SO THEY RE-DESIGNED THE LINE ON NEWER VEHICLE. LEXUS IS WILLING TO REPLACE THE PART BUT AT OWNER COST. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT AND LEXUS NEED TO REPLACE THE PART UNDER THEIR OWN COST. *TR

POWER STEERING LINE ON MY 2004 LEXUS RX 330 RUSTED THROUGH AND CAUSED THE STEERING TO MALFUNCTION. *TR

IN MAY 2007, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN MY 2004 LEXUS RX330. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED LESS THAN 10 MILES FROM MY HOME, IT WAS A FRIGID MORNING. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES PER HOUR AND THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. I ATTEMPTED TO PUSH THE BRAKE PETAL TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT RESULT. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION. THE DAMAGE TO THIS VEHICLE EXCEEDED $9500. THE BRAKES SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN APPLIED AND THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE AND AFTER THE ACCIDENT. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, MY AIRBAG DID NOT EVEN DEPLOY I WAS GOING SO SLOW. I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO LEXUS OF SEATTLE IN OCTOBER 2006 AND THEY SAID I NEEDED A FRONT BRAKE JOB, WHICH I DID, THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED LESS THAN 6 MONTHS LATER. *TR