2004 LEXUS RX330 Complaints

2004 RX 330, STILL HAVING TROUBLE FROM DAY 1. I ALMOST GOT SLAMMED INTO BY A TRUCK 2 DAYS AGO. THE HAVE FLASHED THE COMPUTER, FOR TRANSMISSION HESITATION, BUT INSIST IT IS PERFORMING THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED. IT IS A DESIGN FLAW, AND LEXUS WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED! THIS IS VERY SERIOUS, IT HAPPENS AT ABOUT 20 MPH, WHEN YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE TO GET ON FREEWAY, ETC, IT WILL HESITATE, AND ACT LIKE IT DIED, OR REVS UP, AND DOES NOTHING. THEN YOU LET OFF PEDAL AND HIT IT AGAIN, AND IT HESITATES A SEC THEN GOES. I ALREADY HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER 6 TIMES FOR THIS, AND CALLED 80025LEXUS TWICE, AND THEY ARE NOT DOING A RECALL THEY SAY. IT IS PERFORMING TO THE SPECS OF THE TRANSMISSION. *NM

1994 LEXUS RX330 HESITATES WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. *KB THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM BUT THEY CLAIMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN PLAGUED BY OTHER MALFUNCTIONS TO INCLUDE SQUEAKS, RATTLES, MULTIPLE MALFUNCTIONS OF THE SUNROOF ELECTRONICS, BROKEN SEATS AND LIFTGATE ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS. *NM UPDATED 08/14/06. *JB

HESITATION, JERKY WHEN SHIFTING. TOOK TO DEALERS 3 TIMES AND UNABLE TO RESOLVE ISSUE. THEY STATED THAT VEHICLE IS OPERATING WITHIN PARAMETERS. NOW IT IS JERKY WHEN SHIFTING MOST OF THE TIME. *NM

I PURCHASED MY RX330 SEPT. 2004 WITH 8 MILES ON IT, HOWEVER I TRAVEL OVER 150 HIGHWAY MILES A DAY. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE EVAPORATION OF BRAKE FLUID FROM MY FLUID RESERVOIR WHICH CAUSED MY BRAKE LIGHT TO COME ON. AFTER REPLACING THE BRAKE FLUID EVERY 3-DAYS I CALLED THE DEALER AND EXPRESSED THE PROBLEM. ONCE TAKING IT IN THEY REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES AND ADDED FLUID. THREE DAYS LATER THE BRAKE FLUID HAD EVAPORATED AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE MECHANICSBERG, PA DEALER AFTER KEEPING IT OVERNIGHT THEY STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE, HOWEVER I REFUSED TO TAKE IT UNTIL THEY REPRODUCED AND REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. AFTER READING THE OTHER 51 COMPLAINTS, I HAVE SEVERAL ISSUES TO DISCUSS WITH THEM. I AM VERY BLESSED THAT MY BRAKES HAVEN'T FAILED YET! I HOPE THAT ALL HAVE MADE FORMAL COMPLAINTS TO LEXUS. *NM

TRANSMISSION IS HESITANT, SWITCHES UP AND DOWN IN RAPID JUMPS, IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE!! ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. BEEN DOING IT SINCE I BOUGHT IT 2 YRS. DEALER CLAIMS KNOWN PROBLEM, AND NO FIX YET!!!*JB

WHILE DRIVING THE 2004 LEXUS RX330 ON THE FREEWAY, TRYING TO AVOID A CAR ON MY LEFT LANE THAT SUDDENLY SWERVED TO MY DRIVER SIDE. TO AVOID BEING HIT, I STEERED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE SPEED, THE CAR WENT OVER TO THE RIGHT LANE AND WHEN TRYING TO TURN THE STEERING BACK TO THE LEFT, THE CAR SKID AND LOST CONTROL. SKIDDED ACROSS TWO LANES TO THE RIGHT, HIT A TRUCK TRAILER, TRAILER OVER TURNED, MY LEXUS THEN GOT BOUNCED BACK, ROLLED OVER ACROSS 5-6 LANES ON THE FREEWAY, LANDED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BY THE DIVIDER, DRIVER WAS KNOCKED OUT AFTER IMPACT WHEN THE SUV STARTED ROLLING OVER. GOT A CONCUSSION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD. CAR WAS TOTALED. MY COMPLAINED IS THAT NONE OF THE AIR BAGS IN THE VEHICLE WAS DEPLOYED AT ALL. WROTE A REGISTERED LETTER TO THE MANAGER OF THE LEXUS DEALER WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED TWO YEARS AGO BUT NEVER GOT A REPLY EITHER. WITH SUCH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND SEVERAL IMPACT DURING THE ACCIDENTS, IF THE AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED, THE CONCUSSION COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED PLUS THE NUMEROUS CUT FROM THE FLYING GLASS WHEN ALL THE WINDOWS AND WINDSCREEN WERE SHATTERED. *NM

I NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE PRESSED ALL THE WAY IN ORDER TO BRAKE AND WAS NOT RESPONSIVE. I HAD THE BRAKES CHECKED, AND THEY WERE FINE. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM LEXUS REGARDING A RECALL FOR THE BRAKE BOOSTER. I WAS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SERVICE TWICE. BOTH TIMES I WAS TOLD THEY HAD NO BRAKE BOOSTERS REMAINING, AND I AM STILL AWAITING THEIR CALL BACK. I WAS RECENTLY IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN WHICH I WAS IN FULL CONTROL TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MPH AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT RESPONSIVE AGAIN. MY FOOT WAS PRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM AND THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND APPROPRIATELY.*AK

MY LEXUS RX330 (2004) HAS 20,000 MILES AND THE A/C HAS A FOUL ODOR WHICH THE DEALERSHIP SAID IS MOLD. THEY SAID THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN USING RECYCLED AIR FUNCTION WITH THE AC AND SAID THE MANUFACTURER SAYS NOT TO USE IT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS MOLD TO GROW. THEY SPRAYED AC SYSTEM W/ AC ODOR TREATMENT. I THINK THE MOLD IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AS MANY PEOPLE ARE ALLERGIC, AND THIS IS A DEFECT WITH THE AC SYSTEM. SERVICE DEPT SAID THE PROBLEM IS OCCURRING WITH OTHER LUXURY CARS (JAGUAR, BMW). *JB

I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 RX330. IT WAS 1/2/2006 AND THE ROADS WERE DRY. THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AWAS 34 DEGREES. I HAD DRIVEN MY CAR TO THE LOCAL DELI WITH NO PROBLEMS. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE CAR AND PULLED AWAY, I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO A BUCKING SOUND. THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON. THE BRAKES WERE SQUEALING AND I COULDN'T STOP WITHOUT APPLYING MAJOR PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE CAR OVER TO CHECK IF I HAD ACCIDENTLY PUT THE PARKING BRAKE ON - WHICH I HADN'T. I WAITED FOR MY HUSBAND TO COME CHECK IT OUT. HE PUMPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL FOR A WHILE AND THE BRAKES FINALLY STARTED TO WORK AGAIN AND THE BRAKE LIGHT WENT OFF. MY HUSBAND TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THEY PROBABLY NEEDED TO CHANGE THE BRAKE BOOSTER. *NM

LOW SPEED, SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT. RIGHT FRONT TIRE HIT CURB, 20-25 MILES AN HOUR. VISIBLE DAMAGE- TIRE RUINED, RIM SCRATCHED. DEALER INSPIRED- TIRE, RIM, BALL JOINTS, LOWER CONTROL ARM, CVT, AXLE, ETC. DRIVE TRAIN HAD PRE EXISTING CONDITION OF NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT HAND DRIVE AREA. DEALER STATED NO PROBLEM. SINCE ACCIDENT, DEALER STATES NEED TO REPLACE ALL OF THIS. OBVIOUS DEALER OVER REPAIR OR LACK OF TRAINED STAFF, RESULTING IN OVERCHARGES. *NM