2004 LEXUS RX330 Complaints

I HAVE A LEXUS RX 330, 2004. STARTING IN APRIL 2004 RIGHT AFTER I PURCHASED IT ON MARCH 31, 2004 I HAVE HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. IT WOULD JOLT WHEN YOU WERE APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND PULL TO THE SIDE. THIS WAS REPORTED BY PHONE, AND DURING ITS FIRST CHECK UP AT 1000 MILES. TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. CONTINUED PROBLEM. TOLD SAME AT 5000 MILE CHECK UP, BUT THEY REPLACED BRAKE BOOSTER ANYWAY. WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVE BRAKES FAILED, AND VEHICLE RAN INTO A YARD. THEN BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. LEXUS DEALER SENT CAR CARRIER TO PICK UP. DRIVER SAW THERE WERE NO BRAKES AND LIGHT WAS ON. TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THE BRAKES WORKING AND LIGHT ON, BUT REPLACED BRAKE BOOSTERS AGAIN. THIS TIME SUPPOSEDLY WITH ANOTHER TYPE. I WAS ASSURED EACH TIME NOTHING WRONG WITH CAR. KEPT DRIVING IT, AND CAR WOULD CONTINUE TO JOLT, AND PULLED TO SIDE WHILE STEADILY APPLYING BRAKES. EVEN TO THE POINT IT WOULD BREAK TRACTION IN RAIN. HAD CAR PICKED UP AGAIN,, AND THEY TOLD ME THIS TIME IT WAS A CHIP WHICH CONTROLLED THE BAFFLE SYSTEM THAT CONTROLLED THE BRAKES. I REFUSED TO LET THEM WORK ON IT, AND ASKED LEXUS AT THIS TIME TO BUY THE CAR BACK UNDER THE GA LEMON LAW WHICH WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT MAJOR SYSTEM FAILURE SUCH AS BRAKES. HIS BUY BACK PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE FEBRUARY. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH LEXUS TO BUY IT BACK OVER 45 DAYS AGO AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT GIVEN ME MY MONEY.*AK

AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, APPLIED BRAKES, AND CAR SHOOK SEVERLY, STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND MOVED ABOUT 4 INCHES, LEFT AND RIGHT. I PULLED OFF FREEWAY. THINKING I HAD A FLAT. NO FLAT. ROTORS WERE RED HOT. I LET IT COOL, CHECKED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, IT WAS OFF. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON IN THE DASH. LEXUS REPLACED ROTORS, BRAKE PADS PER SOME BULLETIN: TSIB BR004-04 43512-48081 T-1 9B T-2 13. *AK

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED 2 TOTAL BRAKE FAILURES. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES , THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. OWNER TOWED THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED AFTER BEING THERE FOR 10 DAYS. APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS LATER THIS PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED. OWNER HAD THE BRAKE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND PADS REPLACED. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *NM *NM

2004 LEXUS RX330 HAS PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION SHIFT.*MR THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT SIMPLY UPGRADING THE COMPUTER CHIP WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *NM

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN INSPECTION. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT THE VEHICLE MEETS U.S. DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SPECIFICATIONS. *TC *JB

2004 LEXUS RX330 HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE VACUUM SYSTEM FOR THE BRAKE EQUIPMENT.*MR THE BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL WHILE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY. THE BRAKES WOULD LSO LOCK UP AND THE PEDAL WOULD TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR. *NM

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP COMPLETELY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY PHILLIP'S WIFE LORIE HOLVERSON.*AK

LEXUS RX330 2004 BRAKE FAILURE. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE PLACED THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, IT MOVED QUITE FAST, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKE TO SLOW IT DOWN NOTHING HAPPENED UNTIL THE CONSUMER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKE VERY HARD AND IT SLOWLY CAME TO A STOP. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING ABNORMAL. *JB

THE BRAKES DID NOT OPERATE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *JB

I GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT ON THE WAY TO WORK. I WAS GOING 30 MPH OFF A FREEWAY EXIT AND HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKE BECAUSE THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME ALL STOPPED ALL OF A SUDDEN. I STEPPED ON MY BRAKE PAD ALL THE WAY DOWN BUT MY CAR DID NOT STOP AT ALL AND RAN INTO THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. MY 2004 RX330 WENT UNDER THE BACK OF THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME, AND MY HOOD WAS ALL CRUMPLED UP. MY INSURANCE PAID FOR ALL THE REPAIRS, WHICH WAS OVER $9000.00 AND NOW MY INRUANCE WILL GO UP. THE REPAIR WAS 2 WEEKS LONG, AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME FILED A CLAIM WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY.*AK