LEXUS Complaints

"TAKATA RECALL" ALL DOOR LOCKS MUST BE MANUALLY LOCKED AT EACH DOOR....WINDOWS OPEN AT TIMES WHEN KEY UNLOCKS CAR....BOTH KEYS ARE LOOSE AT THE BASE AND ARE HELD TOGETHER BY TAPE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 LEXUS ES350. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V024000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. LEXUS OF ENGLEWOOD (53 ENGLE ST, ENGLEWOOD, NJ 07631, (201) 568-3900) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND NEEDED TO BE ORDERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

AFTER REPLACING TIRES, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE CAR SHAKES. REPLACED THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WITH A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER AND TREAD TYPE AND STILL HAVE THE SAME VIBRATION AT THE SAME SPEED(S). TIRE PLACE PUT A TOTAL OF 10 TIRES ON THE VEHICLE TO NO AVAIL AND ROAD FORCE BALANCED THE TIRES. RECOMMENDED I TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP SAID THAT ONLY THE EXACT TIRES THAT CAME ON THE CAR WOULD GUARANTEE THE CAR WOULDN'T SHAKE. THEY ROADFORCE BLANCHED THE SAME TIRES AND CAME UP WITH VASTLY DIFFERENT RESULTS 2 WEEKS APART. WHEN ASKED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THE TIRES THAT CAME ON THE VEHICLE WOULD BE DISCONTINUED THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. SO, IN SHORT, LEXUS HAS MADE A VEHICLE THAT, ONCE THE OEM SELECTED TIRES ARE DISCONTINUED, WILL NO LONGER PROVIDE A SMOOTH RIDE.

2007 LEXUS ES 350. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO STICKY, MELTING DASHBOARD. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED A GLARE CREATING VISIBILITY ISSUES. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE WARRANTY EXTENSION OR RECALL FOR THE DASHBOARD THAT EXPIRED IN MAY OF 2017. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DENIED ASSISTANCE. *JS

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS TRAVELING ON A MAIN ROAD AND SOMEONE CUT ME OFF. I HIT THE OTHER CAR DIRECTLY. THE FIRE AND POLICE OFFICERS AT THE SCENE SAID THEY THOUGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED GIVEN THE EXTENT OF THE ACCIDENT. I'M FINE AND AM ACTUALLY THANKFUL THEY DIDN'T GO OFF BUT THEY SUGGESTED THAT I SUBMIT IT FOR INVESTIGATION.

THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED TWO TIMES WITHIN TWO YEARS. FIRST TIME, THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SIGN (OR NOISE) OF ANY ROCK HITTING WINDSHIELD AS I PARKED THE CAR IN SUN. WHEN I CAME BACK TO PARKING, THE WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED AND THE CRACK EXTENDED IN LENGTH AS I DROVE. IT COSTS ME $500 IN INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE FOR GEICO INSURANCE TO HAVE WINDSHIELD REPLACED. THE WINDSHIELD AGAIN CRACKED IN APRIL 2019 THE SECOND TIME WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 10 AT ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR. I SAW A TINY MARK ON ONE EDGE OF WINDSHIELD (PROBABLY A TINY PEBBLE HIT FROM ROAD) AND THE CRACK SPREAD QUICKLY TO ONE FOOT AFTER DRIVING JUST FIVE MILES. THIS'LL COST ME $600 AS PER MY INSURANCE GEICO. I HAVE OWNED SIX BRAND NEW CARS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAD NEVER HAD A LARGE WINDSHIELD CRACK FROM HEAT AND SMALL PEBBLE HIT. TWO LARGE WINDSHIELD CRACKS WITHIN TWO YEARS HAVE GOT TO BE A DEFECT IN ES 350 2017 WINDSHIELD (OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT). I KNOW THERE ARE SENSORS UNDER THE WINDSHIELD IN 2017 ES 350. LEXUS SHOULD FIX THE MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN ITS 2017 ES 350 WINDSHIELD.

THE ENGINE CONSTANTLY RATTLED/SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY UPON INITIAL START FOR ABOUT 20-30 SECONDS, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. DRIVING, ACCELERATION, AND FUEL ECONOMY HAS DECREASED/WORSENED. A MECHANIC IN SANTA MONICA STATED THAT THE OBD READINGS SHOW RANDOM ENGINE'S CYLINDERS MISFIRES; AND A THREE-DAY PHYSICAL OBSERVATION AFTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REMOVAL SHOWS: UNEXPLAINED COOLANT OIL CONTAMINATION ISSUES, OIL MIXED WITH COOLANT AT EXPANSION TANK, RAW FUEL ON CYLINDERS, FUEL BLOW BY, AND REPEATED SPARK PLUGS BURNING AFTER EACH REPLACEMENT. AND DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF FORECASTED REPAIRS AND PARTS REPLACEMENT, THE TECHNICIANS RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE WHOLE ENGINE UNIT. WE'RE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED, LEXUS!

INFOTAINMENT NOTIFICATIONS ENTIRELY OBSCURE REAR CAMERA VIEW OF CARS. THIS IS TRUE OF ALL TOYOTA A D LEXUS MODELS USING THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS GS 450H. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE ENGINE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MAGNUSSEN LEXUS OF FREMONT (LOCATED AT 5600 CUSHING PKWY, FREMONT, CA 94538, (510) 657-6600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VARIABLE VALVE TIMING NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. WHEN I PRESS THE BRIDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN. THERE IS A CREEPING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE ON LEXUS VEHICLES. MANY STATES IT'S THE BRAKE ACULATOR.