2007 Lexus IS 250 Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS IS200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN SUNLIGHT, THE DASHBOARD MELTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RESULTED IN THE DASHBOARD HAVING A SHINY, CAUSING THE SUNLIGHT TO BE REFLECTED WHICH BLOCKED THE CONTACT'S EYESIGHT. LEXUS OF ROSEVILLE (300 AUTOMALL DR, ROSEVILLE, CA 95661, 916-783-9111) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED ON THE VEHICLE. THE DASHBOARD WAS PREVIOUSLY COVERED HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE COVERED REPAIR ON PRIOR MAINTENANCE VISITS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT TWO LETTERS REGARDING THE MELTING DASHBOARD WAS MAILED TO THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LETTERS WERE NOT RECEIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000. *BF *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS IS 250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS MELTING AND THE GLARE FROM THE DASHBOARD AFFECTED HER VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH TOM WOOD LEXUS (4610 E 96TH ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46240, (317) 580-6888) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A LIMITED TIME WARRANTY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT SHE MISSED THE DEADLINE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED THE SAME INFORMATION AS THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

OWNERS OF TOYOTAS AND LEXUS VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAG OCCUPANT SENSOR LOCATED UNDER THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT DEALERS ARE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THIS PROBLEM. IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND FACEBOOK. IT IS SIMILAR TO THE TACOMA FRAMES RUSTING OUT PREMATURELY. EVENTUALLY THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND TOOK ACTION. IT APPEARS THEY WON'T TAKE ANY ACTION UNTIL PRESSURED.

THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS WITH THE AIR BAG WIRING HARNESS. MANY CARS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM INCLUDING MY CAR. THE WIRING HARNESS GETS DISCONNECTED FROM THE AIR BAG ITSELF AND DISCONNECTS PUTS ON THE AIR BAG LIGHT. TAKING IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE $2,500 OUT OF POCKET. LOOKING THROUGH THE FORUMS MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS A VERY NORMAL PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS.

TAKATA RECALL. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE LIGHTS WILL JUST GO OFF OR FLICKER. THIS CAN SOMETIMES BE CORRECTED BY TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF THEN BACK ON. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING OR IDLELIGHT BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACE AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. CHECK VSC LIGHT ON WITH NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. COKE'S ON AND OFF FOR YEARS

ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR STALLS OR CUTS OFF. THE VSC LIGHT AND TRACTION LIGHT IS ON ALSO. THERE'S A BURNING SMELL THAT HAPPENS OFTEN. IN ADDITION MY ACCELERATION PEDAL CAUSES ME ISSUES ALSO WHICH HAS PUT A WHOLE IN MAT BY GETTING STUCK FROM TIME TO TIME.

THE REAR VIEW MIRROR HAS BLACK LINES ON IT, WHICH INDICATES THE COATING BEHIND THE MIRROR IS DETERIORATING IN SOME WAY. I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE NOW AND REALIZED THIS IS A MORE WIDESPREAD ISSUE. SOME CUSTOMERS ONLINE HAVE INDICATED IT'S HARD TO SEE ANYTHING USING THE REAR VIEW CAMERA, THOU MY REAR VIEW HAS NOT GO TO THAT POINT.

I CANT SEE IM BLINDED BY THE DASH BOARD ITS MELTING THE CLARE FROM THE SUN IS BLINDING ON THE DASH MELTED PLASTIC

TAKATA RECALL. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE LIGHTS WILL JUST GO OFF OR FLICKER. THIS CAN SOMETIMES BE CORRECTED BY TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF THEN BACK ON. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING OR IDLELIGHT BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACE AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. CHECK VSC LIGHT ON WITH NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. COKE'S ON AND OFF FOR YEARS

HEAD LIGHTS WORK AND THEN DO NOT WORK . PAID $1500 TO FIX AND STILL DOES NOT WORK ..

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON REVERSE. IT DOES NOT TRAVERSE UNLESS I DRIVEN 30 MINUTES AND GOING 40 AMD HIGHER, THE RPMS START AT 4K THEN 5K AMD KEEPS GETTING HIGHER. THE ENGINES WANTS TO STALL FROM TIME TO TIME. THE SUSPENSION IS HARD, EVEN AFTER CHANGING THE SHOCKS

CAMSHAFT GEAR GONE BAD AT ONLY 85,000 AND LEXUS IS AWARE OF AND DOES NOTHING TO DO A RECALL. THIS IS A 3000,00 FIX.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS IS 250. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY SEIZED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED OFTEN. SOMETIMES, THE POWER STEERING WOULD RESUME NORMAL OPERATION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED HOME. WHEN IT WAS TOWED, IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS BEFORE THE POWER STEERING WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL. THE CONTACT CALLED OURISMAN LEXUS OF ROCKVILLE (LOCATED AT 15501 FREDERICK RD, ROCKVILLE, MD 20855, 855-821-1390) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ECU AND THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBERS: 1802260181 AND 1812061696. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,000.

THE STEERING SYSTEM LOCK AND I CANNOT STEER THE CAR. IT SAYS P/S ON THE DASH PANEL. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND OTHER CONSUMERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY. I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND THE STEERING LOST POWER AND LOCKED 11I COULD NOT DRIVE MY CAR.

UPON PARKING VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. I QUESTIONED MYSELF IF THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN OPERATOR RELATED. I WAS PROPELLED INTO A STEEL BARRIER THAT RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER AND GRILL. LATER THAT DAY THE CAR ACCELERATED A SECOND TIME WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME. NO ONE WAS HURT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS SECOND INCIDENT HAS LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. TOYOTA INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT AND IS EXPLAINING THAT MY FOOT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND BREAK AT THE SAME TIME WHICH IS JUST NOT TRUE. I CAN'T DRIVE THE VEHICLE OR SELL IT. I'M DISAPPOINTED AT THIS CAR COMPANY.

THIS VEHICLE WENT INTO THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALL ON THE FUEL SYSTEM. AFTER RECEIVING IT BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY WITHOUT NOTICE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS AND EACH TIME IT IS RETURNS, WITHIN A WEEK THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. AS OF OCTOBER, THE DEALERSHIP HAS RECEIVED ALMOST $8000.00 FOR REPAIRS. THIS VEHICLE IS BECOMING A DEATH TRAP. IT WOULD SHUT DOWN AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, BUT THE LAST TWO TIMES, IT HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. ONCE ON THE INTERSTATE. WE ARE ASKING THAT SOMETHING BE DONE IMMEDIATELY, THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THE DEALERSHIP CONTINUES TO FIND OTHER ISSUES TO MAKE MONEY, BUT HAS FAILED TO REPAIR THE ISSUE CAUSED BY THE RECALL REPAIR. LEXUS HEADQUARTERS HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THE MARYLAND ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO INTERVENE AND ASSIST US WITH THIS ISSUE. YOUR HELP WOULD TRULY BE APPRECIATED.

ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR STALLS OR CUTS OFF. THE VSC LIGHT AND TRACTION LIGHT IS ON ALSO. THERE'S A BURNING SMELL THAT HAPPENS OFTEN. IN ADDITION MY ACCELERATION PEDAL CAUSES ME ISSUES ALSO WHICH HAS PUT A WHOLE IN MAT BY GETTING STUCK FROM TIME TO TIME.

THIS VEHICLE WENT INTO THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALL ON THE FUEL SYSTEM. AFTER RECEIVING IT BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY WITHOUT NOTICE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS AND EACH TIME IT IS RETURNS, WITHIN A WEEK THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. AS OF OCTOBER, THE DEALERSHIP HAS RECEIVED ALMOST $8000.00 FOR REPAIRS. THIS VEHICLE IS BECOMING A DEATH TRAP. IT WOULD SHUT DOWN AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, BUT THE LAST TWO TIMES, IT HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. ONCE ON THE INTERSTATE. WE ARE ASKING THAT SOMETHING BE DONE IMMEDIATELY, THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THE DEALERSHIP CONTINUES TO FIND OTHER ISSUES TO MAKE MONEY, BUT HAS FAILED TO REPAIR THE ISSUE CAUSED BY THE RECALL REPAIR. LEXUS HEADQUARTERS HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THE MARYLAND ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO INTERVENE AND ASSIST US WITH THIS ISSUE. YOUR HELP WOULD TRULY BE APPRECIATED.

TAKATA RECALL. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE LIGHTS WILL JUST GO OFF OR FLICKER. THIS CAN SOMETIMES BE CORRECTED BY TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF THEN BACK ON. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING OR IDLELIGHT BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACE AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. CHECK VSC LIGHT ON WITH NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. COKE'S ON AND OFF FOR YEARS

THE VEHICLE DASHBOARD AND DOORS MATERIALS ARE MELTED/STICKY/GLOSSY, CANNOT BE TOUCHED OR EVEN CLEAN, MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE AIRBAG. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS IS 250 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN SPORT TIRES, SIZE 225/40/ZR18. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD OF THE TIRES SEPARATED, CAUSING THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE TO BLOW WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. THE TIRES WERE NOT INSPECTED FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE DOT, SERIAL NUMBER AND VIN WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRES WAS 150,000. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

2007 IS LEXUS LESS THEN 40,000 MI CAR PURCHASED BRAND NEW, TIRES KEEP GOING BAD ON THEM PURCHASED THE CAR BRAND NEW.2009 WAS TOLD BY LEXUS CAR NEEDED A NEW SET OF TIRES BECAUSE TREAD WAS RUNNING LOW, WITH NO REASON AS TO WHY IT HAPPENED.GOT THE NEW SET OF TIRES.SUMMER 2010 DRIVING ON HWY TIRES CAME OFF CAR (FRONT PASS TIRE) HAD TO REPLACE TIRE, LEXUS SAID PROBABLY LOST AIR AND CAME OFF, ABOUT 3-4 MONTHS LATER, SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. LEXUS SAID NEEDED NEW TIRE AGAIN AND THAT WAS IT. PURCHASED THE NEW TIRE AGAIN, NOW THE REAR RIGHT TIRE IS DOING THE SAME. SOMETHINGS NOT RIGHT WITH THESE TIRES KEEP TAKING TO LEXUS THEY ARE NOT DOING A THROUGH SEARCH TO CHECK THE PROBLEM OUT. WENT TO GOODYEAR SINCE THAT'S WHO MADE THE TIRES, THEY SAID IT NEEDS NEW SEALING AND IF LEXUS WOULD HAVE LOOKED THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT. THIS IS VERY SCARY TO DRIVE THIS CAR AT THIS TIME WITH THIS ISSUE STEADY HAPPENING. LEXUS OUTTA BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. I HATE THIS LEMON I HAVE BECAUSE I KEEP MONEY INTO IT AND IT KEEPS HAVING ISSUES. *TR

THERE IS AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTER THAT CONTROLS THE ABS BRAKES ON TOYOTA/LEXUS AND IF IT GOES BAD IT CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE YOUR BRAKES! MY WIFE AND I ALMOST CRASHED! WHEN THE BRAKES WENT OUT, THEY FELT SQUISHY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, VSC, LIGHTS WENT ON. THEN THE BRAKES GOT REAL SENSITIVE, I EITHER GOT IT TO COME TO SCREECHING STOP IN TRAFFIC OR BARELY COME INCHES FROM REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF US.

ON FEB.6,2010 @10:00AM DRIVING ON MY RESIDENTIAL STREET, AT A SPEED BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH. I WAS COMING TO A STOP SIGN ON MY STREET . AS I BEGAN TO BRAKE TO STOP AT THE SIGN, WHICH WAS A THREE WAY STOP. MY CAR AT FIRST SEEM TO SLIDE DUE TO THE SNOWY ROAD A SLIPPERY CONDITION. AS I FURTHER HIT THE BRAKES, THE CAR ACCELERATED THROUGH THE STOP SIGN ACROSS THE STREET OVER THE CURB ONTO THE SIDEWALK AND INTO MY NEIGHBORS YARD. I WAS WITHIN 25 TO 50 FEET OF HITTING MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED SO FAST AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. SINCE THIS HAPPENED I TOOK MY CAR TO CLASSIC LEXUS AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT GAVE MY LEXUS A FULL INSPECTION AND NO INCIDENT OF THIS NATURE HAS HAPPENED SINCE 2-6-10. THE INCIDENT LEFT ME COMPLETELY SHAKEN AND NERVOUS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. I HAVE JUST THIS DAY BEEN ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND PUT MY WORDS OF THE INCIDENT ON THIS PAPER. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON REVERSE. IT DOES NOT TRAVERSE UNLESS I DRIVEN 30 MINUTES AND GOING 40 AMD HIGHER, THE RPMS START AT 4K THEN 5K AMD KEEPS GETTING HIGHER. THE ENGINES WANTS TO STALL FROM TIME TO TIME. THE SUSPENSION IS HARD, EVEN AFTER CHANGING THE SHOCKS

I PURCHASED A CPO LEXUS IS250 IN 2008, I HAD INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT FAILURE BROUGH CAR INTO LEXUS AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDNT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. PICKED MY CAR UP BROUGHT IT HOME AND SURE ENOUGH THE HEADLIGHT IS OUT. CALLED LEXUS IMMEDIATELY SENT A PICTURE OF THE LIGHT OUT. BROUGHT CAR BACK IN THEY SWITCHED THE HEADLIGHT AND OF COURSE THE LIGHT ON THE SAME SIDE WENT OUT AGAIN. I WAS VERY FRISTRATED BECAUSE AS A FEMALE AND KNOWING WARRANTY WAS UP SOON I FEEL THEY DIDNT CARE. THE LIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN AND HAPPENS EVERY DAY I HAD BULBS REPLACED AND PROBLEM STILL HAPPENS. I HAVE BEEN TICKETED FOR LIGHT FLICKERING AND GOING OUT. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65MPJ, CHECK ENGINE AND CHECK VSC LIGHT GO ON, CAR DROPS POWER AND DOWNSHIFTS VERY HARD, I DROP TO 40 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE OF HIGHWAY. CHECK VSC AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AT 1

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS IS 250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS STICKY WHICH CREATED A GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY DUE TO THE GLARE IMPAIRING HER VISION OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 183,000.

DRIVER'S SEAT FELL TO BOTTOM MOST POSITION (VERTICALLY) WITH A LOUD POP. THE CAR WAS WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT. THE SAME THING HAPPENED 3 MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY.

I BOUGHT MY CAR SINCE 2007 ON FEB, HAVE NO IDEA WHY THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT ALWAYS OFF WHEN MY GIRLFRIEND SITTING IN MY CAR. I DID BRING IT BACK TO LEXUS BUT THEY SAID NO PROBLEM......THE PAST 3 AND A HALF YEARS I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TO LET MY FAMILY SITTING IN MY CAR CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOING ON WITH THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT SIGN. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON REVERSE. IT DOES NOT TRAVERSE UNLESS I DRIVEN 30 MINUTES AND GOING 40 AMD HIGHER, THE RPMS START AT 4K THEN 5K AMD KEEPS GETTING HIGHER. THE ENGINES WANTS TO STALL FROM TIME TO TIME. THE SUSPENSION IS HARD, EVEN AFTER CHANGING THE SHOCKS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS IS 250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE BECAME FILLED WITH WATER, COVERING THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT AND REAR FLOORBOARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GROMMET FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE.THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,500.