Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2008 Lexus IS 250 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
STRONG GAS SMELL INSIDE CAR.DRIVING IDILING AT A STAND STILLAND WHILE CAR IS THEN TURNED OFF AFTER RUNNING ALSO ANOTHER PROBLEM RELATED OR NOT BUT SHOWING UP AT THE SAME TIME WAS A BAD ODOR NOT THE SMELL OF GAS BUT THE SMELL OF ROTTEN EGGS IS PRESENT AFTER THE CAR EXCELLERATES THE SMELL IS STRONG AND PUNGENT INSIDE VEHICLE ALSO
TAKATA RECALL. WAS UNAWARE OF FUEL SYSTEM RECALL. THE DEALERSHIP NEVER INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS EVER AN ISSUE. STARTED SMELLING A WEIRD SMELL COMING FROM THE EXHAUST WHEN I ACCELERATE.
AFTER HAVING THE CAR I STARTED GETTING THE FEEL AS IF THE CAR WANTED TO CUT OFF EACH TIME I CAME TO A STOP. THERE WAS VIBRATION WITH IN THE MOTOR AS IT SEEMED. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISE THERE WAS A ISSUE WITH MY MODEL WITH THE MOTOR SYSTEM WITH THE VIBRATION. THEY FIXED THE ISSUE SO I THOUGHT BUT AS OF TODAY THERE IS STILL VIBRATIONS AT TIME WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. LATER ON I RECEIVED A RECALL ON THE DASHBOARD AND DOOR PANELS. I LATER RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL FOR MY AIRBAGS, NOW MY AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND I'M HAVING TO TAKE THE CAR BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALERSHIP. THESE ITEMS HAS HAPPEN ON NUMBER OF OCCASIONS
"TAKATA RECALL" THE SECOND DAY I BOUGHT MY CAR IT HAS BEEN GIVING ME PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY ENGINE/MOTOR NOT LONG AFTER I PURCHASED MY CAR. I'M STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR AND NEW MOTOR. IT RUNS HOT AND I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO 6 DIFFERENT MECHANIC AS WELL AS TO THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES AND I HAVE HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR A LOT OF THINGS. I ALSO WENT ON LEXUS.COM AND FOUND OUT THAT MY CAR IS A LEMON BUY BACK AND WAS NEVER TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM OR THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP IN BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA THAT IT WAS A LEMON. I HAD TO FUND OUT ON MY OWN. IT VERY WRONG THAT I BOUGHT A CAR AND NOT TOLD MY ANYONE HOW THE CAR IS A LEMON. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS 250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT FUEL LEAKED AND THE FUEL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 09V020000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), 11V029000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE), AND 14V647000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
IT DIDN'T START I THINK THE FUL LINE OR FUSED , I TAKE IT TO CROWN LEXUS , ONTARIO CALIFORNIA THEY WANA CHARGE ME ABOUT $1000 WITH OUT TURN ON THE CAR !!! OH JESUS HELP ME . THEY PLAYING GAME
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS250. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V647000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS250. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V647000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND EXPLAINED TO THE CONTACT THAT THERE WASN'T A FINALIZED REMEDY FOR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR RECALL REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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