2004 Lexus RX330 Steering Problems

AS OF 3/18/2016 I PURCHASED AN NEW RADIATOR FOR A TOTAL OF $945 AT MCGRATH LEXUS DEALERSHIP IN CHICAGO ON DIVISION ST BECAUSE THE OLD RADIATOR WAS LEAKING. AS OF 3/31/2017 THE NEW RADIATOR IS NOW LEAKING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START BECAUSE THE CAR WAS OVER HEATING. AS OF 4/1/2017 THE TIMING BELT AND WATER PUMP FOR THE STEERING WILL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. TODAY 4/1/2017 MCGRATH LEXUS DEALER STATED I WILL COST AT LEAST $1200 WITH LABOR INCLUDED FOR THEM TO REPAIR. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH ON RECALLS FOR MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 I DISCOVERED THESE REQUIRED REPAIRS ARE LEXUS DEAKER RECALLS. WHY WOULD MCGRATH LEXUS CHARGE ME IF THESE ARE RECALLS ON MY LEXUS.

NHTSA ID

10969946

Incident

Apr 1, 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND POWER STEERING FLUID WAS DISPENSED INTO THE RESERVOIR HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND THE POWER STEERING RACK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

NHTSA ID

10782828

Incident

Jun 30, 2015

Mileage

147,000 mi

LEAKING POWER STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY. SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE RX330'S. ADVISED I NEED A NEW RACK & PINION ASSEMBLY. LEXUS NEEDS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, TOO MANY COMPLAINTS! AND IN NOVEMBER 2011 TOYOTA RECALL 500K CALLS DOING TO POWER STEERING PROBLEM AND RX330 WAS ON THERE BUT NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION ON IT. LOOK UP RECALL ON LEXUS SITE AND PUT MY VIN AND NOTHING ABOUT IT. BUT READING THE LEXUS FORUM AND SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEMS. LEXUS NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. IT SO EXPENSIVE FOR PEOPLE TO GET FIX. IF IT HAPPEN TO SO MANY CARS THEN IT A PROBLEM, LEXUS NEEDS TO DO A RECALL ON THIS. TO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10619334

Incident

Aug 6, 2014

Mileage

146,135 mi

MY STEERING STARTED GETTING STIFF AND MAKING A GRINDING SOUND WITHOUT WARNING. IT WOULD THEN DISAPPEAR AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. I NOTICED THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE AT THE 90,000 MARK. I BOUGHT A LEXUS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE VEHICLE WOULD BE SOLID BUT IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS STARTING TO GO. I HAD TO REPLACE THE SUNROOF, AIR CONDITIONING PUMP, RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION AFTER HITTING 80,000. I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANY MORE $$$ INTO THE CAR AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM WORTH. ONE PROBLEM AFTER THE NEXT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10615711

Incident

Jul 14, 2014

Mileage

87,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY VEERED FROM SIDE TO SIDE, AND ALSO BEGAN SHAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 126,700.

NHTSA ID

10595019

Incident

Mar 1, 2014

Mileage

126,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX 330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE HARMONIC BALANCE PULLEY WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

NHTSA ID

10557702

Incident

Dec 26, 2013

Mileage

21,000 mi

I HAVE A 2004 LEXUS RX 330 WITH A MAJOR PROBLEM OF RUNNING OFF THE ROAD. UNLESS THE CAR IS CONSTANTLY STEERED BACK ON THE ROAD IT WILL RUN YOU INTO THE DITCH IN A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND HAD IT IN FOR THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES. (POHANKA LEXUS, CHANTILLY VA.) THEY COULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND EVENTUALLY JUST USE AN EXCUSES LIKE THE CROWN IN THE ROAD. I HAVE VERY FEW MILES ON THIS CAR BECAUSE IT IS MY WIFE'S AND SHE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. PLEASE SEE HOW MANY RX 330 2004 LEXUS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS OF CROSSING INTO TRAFFIC OR RUNNING OFF THE ROAD. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

10325362

Incident

Jan 1, 2005

Mileage

25 mi

POWER STEERING LINE ON MY 2004 LEXUS RX 330 RUSTED THROUGH AND CAUSED THE STEERING TO MALFUNCTION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10238907

Incident

Aug 17, 2008

Mileage

53,000 mi

2004 LEXUS RX330 HAD A FRONT SUSPENSION DEFECT THAT CAUSED THE CAR TO PULL TO THE LEFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, ACCORDING TO LEXUS DEALERS, THERE IS NOT REPAIR AVAILABLE FOR THIS CONDITION. *AK

NHTSA ID

10112487

Incident

Mar 3, 2005

Mileage

4,100 mi