2006 LEXUS GS Problems & Recalls

6.The crash involved complex vehicle systems that may have been manipulated using advanced techniques. I have it documented as a PDF files, can email anytime...

I have been facing transmission issues that require the vehicle to shift up to move even at low speeds, with the transmission shifting either hard or smoothly, and often unnecessarily to a higher gear. This issue is rare but occurs frequently. I think this is a factory defect because I have been see...

Front windshield is loose and vibrates/flutters when driving. The car has not been in an accident and has no apparent rust. It has been garaged and is available for inspection. There are no warning indicators. My concern is that the windshield could unseat or break while driving. Self inspectio...

ECM is not functioning properly it is a safety as the car when downshifting jumps and it can be easy to lose control of the vehicle. I’ve taken it to a few people and there was a service bulletin and recall for the ECM but not on my VIN number it has not been inspected there are no check engine li...

My Lexus GS430 has a fuel rail leak that is leaking into the engine bay and has a strong smell of fuel into the cabin of the car. It is especially strong in the cabin when the heat or air conditioning is utilized. It is extremely dangerous and after researching I have found that it a problem with se...

Car is consuming excessive amounts of oil. A quart every 200 miles or so. Also even after doing an oil change the car is not leaking the oil but burning it. Please enforce The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (originally enacted in 1966 and now recodified as 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301). Cont...

Car wouldn’t start. Had it diagnosed and found out my fuel pressure sensor had melted and was leaking fuel had it replaced bug still smell gas in and around car. Car was under recalm for same issue years back and was serviced at the dealership. So I don’t see how im liable for repairs if it was ...

Car wouldn’t start. Had it diagnosed and found out my fuel pressure sensor had melted and was leaking fuel had it replaced bug still smell gas in and around car. Car was under recalm for same issue years back and was serviced at the dealership. So I don’t see how im liable for repairs if it was ...

Car wouldn’t start. Had it diagnosed and found out my fuel pressure sensor had melted and was leaking fuel had it replaced bug still smell gas in and around car. Car was under recalm for same issue years back and was serviced at the dealership. So I don’t see how im liable for repairs if it was ...

I was hit head on and all the other airbags went off except for my steering wheel airbag. I broke my nose and ripped of part of my lip and needed over 30 stitches. I also job have painful scaring on my face. I was wearing my seat belt as well. The insurance company has the vehicle now so I don'...

I was hit head on and all the other airbags went off except for my steering wheel airbag. I broke my nose and ripped of part of my lip and needed over 30 stitches. I also job have painful scaring on my face. I was wearing my seat belt as well. The insurance company has the vehicle now so I don'...

I AM HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ALONG WITH ECU PROBLEMS. CAR HAS ROUGH DOWN SHIFTING PROBLEMS WHEN IN MOTION . AFTER DOING RESEARCH MANY LEXUS GS MODELS HAVE THOSE COMMON ISSUES.

Mileage: 110,000

I AM HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ALONG WITH ECU PROBLEMS. CAR HAS ROUGH DOWN SHIFTING PROBLEMS WHEN IN MOTION . AFTER DOING RESEARCH MANY LEXUS GS MODELS HAVE THOSE COMMON ISSUES.

Mileage: 110,000

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROAD AND EVENTUALLY HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THE STEERING WHEEL IS STILL LOCKED THIS DAY. I CAN'T TURN IT LEFT OR RIGHT. I COULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO A ACCIDENT WITH THE SUDDEN LOST OF POWER STEERING TO MY VEHICLE

Mileage: 196,000

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROAD AND EVENTUALLY HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THE STEERING WHEEL IS STILL LOCKED THIS DAY. I CAN'T TURN IT LEFT OR RIGHT. I COULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO A ACCIDENT WITH THE SUDDEN LOST OF POWER STEERING TO MY VEHICLE

Mileage: 196,000

TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NOT SHIFTING OUT OF THIRD AND JERKING

Mileage: 177,000

THE BACKING ON THE GLASS OF THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR HAS DISINTEGRATED ENCUMBERING VISIBILITY AND DIMINISHING THE MIRROR'S PURPOSE AND FUNCTION. LEXUS HAS A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE GLASS BUT THE DEALERS ARE NOT MAKING IT AVAILABLE. INSTEAD, THE DEALERS ARE FORCING US TO PURCHASE A NEW MIRR...

INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR HAS PROGRESSIVELY DEVELOPED BLACK MARKINGS OVER PAST SEVERAL YEARS THROUGHOUT THE MIRROR OBSTRUCTING MY REARVIEW VISION IN BOTH DAYLIGHT AND AFTER DARK. VERY WELL DOCUMENTED BY OTHER LEXUS OWNERS. LEXUS HAS NOT AND IS NOT PLANNING ON ANY RECALLS BUT THIS IS A CLEAR SAFETY RI...

Mileage: 100,000

THE REAR VIEW MIRROR HAS DEVELOPED BLACK SPOTS WITHIN THE GLASS AND IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE OUT OF IT. THERE IS TSB (L-SB-0043-16} BUT NOT A RECALL... THE LEXUS BELONGED TO MY FATHER THAT PASSED AWAY AND NEVER REALLY DROVE THE CAR

Mileage: 3,000

VSC/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON

Mileage: 100,000

VSC/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON

Mileage: 100,000

VSC/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON

Mileage: 100,000

ABS MODULE UNIT FAILURE DOES NOT PROVIDED PROPER PRESSURE TO BRAKE ON TIME ..VERY SLOW RESPONSE TIME TO BRAKE ...

Mileage: 152,125

INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR DEVELOPED BLACK MARKINGS THROUGHOUT MIRROR MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO VISUALIZE REARVIEW TRAFFIC. THE RESPONSE FROM LEXUS IS THAT THE GLASS ITSELF OR THE MATERIALS BEHIND THE GLASS ARE BREAKING DOWN RESULTING IN THE FUNCTIONAL LOSS OF THE REARVIEW MIRROR WHICH NOW HAS B...

Mileage: 80,000

HELLO EVERYONE -- I HAVE 06 LEXUS GS300. I HAD A REBUILT TRANSMISSION, NEW VALVE SIX SOLENOIDS. BECAUSE I HAD HARSH ON THE 2 TO 1 DOWNSHIFT. THAT DIDN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM, AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE ECU THE NEW COMPUTER WILL COST ME $1550 ON TOP OF THE $2200 I HAD TO PAY FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND LA...

Mileage: 138,000

HELLO EVERYONE -- I HAVE 06 LEXUS GS300. I HAD A REBUILT TRANSMISSION, NEW VALVE SIX SOLENOIDS. BECAUSE I HAD HARSH ON THE 2 TO 1 DOWNSHIFT. THAT DIDN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM, AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE ECU THE NEW COMPUTER WILL COST ME $1550 ON TOP OF THE $2200 I HAD TO PAY FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND LA...

Mileage: 138,000

HELLO EVERYONE -- I HAVE 06 LEXUS GS300. I HAD A REBUILT TRANSMISSION, NEW VALVE SIX SOLENOIDS. BECAUSE I HAD HARSH ON THE 2 TO 1 DOWNSHIFT. THAT DIDN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM, AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE ECU THE NEW COMPUTER WILL COST ME $1550 ON TOP OF THE $2200 I HAD TO PAY FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND LA...

Mileage: 138,000

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM SHIFTING FROM 1 TO 3 AND DON'T SHIFT UP MORE THAN THAT ,MECHANIC ASKED TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION CAUSE ITS MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THIS CAR . TOO MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT .

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM SHIFTING FROM 1 TO 3 AND DON'T SHIFT UP MORE THAN THAT ,MECHANIC ASKED TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION CAUSE ITS MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THIS CAR . TOO MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT .

REAR VIEW MIRROR REFLECTION IS DEGRADING AND CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY, THEREFORE AFFECTING SAFETY AND RESALE VALUE OF VEHICLE. LEXUS ISSUED A TSB 0186-09 BUT NO RECALL. IT IS A $2000 REPAIR. WE HAVE OWNED 5 LEXUS VEHICLES, 3 PURCHASED NEW, AND ONLY THE 2006 GS 300, PURCHASED NEW, IS EXHIBITING THIS ...

Mileage: 40,000

MY REARVIEW MIRROR IS COMPLETE DETERIORATED TO A POINT THAT IT CAN NO LONGER SEE ANY OBJECT IN THE MIRROR. IT HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE THE REPLACEMENT MIRROR WILL COST MORE THAN $1800 FROM LEXUS IT IS A SAFETY DEVICE NOT LIKE RADIO OR POWER WINDOW. WE BOUGHT A LEXUS NOT PINTO. WHAT A DISAPPOINTME...

Mileage: 123,000

MY LEXUS 2006 GS300 HAS MISFIRE PROBLEM AT 108355 MILES, WITH ERROR CODES PS300, 301, AND 302. SPOKE WITH DEALERSHIP (LONGO LEXUS), AND THEY TOLD ME THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTORY PROGRAM (CSP) IS ALREADY EXPIRED TO FREE REPAIR BY LEXUS IN 2016. IF LEXUS HAS DEFECTIVE VALVE SPRING THAT CAUSED THE CARBO...

Mileage: 108,325

I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALER TWICE FOR THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES DURING THE PERIOD THEY OFFERED IT. I WAS TURNED AWAY BOTH TIMES AND ONLY AFTER THE "REPAIR PERIOD" ENDED WAS I INFORMED THAT THERE WAS ONE TO BEGIN WITH. I'VE READ ABOUT MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVING THE RECALL PERFORMED WHO HAD THE SAME PR...

I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALER TWICE FOR THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES DURING THE PERIOD THEY OFFERED IT. I WAS TURNED AWAY BOTH TIMES AND ONLY AFTER THE "REPAIR PERIOD" ENDED WAS I INFORMED THAT THERE WAS ONE TO BEGIN WITH. I'VE READ ABOUT MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVING THE RECALL PERFORMED WHO HAD THE SAME PR...

VEHICLE IDLING ROUGH WHEN COMING TO A STOP. CONSUMING OIL AT HIGH RATE. CAR HAS ACTUALLY STOPPED RUNNING WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED WITH THE DEALER AND LEXUS SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.

Mileage: 141,234

TAKATA RECALL. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT OR OPERATE PROPERLY.

Mileage: 154,000

REAR VIEW MIRROR HAS RUST IN IT AND THIS MAKES IT HARD TO SEE. THIS MAKES IT HARD TO SEE EITHER DAY OR NIGHT. THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF GS 300 OWNERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK THIS SITE TO SEE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING. HTTP://US.LEXUSOWNERSCLUB.COM/FORUMS/TOPIC/64...

TAKATA RECALL...MY 2006 LEXUS GS300 HAS 131,467 MILES & IS EXCESSIVELY CONSUMING OIL. I WAS TOLD BY LEXUS THAT THEY WANT TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR $2300 TO TAKE THE ENGINE APART. THIS PROBLEM STARTED LAST YEAR AND IS WORSE NOW. THE LOW ENGINE OIL LIGHT COMES ON AFTER ONLY APPROXIMATELY 2,000 MILE...

TAKATA RECALL HEADLIGHTS TURN ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING IT HAPPENS THE WHOLE TIME THE LIGHTS ARE ON SOMETIMES THEY WON'T TURN BACK ON THERE IS TOO MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS NOT TO BE A RECALL

Mileage: 120

THE REARVIEW MIRROR ON OUR VEHICLE STARTED TO SHOW STRANGE SCRATCHES ON IT WHICH HAVE STARTED TO SPREAD OVER TIME. IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR NOW AND YOU CAN BARELY SEE OUT OF IT BECAUSE OF THE STRANGE SCRATCHES. WENT TO LEXUS AND THEY STATED IT IS OVER $1,800 DOLLARS TO REPAIR IT EVEN THOUGH IT IS S...

Mileage: 98,000

I RECENTLY RECEIVED AN "IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL" NOTICE FROM LEXUS ON A CAR THAT WE HAD TRADED IN ON A NEW LEXUS AT THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP IN BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA IN 2012. I CALLED THE NATIONAL NUMBER FOR LEXUS TO TELL THEM THAT I NO LONGER OWNED THIS CAR. THEY SAID THAT THEIR RECORDS SHOWED ME TO ...

MY REAR VIEW MIRROR IS COMPLETE DETERIORATED TO A POINT THAT I CAN NO LONGER SEE ANY OBJECT IN THE MIRROR. IT T HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE.IT IS A SAFETY DEVICE AND IT SHOULD BE RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 111,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS GS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V647000 (FUEL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO LEXUS AND THEY CONFIRMED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS EXACT YEAR AND MAKE AND MODEL FOR THE CARS ENGINE MISFIRING. LEXUS HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WAS A CAMPAIGN TO FIX THIS VERY ISSUE AND HAVE CONFIRMED MY CAR NEEDS THE WORK DONE BUT HAS SAID THEY WILL BE OF NO SERVICE TO ME. T...

Mileage: 51,000

LOW ENGINE OIL CONDITION WITH NO EVIDENCE OF LEAKS. EXCESSIVE OIL BURNING AND HAVING TO CONSTANTLY CHECK AND ADD SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN REGULARLY SCHEDULED OIL CHANGES. OFTEN OBSERVED BY CHECKING BEFORE WARNING INDICATION. THIS COULD LEAD TO MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE INCLUDING SUDDEN LOCKUP,STALL, OVERHEA...

Mileage: 100,200

WHILE TRAVELING AT A RATE OF 40 MPH I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO GO FASTER WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR HESITATED AND BEGAN JERKING AND SLOWING ABRUPTLY. THANK HEAVENS NO ONE WAS FOLLOWING ME CLOSELY OR I MAY HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED. AFTER THIS "BRUSH WITH DEATH EXPERIENCE, I HAVE LEARNED THAT LEXUS HAS HAD ...

Mileage: 133,730

OVER SEVERAL YEARS THE REARVIEW MIRROR HAS BECOME DISCOLORED WITH RUST COLORED SPOTS AND STREAKS WHICH MAKE IMPAIRS VISIBILITY. THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES AND MOST RECENTLY CORPORATE; WHILE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE THEY REFUSE TO ISSUE A RECALL OR REPLACE THE PART. IT IS A...

REAR VIEW FAILURE TO HOLD UP IT HAS DARK SPOTS AND SCRATCHES INSIDE OF THE MIRROR CAUSING LACK OF VISIBILITY. I HAVE NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND DO NOT WANT TO BE. I'VE REPORTED THIS TO LEXUS AND THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT OR REPLACE DETERIORATING MIRROR. *TR

HEADLIGHT RANDOMLY GOES OFF WITHOUT WARNING. MANY OWNERS OF THIS MAKE YEAR AND MODEL HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. COST 1,500.00 TO FIX

Mileage: 118,300

I HAVE A LEXUS GS300 2006. THE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN SHUTTING OFF, TURNING OFF INTERMITTENTLY. IT IS USUALLY THE RIGHT SIDE BUT ALSO HAPPENS ON THE LEFT SIDE. YOU CAN FIX THE PROBLEM BY TURNING THE ON OFF SWITCH. HOWEVER IT WILL CONTINUE TO SHUT OFF RANDOMLY. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND NEEDS TO BE A...

Mileage: 126,000

MY VEHICLE HEAD LIGHT FLICKERS ON AND OFF. WHEN IT FLICKERS OUT, IF YOU TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON, IT TURNS THE LIGHT BACK ON. THE LIGHT MAY STAY ON OR FLICKER BACK OUT WITHOUT KNOWING. I HAD THE LIGHT BULB REPLACED, COSTING $275.00 THINKING THAT WAS THE ISSUE. WEEKS LATER, I WAS NOTIFIED BY ...

Mileage: 115,000

MY VEHICLE HEAD LIGHT FLICKERS ON AND OFF. WHEN IT FLICKERS OUT, IF YOU TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON, IT TURNS THE LIGHT BACK ON. THE LIGHT MAY STAY ON OR FLICKER BACK OUT WITHOUT KNOWING. I HAD THE LIGHT BULB REPLACED, COSTING $275.00 THINKING THAT WAS THE ISSUE. WEEKS LATER, I WAS NOTIFIED BY ...

Mileage: 115,000

PLEASE BE ADVISED I SMELL A STRONG FUEL ODOR COMING IN THE CAR COMPARTMENT AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE WENT TO LEXUS DEALERSHIP THEY STATEMENT WAS IT IS A CRACK IN THE FUEL GASKET. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. MY HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT. I'VE REPLACED THE LAMPS AND THIS WONT FIX THE PROBLEM. I CANT BELIEVE LEXUS IS LETTING THIS CONTINUE WITH SUCH A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE OF HAVING NON WORKING HEADLIGHTS. THEY GO ON AND OFF AT ALL TIMES. I'VE GOT KIDS AND IM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE AN...

Mileage: 8,000,000

THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. MY HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT. I'VE REPLACED THE LAMPS AND THIS WONT FIX THE PROBLEM. I CANT BELIEVE LEXUS IS LETTING THIS CONTINUE WITH SUCH A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE OF HAVING NON WORKING HEADLIGHTS. THEY GO ON AND OFF AT ALL TIMES. I'VE GOT KIDS AND IM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE AN...

Mileage: 8,000,000

HEADLAMP (AFS) DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. RIGHT HEADLAMP SUPPOSED TO BE AUTO LEVELING DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND FACES TO THE GROUND. ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX IT WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD THEY DID. (AFS) HAS NEVER WORKED AND RIGHT HEADLAMP FALLS AND FACES TO THE GROUND AND WAS TOLD BY...

HEADLAMP (AFS) DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. RIGHT HEADLAMP SUPPOSED TO BE AUTO LEVELING DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND FACES TO THE GROUND. ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX IT WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD THEY DID. (AFS) HAS NEVER WORKED AND RIGHT HEADLAMP FALLS AND FACES TO THE GROUND AND WAS TOLD BY...

HEADLAMP (AFS) DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. RIGHT HEADLAMP SUPPOSED TO BE AUTO LEVELING DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND FACES TO THE GROUND. ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX IT WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD THEY DID. (AFS) HAS NEVER WORKED AND RIGHT HEADLAMP FALLS AND FACES TO THE GROUND AND WAS TOLD BY...

THE VEHICLE LOST THE POWER ON THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH BATTERY LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT ON. AFTER TOWING THE VEHICLE TO NEAR BY AUTO REPAIR SHOP, THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT WERE OFF; HOWEVER THE STEERING WHEEL IS 90 DEGREE OFF THE CENTER PLUS WARNING LIGHT...

Mileage: 45,316

THE VEHICLE LOST THE POWER ON THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH BATTERY LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT ON. AFTER TOWING THE VEHICLE TO NEAR BY AUTO REPAIR SHOP, THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT WERE OFF; HOWEVER THE STEERING WHEEL IS 90 DEGREE OFF THE CENTER PLUS WARNING LIGHT...

Mileage: 45,316