2010 LEXUS IS Problems & Recalls
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Developed a fuel leak at the tank that has previously been exactly described as a recall on the exact year make and model of this vehicle however, when entering my VIN it does not show my VIN number as being affected. I feel there has been a mistake on the Vin number range. However, Lexus refuses ...
I have a stick dashboard and it’s impairing my vision to see out of front windshield. Lexus did have a recall, but it expired. However, I’m still in danger while driving because of glare.
I have a stick dashboard and it’s impairing my vision to see out of front windshield. Lexus did have a recall, but it expired. However, I’m still in danger while driving because of glare.
I had a head on collision with a light pole and the airbags did not deploy. The vehicle was inspected by aProgressive insurance claims adjuster and they claimed the vehicle a total loss. They kept the vehicle. There were no warning lights or anything. The vehicle had been taken into a North Park L...
Exterior driver's door mirror failure. The mirror is insecure, loose, unstable, not secured to the door, and rotates freely on its own. This condition makes it impossible and dangerous for the vehicle's driver to observe any vehicle approaching from the rear, left of the driver's side. The mirror...
My car experienced sudden unintended acceleration. I was at a stop light preparing to turn right when my car accelerated of its own accord crashing into the vehicle in front of me. My foot was firmly on the brake, but I had lost control over the vehicle. Whatever electrical defect I experienced, i...
My car experienced sudden unintended acceleration. I was at a stop light preparing to turn right when my car accelerated of its own accord crashing into the vehicle in front of me. My foot was firmly on the brake, but I had lost control over the vehicle. Whatever electrical defect I experienced, i...
My car experienced sudden unintended acceleration. I was at a stop light preparing to turn right when my car accelerated of its own accord crashing into the vehicle in front of me. My foot was firmly on the brake, but I had lost control over the vehicle. Whatever electrical defect I experienced, i...
FROM TIME TO TIME AS IM DRIVING TO EITHER SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN, MY CAR HAS NO POWER AND THEN WITHIN 2-3 SECONDS IT HITS HARD BACK INTO GEAR. I RESEARCHED IT ON LINE ABOUT OTHER LEXUS AND IT STATED THAT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE COMPUTER AND IT HAS A GLITCHES IN THE SYSTEM THAT NEEDS TO BE RESET/CLEARED...
FROM TIME TO TIME AS IM DRIVING TO EITHER SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN, MY CAR HAS NO POWER AND THEN WITHIN 2-3 SECONDS IT HITS HARD BACK INTO GEAR. I RESEARCHED IT ON LINE ABOUT OTHER LEXUS AND IT STATED THAT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE COMPUTER AND IT HAS A GLITCHES IN THE SYSTEM THAT NEEDS TO BE RESET/CLEARED...
FROM TIME TO TIME AS IM DRIVING TO EITHER SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN, MY CAR HAS NO POWER AND THEN WITHIN 2-3 SECONDS IT HITS HARD BACK INTO GEAR. I RESEARCHED IT ON LINE ABOUT OTHER LEXUS AND IT STATED THAT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE COMPUTER AND IT HAS A GLITCHES IN THE SYSTEM THAT NEEDS TO BE RESET/CLEARED...
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While driving home in the freeway, I felt my car shake then a sudden loss of power. Then my CEL started blinking and my VSC lit. Got a code for engine misfire(P0302). Is250 has a lot of cases on engine misfires because of excessive carbon build up because of how the engine is designed. My car only h...
Front suspension does not have adjustable Camber. The wheels have a negative Camber that is outside of Lexus specification. This causes a very large uneven wear inside of tire, which is not noticeable from the exterior of car. Owners will be unaware, when checking the tires, that the inside of ti...
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CRUISE CONTROL SET AND NOT SET, SLIGHT ACCELERATION VEHICLE SEEMS TO COMPLETELY LOOSE GEAR AND CONNECTION WITH DRIVE TRAIN, THE RPMS SPONTANEOUSLY JUMP TO 6500 TO 7000, MOVE THE SHIFTER AT THIS POINT TO NEUTRAL. RMPS DROP TO 1200 AND THEN PLACE THE SHIFTER TO DRIVE AN...
Mileage: 80,000
DEALER, ATLANTIC CITY LEXUS, ADVISES THAT IT IS VERY COSTLY TO REPAIR THE AIR BAG SYSTEM AS IT INVOLVES MILES OF WIRES. THEREFORE, I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE THE CAR.
THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL OF THE FUEL DELIVERY PIPE ON MY VEHICLE WHICH IS A 2010. I AM CURRENTLY IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THE FUEL PUMP ALSO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS IT IS LEAKING AS WELL. THEY ARE TELLING ME IT IS NOT UNDER RECALL AND IS ALMOST $2,4000. PER CONSUMER REPORT: TOYO...
THE CAR WAS STOPPED ABOUT TO BE PUT INTO PARK AND THEN IT REVVED UP ON IT'S OWN AND THE BRAKES WERE PRESSED BUT THE CAR SPED UP UNTIL IT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR
Mileage: 130,000
KNOWN BY LEXUS AS A COMMON FAILURE IN THE 2UR ENGINE IS THE VALLEY PLATE COOLANT LEAK. THIS IS A FAILURE THAT THE MAJORITY OF OWNERS IN THE FORUMS HAVE REPORTED AS WELL AS MY PERSONAL VEHICLE EXPERIENCING. CAN HAPPEN AS FEW AS 50K MILES. COMMON COST FOR REPAIR TO THE OWNER IS BETWEEN $2000 AND $30...
Mileage: 67,000
ISFS YEAR MODELS 2008-2014 ARE AFFECTED THE VALLEY PLATE LEAK DUE TO THE FACT THAT TOYOTA/LEXUS UTILIZED THE IMPROPER SEALANT AND USED THE IMPROPER AMOUNT, LEADING TO THE HEAT EXCHANGER LEAKING COOLANT ONCE THE ORIGINAL, INADEQUATE SEALANT BEGINS TO DISINTEGRATE. THIS COULD CAUSE A CONDITION WHERE T...
Mileage: 67,000
SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN TRYING TO STOP
Mileage: 66,000
SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN TRYING TO STOP
Mileage: 66,000
TAKATA RECALL CAN NOT GET AN APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE AIR BAG AT BAY RIDGE LEXUS OF BROOKLYN. CALLED 5 TIMES TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE KEEPS TLLING ME THAT THEY WILL CALL BACK BUT NEVER CALLED.
THIS REGARDING 2010 LEXUS IS250 AND WE OWNED ONE. THIS VEHICLE HAS PROBLEM WITH DASHBOARD GETTING STICKY IT IS KIND OF MELTING DUE TO HEAT AND HUMIDITY. AND LEXUS IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. BUT THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF IS BECAUSE OF STICKY DASHBOARD IT RELEASES OILY FUME AND IT GOES ON TO WINDSHIELD AND...
THE DASHBOARD HAS MELTED, PRODUCING A SIGNIFICANT GLARE THAT IMPAIRS MY VISION THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD WHEN THE SUN HITS IT. THE DASHBOARD IS STICKY.
THE DASHBOARD HAS MELTED, PRODUCING A SIGNIFICANT GLARE THAT IMPAIRS MY VISION THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD WHEN THE SUN HITS IT. THE DASHBOARD IS STICKY.
CPU UNDER SEAT CONTROLLING CAR AIRBAGS HAS FAILED. LEXUS WILL NOT FIX THE ISSUE. AIRBAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY OR INFLATE. LEXUS STATES ITS NOT A SAFTEY ISSUE REQUIRING THEIR ATTENTION. LEXUS STATED THEY KNOW ABOUTTHE ISSUE AND IT IS HAPPENING IN OTHER VEHICLES. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY INJU...
Mileage: 152,000
CPU UNDER SEAT CONTROLLING CAR AIRBAGS HAS FAILED. LEXUS WILL NOT FIX THE ISSUE. AIRBAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY OR INFLATE. LEXUS STATES ITS NOT A SAFTEY ISSUE REQUIRING THEIR ATTENTION. LEXUS STATED THEY KNOW ABOUTTHE ISSUE AND IT IS HAPPENING IN OTHER VEHICLES. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY INJU...
Mileage: 152,000
TAKATA RECALL THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG IN MY VEHICLE WAS SUBJECT TO A MAY 23, 2016, RECALL DATE BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN REPLACED BY LEXUS AS OF TODAY, JUNE 26, 2017.
TAKATA RECALL MAY 2016 IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE I WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL AND LEXUS HAS NOT YET REPLACED THE AIRBAG!
TAKATA RECALL, THE FIX FOR THIS RECALL HAS TAKEN ALMOST A YEAR AND SUGGESTED THAT NO ONE SITS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WHICH HAS BEEN VERY INCONVENIENT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
TAKATA RECALL I HAVE BEEN CALLING THE LEXUS DEALERS HERE IN TEXAS FOR ALMOST A YEAR AFTER GETTING THE RECALL LETTER AND THEY STILL DO NOT HAVE PARTS FOR THE AIRBAG. IN THE MEAN TIME, SOMEONE COULD BE KILLED SITTING IN MY PASSENGER SEAT. I HAVE GRANDKIDS THAT I TRANSPORT TO SCHOOL AND ATHLETIC ACTI...
TAKATA RECALL - IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASING THIS USED CAR, I NOTICED THE RED LIGHT, BUT WAS NOT AWARE AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS WARNING LIGHT. SO MY AIRBAG RED LIGHT REMAINS ON ALL THE TIME ONCE THE CAR IS STARTED. I LATER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING AND I AM NOW FEARFUL AND SEE ...
TAKATA RECALL- THE DEALERSHIP OFFERS NO HELP AS TO WHEN MY PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL BE REPLACED AND MERELY TELLS ME TO NOT DRIVE ANYONE IN MY CAR UNLESS THEY ARE IN THE BACK SEAT. THIS CAR ORIGINATED IN TEXAS, A HIGH HUMIDITY STATE, AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH DEGRADATION HAS TAKEN PLACE . I RESIDE IN ...
TAKATA RECALL I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE MAY 2016 AND CURRENTLY STILL NO RESOLUTION VERY INCONVENIENT NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PASSENGER HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO WAIT
TAKATA RECALL- I HAVE BEEN ADVISED NOT TO OPERATE MY VEHICLE WITH AN OCCUPANT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! WHEN CALLING LEXUS SERVICE THEY JUST STATE THEY CAN'T FIX THE RECALL AT THIS TIME AND REALLY NOTHING THEY CAN DO! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS GOING TO TAKE A DEA...
TAKATA RECALL: I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE MONTHS AGO STATING THAT THEY HAVE NO REMEDY FOR THIS AT THIS TIME BUT THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OR THEY MAY DIE. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO OFFER A SOLUTION? IT'S NOT A SOLUTION TO TELL SOMEONE NOT TO USE THE PASSENGER SEAT IN A 2 DOOR ...
TAKATA INFLATORS- I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN JUNE 2016 AND WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN SEP 2016, THEN OCT- JAN 2017 AND FINALLY EARLY 2017. I WAS TOLD NOT TO HAVE ANYONE RIDE IN MY PASSENGER SEAT. 1. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE LONG TERM 2. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR MY CURRE...
TAKATA RECALL; I WANT THIS TAKEN CARE OF! I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL BECAUSE I WENT TO TRADE MY CAR IN FOR A NEW ONE. I CANNOT AFFORD THE NEW ONE NOW, BUT I DRIVE MY GRANDCHILDREN AROUND EVERY DAY. NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS AND I AM LIVID. I HAVE MY OIL CHANGED EVERY 5,000 MILES AT THE LOC...
Mileage: 115,325
TAKATA RECALL. RECENTLY FINANCED A 2010 LEXUS IS250 IN DEC 2015. SHORTLY AFTER I CAN'T RECALL EXACTLY WHEN I NOTICED THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS LIT ON, BUT I NEVER PAID MUCH ATTENTION BECAUSE I ASSUMED THAT IT WAS LIT BECAUSE IT MEANT WORKING ACTIVE. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS WAS NOT...
DAILY DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE FOR TWO YEARS WAS EASING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND APPLYING THE BRAKES WHEN VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD OVER A CURB EVENTUALLY CRASHING INTO A TREE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WENT OVER THE CURB IT WENT THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT LEADING TO A GREAT DEAL OF C...
Mileage: 16,911
DAILY DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE FOR TWO YEARS WAS EASING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND APPLYING THE BRAKES WHEN VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD OVER A CURB EVENTUALLY CRASHING INTO A TREE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WENT OVER THE CURB IT WENT THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT LEADING TO A GREAT DEAL OF C...
Mileage: 16,911
I PURCHASED A LEXUS IS350C ON FEB 12, 2010. ON JULY 29, 2010 WITH A LITTLE OVER 9,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, I WAS GETTING ON THE FREEWAY AT WHIPPLE HEADED NORTH ON 101, I ACCELERATED REALLY HARD TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WHEN I LET UP ON THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR LOST POWER! I COULDN'T ACCELERATE ...
Mileage: 9,200
THIS 2010 IS250 WAS PURCHASED NEW IN OCTOBER 2009 AND HAS APPROXIMATELY 3,300 MILES. ON FEB 19TH, 2010 DRIVER MADE A U-TURN AT LOW SPEED. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE TURN THE CAR STARTED AN UNCOMMANDED ACCELERATION, CAUSING IT TO SPIN TO THE RIGHT. THE CAR THEN JUMPED A CURB WITH THE WHEEL STILL SP...
Mileage: 3,270
THIS 2010 IS250 WAS PURCHASED NEW IN OCTOBER 2009 AND HAS APPROXIMATELY 3,300 MILES. ON FEB 19TH, 2010 DRIVER MADE A U-TURN AT LOW SPEED. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE TURN THE CAR STARTED AN UNCOMMANDED ACCELERATION, CAUSING IT TO SPIN TO THE RIGHT. THE CAR THEN JUMPED A CURB WITH THE WHEEL STILL SP...
Mileage: 3,270
2008 LEXUS IS250 AWD HAD PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND STOPPED. WHEN THE OPERATOR TRIED TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK THE ENGINE REVVED AND CAR MOVED VIOLENTLY FORWARD CLIMBING AN EIGHT INCH CURB TO HIT A CONCRETE COLUMN ON THE FRONT OF AN OFFICE BUILDING. THE DRIVER HAD THEIR F...
Mileage: 25,000
CURRENTLY HAVE A 2010 LEXUS IS250 AWD (BOUGHT ON 2/9/2010) AND NOTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT THE RPMS INCREASE RANDOMLY AFTER THE CAR HAS STOPPED AND IS STATIONARY. THE CAR INCHES FORWARD AND THE DRIVER HAS TO APPLY MORE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE SURE THE CAR DOESN'T LURCH FORWARD AND HI...
Mileage: 200