2004 LEXUS RX330 Problems & Recalls
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TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004 AVALON VEHICLES; 2004 AND 2005 CAMRY, CAMRY SOLARA, HIGHLANDER, AND SIENNA VEHICLES, 2006 HIGHLANDER HYBRID; 2004 AND 2005 LEXUS ES330 AND RX330; AND 2006 L...
TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004-2006 HIGHLANDER, HIGHLANDER HYBRID, AND MODEL YEAR 2004-2007 LEXUS RX330, RX350, AND RX400H VEHICLES. IF THE FORWARD RETENTION CLIP USED TO SECURE THE FLOO...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD ON THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG ENCLOSURE AREA WAS CRACKED. POHANKA LEXUS (13909 LEE JACKSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, CHANTILLY, VA 20151, (703) 968-9100...
Mileage: 103,000
HAVE HAD TO REPLACE RADIATOR 3 TIMES & WILL NEED A 4TH AT THIS TIME, SINCE 2015, WAS BOUGHT USED IN 2014. !ST REPLACEMENT 2015 2ND) 2016, 3RD) 2017, AND NOW NEEDS AGAIN. MANY WEBSITES STATE MANY DIFFERENT PROBLEMS RELATED TO MY VEHICLE, AS WELL AS OTHERS OF A NEW YEAR IE; 2005, 2006. LEXUS CLAIMS VI...
Mileage: 158,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE CONTACT REFERENCED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER: POL14-03 (CRACKED DASHBOARD). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. WEST...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE CONTACT REFERENCED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER: POL14-03 (CRACKED DASHBOARD). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. WEST...
THE RED PLASTIC HOUSING THAT THE TAILLIGHT IS IN IS MELTED, THE LIGHTS ARE STILL WORKING, BUT THE RED PLASTIC AROUND THE BULB HAS MELTED ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT REAR BRAKE LIGHTS
SUNROOF EXPLODED ON HIGHWAY GOING 60 MPH TEMPERATURE AT 35 DEGREES.
Mileage: 105,000
CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT TURN ON, CANNOT OPERATE WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY. 12
Mileage: 185,000
CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT TURN ON, CANNOT OPERATE WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY. 12
Mileage: 185,000
THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING UP BAD AND WHEN I'M DRIVING I BE HERRING POPING SOUND COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD AND WHEN THE HEAT IS ON IT BE MAKING LOAD SOUND
THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING UP VERY BAD
RECENTLY THERE WAS A POPPING SOUND WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON AND WAS STATIONARY. IT RESULTED IN CRACKS ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. IS THERE A LEXUS RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM?
Mileage: 140,500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD EXPERIENCED SEVERE CRACKING. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE DEBRIS FROM THE CRACKING COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME SHRAPNEL THAT COULD CAUSE INJURY IN THE EVENT OF AN AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE ...
Mileage: 116,000
WE LATELY HAVE HAD DASHBOARD CRACKS OR MELTING ALTHOUGH WE HAVE GARAGE MAINTAINED OUR CAR VERY CAREFULLY WITH VERY LOW MILEAGE OF 70,000 ONLY. THIS IS NOT HEALTHY AND VERY HARMFUL TO OUR LEXUS EXPERIENCE. BY THE WAY, WE HAVEN'T HAD SUCH CRACKS UNTIL NOW DUE TO OUR WELL MAINTENANCE SO THAT WE MISSED...
Mileage: 70,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD EXPERIENCED MELTING AND CRACKING. ALSO, SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE DASHBOARD SEPARATED AND FELL OFF. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING, A GLARE FROM THE SUNLIGHT WAS PRESENT ON THE MELTED DASHBOARD, WHICH CAUSED A VISIBILITY HAZARD...
Mileage: 92,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM FAILED. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE MOTOR THAT REGULATED THE AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM FAI...
Mileage: 170,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM FAILED. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE MOTOR THAT REGULATED THE AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM FAI...
Mileage: 170,000
DASHBOARD CRACKED
Mileage: 100,000
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR OVER 2 YEARS NOW FOR THE DASHBOARD REPLACEMENT RECALL AND WOULD LIKE TO SELL THE CAR BUT THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND UNSIGHTLY.
Mileage: 90,000
BACKING UP MY SPARE TIRE FELL RIGHT ON THE GROUND I THOUGHT I HIT SOMEONE LOOKS LIKE THE CABLE ROTTED I WAS LUCKY WAS ON MY WAY TO GO ON HIGHWAY WITH MY GRAND DAUGHTER AND IF IT HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY SOMEONE COULD OF CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT
MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 IS JUMPING ALL OVER THE ROAD, REPAIR SHOP DIAGNOSTICS SHOW THE RIDE HEIGHT CONTROL AND AIR RIDE STRUTS HAVE FAILED CAUSING AN UNSAFE CONDITION, APPARENTLY LEXUS WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE ISSUE ONLY MAKING THIS MODEL YEAR WITH THE AIR RIDE CONTROL AND KNOWING THE SYSTEM WILL ONLY LAS...
MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 IS JUMPING ALL OVER THE ROAD, REPAIR SHOP DIAGNOSTICS SHOW THE RIDE HEIGHT CONTROL AND AIR RIDE STRUTS HAVE FAILED CAUSING AN UNSAFE CONDITION, APPARENTLY LEXUS WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE ISSUE ONLY MAKING THIS MODEL YEAR WITH THE AIR RIDE CONTROL AND KNOWING THE SYSTEM WILL ONLY LAS...
THE SERVICE (FOOT) BRAKE IS NOT HOLDING PRESSURE AT A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE. EVEN THOUGH FOOT BRAKE IS APPLIED FULLY, VEHICLE TENDS TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WITH THE CAR/OBJECT IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE.
Mileage: 145,000
THE MAIN DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ALL AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG, IGNITION SWITCH, FROM THE DRIVER SIDE ALL THE WAY TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT IS GETTING WORSE BY THE MINUTE! IT IS PART OF THE LEXUS WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM AND I HAVE BEEN GETTING THE RUN AROUND FOR TWO YEARS. EACH TIME I CALL, ITS ...
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...
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...
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...
THE DASHBOARD MELTED AND CHEMICALS ARE SEEPING FROM IT. THE KEY WAS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND BROKEN WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE IT.
Mileage: 48,872
I WAS DRIVING ON THE 59 FREEWAY 1/20/17, WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP, LIKE A ROCK HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. HOWEVER THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, SO I KEPT DRIVING. I HEARD A NOISE WHERE THE SUNROOF IS THIS MORNING (1/21), AND FOUND THAT THE SUNROOF WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. HOUSTON HAS HAD A LOT OF RAIN AND HAIL ...
Mileage: 157,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS DEFECTIVE AND EXHIBITED FRACTURES NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AREA. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT PROVIDE THE REPLACEMENT DASHBOARD; THEREFORE, THEY WERE UNABLE TO PERFORM THE REPLACEMENT. THE MA...
Mileage: 60,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS DEFECTIVE AND EXHIBITED FRACTURES NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AREA. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT PROVIDE THE REPLACEMENT DASHBOARD; THEREFORE, THEY WERE UNABLE TO PERFORM THE REPLACEMENT. THE MA...
Mileage: 60,000
PARENT CO, TOYOTA ISSUED A VOLUNTARY REPLACEMENT OF DASHBOARD DUE TO CRACKED, STICKY, SHINY CONDITION IN WHAT WAS AN OBVIOUS ATTEMPT TO STAVE OFF AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT RECALL AND/OR A CLASS ACTION. PARENT CO, TOYOTA IS NOW STALLING BY NOT SUPPLYING THE DEALERS WITH SAID DASHBOARDS THEY PROMISED TO ...
Mileage: 90,000
PARENT CO, TOYOTA ISSUED A VOLUNTARY REPLACEMENT OF DASHBOARD DUE TO CRACKED, STICKY, SHINY CONDITION IN WHAT WAS AN OBVIOUS ATTEMPT TO STAVE OFF AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT RECALL AND/OR A CLASS ACTION. PARENT CO, TOYOTA IS NOW STALLING BY NOT SUPPLYING THE DEALERS WITH SAID DASHBOARDS THEY PROMISED TO ...
Mileage: 90,000
SPARE TIRE HOLDER RUSTED AND BROKE FREE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. FULL SIZE SPARE FELL OFF AND WAS LOST ON HIGHWAY/ROAD. THE FULL SIZE SPARE SITS UNDER THE REAR BODY OF CAR, AS SUCH WHEN THE SECURING SYSTEM FAILED I DID NOT REALIZE THAT AND THE WHEEL HAD DROPPED. THE MISSING WHEEL WASN'T REAL...
Mileage: 250,000
MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 WAS STOPPED IN A PARKING LOT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE ABOUT TO GET READY TO LET A PASSENGER LEAVE THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY AND NOT MOVING. WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR ACCELERATED TO FULL THROTTLE. WITHIN SECONDS THE CAR TOOK OFF AND JUMPED A CURB AND DROVE AT FULL THROTTL...
Mileage: 176,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 11V112000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) AND 10V499000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN 4 TO 6 WEEKS. THE CONTACT CALLED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD O...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 11V112000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) AND 10V499000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN 4 TO 6 WEEKS. THE CONTACT CALLED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD O...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. WHILE BACKING UP THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE AND HOUSE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. DURING THE INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE FAI...
Mileage: 119,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. WHILE BACKING UP THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE AND HOUSE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. DURING THE INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE FAI...
Mileage: 119,000
DASHBOARD COMPLETELY CRACKING ALL OVER. FRONT LIGHTS FOGGED OVER, CANNOT DRIVE CAR AT NIGHT TIME DUE TO THIS DUE TO SAFETY HAZARD.
DASHBOARD COMPLETELY CRACKING ALL OVER. FRONT LIGHTS FOGGED OVER, CANNOT DRIVE CAR AT NIGHT TIME DUE TO THIS DUE TO SAFETY HAZARD.
DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND COMING APART. IT HAS BECOME SHINY TO THE POINT THAT IT GIVES OFF A GLARE. I HAVE A SERIOUS CONCERN AS TO THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION. SINCE THIS COULD AFFECT MY SAFETY, THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND OTHER MOTORISTS, IT SHOULD BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY. I CO...
Mileage: 43,400
MY DASHBOARD HAS BEEN RECALLED AND MINE IS SPLIT AND KEEPS GETTING LARGER ESPECIALLY WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS LOCATED. LEXUS TOLD ME IN JULY 2015 THAT THE "DASHBOARDS WILL BE RELEASED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH." THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. THE RESPONSE THAT I RECEIVED AS TO WHETHER MY AIRBAGS WERE TAKA...
MY DASHBOARD HAS BEEN RECALLED AND MINE IS SPLIT AND KEEPS GETTING LARGER ESPECIALLY WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS LOCATED. LEXUS TOLD ME IN JULY 2015 THAT THE "DASHBOARDS WILL BE RELEASED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH." THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. THE RESPONSE THAT I RECEIVED AS TO WHETHER MY AIRBAGS WERE TAKA...
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 RE...
Mileage: 147,000
LEXUS CURRENTLY HAS A SO CALLED WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT NOTIFICATION -ZLB HEADLAMP REPLACEMEENTS. THEY DON'T WANT TO REPLACE MY HEADLIGHTS EVEN THOUGH THE DO LEAK WATER DURING A RAIN STORM. THERE ARE WATER STREAKS ON THE INSIDE WHICH HAMPER LIGHTING OUTPUT. IT IS DANGEROUS. WHY DID THEY SEND ME THIS ...
MY CAR HAS LEAKED SOMEWHERE EVERY TIME IT RAINS AND THE WATER ENTERS THE CAR SOMEHOW AND RUNS UNDER THE CARPET AND PUDDLES UNDER THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER FEET AREA. THERE IS ALSO WATER THAT PUDDLES UNDER THE CARPET IN THE REAR FOOT WELLS TOO. IT HAS ROTTED THE CARPET OVER TIME AS IT DRIES OU...
Mileage: 15,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES AND A CURB. THE TWO PASSENGERS IN THE OTHER VEHICLES SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FIL...
Mileage: 60,000
THIS ACCIDENT WAS HAPPENED BY MY MOTHER IN LAW AT THE STARBUCKS PARKING SPOT, SHORELINE, WA. SHE WAS DRIVING SLOW TO PARK THE CAR IN THE SPOT AND SHE ONLY PUSHED THE BRAKE TO FINISH THE PARKING. HOWEVER, THE CAR SUDDENLY SPED UP AND JUMPED OVER THE PARKING SPOT'S FENCE. THEN, THE CAR BROKE THE IRON ...
MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 HAS HORRIBLE PAINT ISSUES ON THE FRONT BUMPER. PAINT STARTED CHIPPING OFF IN HUGE SECTIONS AND IT LOOKS TERRIBLE. THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED ON THE FRONT BUMPER AND THE REAR VIEW MIRRORS. SEEMS LIKE THE PAINT IS DEFECTIVE IN THESE AREA'S. SO DISAPPOINTED. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION ...
MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 HAS HORRIBLE PAINT ISSUES ON THE FRONT BUMPER. PAINT STARTED CHIPPING OFF IN HUGE SECTIONS AND IT LOOKS TERRIBLE. THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED ON THE FRONT BUMPER AND THE REAR VIEW MIRRORS. SEEMS LIKE THE PAINT IS DEFECTIVE IN THESE AREA'S. SO DISAPPOINTED. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION ...
MY 2004 LEXUS RX 330 HAS CRACKED ALL OVER THE DASHBOARD
Mileage: 99,400
I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM AND MY SUN ROOF EXPLODED - GLASS WENT EVERYWHERE. I AM LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT. IT TURNS OUT THE SUN ROOF EXPLODED. IT WAS NOT A HOT DAY SOME CLOUDS AND THERE WAS NO ROCKS OR DEBRIS IN THE ROOF. IT TURNS OUT THAT LEXUS AN OTHER MANU...
Mileage: 130,396
I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM AND MY SUN ROOF EXPLODED - GLASS WENT EVERYWHERE. I AM LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT. IT TURNS OUT THE SUN ROOF EXPLODED. IT WAS NOT A HOT DAY SOME CLOUDS AND THERE WAS NO ROCKS OR DEBRIS IN THE ROOF. IT TURNS OUT THAT LEXUS AN OTHER MANU...
Mileage: 130,396
I GOT IN THE CAR AT 2 P.M. AFTER DRIVING 1/4 MILE IT WOULD NOT TAKE OFF FROM THE STOP SIGN IT STALLED AND LUNGED FORWARD DUE TO LOSS OF CONNECTION WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL. I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND SHIFTED FROM D TO 4 AND IT BEGAN TO SHAKE IN THE FRONT OF THE BUMPER. I PULLED OVER, PUT IT ...
Mileage: 113,000
I GOT IN THE CAR AT 2 P.M. AFTER DRIVING 1/4 MILE IT WOULD NOT TAKE OFF FROM THE STOP SIGN IT STALLED AND LUNGED FORWARD DUE TO LOSS OF CONNECTION WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL. I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND SHIFTED FROM D TO 4 AND IT BEGAN TO SHAKE IN THE FRONT OF THE BUMPER. I PULLED OVER, PUT IT ...
Mileage: 113,000
I OWN 2 LEXUS 2004 RX330. BOTH OF CARS HAVE THE PASSENGER MIRROR CHANGE COLOR (CHANGE TO DARKER COLOR). ONE HAPPEN ABOUT 3 YEAR AGO. ONE HAPPEN ABOUT A YEAR AGO. *TR
I WAS DRIVING INTO A PARKING STRUCTURE AND WAS STARTLED BY SOMETHING INSIDE THE CAR FALLING. I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND RAN HEAD-ON INTO A CONCRETE POLE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CAR WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS AND, IN AN ACCIDENT OF THAT TYPE, IT WAS SCARY THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPL...
Mileage: 104,497
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT LEAK COMING FROM THE MOON ROOF CAUSING MOLD TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS NOT ABLE TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE...
2004 LEXUS RX330. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO WARRANTY COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED A RADIATOR LEAK WAS DISCOVERED DURING AN OIL CHANGE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE INDICATOR LIGHT, NEVER ILLUMINATED TO ALERT HER THERE WAS A PROBLEM.*JB
2004 LEXUS RX330. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO WARRANTY COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED A RADIATOR LEAK WAS DISCOVERED DURING AN OIL CHANGE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE INDICATOR LIGHT, NEVER ILLUMINATED TO ALERT HER THERE WAS A PROBLEM.*JB
I OWN A 2004 LEXUS RX 330. AS HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED ON THE INTERNET, THE DASHBOARD IN THESE CARS HAS A TENDENCY TO CRACK AND PEAL, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE AREA ABOVE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. AT THE OUTSET THIS APPEARS TO BE A COSMETIC ISSUE. HOWEVER, WHEN I RECENTLY WENT TO AN AUTO UPHOLSTERY SHOP T...
Mileage: 150,000
I OWN A 2004 LEXUS RX 330. AS HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED ON THE INTERNET, THE DASHBOARD IN THESE CARS HAS A TENDENCY TO CRACK AND PEAL, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE AREA ABOVE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. AT THE OUTSET THIS APPEARS TO BE A COSMETIC ISSUE. HOWEVER, WHEN I RECENTLY WENT TO AN AUTO UPHOLSTERY SHOP T...
Mileage: 150,000
I WAS ON THE FEEDER OF THE FREEWAY AND WAS GETTING READY TO ENTER THE FREEWAY ENTRANCE RAMP. I PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, AT THIS TIME THE CAR SPED UP ON ITS OWN BEYOND THE SPEED THAT I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO. I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE PEDAL; HOWEVER THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING. I PUSHED ON...
Mileage: 123,000
APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AFTER PURCHASING MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 FROM A DEALERSHIP THE DASH BOARD STARTED TO CRACK. EVENTUALLY, IT TRAVELED ACROSS THE ENTIRE DASH BOARD. I CONTACT LEXUS CORPORATE OFFICE TO COMPLAIN. AFTER REFERRING ME TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO EXAMINE IT AND TAKE PHOTOS AND WRITE UP THE...
Mileage: 79,000
OVER THE LAST 2 MONTHS I HAVE NOTICED A DETERIORATION OF THE DASHBOARD AS CRACKS AND PEELING HAVE OCCURRED . THE REST OF THE VEHICLE IS IN FINE CONDITION. I ASSUME THAT THE FLORIDA CLIMATE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. HOWEVER, I MUST POINT OUT THAT MY VEHICLE IS NORMALLY PARKED IN THE BASEMENT OF A ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THE DASHBOARD HAD DEVELOPED A CRACK AND STARTED TO MELT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DECLINED TO REPAIR OR DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIR...
Mileage: 120,000
I FIRST NOTICED CRACKS IN THE PLASTIC IN SEVERAL PLACES RUNNING VERTICALLY ON BOTH SIDES OF MY DASHBOARD AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS WET. IT WAS VERY STICKY TO THE TOUCH AND LEFT A RESIDUE ON MY FINGERS LIKE PINE TAR. MY CAR IS NOT SITTING IN THE HOT SUN AND IS GARAGED FOR THE MOST PART UNLESS GOING T...
Mileage: 51,565
I FIRST NOTICED CRACKS IN THE PLASTIC IN SEVERAL PLACES RUNNING VERTICALLY ON BOTH SIDES OF MY DASHBOARD AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS WET. IT WAS VERY STICKY TO THE TOUCH AND LEFT A RESIDUE ON MY FINGERS LIKE PINE TAR. MY CAR IS NOT SITTING IN THE HOT SUN AND IS GARAGED FOR THE MOST PART UNLESS GOING T...
Mileage: 51,565
MY 2004 LEXUS RX330'S DASHBOARD HAS BEEN CRACKING SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED IT. THE VEHICLE ORIGINATED IN FLORIDA AND NOW IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY HAVE DESTROYED THIS CAR! WHEN I PURCHASED IT USED, THE DASHBOARD HAD A COUPLE OF CRACKS IN IT SO I ASSIDUOUSLY USED A WINDOW SHIELD EVER...
MY 2004 LEXUS RX330'S EXTERIOR LIGHTS HAVE ALWAYS LEAKED. FRONT AND BACK BUT THE FRONT IS THE WORST. THIS NOW TO THE POINT THAT THE HEADLIGHTS ARE SO POOR THAT I HAVE BEEN ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. LEXUS WILL NOT CORRECT THIS ISSUE UNLESS YOU PAY THEM A WHOPPING $400 + PER UNIT! NO THANK YOU! I...
MY ELECTRICAL WIRING HAS A HUGE ISSUE. I AM CONFIDENT THIS HAS TO BE A HAZARD OF SOME KIND! A FEW YEARS AGO I STARTED HAVING ISSUES LOCKING/UNLOCKING MY CAR DOORS WITH THE KEY FOB. ONLY ONE OR TWO DOORS WOULD LOCK/UNLOCK ON COMMAND. AFTER RESEARCH I FOUND THIS TO BE A POSSIBLE ACTUATOR PROBLEM. LEXU...
THE DASHBOARD ON MY 04 LEXUS RX 330 HAS BE DISINTEGRATING BEFORE MY EYES. IT IS MELTING AND CRACKING GETTING WORST EVERYDAY. *TR
MY 2004 LEXUS RX 330 DASHBOARD COVER IS ALL CRACKED UP IN ALL DIRECTIONS AND IS VERY STICKY DUE TO THE HOT AND HUMID FLORIDA WEATHER. THE DEALER IS REFUSING TO FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR
Mileage: 60,000
MY CAR HAS A PROBLEM WITH EXCESS MOISTURE AND CONDENSATION IN THE HEADLIGHT HOUSING. IT HAS CONTINUED TO WORSEN FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. LEXUS REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THIS PROBLEM AS ITS RESPONSIBILITY UNTIL DECEMBER, 2013 WHEN IT ISSUED A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT TO ALL LEXUS RX OWNERS THAT HAD THIS ...
Mileage: 70,000
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 B...
Mileage: 146,135
THE LEXUS DEVELOPED A SERIES OF CRACKS RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE PLASTIC DASHBOARD. THE CRACKS WORSENED OVER TIME. *JS
Mileage: 38,000
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 LIK...
Mileage: 87,000
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 LIK...
Mileage: 87,000
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 LIK...
Mileage: 87,000
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 LIK...
Mileage: 87,000
PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG IS COMPROMISED DUE TO THE DASH CRACKING APART. THE CAR IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT, SO HEAT IS NOT THE ISSUE WITH THE DASH. THE DASH PROBLEM IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR
Mileage: 85,000
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...
Mileage: 126,000
THE AIR SUSPENSION HAS AN EXHAUST VALVE SOLENOID ON THE AIR SUSPENSION COMPRESSOR THAT STOPPED WORKING THAT CAUSES THE SUSPENSION TO FULLY EXTEND UPWARDS. WITH THE SUSPENSION FULLY EXTEND UPWARDS THE RIDE IS HARSH AND STABILITY.OF VEHICLE IS DECREASED. LEXUS WILL ONLY REPLACE THE WHOLE COMPRESSOR, ...
Mileage: 160,000
THE DASHBOARD LEATHER MATERIAL HAS CRACKED INCOME APART ON TOP OF WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SITS. *TR
Mileage: 100,000
THE DASHBOARD LEATHER MATERIAL HAS CRACKED INCOME APART ON TOP OF WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SITS. *TR
Mileage: 100,000
THE VEHICLE DASHBOARD HAS EXPERIENCED ABNORMAL CRACKING AND DECOMPOSITION THROUGHOUT. IT STARTED WITH HAIRLINE CRACKS WHICH SPREAD ALL THROUGH THE DASH. SINCE THE DASH STARTED TO TURN STICKY/GUMMY, PIECES OF THE DASH STARTED FALLING OFF NEAR THE ENDS (E.G. WHERE THE DASH MEETS THE GLOVE COMPARTMEN...
THE VEHICLE DASHBOARD HAS EXPERIENCED ABNORMAL CRACKING AND DECOMPOSITION THROUGHOUT. IT STARTED WITH HAIRLINE CRACKS WHICH SPREAD ALL THROUGH THE DASH. SINCE THE DASH STARTED TO TURN STICKY/GUMMY, PIECES OF THE DASH STARTED FALLING OFF NEAR THE ENDS (E.G. WHERE THE DASH MEETS THE GLOVE COMPARTMEN...
THE VEHICLE DASHBOARD HAS EXPERIENCED ABNORMAL CRACKING AND DECOMPOSITION THROUGHOUT. IT STARTED WITH HAIRLINE CRACKS WHICH SPREAD ALL THROUGH THE DASH. SINCE THE DASH STARTED TO TURN STICKY/GUMMY, PIECES OF THE DASH STARTED FALLING OFF NEAR THE ENDS (E.G. WHERE THE DASH MEETS THE GLOVE COMPARTMEN...
THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT COMPLAINT. MY CAR HAS A DEFECT IN THE DASH VINYL (CRACKS AND 2 HOLES) THAT I FEAR COULD EFFECT THE AIRBAG OPERATION IF IT WERE TO ACTIVATE. I UNDERSTAND LEXUS HAS RECOGNIZED THIS IS A COMMON MANUFACTURING DEFECT OF THESE MODELS BUT CLASSIFY IT ONLY AS A COSMETIC PROBLEM AND ...
Mileage: 92,000
CAR ACCIDENT IN WHICH MY LEXUS WAS TOTALED AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. *TR
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 ...
Mileage: 21,000
I WAS RECENTLY GIFTED MY MOTHER'S 2004 LEXUS RX330 AND HAVE BEEN NOTICING FOR SOME TIME NOW AN EXTENSIVELY CRACKED DASHBOARD THAT HAD BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE SEVERAL STICKY SPOTS ON THE DASH WHICH APPEARS TO BE MELTING MATERIAL. I HAVE SEE...
Mileage: 51,000
I WAS DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON THE 405 IN LOS ANGELES. I WAS BEGINNING TO CHANGE LANES AND WAS LOOKING INTO MY DRIVER'S SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR WHEN I OBSERVED THE MOLDING COME OFF OF THE LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL WINDOW AND STRIKE THE HOOD AND WINDSHIELD OF THE CAR BEHIND ME. IT OCCURRED TO ME HOW DANGE...
Mileage: 104,800
I WAS DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON THE 405 IN LOS ANGELES. I WAS BEGINNING TO CHANGE LANES AND WAS LOOKING INTO MY DRIVER'S SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR WHEN I OBSERVED THE MOLDING COME OFF OF THE LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL WINDOW AND STRIKE THE HOOD AND WINDSHIELD OF THE CAR BEHIND ME. IT OCCURRED TO ME HOW DANGE...
Mileage: 104,800
DEFECTS IN HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY CAUSED WATER FROM RAIN TO ACCUMULATE INSIDE THE LAMP, OVERTIME, THE WATER CAUSED THE HI-VOLTAGE UNIT TO SHORT OUT AND THE HEADLAMP IS IN-OPERATIVE (THIS IS FOR THE LOW BEAM HID LIGHTS). REPLACEMENT COST IS $1,800 PER LAMP ASSEMBLY (DEALERS QUOTE). THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE...
Mileage: 166,000
THIS VERY METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED GARAGED VEHICLE BEGAN TO CRACK OVER THE TOP OF THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE. IT CONTINUES TO GROW. IT IS NOW VERTICALLY CRACKED ABOUT 4 INCHES. IT IS ALWAYS GARAGED PARKED AT WORK AND AT HOME. THE SUN HAS HAD ZERO EFFECT ON THIS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OF OW...
Mileage: 119,000
THIS IS OUR 2ND COMPLAINT REGARDING OUR 2004 RX 330. WE HAVE OWNED IT FOR 8 MONTHS AND HAVE PUT 7K MILES ON IT SINCE PURCHASE, AND IT ONLY HAS 85K NOW. SINCE PURCHASE WE NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING AND JERKING PROBLEMS AT ALL RATES OF SPEED WHEN STARTING/ DRIVING/STOPPING. WE CONTACTED OUR LOC...
Mileage: 84,875
WE PURCHASED OUR 2004 LEXUS RX330 IN JANUARY 2013 AS THE 2ND OWNER WITH 78K MILES. WE BEGAN TO NOTICE AT LOWER SPEEDS THE TRUCK WILL JERK FORWARD WITH NO WARNING WHEN BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, OR EVEN WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MAKING LAND CHANGES OR SLOWING DOWN IN...
Mileage: 78,000
FRONT END COLLISION IN 2004 LEXUS RX 330 WITH 206,000 MILES GOING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. CAR IS TOTALED PER INSURANCE ADJUSTER. DRIVER AND THREE CHILDREN IN CAR. NO SERIOUS INJURIES. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. HAVE CONTACTED LEXUS AND AM AWAITING ANSWER. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES SINCE PURCH...
Mileage: 206,000
FRONT END COLLISION IN 2004 LEXUS RX 330 WITH 206,000 MILES GOING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. CAR IS TOTALED PER INSURANCE ADJUSTER. DRIVER AND THREE CHILDREN IN CAR. NO SERIOUS INJURIES. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. HAVE CONTACTED LEXUS AND AM AWAITING ANSWER. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES SINCE PURCH...
Mileage: 206,000
FRONT END COLLISION IN 2004 LEXUS RX 330 WITH 206,000 MILES GOING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. CAR IS TOTALED PER INSURANCE ADJUSTER. DRIVER AND THREE CHILDREN IN CAR. NO SERIOUS INJURIES. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. HAVE CONTACTED LEXUS AND AM AWAITING ANSWER. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES SINCE PURCH...
Mileage: 206,000
SEVERE CONDENSATION BUILD-UP IN PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT. *TR
Mileage: 78,400
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD ON TOP OF THE AIR BAG AND OTHER LOCATIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THE DEALER PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. TH...
Mileage: 105,000
2004 LEXUS RX330. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE CRASH AND RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING FLOOR CARPET COVER AND RETENTION CLIPS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SHATTERED THE GARAGE DOOR AND STOPPED ONLY AFTER HITTING THE OPPOSITE WALL AND STORAGE. THE CONSUMER S...
FAILURE OF MY 2004 LEXUS RX 330 HEIGHT AIR SUSPENSION COMPONENTS CAUSING THE AIR SUSPENSION TO POSITION MY CAR IN THE HIGHEST SETTING. I HAVE THE SAME TROUBLE AS ODI ID NUMBER 10314023 EXCEPT MINE BEGAN TO FAIL (CLICK) AT AROUND 39,300 MILES. I STARTED HEARING A CLICKING SOUND BACK IN JUNE 2008...
Mileage: 39,514
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 RX330 LEXUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REARVIEW MIRROR EXPLODED FROM THE CASING. IN ADDITION, AN UNKNOWN LIQUID LEAKED FROM THE MIRROR AFTER THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO HAVE STRUCK SOMETHING...
Mileage: 77,000
AFTER A RAIN STORM, MY DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS FILLED WITH WATER AND THE LIGHT DOES NOT TURN ON. THE LEXUS DEALER QUOTED ME PRICE OF $1566.23 TO REPLACE. I LEARNED OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST TOYOTA FOR FAILURE TO ADDRESS THIS WIDE SCALE PROBLEM. PLEASE INCLUDE MY COMPLAINT IN THIS MATTER...
Mileage: 98,320
AFTER A RAIN STORM, MY DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS FILLED WITH WATER AND THE LIGHT DOES NOT TURN ON. THE LEXUS DEALER QUOTED ME PRICE OF $1566.23 TO REPLACE. I LEARNED OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST TOYOTA FOR FAILURE TO ADDRESS THIS WIDE SCALE PROBLEM. PLEASE INCLUDE MY COMPLAINT IN THIS MATTER...
Mileage: 98,320
LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE, I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE HEADLIGHT CONDENSATION ON MY LEXUS RX330. THE PASSENGER SEAT HEADLIGHT FOGS UP SO THAT IT IS VERY CLOUDY. THIS AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF THE LIGHT BEAM AT NIGHT AS IT MAKES THE LIGHT DIMMER. I'VE ASKED LEXUS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND THEY QUOTED ME CLOSE...
LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE, I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE HEADLIGHT CONDENSATION ON MY LEXUS RX330. THE PASSENGER SEAT HEADLIGHT FOGS UP SO THAT IT IS VERY CLOUDY. THIS AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF THE LIGHT BEAM AT NIGHT AS IT MAKES THE LIGHT DIMMER. I'VE ASKED LEXUS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND THEY QUOTED ME CLOSE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A LIGHT POLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES BUT WAS NOT TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURY BUT WAS ...
Mileage: 111,000
MY KEY TO MY 2004 LEXUS 330SUV HAS BROKEN 3 TIMES. ONCE IT BROKE IN THE IGNITION. I HAVE USED MY KEY IN AN ORDINARY WAY. LEXUS HAS REPLACED THE KEYS BUT AT MY EXPENSE. I BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING FAULTY WITH THE IGNITION AND/OR THE KEY ITSELF. THOUGH I HAVE NOT BEEN INJURED, IT IS POSSIBLE T...
Mileage: 80,000
MY KEY TO MY 2004 LEXUS 330SUV HAS BROKEN 3 TIMES. ONCE IT BROKE IN THE IGNITION. I HAVE USED MY KEY IN AN ORDINARY WAY. LEXUS HAS REPLACED THE KEYS BUT AT MY EXPENSE. I BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING FAULTY WITH THE IGNITION AND/OR THE KEY ITSELF. THOUGH I HAVE NOT BEEN INJURED, IT IS POSSIBLE T...
Mileage: 80,000
2004 LEXUS RX330 TRANSMISSION JUMPS AND WILL ACCELERATE WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL. HAS ALMOST CAUSED A FEW ACCIDENTS. LEXUS WILL NOT HONOR ANY TSB'S DUE TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. *TR
Mileage: 62,000
I HAVE HARD TIME DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL. I WENT TO LEXUS DEALER TO GET IT CHECKED. I THINK I PAID 170 DOLLARS AND THEY SAID IT IS OK. BUT, I STILL DO NOT LIKE THE BRAKE PEDAL NEVER BEEN SMOOTH.
I PURCHASED A USED LEXUS 2004 RX 330 FROM A LEXUS DEALERSHIP AND A 4 MONTHS AFTER I NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF CONDENSATION IN THE DRIVERS FRONT HEADLIGHT1 MONTH LATER WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE 1 HEADLIGHT WENT OUT COMPLETELY AND I DISCOVERED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED FROM LEXUS BUT NO REC...
Mileage: 80,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS SEVERELY CRACKED AND WAS PROGRESSIVELY BECOMING WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE WHERE HE WAS REFERRED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDE...
Mileage: 45,000
2004 LEXUS RX330 AWD SUV. MASSIVE WATER CONDENSATION IN THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. CAR MILAGE IS ABOUT 45K. *TR
Mileage: 45,000
HEAD LIGHTS WATER INGRESS, LIGHT FAILURE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH HE NOTICED THAT BOTH SIDE VIEW MIRRORS WERE LOOSE AND WHENEVER HE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE MIRRORS TRAJECTORY CHANGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT BOTH SIDE MIRRORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR COST ...
Mileage: 60,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH HE NOTICED THAT BOTH SIDE VIEW MIRRORS WERE LOOSE AND WHENEVER HE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE MIRRORS TRAJECTORY CHANGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT BOTH SIDE MIRRORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR COST ...
Mileage: 60,000
AUTO DIMMING SIDE MIRRORS FAIL CAUSING THE MIRROR TO SHOW DOUBLE HEADLIGHTS. THIS MAKES THE MIRROR EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO USE. SEEING 4 HEADLIGHTS INSTEAD OF TWO CAUSES THE DRIVER TO SPEND EXCESSIVE TIME LOOKING INTO THE MIRROR TO DETERMINE IF IT IS SAFE TO CHANGE LANES. RESEARCH ON CAR FORUMS IND...
Mileage: 106,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD VIOLENTLY AND IT ALSO STALLED WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED TO RESET THE CO...
Mileage: 42,000
2004 LEXUS RX330. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE FLUID AFTER THE VEHICLE WENT IN FOR A 30,000 MILE CLEAN UP. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT AN AIR BUBBLE HAD FORMED IN THE BRAKE LINE...
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK SLOWLY OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, MY CAR WENT FROM 0 TO AT LEAST 40 MPH IN A MATTER OF SECONDS AND HIT A POLE ACROSS A PARKING LOT. ALTHOUGH I HAD MY FOOT OFF THE GAS, I WAS ATTEMPTING TO FIND THE BRAKE. THE ENTIRE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. I REMEMBER FEELING ...
Mileage: 50,000
ON THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 LEXUS RX300 APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WITH CARS STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME WAITING FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE TO GREEN. ALTHOUGH I KEPT PRESSING ON THE BRAKES NOTHING HAPPENED AND I ENDED UP CRASHING INTO THE CAR AHEAD OF ME AND CAUSING A CHAIN R...
Mileage: 35,402
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX 330. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 5 MPH IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS AND THE ENGINE BECAME EXTREMELY LOUD. THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED WHEN THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A STONE WALL. ...
Mileage: 111,000
WE OWN A 2004 LEXUS 330. ON A TRIP JULY 1, 2010, OUR 6-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER FELL ASLEEP IN HER BOOSTER SEAT AND THE SEATBELT SHOULDER HARNESS WENT BEHIND HER WHEN SHE FELL TO THE SIDE. WE PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO HELP HER GET READJUSTED. WE UNLATCHED THE BUCKLE; THE SEAT BELT WAS WRAPPED ...
Mileage: 118,000
I WAS PULLING INTO A CURBSIDE PARKING PLACE ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH A SLIGHT UPHILL INCLINE. THE CAR SLOWED ALMOST TO A STOP BECAUSE OF THE INCLINE. I PUT MY FOOT VERY LIGHTLY ON THE GAS PEDAL SO AS TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE ROOM FOR ANOTHER CAR TO PARK BEHIND ME. THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY T...
Mileage: 66,000
AT FREEWAY SPEED OF 65 MPH A LOUD POP WAS HEARD FROM THE RIGHT REAR "C" PILLAR AREA. UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE PLASTIC MOLDING AROUND THE "C" PILLAR GLASS AND FRAMING HAD POPPED OUT AND WAS DANGLING ON ONE EDGE. PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AT A SAFE SPOT AND OBSERVED THE MOLDING HAD POP...
Mileage: 40,000
I HAVE 2004 LEXUS RX330. YESTERDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2010 WHILE DRIVING TO LOCAL BANK, I NEEDED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. I PUSHED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT MADE SOME WEIRD SOUND AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE HAD HARD TIME STOPPING. SOMEHOW I MANAGED TO COME BACK HOME SAFELY. THE PEDA...
Mileage: 68,500
2004 LEXUS RX 330. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION BACKWARDS CAUSING A CRASH. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PARKING WHEN SHE PUT THE GEAR INTO REVERSE, WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AT A HIGH SPEED, WENT OVER A LANDSCAPE AND ROLLED OVER TWO PARKE...
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 SO...
Mileage: 25
I BOUGHT MY LEXUS IN 2007. IT IS A 2004 RX LEXUS 330 IT HAD 31,000 MILES WHEN BOUGHT. SINCE I HAD THE CAR MY RADIATOR WAS BROKEN AND THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP REPAIRED IT UNDER WARRANTY. BEFORE THIS I REMEMBER STOPPING TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE FELT THE CAR WAS STALLING AND WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING WRONG...
Mileage: 85,684
I BOUGHT MY LEXUS IN 2007. IT IS A 2004 RX LEXUS 330 IT HAD 31,000 MILES WHEN BOUGHT. SINCE I HAD THE CAR MY RADIATOR WAS BROKEN AND THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP REPAIRED IT UNDER WARRANTY. BEFORE THIS I REMEMBER STOPPING TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE FELT THE CAR WAS STALLING AND WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING WRONG...
Mileage: 85,684
VEHICLE PERIODICALLY (APPROX. WEEKLY) SURGES BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE PURCHASE IN OCT. 2003, AS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE, UP THROUGH THE PRESENT DATE. FOR YEARS I COMPLAINED VERBALLY, AND WROTE LETTERS AND E-MAILS TO LEXUS. THEY FIRST DENIED THERE WA...
VEHICLE PERIODICALLY (APPROX. WEEKLY) SURGES BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE PURCHASE IN OCT. 2003, AS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE, UP THROUGH THE PRESENT DATE. FOR YEARS I COMPLAINED VERBALLY, AND WROTE LETTERS AND E-MAILS TO LEXUS. THEY FIRST DENIED THERE WA...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WITH EXTREME FORCE APPLIED ...
Mileage: 15,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE CONTACT WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WITH EXTREME FORCE APPLIED ...
Mileage: 15,000
VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION THREE TIMES DURING THE TWO YEARS THAT I HAVE OWNED IT.. THIS HAPPENED ON OCCASIONS WHEN I HAD SLOWED DOWN AND THEN SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO RESUME SPEED. WITH THE GAS PEDAL SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED, I FELT THE PEDAL GO FURTHER DOWN BY ITSELF, LE...
Mileage: 49,000
SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR FROM JM LEXUS IN MARGATE, FL IN 2005, IT HAS HAD THE CONSTANT PROBLEM OF SUDDEN SHORT BURSTS OF ACCELERATION. ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE CAR IS THAT OFTEN TIMES, WHEN I TRY TO SPEED UP, THE CAR CONTINUES TO DRIVE AT THE SAME SPEED, AND DOESN'T ACCELERATE. I AM AFRAID EITHER ON...
Mileage: 30,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE FLOOR MAT CLIP WHICH WAS RECALLED. THE VEHICLE HAS ACCELERATED FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, SHE ENGA...
Mileage: 30,000
MY FRIEND (26 YEAR OLD MALE) WAS DRIVING MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 AT AROUND 9AM ON CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING. WITNESSES STATE THAT HE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND CROSSED A BUSY 6-LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY AT 80 MPH. HE CONTINUED ON THE RESIDENTIAL STREET AT WHICH TIME HE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND V...
Mileage: 18,000
MY FRIEND (26 YEAR OLD MALE) WAS DRIVING MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 AT AROUND 9AM ON CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING. WITNESSES STATE THAT HE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND CROSSED A BUSY 6-LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY AT 80 MPH. HE CONTINUED ON THE RESIDENTIAL STREET AT WHICH TIME HE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND V...
Mileage: 18,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UP TO 100 MPH. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OFF OF THE ROAD, OVER THE MEDIAN AND CRASHED HEAD ON INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT DOES NOT HAVE ...
Mileage: 23,000
BROKEN 2004 LEXUS RX330 KEY. *TR
PURCHASED A NEW 2004 LEXUS RX 330 IN AUGUST OF 2003 AND REPEATEDLY BROUGHT THE CAR TO DEALERSHIPS COMPLAINING OF A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE ELECTRONIC ACCELERATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE IN AN INTERSECTION OR ON A FREEWAY ENTRANCE RAMP, THE CAR WILL HESITATE FOR A FEW SEC...
Mileage: 130,000
MY LEXUS ACCELERATED WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AND HIT AND DESTROYED 2 PARKED UNATTENDED CARS. DAMAGE TO MY CAR WAS IN EXCESS OF $6000. I WAS CITED AND I APPEALED TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS, AND FOUND INNOCENT AND HAD MY CASE VACATED. I WROTE LEXUS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON 2-14-10 SINCE IT IS A T...
Mileage: 43,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACTS GARAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 2 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SURGE FORWARD. THE FAILURE HAS ONLY OCCURRED ONE TIME. THE MECHANIC THAT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY MECHANICAL...
Mileage: 100,000
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I HAVE MY DREAM CAR, 2004 LEXUS RX330. I HAVE HAD SAME TROUBLE. I AM AFRAID OF THE CAR. I HAVE AN OLD FORD RV, I DRIVE INSTEAD OF MY BEAUTIFUL LEXUS. PEOPLE ASK WHY, I TELL THEM I'M AFRAID OF IT. IT LU...
Mileage: 200
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I HAVE MY DREAM CAR, 2004 LEXUS RX330. I HAVE HAD SAME TROUBLE. I AM AFRAID OF THE CAR. I HAVE AN OLD FORD RV, I DRIVE INSTEAD OF MY BEAUTIFUL LEXUS. PEOPLE ASK WHY, I TELL THEM I'M AFRAID OF IT. IT LU...
Mileage: 200
FAILURE OF 2004 LEXUS RX 330 AIR SUSPENSION COMPONENTS CAUSING THE AIR SUSPENSION TO POSITION CAR IN AN ELEVATED POSITION, HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST NORMAL SETTING. OWNER'S MANUAL CLAIMS THAT THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN WITH THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM IN FAILURE MODE. CAR RODE EXTREMELY ROUGH AND NOT AS SECU...
Mileage: 41,000
LOST THE POWER BRAKE ASSIST IN VAIL COLORADO COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. *TR
Mileage: 60,000
I WAS TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT WORK AND MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 SUDDENLY MADE A REVVING NOISE AND ACCELERATED INTO A TREE IN THE MEDIAN AND THEN SMASHED HEAD ON INTO THE CAR IN THE OPPOSITE SPACE. THE BMW THAT MY CAR HIT WAS COMPLETELY TOTALED. MY FORWARD MOMENTUM WAS STOPPED BY THE BMW BECAUS...
Mileage: 72,000
SOMEONE NEEDS TO LISTEN! I HAVE A 2004 LEXUS RX330. IT'S HAD TROUBLE FROM DAY ONE, AND I GOT NOWHERE! THEY HAVE DONE 5 UPDATES ON THE COMPUTER. NOW IT ONLY SEEMS TO HAVE TROUBLE AT 20 MPH, INSTEAD OF 40-50 AND 65-80, OF LURCHING, HESITATING, THEN TAKING OFF LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL. IT'S HAD A "BU...
Mileage: 200
SOMEONE NEEDS TO LISTEN! I HAVE A 2004 LEXUS RX330. IT'S HAD TROUBLE FROM DAY ONE, AND I GOT NOWHERE! THEY HAVE DONE 5 UPDATES ON THE COMPUTER. NOW IT ONLY SEEMS TO HAVE TROUBLE AT 20 MPH, INSTEAD OF 40-50 AND 65-80, OF LURCHING, HESITATING, THEN TAKING OFF LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL. IT'S HAD A "BU...
Mileage: 200
I BOUGHT A USED 2004 LEXUS RX IN DECEMBER OF 2008. EVER SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE, AT RANDOM TIMES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR SLOW MOVEMENT, IT WILL HESITATE AND THEN REVS UP AND THRUSTS FORWARD. I TOLD MY MECHANIC (A CERTIFIED LEXUS MECHANIC) ABOUT IT AND HE SAID THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT TO TH...
ONGOING INTERMITTENT SUDDEN SURGES WHEN I PRESS LIGHTLY ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY SPEED UP MUCH FASTER THAN THE PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD WARRANT. DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER EACH TIME SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE, AT LEAST 5...
2 TO 3 YEARS PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT I WAS COMING TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK, BUT ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS. I REPORTED THIS TO MY HUSBAND AND HE TOOK IT TO SEVERAL MECHANICS BUT DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, MY HUSBAND HAS OWNED A AUTO PARTS STORE FOR 40 YEARS AND KNOWS...
Mileage: 81,649
2 TO 3 YEARS PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT I WAS COMING TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK, BUT ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS. I REPORTED THIS TO MY HUSBAND AND HE TOOK IT TO SEVERAL MECHANICS BUT DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, MY HUSBAND HAS OWNED A AUTO PARTS STORE FOR 40 YEARS AND KNOWS...
Mileage: 81,649
TRANSMISSION INITIALLY FAILS TO ENGAGE IN GEAR CAUSING DRIVER TO INCREASE ACCELERATION UPON WHICH GEARS SUDDENLY (AND SOMETIMES DANGEROUSLY) ENGAGE & JERK VEHICLE FORWARD. *TR
Mileage: 47,000
DEAR SIR/MADAM: I AM WRITING YOU BECAUSE I AM BEING IGNORED BY A LARGE PRODUCT MANUFACTURER. LEXUS/TOYOTA IS REFUSING TO HEAR MY CLAIM OR EVEN CONSIDER MY SITUATION ON THE CAR. I HAVE NOT HAD MY CLAIM DENIED BY LEXUS BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY WILL NOT EVEN CONSIDER MY ISSUE. I AM THE OWNER O...
Mileage: 110,000
2004 LEXUS RX 330: I WAS A VICTIM OF SUDDEN UNATTENDED ACCELERATION. THIS OCCURRED ON DRIVE PAVEMENT ON A STREET WITH AN UPHILL GRADE. I WAS ABOUT TO PARK MY VEHICLE BEHIND A PARKED CAR. AS I WAS COASTING TO STOP, MY FOOT WAS BARELY TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL - I WAS WITHIN A FEW FEET OF THE PARKED VEHI...
Mileage: 75,000
RIGHT FRONT CHROME WHEEL BROKE AND FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING, ALL FIVE SPOKES BROKE SPONTANEOUSLY AS THOUGH THE WHEEL WAS MADE DEFECTIVELY. *TR
Mileage: 90,000
NO FAILURE, JUST APPARENT STICKINESS IN ACCELERATOR. OCCASIONALLY, WHILE PULLING OUT FROM SIGNALS, PEDAL FEELS AS IF IT IS STICKING, THEN WILL POP LOOSE AND CAR LURCHES FORWARD. *TR
Mileage: 40,000
I HAVE A LEXUS RX 330 (2004) AND IT WAS RECENTLY INVOLVE IN A HIGH SPEED (55MPH) COLLISION TO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND "NONE" OF MY FRONT OR SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THIS SAME VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN 2007 TO REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND AGAIN IT WAS HIGH SPEED IN ACCESS OF 40MPH N...
Mileage: 89,000
DRIVING CONSERVATIVELY THROUGH A PHARMACY PARKING LOT; ABRUPTLY TOOK A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO AN AVAILABLE PARKING SPACE ( HABITUALLY PREFER A LEFT-HANDED PARKING ENTRY); ENGINE ROARED, TIRES SQUEALED AND AUTO JUMPED OVER THE CONCRETE PARKING BARRIER/ OVER THE CURB/ AND PROCEEDED TO STRIKE NEAR THE DO...
Mileage: 66,688
DRIVING CONSERVATIVELY THROUGH A PHARMACY PARKING LOT; ABRUPTLY TOOK A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO AN AVAILABLE PARKING SPACE ( HABITUALLY PREFER A LEFT-HANDED PARKING ENTRY); ENGINE ROARED, TIRES SQUEALED AND AUTO JUMPED OVER THE CONCRETE PARKING BARRIER/ OVER THE CURB/ AND PROCEEDED TO STRIKE NEAR THE DO...
Mileage: 66,688
I OWN A RX 330 LEXUS AND IT HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATOR. SOMETIMES IT GETS STUCK AT ABOUT 3 RPMS AND IT WONT COME DOWN FROM THERE UNTIL SOMETHING LETS GO OF IT AND THEN IT JERKS EVEN THOUGH I WOULD BE GOING AT A LOW SPEED SUCH 25MPH. THE ACCELERATOR FEELS RIGID AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PUSH...
1. I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO WITH MY DAUGHTER ON HER WAY TO COLLEGE. 2. THE REAR RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. FORTUNATELY I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND NEAR AN EXIT. I SLOWED DOWN, EXITED AND PULLED INTO A TRUCK STOP. 3. I WAS ABLE TO GET SOMEONE AT THE...
Mileage: 69,755
I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND DOING THE SPEED OF 70 ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY POWER WAS LOST IT DROPPED TO ZERO, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT, BUT I THANK GOD IT WAS NOT, I HAD TO COAST AND TRY TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY ONTO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY.*TR
Mileage: 82,151
TRANSMISSION JERK, LAGS AND HESITATES, CAR LOOSES POWER WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. ON GOING PROBLEM, HAD DEALER PERFORM ECM REPROGRAMMING AS PER TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, CONDITION PERSISTS, GET WORSE. SAFETY ISSUE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE OUT OF TRAFFIC OR AVOID AN OBJECT ON THE RO...
Mileage: 49,000
I USED THE FLOOR JACK ON MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 AND THE CENTER PIVOTAL ROD FRACTURE AND BROKE INTO TWO PIECES WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE VEHICLE TO FALL ONTO THE FLOOR. THE ONE LUCKY THING THAT I WAS NOT UNDER THE VEHICLE, OTHERWISE I COULD HAVE BEEN KILL. *TR
Mileage: 64,522
VEHICLE KEEPS MAKING NOISES AT AROUND 30 MPH. ROOT CAUSE IS THAT A TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE ON MY 2004 WHEN UNDER PRESSURE BANGS AGAINST THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. LEXUS WAS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, SO THEY RE-DESIGNED THE LINE ON NEWER VEHICLE. LEXUS IS WILLING TO REPLACE THE PART BUT AT OWNER COST...
Mileage: 68,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE DUELER H/L 683 TIRES, SIZE P265/70R15. AFTER PLACING AIR IN THE TIRES, THE CONTACT DROVE FOR 42 MILES. HE REACHED HIS DESTINATION AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD THREE GRAPEFRUIT-SIZED KNOTS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE...
Mileage: 95,042
POWER STEERING LINE ON MY 2004 LEXUS RX 330 RUSTED THROUGH AND CAUSED THE STEERING TO MALFUNCTION. *TR
Mileage: 53,000
IN MAY 2007, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN MY 2004 LEXUS RX330. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED LESS THAN 10 MILES FROM MY HOME, IT WAS A FRIGID MORNING. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES PER HOUR AND THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. I ATTEMPTED TO PUSH THE BRAKE PETAL TO THE FLOOR WI...
Mileage: 71,000
MOM AND DAD WERE STRUCK ON PASSENGER SIDE BY PERSON WHO RAN STOP SIGN AT HIGH SPEED 55+. THE WERE TRAVELING @ 35 MPH IN A 35 MPH ZONE. VEHICLE WAS FLIPPED MULTIPLE TIMES FROM THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO RAN STOP SIGN. DRIVERS SIDE "CURTAIN" AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED DESPITE THE MULTIPLE ROLLOVE...
Mileage: 60,312
2004 LEXUS RX 330 THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS CONCERNING THE VIBRATING THE CAR DOES AT SPEEDS OF 65MPH OR MORE. THE CARE DOES NOT DO IT ALL THE TIME AND RARELY DOES IT IN WITHIN CITY MILES. BUT ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE STARTS VIOLENTLY VIBRATING WHICH MAKES IT HARD T...
QUESTIONS ON ANY RECALLS FOR 2004 LEXUS RX330. CONSUMER IS ASKING IF THERE IS ANY RECALLS FOR ON THE 2004 LEXUS RX330. *KB
IN HEAVY RAIN, WITH DEFOGGER TURNED ON TO KEEP WINDOWS CLEAR, IF THE CAR HITS A LARGE PUDDLE, THE AC SHUTS DOWN AND THE DEFROSTER STARTS BLOWING HOT, MOIST AIR. ALL WINDOWS FOG OVER IMMEDIATELY. NO WAY TO CONTINUE DRIVING. AC CAN ONLY BE RESTARTED BY TURNING IGNITION OFF THEN BACK ON. THIS HAPPE...
Mileage: 48,000
UPON ACELLERATION, THIS VEHICLE SOMETIMES HESITATES AND AT TIMES ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN THIS TO THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE AWARE OF IT. THEY SAY THERE IS NO FIX. I WAS TOLD TO USE PREMIUM GAS, AND I HAVEBEEN TOLD THAT THE NEW SOFTWARE IS IN AND THAT IS ALL THEY COULD DO.
Mileage: 61,000
UPON ACELLERATION, THIS VEHICLE SOMETIMES HESITATES AND AT TIMES ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN THIS TO THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE AWARE OF IT. THEY SAY THERE IS NO FIX. I WAS TOLD TO USE PREMIUM GAS, AND I HAVEBEEN TOLD THAT THE NEW SOFTWARE IS IN AND THAT IS ALL THEY COULD DO.
Mileage: 61,000
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I GET A LOT OF HESITATION IN THE TRANSMISSION DURING HIGH SPEED DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND ALSO DRIVING IN THE CITY. THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE AND THE TRANSMISSION STRUGGLES TO INCREASE IN SPEED AND CHOKES UP BUT IT DOESN'T CUT OFF. I'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN ...
TRANSMISSION HESITATION ON 2004 LEXUS RX330 NEARLY RESULTED IN HIGH SPEED ACCIDENT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. ON JULY 14, 2007 WHILE MERGING FROM I-75 IN TAMPA ON RAMP INTO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, THE LEXUS AT FIRST FAILED TO SLOW (TO MATCH SPEEDS) WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS RELEASED, THEN WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESS...
Mileage: 47,500
TRANSMISSION HESITATION ON 2004 LEXUS RX330 NEARLY RESULTED IN HIGH SPEED ACCIDENT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. ON JULY 14, 2007 WHILE MERGING FROM I-75 IN TAMPA ON RAMP INTO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, THE LEXUS AT FIRST FAILED TO SLOW (TO MATCH SPEEDS) WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS RELEASED, THEN WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESS...
Mileage: 47,500
NOISE, THUMPING, STEERING VIBRATION CAUSED BY GOODYEAR EAGLE RS A TIRES ON 2004 LEXUS. AFTER READING ABOUT OTHER COMPLAINTS, ETC. CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF TIRES.*AK
TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. HE STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT IN THE BACK SEAT WON'T RELEASE. THERE WAS RECALL #06V023000. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE A WEEK TO GET THE PART FOR THE RECALL, BUT THE CONTACT HAS BEEN WAITING FOUR MONTHS. HE FELT THE WAIT WAS TOO LONG. THE VEHIC...
Mileage: 40,000
I OWN A 2004 LEXUS RX330. SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT, THERE HAS BEEN A POWER "FADE" WHEN I MAKE SUDDEN SPEED CHANGES USUALLY FROM A SLOW DOWN TO QUICK ACCELERATION--SAY A LANE CHANGE TO AVOID SLOWER TRAFFIC. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 2 OR 3 SECONDS WHEN THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. ...
Mileage: 59,489
2004 RX 330, STILL HAVING TROUBLE FROM DAY 1. I ALMOST GOT SLAMMED INTO BY A TRUCK 2 DAYS AGO. THE HAVE FLASHED THE COMPUTER, FOR TRANSMISSION HESITATION, BUT INSIST IT IS PERFORMING THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED. IT IS A DESIGN FLAW, AND LEXUS WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED! T...
Mileage: 10
1994 LEXUS RX330 HESITATES WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. *KB THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM BUT THEY CLAIMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN PLAGUED BY OTHER MALFUNCTIONS TO INCLUDE SQUEAKS,...
1994 LEXUS RX330 HESITATES WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. *KB THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM BUT THEY CLAIMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN PLAGUED BY OTHER MALFUNCTIONS TO INCLUDE SQUEAKS,...
1994 LEXUS RX330 HESITATES WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. *KB THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM BUT THEY CLAIMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN PLAGUED BY OTHER MALFUNCTIONS TO INCLUDE SQUEAKS,...
1994 LEXUS RX330 HESITATES WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. *KB THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM BUT THEY CLAIMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN PLAGUED BY OTHER MALFUNCTIONS TO INCLUDE SQUEAKS,...
1994 LEXUS RX330 HESITATES WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. *KB THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM BUT THEY CLAIMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN PLAGUED BY OTHER MALFUNCTIONS TO INCLUDE SQUEAKS,...
HESITATION, JERKY WHEN SHIFTING. TOOK TO DEALERS 3 TIMES AND UNABLE TO RESOLVE ISSUE. THEY STATED THAT VEHICLE IS OPERATING WITHIN PARAMETERS. NOW IT IS JERKY WHEN SHIFTING MOST OF THE TIME. *NM
Mileage: 19,000
I PURCHASED MY RX330 SEPT. 2004 WITH 8 MILES ON IT, HOWEVER I TRAVEL OVER 150 HIGHWAY MILES A DAY. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE EVAPORATION OF BRAKE FLUID FROM MY FLUID RESERVOIR WHICH CAUSED MY BRAKE LIGHT TO COME ON. AFTER REPLACING THE BRAKE FLUID EVERY 3-DAYS I CALLED THE DEALER AND EXPRESSED ...
Mileage: 65,000
TRANSMISSION IS HESITANT, SWITCHES UP AND DOWN IN RAPID JUMPS, IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE!! ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. BEEN DOING IT SINCE I BOUGHT IT 2 YRS. DEALER CLAIMS KNOWN PROBLEM, AND NO FIX YET!!!*JB
Mileage: 10
WHILE DRIVING THE 2004 LEXUS RX330 ON THE FREEWAY, TRYING TO AVOID A CAR ON MY LEFT LANE THAT SUDDENLY SWERVED TO MY DRIVER SIDE. TO AVOID BEING HIT, I STEERED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE SPEED, THE CAR WENT OVER TO THE RIGHT LANE AND WHEN TRYING TO TURN THE STEERING BACK TO THE LEFT,...
Mileage: 30,500
I NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE PRESSED ALL THE WAY IN ORDER TO BRAKE AND WAS NOT RESPONSIVE. I HAD THE BRAKES CHECKED, AND THEY WERE FINE. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM LEXUS REGARDING A RECALL FOR THE BRAKE BOOSTER. I WAS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SERVICE TWICE. BOTH TIMES I WAS TOLD THEY HAD NO BRAKE B...
BRAKE FAILURE ON LEXUS RX330. *JB
MY LEXUS RX330 (2004) HAS 20,000 MILES AND THE A/C HAS A FOUL ODOR WHICH THE DEALERSHIP SAID IS MOLD. THEY SAID THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN USING RECYCLED AIR FUNCTION WITH THE AC AND SAID THE MANUFACTURER SAYS NOT TO USE IT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS MOLD TO GROW. THEY SPRAYED AC SYSTEM W/ AC ODOR TREATMENT. ...
Mileage: 20,000
I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 RX330. IT WAS 1/2/2006 AND THE ROADS WERE DRY. THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AWAS 34 DEGREES. I HAD DRIVEN MY CAR TO THE LOCAL DELI WITH NO PROBLEMS. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE CAR AND PULLED AWAY, I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO A BUCKING SOUND. THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON. THE BRAKES WERE SQU...
Mileage: 20,000
LOW SPEED, SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT. RIGHT FRONT TIRE HIT CURB, 20-25 MILES AN HOUR. VISIBLE DAMAGE- TIRE RUINED, RIM SCRATCHED. DEALER INSPIRED- TIRE, RIM, BALL JOINTS, LOWER CONTROL ARM, CVT, AXLE, ETC. DRIVE TRAIN HAD PRE EXISTING CONDITION OF NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT HAND DRIVE AREA. DEALER STATE...
Mileage: 30,200
LOW SPEED, SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT. RIGHT FRONT TIRE HIT CURB, 20-25 MILES AN HOUR. VISIBLE DAMAGE- TIRE RUINED, RIM SCRATCHED. DEALER INSPIRED- TIRE, RIM, BALL JOINTS, LOWER CONTROL ARM, CVT, AXLE, ETC. DRIVE TRAIN HAD PRE EXISTING CONDITION OF NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT HAND DRIVE AREA. DEALER STATE...
Mileage: 30,200
THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS A LAG IN IT AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS IS APPARENT WHEN RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN ACCELERATING AGAIN. IN THIS SITUATION THE TRANSMISSION DOES ON ENGAGE OR IT LAGS CAUSING AN UNSAFE CONDITION BY ITS UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR. THIS SITUATION HAPPENS ON A F...
Mileage: 27,000
ON JULY 10,2004 I PICKED UP MY NEW VEHICLE, A LEXUS RX 330 FROM THE BAYRIDGE LEXUS DEALER IN NYS. WITHIN A 1/2 HOUR, WHILE TESTING THE SAFETY FEATURES OF VEHICLE, I HAD PLACED A LARGE STUFFED ANIMAL (IN PLACE OF A HUMAN BODY PART OF A ADULT OR CHILD). ALTHOUGH ALL THE WINDOWS AND REMOTE REAR DOOR A...
DT: THE POWER BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED. THIS HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2005. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED; THE FIRST TIME WAS ON OCTOBER 27, 2004, AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE BOOSTER OR SOMETHING TO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THERE WAS NO FOREWARNING, BUT ONE COULD HEAR A LITTLE NOISE WHEN...
PASSENGER AIRBAG REMAINS (INDICATES OFF) WHEN MY SPOUSE IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER HAS NOT FIXED PROBLEM.
2004 LEXUS RX-330 AWD. VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THERE IS A DELAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING FROM A DEAD STOP SUCH AS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. ALSO, IF YOU ATTEMPT TO QUICKLY SPEED UP AS WHEN MERGING OR AN EVASIVE MANEUVER, THE ENGINE LAGS. WILL ALSO HAPPEN WHEN TURNING A CORN...
Mileage: 1,000
2004 LEXUS RX-330 AWD. VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THERE IS A DELAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING FROM A DEAD STOP SUCH AS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. ALSO, IF YOU ATTEMPT TO QUICKLY SPEED UP AS WHEN MERGING OR AN EVASIVE MANEUVER, THE ENGINE LAGS. WILL ALSO HAPPEN WHEN TURNING A CORN...
Mileage: 1,000
THE OUTSIDE REAR-VIEW MIRRORS ON THE LEXUS 2004 RX330 ARE HAZARDOUS. IF THE MIRROR ADJUSTMENT SWITCH ON THE DASH IS NOT IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION, THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS ROTATE DOWNWARD WHEN THE GEAR LEVER IS PLACED IN REVERSE. IN THEORY, THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THE CURBSIDE MIRROR ROTATED ENOUGH SO THA...
DT: CALLER WAS TRYING TO PARK AND THE BRAKES DID NOT HOLD. CALLER HIT A GARAGE AND TWO OTHER VEHICLES. CALLER WAS GOING ABOUT 5 MPH. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. MANUFACTURER WILL GET BACK TO CALLER. *AK
Mileage: 20,600
CONSUMER'S SUNROOF DID NOT RETRACT ON THE 2004 LEXUS RX330 WHEN HER 8 YEAR OLD NIECE PLACED HER HAND IN THE WAY OF THE CLOSING GLASS.*MR THE GLASS PINCHED THE POINTER AND MIDDLE FINGER OF THE CHILD'S RIGHT HAND. *JB
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH APPROACHING RED LIGHT DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKES FAILED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO COLLIDE WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE STRUCK IN REAR AND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO FRONT BUMPER OF LEXUS. DRIVER'S RIGH...
Mileage: 13,800
DT: CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION GOING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. CONTACTED LEXUS AND LEXUS STATED THAT BECAUSE THE IMPACT WAS HIGH CONSUMER STRUCK TRACTOR TRAILER IN THE REAR, AND THERE ...
Mileage: 20,000
RIGHT SIDE TIRE HITS THE CURB LANE TRIED TO CORRECT IT& LOSES CONTROL (FISH TAIL) ROLLS OVER SEVERAL TIMES & LANDS ON DITCH. BOTH SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY THAT CAUSE SEVERE INJURY TO PERSON OCCUPYING PASSENGER SIDE.
Mileage: 10,200
HIGHWAY DRIVING @ 70 MPH DRIVING AFTER 360 MILES AND 250 MILES, CONDITIONS WERE DRY AND PAVEMENT SMOOTH AND CLEAR IN BOTH CASES, NO CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA. VEHICLE STARTED WITH A SLIGHT VIBRATION AND EVENTUALLY IT LED UP TO A SIGNIFICANT VIBRATIONS THAT SHOOK THE CHASSIS INCLUDING THE STEERING WH...
Mileage: 8,000
OUR LEXUS RX330 WAS PURCHASED IN AUGUST OF 2003. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE VEHICLE HESITATES TO SHIFT GEARS WITH A LAG CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK FORWARD. WE HAVE TROUBLE MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AS WELL AS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND WHILE TURNING DUE TO THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION. DEALER ...
Mileage: 24,977
AROUND 11,000 MILES MY 2004 RX330 STARTED HAVING A THUMPING SOUND THAT OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DECELERATING ESPECIALLY AROUND 29 MPH AND THEN AGAIN AROUND 19 MPH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS MY TRANS COOLER LINE ASSEMBLY AND OIL COOLER HOSE WHICH WERE REPLACED AND...
PICKING UP MY DAUGHTER AT A FRIENDS HOUSE AND FORTUNATELY WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 5-10MPH TO A STOP SIGN WHEN MY BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. I HAD TO PUT MY ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT ON THE PEDAL TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. THE CAR WAS TOWED BY FLATBED TO DEALERSHIP AND DETERMINED IT WAS THE BRAKE BOOSTER ...
ENGINE/TRANSMISSION HESITATION; MISSED SHIFT POINTS; AND STALLS IN TRAFFIC UPON ACCELERATION. USING AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL CAUSES ALL WINDOWS TO FOG UP TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN NOT SEE OUT OF THE WINDOWS. LOAD ENGINE NOISES AND POPPING SOUNDS.
Mileage: 500
CONSUMER HAS 3 MAJOR COMPLAINTS ON THE 2004 LEXUS RX 330: SUN GLARE FROM THE DASHBOARD OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY. THE HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE ENOUGH DOWN THE ROAD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE SAFELY. THERE IS SEVERE HESITATION AFTER SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN, FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN SURGE OF P...
CONSUMER HAS 3 MAJOR COMPLAINTS ON THE 2004 LEXUS RX 330: SUN GLARE FROM THE DASHBOARD OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY. THE HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE ENOUGH DOWN THE ROAD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE SAFELY. THERE IS SEVERE HESITATION AFTER SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN, FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN SURGE OF P...
CONSUMER HAS 3 MAJOR COMPLAINTS ON THE 2004 LEXUS RX 330: SUN GLARE FROM THE DASHBOARD OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY. THE HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE ENOUGH DOWN THE ROAD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE SAFELY. THERE IS SEVERE HESITATION AFTER SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN, FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN SURGE OF P...
ON JANUARY 17, 2005 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN MY 2004 LEXUS RX330. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM MY HOME, ON MY OWN STREET, 1-2 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING MY HOME. IT HAD SNOWED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE ROADWAY WAS STILL SNOW/ICE COVERED, IT WAS A FRIGID MORNING. I WAS...
Mileage: 7,400
ON JANUARY 17, 2005 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN MY 2004 LEXUS RX330. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM MY HOME, ON MY OWN STREET, 1-2 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING MY HOME. IT HAD SNOWED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE ROADWAY WAS STILL SNOW/ICE COVERED, IT WAS A FRIGID MORNING. I WAS...
Mileage: 7,400
ON JANUARY 17, 2005 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN MY 2004 LEXUS RX330. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM MY HOME, ON MY OWN STREET, 1-2 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING MY HOME. IT HAD SNOWED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE ROADWAY WAS STILL SNOW/ICE COVERED, IT WAS A FRIGID MORNING. I WAS...
Mileage: 7,400
ON JANUARY 17, 2005 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN MY 2004 LEXUS RX330. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM MY HOME, ON MY OWN STREET, 1-2 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING MY HOME. IT HAD SNOWED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE ROADWAY WAS STILL SNOW/ICE COVERED, IT WAS A FRIGID MORNING. I WAS...
Mileage: 7,400
ON JANUARY 17, 2005 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN MY 2004 LEXUS RX330. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM MY HOME, ON MY OWN STREET, 1-2 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING MY HOME. IT HAD SNOWED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE ROADWAY WAS STILL SNOW/ICE COVERED, IT WAS A FRIGID MORNING. I WAS...
Mileage: 7,400
ON JANUARY 17, 2005 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN MY 2004 LEXUS RX330. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM MY HOME, ON MY OWN STREET, 1-2 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING MY HOME. IT HAD SNOWED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE ROADWAY WAS STILL SNOW/ICE COVERED, IT WAS A FRIGID MORNING. I WAS...
Mileage: 7,400
MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 HAS NOISY RATTLING SUSPENSION WHEN DRIVING OVER UNDULATING SURFACES OR SPEED BUMPS, ALSO THE STEERING APEARS TO DRIFT WHEN TRAVELLING IN A STRIAGHT LINE,. DEALER HAS CHECKED ON NUMBER OF OCCASIONS BUT STATED IT IS JUST A CHARACTRISTIC OF THE VEHICLE, BUT I HAVE DRIVEN MANY OTHER...
Mileage: 29,850
THE ACCELERATOR STUCK, AND CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE, AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THEY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED, SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED, BUT CONSUMER WAS NOT SATISFIED.*AK BECAUSE CONSUMER HAVE NO BRAKEBRAKES HE HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHICH SLOWE...
Mileage: 6,800
I HAVE A LEXUS RX 330, 2004. STARTING IN APRIL 2004 RIGHT AFTER I PURCHASED IT ON MARCH 31, 2004 I HAVE HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. IT WOULD JOLT WHEN YOU WERE APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND PULL TO THE SIDE. THIS WAS REPORTED BY PHONE, AND DURING ITS FIRST CHECK UP AT 1000 MILES. TOLD THEY COUL...
Mileage: 100
I HAVE A LEXUS RX 330, 2004. STARTING IN APRIL 2004 RIGHT AFTER I PURCHASED IT ON MARCH 31, 2004 I HAVE HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. IT WOULD JOLT WHEN YOU WERE APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND PULL TO THE SIDE. THIS WAS REPORTED BY PHONE, AND DURING ITS FIRST CHECK UP AT 1000 MILES. TOLD THEY COUL...
Mileage: 100
I HAVE A LEXUS RX 330, 2004. STARTING IN APRIL 2004 RIGHT AFTER I PURCHASED IT ON MARCH 31, 2004 I HAVE HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. IT WOULD JOLT WHEN YOU WERE APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND PULL TO THE SIDE. THIS WAS REPORTED BY PHONE, AND DURING ITS FIRST CHECK UP AT 1000 MILES. TOLD THEY COUL...
Mileage: 100
BACK-UP CAMERA (WHEN GEAR IS PUT IN REVERSE) DOES NOT DISPLAY ANY IMAGE.*AK
Mileage: 35,250
BACK-UP CAMERA (WHEN GEAR IS PUT IN REVERSE) DOES NOT DISPLAY ANY IMAGE.*AK
Mileage: 35,250
BACK-UP CAMERA (WHEN GEAR IS PUT IN REVERSE) DOES NOT DISPLAY ANY IMAGE.*AK
Mileage: 35,250
AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, APPLIED BRAKES, AND CAR SHOOK SEVERLY, STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND MOVED ABOUT 4 INCHES, LEFT AND RIGHT. I PULLED OFF FREEWAY. THINKING I HAD A FLAT. NO FLAT. ROTORS WERE RED HOT. I LET IT COOL, CHECKED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, IT WAS OFF. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON IN THE DASH. LEXUS R...
Mileage: 12,901
VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED 2 TOTAL BRAKE FAILURES. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES , THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. OWNER TOWED THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED AFTER BEING THERE FOR 10 DAYS. APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS LATER THIS PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED. OWNER...
Mileage: 11,261
2004 LEXUS RX330 HAS PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION SHIFT.*MR THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT SIMPLY UPGRADING THE COMPUTER CHIP WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *NM
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN INSPECTION. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT THE VEHICLE MEETS U.S. DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SPECIFICATIONS....
Mileage: 4,050
2004 LEXUS RX330 HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE VACUUM SYSTEM FOR THE BRAKE EQUIPMENT.*MR THE BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL WHILE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY. THE BRAKES WOULD LSO LOCK UP AND THE PEDAL WOULD TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR. *NM
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP COMPLETELY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS INFORMATION WAS PROV...
THE BRAKES DID NOT OPERATE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *JB
I GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT ON THE WAY TO WORK. I WAS GOING 30 MPH OFF A FREEWAY EXIT AND HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKE BECAUSE THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME ALL STOPPED ALL OF A SUDDEN. I STEPPED ON MY BRAKE PAD ALL THE WAY DOWN BUT MY CAR DID NOT STOP AT ALL AND RAN INTO THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. MY 2004 RX3...
Mileage: 22,000
LEXUS RX330 2004 BRAKE FAILURE. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE PLACED THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, IT MOVED QUITE FAST, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKE TO SLOW IT DOWN NOTHING HAPPENED UNTIL THE CONSUMER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKE VERY HARD AND IT SLOWLY CAME TO A STOP. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND...
Mileage: 12,000
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
Mileage: 4,100
TRANSMISSION HAS A SERIOUS DELAY IN DOWNSHIFTING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE SUDDENLY. THIS HAS CAUSED MORE THAN ONE INSTANCE WHERE A COLLISION COULD HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO INABILITY TO AVOID FASTER TRAFFIC. *AK *TC
I HAD DRIVEN MY CAR TO THE BANK AND WHEN I CAME OUT TO START MY CAR THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY STIFF. I SAW A RED BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DASH AND FIRST THOUGHT I HAD SOMEHOW PUT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I REALIZED THAT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE AND THAT I HAD NO BRAKES. I WAS STILL IN THE PARKING LOT SO NO INJ...
Mileage: 5,100
1)BACKING OUT OF MY SLANTING DRIVEWAY. 2)NO BRAKES-HAD TO HIT THEM REALLY HARD TO STOP AT ALL. 3. DEALER TOWED AND REPLACED BRAKE BOOSTERS.
I TOOK MY RX330 IN FOR ITS 5000 MI CHECKUP AND THE RECALL REGARDING THE BRAKE LIGHT RECALL. AFTER 2 HOURS I WAS TOLD THAT IN AN EFFORT TO GAS UP MY VEHICLE, MY BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED AT THE GAS STATION AND WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOO DANGEROURS TO D...
Mileage: 5,400
I TOOK MY RX330 IN FOR ITS 5000 MI CHECKUP AND THE RECALL REGARDING THE BRAKE LIGHT RECALL. AFTER 2 HOURS I WAS TOLD THAT IN AN EFFORT TO GAS UP MY VEHICLE, MY BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED AT THE GAS STATION AND WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOO DANGEROURS TO D...
Mileage: 5,400
I TOOK MY RX330 IN FOR ITS 5000 MI CHECKUP AND THE RECALL REGARDING THE BRAKE LIGHT RECALL. AFTER 2 HOURS I WAS TOLD THAT IN AN EFFORT TO GAS UP MY VEHICLE, MY BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED AT THE GAS STATION AND WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOO DANGEROURS TO D...
Mileage: 5,400
CAR IS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. BRAKES FAILED - PEDAL BECAME HARD AS A ROCK AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT WARNING. ALMOST DROVE THROUGH MY DRIVEWAY FENCE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE BOOSTER UNDER WARRANTY. IT TOOK A WEEK TO GET THE BOOSTER. SO FAR THE BRAKES SEEM TO BE OK. *JB
Mileage: 5,760
LOCKED BRAKE PEDAL;1. ON TURNING ON THE IGNITION, THE BRAKE PEDDAL LOCKED. WHEN THIS PROBLEM APPEARED THE FIRST TIME, I WASN'T SURE WHAT HAPPENDED AS THE BRAKE PEDAL UNLOCKED AFTER TURINING ON AND OFF THE IGNITION AGAIN.*AK 2. DURING THE 5000 MI SERVICE I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE BRAKE INDICA...
Mileage: 7,400
WITHOUT ANY PRIOR INDICATION OF A PROBLEM, ON JAN.22.05 THE BRAKES ON MY 2004 LEXUS RX 330 STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. WOULD ONLY WORK WITH EXTREME FOOT PRESSURE AND THEN VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THIS HAPPENED IN COLD WEATHER AFTER THE CAR WAS JUST WASHED AT A COMMERCIAL CAR WASH. MILEAGE ON CAR ...
Mileage: 10,169
POWER BRAKES ON 2004 LEXUS RX330 FAILED IN COLD WEATHER. ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT WHILE BACKING OUT OF GARAGE. WARMING UP THE VEHICLE FOR 15 MIN TEMPORARILY SOLVED THE PROBLEM. IT FAILED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. DEALER TOWED THE VEHICLE FOR REPAIR. WORKS FINE SINCE. I HAVE HEARD COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS MOD...
STARTED CAR IN PARKING LOT IN CLARENCE, NY ON OR ABOUT DEC 22 IN THE PM. WEATHER COLD AND ICY. DROVE OFF AND APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP AT STOP SIGN AND CAR WOULD NOT STOP. BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT PUSH DOWN. MADE A TURN BACK INTO PARKING LOT AND FINALLY GOT CAR TO STOP WITH HAND BRAKE. CALLED THE LEX...
Mileage: 20
RECENTLY IN THE SUMMER OF 2004, I PURCHASED A NEW 2004 LEXUS RX330 SUV. THIS PAST JANUARY, MY BRAKES FAILED AND I REPORTED THIS TO THE DEALERSHIP (LEXUS OF ENGLEWOOD). THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK IN STOPPING THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS BROKEN, AND THEY PROCEEDED TO C...
I HAVE A 2004 RX330. THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES TERRIBLY, TO THE POINT THIS CAR IS UNSAFE. I HAVE HAD IT IN 3 TIMES, AND THEY TELL ME THAT'S THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO OPERATE. THEY SAID, "I'TS TRYING TO LEARN HOW YOU DRIVE" GIVE IT TIME, THEY SAY, NOW I HAVE 10K MILES, STILL SAME PROBLEM. I WAIT...
Mileage: 10
ARTICLE IN NYTIMES RE RX330; PROBLEM WITH BRAKE BOOSTER KNOWN MONTHS AGO. WE HAD A # OF SCARY, ALMOST SERIOUS EPISODES WITH THIS ISSUE. NO ONE TOLD US, EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW! IT WAS VERY HARD TO STOP THE CAR AND PEDAL REQUIRED SIGNIFICANT EFFORT. PROBLEM ALWAYS HAPPENED JUST AFTER STARTING THE CA...
Mileage: 5,000
HESITATION PROBLEMS WITH MY 2004 LEXUS RX330. AT LOW SPEEDS OF 10-15 MPH TO UP TO AROUND 40-50 MPH. LET OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN & PRESS THE GAS PEDAL THERE IS A HESITATION. THIS HAS HAPPEN CHANGING LANES ON A HIGHWAY OR TURNING AROUND A CORNER. THIS HESITATION HAS HAPPEN MANY TIMES SINCE ...
Mileage: 1,725
WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE OVERNIGHT CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNING AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS STUCK. *AK THE MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTED AND REPAIRED IT AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. *NM
Mileage: 10,000
BRAKES FAILED, AND CONSUMER UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN THE FRONT.*AK
Mileage: 10,000
I PURCHASE A LEXUS RX330 IN APRIL 2004 IN LARCHMONT, NY. THIS PAST SUMMER, AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE POWER BRAKES FAILED. I HAD TO PUSH MY FOOT DOWN VERY FORCEFULLY ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE POWER WAS RESTORED. I HAD THE BRAKES F...
WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE BRAKES FAILED THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. *NM
Mileage: 18,600
THE VEHICLE WAS PULLING OUT OF REVERSE IN A PARKING LOT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY DID NOT WORK. TAKEN TO DEALER FOR CHECKUP AND REPAIR. *NM
Mileage: 12,000
THE CONSUMER HAS TO PUT EXTREME PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN SERVICED FOR THIS PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. *NM
Mileage: 10
COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES WHILE DRIVING, PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER, IN SHOP FOR 10 DAYS AWAITING PARTS. BRAKE BOOSTER REPLACED. NOTE: 5 OTHERS IN SHOP AT SAME TIME WITH SAME EXACT PROBLEM. *JB
Mileage: 6,143
SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHOUT WARNING THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR IN COLD WEATHER. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE PROBLEM CAN NOT BE DUPLICATE. PLEASE PRO...
THE CAR, LEXUS RX330 2004 LOST ITS BREAKS. THE DEALER PROVIDED ME WITH ANOTHER RX330 FOR THE PERIOD OF THE REPAIR. THIS CAR ALSO LOST ITS BREAKS WHILE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. *NM
Mileage: 8,000
ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE WITH BRAKE PROBLEMS IN THE 2004 LEXUS RX300. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD 2 MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH DAMAGED ROTORS AND PADS AS WELL AS SEVERE VIBRATION AND SHIMMYING WHEN BRAKING, ESPECIALLY AT HIGH SPEEDS. LEXUS HAS QUIETLY BEEN FIXING THE BRAKE PROBLEMS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE IN...
MY BRAKES FAILED WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A MOUNTAIN ROAD IN VERMONT. FORTUNATELY MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR WITH MUCH FORCE. WE CALLED THE LEXUS ROAD EMERGENCY PHONE AND WERE TOLD TO NOT DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE, THEY WERE AWARE OF THE BRAKE PROBLEM AND WOULD HAVE THE CAR TOWED...
Mileage: 18,000
WHILE IN MOTION BRAKES POWER ASSIST FUNCTION FAILED. *AK
Mileage: 7,000
THE HIGH INTESITY LIGHTS (HIL) DO NOT ILLUMINATE ENOUGH DOWN THE ROAD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE SAFELY. *BF MOST OF THE LIGHT ILLUMINATES OUT TO THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *NM
WHEN BACKING VEHICLE UP THE BRAKE PEDAL LOCKED AND BRAKES FAILED. *BF THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED. THE CONSUMER WAS GIVEN A LOANER VEHICLE OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND HAD THE SAME FAILURE. *TC
THE BRAKE BOOSTER IS STICKING AND CAUSING THE BRAKES TO OPERATE IMMEDIATELY LIKE THE CONSUMER IS STOMPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. ALSO, BRAKE CHECK LIGHT IS ON. TOOK VEHICLE DEALER FOR CHECK UP, BUT THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK
Mileage: 7,491
MY BRAKES WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE OCCURRENCE. THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSH ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR GRABBED VIOLENTLY AND PULLED THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT RIGHT. WHEN I CALLED THE LEXUS DEALER THAT SOLD ME THE VEHI...
THE HEADLIGHTS ON A 2004 RX330 HAVE COST ME A LAWSUIT AGAINST DEALER. DROVE CAR SECOND NIGHT, 3 MILES, ON COUNTRY ROADS. I HAD MOTION SICKNESS AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE. EVERY TIME I HIT A BUMP THE CAR LIGHTS WOULD BOUNCE, AS IF ON A SPRING. THE LINE FROM LIGHTS GOES ACROSS CENTER OF WINDSHIELD AT EYE L...
THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT RELEASE. THE CONDITION CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SIDE SWIPE THE RIGHT REAR TIRE OF A TRUCK AND CONTINUED ON FOR TWO MILES BEFORE THE CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED ITSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER CALLED IN A MANUFACTURER REP. THE REP INFORMED THE DEALER T...
Mileage: 12,000
I AM LEASING A 2004 LEXUS RX 330 FWD WITH ABOUT 20,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I TRY TO APPLY THE THROTTLE AFTER SLOWING DOWN THERE IS A SEVERE HESITATION, USUALLY FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN SURGE IN POWER. AT TIMES THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL HESITATION WHILE THE TRANSMISSION IS DECIDING WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN...
Mileage: 5,000
I AM LEASING A 2004 LEXUS RX 330 FWD WITH ABOUT 20,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I TRY TO APPLY THE THROTTLE AFTER SLOWING DOWN THERE IS A SEVERE HESITATION, USUALLY FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN SURGE IN POWER. AT TIMES THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL HESITATION WHILE THE TRANSMISSION IS DECIDING WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN...
Mileage: 5,000
WHILE BRAKING AT LOW SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE BRAKE BOOSTER. *JB
Mileage: 5,200
2004 LEXUS RX330 DEVELOPED A BRAKE BOOSTER PROBLEM.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE BOOSTER, IS THAT THE BRAKES FREEZE. *JB
BRAKE AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. DEALER TOWED CAR IN FOR REPAIRS. IT IS A FAILURE OF THE BRAKE BOOSTER SYSTEM WHICH COULD HAVE LED TO TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING. *JB
Mileage: 10,000
CAR IS A 2004 LEXUS RX330. IT HAS HID HEADLIGHTS. THESE ARE THE WORST HEADLIGHTS I HAVE EVER HAD ON A CAR. THEY ONLY LIGHT UP ROAD A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. ESPECIALLY ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THATS THE WAY THEY WERE MADE. THIS IS A REA...
2004 LEXUS RX330 ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ARE TOO SENSITIVE AND DOES NOT STOP IN SNOW OR ICE. THIS ALLOWS THE VEHICLE TO ROLL FORWARD AND DOES NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO STOP UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT. LEXUS RX300 DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. AM OWNER OF BOTH. *NM
BRAKES FAILED! AFTER STARTING MY CAR AND PUTTING IT INTO REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, I FOUND I HAD NO BRAKES ...THE CAR STARTED MOVING DESPITE MY FOOT BEING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. AFTER STOPPING THE CAR, I OBSERVED THE BREAK PEDAL IS ALL THE WAY TO T...
Mileage: 13,383
THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 HAS UNPLEASANT ODOR WHEN IT IS TURNED ON. I AM PERSONALLY ALLERGIC TO THE ODOR RELEASED BY THE SYSTEM. *AK
Mileage: 200
I HAVE HAD TWO PROBLEMS. ONE BEING YESTERDAY I CAME OUT TO MY CAR IN THE PARKING LOT STARTED UP MY CAR AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. HAD TO PUT CAR IN PARK TO STOP CAR. THE BRAKES WERE ROCK HARD. THEY SAID IT WAS THE BOOSTER THAT HAD TO BE REPAIRED. THE SECOND PROBLEM IS I HAD ALMOST 2 ACCIDENTS WH...
Mileage: 3,200
I HAVE HAD TWO PROBLEMS. ONE BEING YESTERDAY I CAME OUT TO MY CAR IN THE PARKING LOT STARTED UP MY CAR AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. HAD TO PUT CAR IN PARK TO STOP CAR. THE BRAKES WERE ROCK HARD. THEY SAID IT WAS THE BOOSTER THAT HAD TO BE REPAIRED. THE SECOND PROBLEM IS I HAD ALMOST 2 ACCIDENTS WH...
Mileage: 3,200
CONSUMER ENTERED THE VEHICLE, AND UPON EXITING THE PARKING LOT, VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. CONSUMER HAD TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO PARK IN ORDER TO STOP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER WERE REPLACED. *AK...PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP REPORTED THAT HE HAS ...
Mileage: 6,500
CONSUMER ENTERED THE VEHICLE, AND UPON EXITING THE PARKING LOT, VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. CONSUMER HAD TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO PARK IN ORDER TO STOP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER WERE REPLACED. *AK...PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP REPORTED THAT HE HAS ...
Mileage: 6,500
BRAKE BOOSTER FAILURE WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AT LESS THAN 5MPH. DLR ADVISES REPLACEMENT BOOSTERS ARE ON BACK ORDER.*AK
Mileage: 2,000
NO WARNING, HAD BRAKING FAILURE NEARLY GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. DEALER TOLD ME THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM PARTS ON BACKORDER NO LOANER CAR HAD TO RENT A VEHICLE. *AK
Mileage: 20,100
NO WARNING, HAD BRAKING FAILURE NEARLY GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. DEALER TOLD ME THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM PARTS ON BACKORDER NO LOANER CAR HAD TO RENT A VEHICLE. *AK
Mileage: 20,100
TOYOTA/LEXUS NEEDS TO ADDRESS THEIR POWER TRAIN PROBLEM ON THE 2004 RX 330 INSTEAD OF SEEMINGLY IGNORING IT. THE REPROGRAMMING DOES NOT WORK. I'VE HAD IT DONE. SEEMED TO BE A BAND AID FIX FOR A MAJOR PROBLEM. WILL IT HAVE TO BE A DEATH BEFORE THEY RECALL THESE LOUSY TRANSMISSIONS. I HAVE BEEN IN SE...
Mileage: 1
MY WIFE HAD PULLED ROUTINELY OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY ON A CLEAR MORNING WITH NO OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE ROAD, SHE TURNED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY ONTO OUR PRIVATE ROAD AND SUV THEN SUDDENLY AND VIOLENTLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, ROCKETING HER INTO A TREE AND STONE WALL. THE AIR/KNEE BAGS AND ACTIVE SEAT BELT ...
Mileage: 3,025
THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE HIGH INTENSITY BEAMS. CONSUMER CAN'T SEE THE TURNS COMING UP OR THE ROAD. THE ROAD ILLUMINATION IS 35 FEET, AND THE STANDARD CALLED FOR 150 REGULAR LIGHTS. DEALER STATED THEY CAN'T BE ADJUSTED. *AK
Mileage: 450
WHILE THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY FROM THIS PROBLEM IT DOES CAUSE ME TO NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHILE USING LOW BEAMS, AS THE HEADLIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE THE ROADWAY A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE IN FRONT OF THE CAR TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND STOP FOR OBSTACLES IN THE ROADWAY.*AK
Mileage: 570
HESITATION ON 2004 LEXUS RX 330 TRANSMISSION. IT'S UNSAFE TO PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC WITH THIS CAR. YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE CAR WILL PROCEED OR IF IT WILL HESITATE WHILE IN TRAFFIC. LEXUS SAYS IT'S A DESIGN ISSUE, WITH NO FIX. LEXUS TOLD US TO USE PREMIUM GAS - THEN DID AN ECM REFLASH - THEN SAID IT'S A D...
Mileage: 2,500
WHIKE DRIVING AT 10 MPH POWER BRAKES FAILED. *AK
SUN GLARE FROM DASHBOARD REFLECTS IN THE WINDSHIELD OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY. LEXUS RX330. DEALER SAYS OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED BUT NO FIX OTHER THAN DASH COVER. TRIED DASH COVER BUT ONLY BLACK WORKS TO SOME EXTENT. BLACK DOES NOT MATCH THE TAN LEATHER INTERIOR OF THIS LUXURY VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM I...
RE: SUPPLEMENT TO CONSUMER COMPLAINT #10091268 LEXUS RX 330 TRANSMISSION/THROTTLE PROBLEMS. *BF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HESTIATES, HUNTS, SHIFTS INCONSISTENTLY, HANGS IN BETWEEN GEARS, DELAYES, ETC. THE THROTTLE DELAYS AT THE FIRST APPLICATION OF GAS AND THE RATE OF ACCELERATION SURGES UP AND DOWN...
RE: SUPPLEMENT TO CONSUMER COMPLAINT #10091268 LEXUS RX 330 TRANSMISSION/THROTTLE PROBLEMS. *BF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HESTIATES, HUNTS, SHIFTS INCONSISTENTLY, HANGS IN BETWEEN GEARS, DELAYES, ETC. THE THROTTLE DELAYS AT THE FIRST APPLICATION OF GAS AND THE RATE OF ACCELERATION SURGES UP AND DOWN...
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS RENDERED THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY UNSAFE, PRONE TO POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS. *BF THE CONSUMER DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM AS LAG OR HESITATION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO SECOND AND OR SECOND TO THIRD, SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE REVVED UP TO THE REDLINE WITH OUT THE TRANSMISSI...
REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE WINDOW BROKE DUE TO EXTREME HEAT. *AK THE CONSUMER PURCHASED ANOTHER 2004 LEXUS (MODEL/RX330) AND THE SAME WINDOW SHATTERED. THE SERVICE MANAGER SUGG...
Mileage: 100
SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT MY CAR THE TRANSMISSION HAS NOT BEEN SHIFTING PROPERLY. IT HESITATES IN LOW GEARS WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATES . THE MOST BOTHERSOME IS THE LACK OF PROPER RESPONSE WHEN THE DRIVER NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN ACCELERATE (SUCH AS TURNING LEFT OR CHANGING LANES TO AVOID OBSTACLES OR DO...
THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUING PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASED NEW IN DEC 2003. AS HAS BEEN REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES, MY CAR ACCELERATION HESITATES FROM A STOP OR FROM LOW SPEEDS. ALSO MY VEHICLE HAS EXTENSIVE PAUSE OR LAG BETWEEN GEARS. THIS HAS CREATED NUMEROUS DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHERE I WAS STUCK WHILE OTHE...
Mileage: 1,200
MY LEXUS RX 330 HAS HAD REPEATED TRANSMISSION AND THROTTLE PROBLEMS. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HESITATES, HUNTS, SHIFTS INCONSISTENTLY, HANGS IN BETWEEN GEARS, DELAYS, ETC. THE THROTTLE DELAYS AT THE FIRST APPLICATION OF GAS AND THE RATE OF ACCELLERATION SURGES UP AND DOWN UNEVENLY. THE RESULT I...
MY LEXUS RX 330 HAS HAD REPEATED TRANSMISSION AND THROTTLE PROBLEMS. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HESITATES, HUNTS, SHIFTS INCONSISTENTLY, HANGS IN BETWEEN GEARS, DELAYS, ETC. THE THROTTLE DELAYS AT THE FIRST APPLICATION OF GAS AND THE RATE OF ACCELLERATION SURGES UP AND DOWN UNEVENLY. THE RESULT I...
JUST LEFT MY LEXUS DEALER FOR MY 20,000 SERVICE. FINALLY THE SERVICE MGR ACKNOWLEDGED MY TRANSMISSION WOES. SEE MY PREVIOUS POST. HE SAID LEXUS IS AWARE OF THE CONCERN "NATION WIDE". THEY CHANGED? THE TRANNY FOR 2005!!! THEY ARE ALSO POSTPONING THE HYBRID FOR 6 MONTHS DUE TO THE CONCERNS OF THE 2004...
THE CONSUMER SMELLED A ROTTEN EGG SMELL, THE PROBLEM WAS THAT WHEN DRIVING THE CAR, THE EXHAUST SMELL ENTERED THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE EVEN WITH THE WINDOW UP. IT WAS WORSE WITH THEM DOWN. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER TO CHANGED GAS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB
WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE TRUCK WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BY A MOTORIST DRIVING BETWEEN 20-40 MPH. UPON IMPACT THE SEAT MOUNTED SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A CONCUSISON AND INJURIES TO HIS/HER LEFT HAND. *JB
Mileage: 13,000
1.2004 RX 330 TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN ACCELERATING ,PASSING(MOST DANGEROUS WHEN GOING UP AN INCLINE),AND FROM A DEAD START(IE: LIGHT OR STOP SIGN).CAR SEEMS TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND HESATATES WHILE TACHOMETER REVS TO 5-6000 RPM.*AK 2. DANGERIOUS WHEN ENTERING FREEWAY ON RAMP AND ALMOST GOT REAREND...
Mileage: 100
SINCE NEW THE VEHICLE HAS BOTH TRANSMISSION HESITATION SHIFTING PROBLEMS NOTED BY MANY OTHERS. AROUND 40 MPH, ASKING FOR ACCELERATION WITH ABOUT 3/4 THROTLE CAUSES THE TRNASMISSION TO COME OUT OF GEAR AND HUNT FOR ABOUT TWO SECONDS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS - DON'T PLAN ON PASSING ANYONE. COASTING ...
ACCELERATION WITH THIS SUV IS NOT POSITIVE AND YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO MOVE WHEN YOU DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR. THIS SUV USES "DRIVE BY WIRE" TECHNOLOGY SO THERE IS NO PHYSICAL LINK BETWEEN THE GAS PEDAL AND THE ENGINE. WHEN YOU DEPRESS THE GAS, THERE IS A DELAY IN THE REPONSE WHICH CAN CA...
Mileage: 7,200
2004 LEXUS RX 330 HAS INTERMITTANT, ERRATIC AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. DEALER SAYS IT IS A "HESITATIION ISSUE", BUT RFEUSES TO CONFIRM IN WRITING BECAUSE MANUFACTURER SAYS IT'S THE WAY THE CAR IS DESIGNED. EVEN THOUGH COUNTLESS OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.*AK
Mileage: 100
2004 LEXUS RX 330 HAS INTERMITTANT, ERRATIC AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. DEALER SAYS IT IS A "HESITATIION ISSUE", BUT RFEUSES TO CONFIRM IN WRITING BECAUSE MANUFACTURER SAYS IT'S THE WAY THE CAR IS DESIGNED. EVEN THOUGH COUNTLESS OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.*AK
Mileage: 100
WHEN INITIALLY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL DOES NOT DEPRESS SMOOTHLY, INSTEAD IN FREQUENTLY SHUDDERS AS IT GOES DOWN THROUGH THE INITIAL PART OF THE STROKE, GOING DOWN IN A STAIR-STEP MANNER. THIS HAPPENS EVEN WHEN STANDING STILL, AND IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE GENTLY. IT M...
Mileage: 1
OUR 2004 LEXUS RX330 (NOW ABOUT 15,000 MILES) CONTINUES TO HAVE TERRIBLE SHIFTING PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IN PARTICULAR, TWO MAJOR ISSUES -- (1) DOESN'T UPSHIFT CORRECTLY, USUALLY BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS, BUT THE REAL CONCERN IS (2) WHEN SLOWING DOWN, COASTING ANYTHING ABOVE 0 M...
Mileage: 500
1. THERE WERE NO EVENTS THAT LED UP TO THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVING. . THE TRANSMISSION ON MY BRAND NEW LEXUS RX 330 DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY. IT KICKS WHEN STEPING ON THE THE GAS PEDAL, THERE IS A HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, & BETWEEN 20 - 40 MPH, AS THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, THE...
Mileage: 10
VEHICLE HESITATES AND ACCELERATES ERRACTICALLY CAUSING A HAZARD WHEN ENTERING TRAFFIC. DEALER TECH STATES VEHICLE IS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED". *JB
I HAVE OWNED MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 SINCE OCTOBER. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON (4) SEPARATE OCCASIONS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. UPON ACCELERATION AFTER SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE AND RETURNING TO THE PEDAL TO REACCELERATE THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE. T...
THE AUTOMOBILE HAS A LATENT DEFECT AND IS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS. IN NOVEMBER 2003, I ATTEMPTED TO BACK UP IN A CROWDED PARKING LOT, AND WHILE IN REVERSE, I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR - THERE WAS A LAG AND THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED BACKWARD VERY RAPIDLY, STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. I ASSUMED THE FAULT ...
Mileage: 20,000
OUR 2004 LEXUS 330 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND SEEMS TO "BOUNCE" BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEARS. WE HAVE RETURNED THE VEHICLE TWICE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO NO AVAIL. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN PROBLEM. *AK
SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE, I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH ROUGH SHIFTING AND A LAG ASSOCIATED WITH A DELAY IN LOW SPEED ACCELERATION. RETURNED VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS ADJUSTED. PROBLEM PERSISTS. EVENTUALLY, SOMEONE WILL BE INJURED OR KILLED BY THIS PROBLEM DUE TO UNEXPECTED HESIT...
WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN OR A RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE DROPPED OUT OF GEAR THEN SURGED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION PERFORMED ERRATICALLY. *JB THE TRANSMISSION ALSO FAILED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT. THE MANUFACTURERE CLAIMED THAT...
I TOO HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH MY 2004 LEXUS RX 330. I HAVE HAD MY CAR IN THE REPAIR CENTER THREE TIMES ALREADY FOR HESITATION AND LAGGING BETWEEN GEARS AND VIBRATIONS NOISES THROUGHOUT THE CAR. I PERSONALLY DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR BECAUSE IT DRIVES INCONSISTENTLY AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIO...
I PURCHASED A 2004 LEXUS RX330 IN JANUARY OF 2004 AND THERE IS A CONSISTENT LAG OF THE DRIVETRAIN WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STANDING START AND WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS. FROM A STANDING START THE VEHICLE HESITATES AND THEN ABRUPTLY LURCHES FORWARD. AT HIGHWAY SPEED THERE IS A DECELERATION WHICH PITCH...
Mileage: 10
MY RX 330 HAS A TRANSMISSION LAG AT 20-25MPH. THE CAR JUST DOESNT GO AND IT IS EXTREMLY DANGEROUS IN INTERSECTIONS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED AND I HOPE IT IS NOT ME.*AK
TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ERRATIC AT LOW SPEEDS. "CLUNK OR MUTED "CLANK" HEARD AND FELT UNDER CLOSED THROTTLE DOWSHIFTS WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP. MOST NOTICEABLE DURING THE 5-4 DOWNSHIFT (37 MPH) AND THE 4-3 DOWNSHIFT (25 MPH). SERVICE MANAGER CLAIMS IT'S A NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION FOR LEXUS. TECHN...
Mileage: 2,000
I AM WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY REGULATIONS REGARDING REAR VEHICLE LIGHTING? MY QUESTION CENTERS AROUND THE NEW LEXUS RX330. THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE HAS NO RED LENSES OR OTHER DEVICES THAT WOULD INDICATE THE BACK END OF A VEHICLE. IS THERE A REGULATION REGARDING REAR LIGHTING? *NM
TRANSMISSION PROBLEM: SERIOUS LAG BETWEEN GEAR SHIFTS. IF I PUSH THE ACCELERATOR DOWN TO ACCELERATE TO GET OUT OF A DANGEROUS SITUATION: NOTHING HAPPENS. THE CAR SEEMS TO STALL, SLOWS DOWN AND THEN ONCE THE ECU HAS DETERMINED WHICH GEAR TO SELECTIT ACCELERATES VIOLENTLY TAKING THE DRIVER BY SURPRISE...
Mileage: 7,900
HATCHBACK CAN BE OPENED WITH THE KEYLESS REMOTE. DRIVER OPENED THE HATCHBACK WITH THE KEYLESS REMOTE TO REMOVE SOME CONTENTS FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. HATCHBACK CLOSED ON ITS OWN, AND HIT THE DRIVER'S NECK AND CONTINUED TO SHUT. DRIVER HAD TO SLIDE 0UT, AND THE HATCH SHUT. VEHICLE DID NO...
THE HEADLIGHTS ARE MY NEW RX330 HAVE SUCH LIMITED SIGHT DISTANCE THAT I'M AFRAID WITH THE DEER POPULATION IN MY AREA, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH BRAKING TIME. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE DISTINCT CUT OFF IN LIGHTING BUT SAY THEY ARE TO STANDARDS AND NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE C...
MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 AWD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION "HANGING" ON THE 2-3 UPSHIFT. THE CAR HESITATES THEN ROUGHLY SHIFTS INTO THE NEXT GEAR. IT HAS NEVER SHIFTED AS SMOOTHLY IN ANY GEAR AS OTHER LEXUS AND TOYOTA PRODUCTS I DRIVEN. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE ENGINE...
Mileage: 5,700
THIS CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC WIPER SYSTEM. WHEN THE AUTOMATIC MODE IS USED THE WIPERS FAIL TO KEEP THE WINDSHIELD CLEAR. IN A LIGHT RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD CAN GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU MUST TAKE MANUAL ACTION TO CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ISOLATED TO MY CAR ...
Mileage: 1
LEXUS 2004 RX 330 - TRANSMISSION. SHIFTING HESITATION, LEXUS HAS ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM WITH A CHANGE IN COMPUTER SHIFTING POINTS BUT IT HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THEY NOW REFUSE TO HELP FURTHER SAYING ONLY THAT IT IS WITHIN DESIGN STANDARDS. MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM IN LEXUS OWNERS FORUM ...
WHEN I DRIVE MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 MANUAL ON 4TH, SPEED IS AROUND 40 MPH, AND LEFT OFF THE THROTTLE, I CAN HEAR A WHINING NOISE FROM REAR. ONCE I PUSH THE GAS PADDLE, THE NOISE IS GONE. IT CAN BE DUPLICATED ON D WHEN I SLOW DOWN FROM 50 MPH. THIS ALSO HAPPENS TO THE OTHER THREE RX330S (TWO LOANER CARS...
FULL LOAD SUSPENSION TRAVEL. BOTTOMS OUT CONSTANTLY WITH 700 LBS. LOAD (FOUR ADULTS).*AK
VIBRATION WHEN AIR CONDITIONER ON. 2004 LEXUS RX330.*AK
THE RX330 HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A SERIOUS LAG BETWEEN GEAR SHIFTS. THE ENGINE WILL REV UP BUT THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN STARTING FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND ALSO WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, CHANGING LANES, AND PASSING TRAFFIC. I ...
MY RX330 HAS JUST COME OUT OF THE DEALER SERVICE FOR THE SECOND TIME DUE TO A COMPLETE FAILURE TO DOWNSHIFT WHEN NECESSARY. ESPECIALLY AS I SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH, AND THE TRY TO RE-ACCELERATE, THE RPM'S GO TO 5500 BUT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE AND THE CLUTCH NEVER ENGAGES. YOU HAVE TO LET OFF TH...
WHEN I SLOW MY LEXUS LS-430 DOWN TO ABOUT 10 - 15 MPH THEN ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE LIGHTLY, THE CAR WILL OFTEN NOT RESPOND TO THE THROTTLE. I'LL DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR FURTHER AND EVENTUALLY THE CAR WILL RESPOND BY DOWN SHIFTING INTO A LOWER GEAR AND ACCELERATING VERY RAPIDLY. I HAVE CONTACTED LE...
Mileage: 1,000
HIGH-INTENSITY HEADLIGHTS ON 2004 LEXUS RX 330 DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE NIGHT VISION YET ARE SET ACCORDING TO FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURER. ILLUMINATED DISTANCE IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AT "NORMAL" BEAM DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE OBSTACLE RECOGNITION AND BRAKING TIME EVEN AT LOW SP...
THIS CAR HAS A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. THE ENGINE REVS UP IN BETWEEN GEARS AND FINALLY SHIFTS INTO GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION IS VERY SLUGGISH BETWEEN ALL GEARS. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND SERVICE MANAGER SAYS THAT THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT IS GOING TO BE. WHEN THE ...
SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION HAS ACTED STRANGE. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY WHEN CHANGING FROM ONE GEAR TO THE NEXT. WE HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. WAS TOLD THE FIRST TIME THAT IS THE WAY THE VEHICLE SHIFTS. AFTER THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE, WE TOOK IT BACK...
MANY OWNERS OF 2004 RX330 HAVE REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THE 5-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL "LAG" IN SHIFTING AT LOW SPEEDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL REPORTS OF THE CAR REVVING TO "REDLINE" WITHOUT THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGING. THIS RESULTS IN THE VEHIBLE BECOMING IMMOBILE IN...
WHEN THE SUN HIT THE DASHBOARD THE REFLECTION CAUSED A GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD WHICH RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY. *NLM
Mileage: 800
THE HEAD LIGHTS ON MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 ARE SO CONCENTRATED WITH LITTLE OR NO DIFFUSION OF LIGHT THAT WHEN THE ROAD IS NOT FLAT AND THERE IS A DIP I CAN'T SEE BEYOND 20 YARDS. WHEN THE HIGH BEAMS ARE ON THERE ARE SHADOWS THROUGH THE ENTIRE FIELD OF VIEW. THERE ARE DISTANT LINES OF DEMARCATION BETWE...