2009 Lexus Is

2009 LEXUS IS 250 AT ONLY 63000 MILES. ENGINE RANDOM MISFIRES ON COLD START. CAR SHAKES BADLY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON. ENGINE ERROR CODES P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304, P0305, P0306. WHEN ENGINE RPM DROPS FROM HIGH TO LOW, -4000RPM TO -500, IT SOME TIMES STALLS. CAR HAS TO ADD ENGINE OIL ABOUT 3 QUARTS BETWEEN 8500 MILES CHANGE INTERVALS. PROBLEMS STATED AT LESS THAN 50000 MILES, GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.

THE SAFETY ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE IS THE "MELTING DASHBOARD," IT SEEMS TO BE COMMON WITH VEHICLES LIKE MINE. THE STICK-GLUE LIKE SUBSTANCE IS NOT ONLY A NUISANCE BUT ALSO A SAFETY HAZARD. IT CREATES A GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD THAT MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOOK STRAIGHT FORWARD, ESPECIALLY DURING AFTERNOON HOURS OF DRIVING. AT TIMES I HAVE TO LEAN TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. THE GOOEY SUBSTANCE AND GASHES ALONG WITH THE SAFETY CONCERN OVER THE GLARE IN MY OPINION CALL FOR A RECALL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON HWY 32 WHEN I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AND GLASS SHATTERING. I PULLED OVER TO INSPECT MY VEHICLE. I NOTED NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE OUTSIDE OF MY VEHICLE. I GOT BACK IN MY VEHICLE TO INSPECT THE WINDOWS. I PULLED BACK THE VISOR TO MY SUNROOF AND THERE WAS GLASS EVERYWHERE WITH A BIG HOLE IN THE MIDDLE. I EXITED THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF AN OBJECT HAD HIT MY SUNROOF AND FOUND NO OBJECTS, OTHER THAN PIECES OF GLASS. *TT

I HAD 2 TIMES WERE THE VEHICLE ALMOST STALLED AT DIFFERENT RED LIGHTS WITHIN A TIME FRAME OF 2 DAYS. SHORTLY AFTER THIS I STARTED NOTICING THAT MY VEHICLE WAS DRIVING LIKE A 4 CYLINDER INSTEAD OF A 6. I TOOK IT IN TO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY PUT THE CAR ON THE COMPUTER AND FOUND 4 CODES IN THE CARS HISTORY. 1 STATED MULTIPLE ENGINE MISFIRES, 2 STATED MISFIRE ON NUMBER 2, 3 STATED MISFIRE ON NUMBER 4 AND 3, STATED MISFIRE ON NUMBER 6. IN ALL THESE INSTANCES I NEVER HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. THE DEALER CONTACTED CORPORATE AND A TAS WAS OPENED FOR MY CAR AND CORPORATE TOLD THE DEALER TO WATCH THE SITUATION AND IF IT SHOULD HAPPEN AGAIN FURTHER ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK IN FRIDAY FOR A DIFFERENT ISSUE (RADIO PROBLEMS) AND TOLD THEM THE CAR WAS ACTING UP AGAIN. THEY FOUND NO MISFIRES AND THE MECHANICS SAID IT WAS RUNNING WITHIN SPECS. SATURDAY THE 29TH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND THEY SCHEDULED AN ENGINE OVERHAUL FOR OCTOBER 15TH AND SAID IT WOULD BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 1 WEEK. I THEM FILED A CLAIM MYSELF WITH LEXUS CORPORATE TO EVALUATE THE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS AND THE FACT THAT A 2009 WITH 37,500 MILES NEEDED AN ENGINE OVERHAUL. THE CAR IS VERY UNRELIABLE. I AM SUPPOSED TO HEAR BACK FROM LEXUS THURSDAY THE 4TH OF OCTOBER. NO NEWS AS OF 14:05 EST. *TR

MAR. 3/4/10 - AS I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, MY 2009 IS250 ACCELERATED AND LUNGED WITH A HIGH PITCHED SCREAMING NOISE. I STEPPED HARD ON THE BRAKES BUT IT WOULDN'T STOP IT. A LARGE PICKUP TRUCK WAS PARKED WITH HIS REAR BUMPER IN FRONT OF ME AND IT STOPPED THE CAR. SHAKEN UP, I DROVE HOME SLOWLY, CALLED LEXUS TO TOW MY CAR IN TO CHECK IT OUT. NEXT DAY LEXUS SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I WAS OFFERED PHONE # OF LEXUS CORP. OFFICE TO FILE MY COMPLAINT. I CALLED AND THEY TOOK MY STATEMENT AND SAID WE'D HEAR FROM THEM. ON 3/25/10, CORP. OFFICE CALLED, SAID TO BRING CAR BACK INTO LEXUS. MY HUSBAND SAID THEIR MECHANICS SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY TOLD HIM THAT THEIR CORPORATE MECHANICS WOULD CHECK IT OUT AND TO LEAVE IT THERE OVERNIGHT. WHEN MY HUSBAND TOOK IT IN THE NEXT DAY, LEXUS DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION WITH THEIR CORP. OFFICE BUT CHECKED OUR CAR IN. NEXT DAY LEXUS CALLED AND SAID TO PICK UP OUR CAR AND THAT THE CORP. OFFICE WOULD LET US KNOW WHAT THEY FOUND - HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM SINCE. UPDATED 4/26/10 *CN UPDATED 05/17/10.*JB *TR

3/8/2010 INVOLVING 2009 LEXUS IS 250: AS THE DRIVER OF THE LEXUS IS 250 WAS ENTERING THE GARAGE, SHE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE WHILE THE GARAGE DOOR WAS OPENING. AS THE DRIVER RELEASED THE BRAKE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE GARAGE, THE LEXUS IS 250 UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED AND THE VEHICLE SPED FORWARD. THE DRIVER WAS STOPPED FROM GOING THROUGH THE GARAGE BY FORCEFULLY PRESSING ON THE BRAKES AND STOPPED BY THE GARAGE CABINETS. ACCELERATION MARKS WERE PRESENT ON THE ASPHALT APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE GARAGE AND BRAKE MARKS WERE PRESENT INSIDE THE GARAGE. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE UNEXPECTED ACCELERATED OCCURRED AND WE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR DIRECTION. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT WE BRING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE OWNERS WERE NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP DUE TO THE CURRENT INCIDENT OF DEFECTIVE FUNCTIONING. THE DEALER CAME TO PICK UP THE CAR AND THE OWNER FOLLOWED IN A COURTESY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. ONCE AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE NOTIFIED THE OWNER THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO ACCEPT THE CAR DO TO THE DAMAGE LOCATED IN THE DRIVER SIDE BUMPER WHICH WAS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP HAD POSSESSION OF THE KEYS AND THE VEHICLE. THE OWNER NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP THAT HE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVE (OR HAVE) A DRIVER TAKE THE VEHICLE HOME DO THE VEHICLE MALFUNCTION. THE OWNER WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT 1-800-255-3987. THE OWNER REQUESTED TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP TO AVOID ANY OTHER INCIDENTS UNTIL THE MALFUNCTION IS INVESTIGATED. THE LEXUS IS 250 WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP APPOX 2 WEEKS AGO FOR MAINTENANCE. THE DRIVER SIDE MAT WAS REMOVED OVER 3 MONTHS BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND NO OTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE CAR. *TR