2007 Lexus LS460

VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 65K MILES. WITHIN LAST 1,000 MILES, BEGAN NOTICING NOISES COMING FROM BRAKE ACTUATOR. NOISE HAS BECOME MORE NOTICEABLE. TODAY, ON 12/15/2016, WHILE DRIVING, I WAS REQUIRED TO BRAKE SUDDENLY, AND VEHICLE WAS NOT AS RESPONSIVE AS NEEDED. THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I CALLED THE LOCAL LEXUS DEALERSHIP, AND THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY CURRENT RECALLS - THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO SOON, BEFORE THE FAILURE OF THE BRAKE ACTUATOR CAUSES AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS LS460. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SWITCHED INTO THE NEUTRAL POSITION, THE BRAKES RESPONDED PROPERLY. UPON EXAMINATION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE EXTREMELY HOT AND HAD A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THEM. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ABS AND CHECK VSC WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITH AN ERROR MESSAGE STATING TO PARK IMMEDIATELY AND CONTACT THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE PUMP AND THE BRAKE ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

ON 8/28/2015 I WAS DOING A BRAKE JOB ON MY 2007 LEXUS LS 460, I COMPLETED THE REAR ROTORS AND PADS. SO I STARTED ON THE FRONT REPLACING THE PADS I ACCIDENTALLY TAPPED THE BRAKE , BUT NOT PRESSED ALL THE WAY IN. NOT KNOWING THE ROTORS WAS NOT ON THE CAR YET. I THEN NOTICE LIGHTS APPEAR ON THE DASH. ABS, BRAKE ,ASC ETC... I THEN STARTED READING UP ON THIS PROBLEM ON HOW TO FIX IT, WHAT I'M HEARING THAT I MAY NEED THE ACTUATOR AND BOOSTER REPLACED. ANOTHER THING I'M HEARING WOULD BE TRY BLEED MY BRAKES. SO I'M TRYING THIS TODAY THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT A LOT OF 2007 LEXUS LS 460 AND UP ARE HAVING, THIS SEEM LIKE A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE A RECALL.

THE VEHICLE MAKES A NOISE WHEN BRAKING AND PULSES. UPON INVESTIGATION AT THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A FAULTY BRAKE ABS ACTUATOR. BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY LEXUS WILL NOT COVER THE $3000 REPLACEMENT. LEXUS IS FULLY AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND PUT OUT A TECHNICAL BULLETIN FOR THE REPAIR. EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKES ARE A SAFETY COMPONENT LEXUS REFUSES TO CONSIDER THIS FOR A RECALL. AFTER RECALLING ALL THOSE FLOOR MATS WHEN THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY ISSUE CAUSING RAPID ACCELERATION YOU WOULD THINK LEXUS WOULD RECALL A KNOWN FLAW WITH THE ABS BRAKE ACTUATOR. *TR