2008 Lexus LS460

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS LS460. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE NUMBER 7 VALVE BROKE OFF INTO THE ENGINE AND THEN BROKE A PISTON. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER THE CONTACT HAD RECALL CAMPAIGN 10V309000 REPAIRED, WHICH WAS RELATED TO THE VALVE SPRINGS ON THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE . THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 23000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS LS460. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OVERHEATING. IT WOULD ALSO NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STAED THAT THE RADIATOR OVERFLOW TAB CLIP HAD BEEN BROKEN BY THE DEALER WHO HAD PERFORMED A RECALL REPAIR AND IT WAS SUPER GLUED BACK ON. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT A NEW RADIATOR WAS NEEDED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000.

CONTINUOUS ACCELERATION WITH FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR PEDAL CURRENTLY AS OF 3/21/10. VEHICLE WILL NOT SLOW DOWN WITH FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR MAINTAINS SPEEDS OF 20-24 MPH WITH FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR. SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR WHILE TRYING TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP FOLLOWED BY A CLUNK FROM TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION WILL DOWNSHIFT WHILE COASTING THEN RPM'S WILL JUMP GIVING A SLIGHT ACCELERATION FEEL AND CONTINUE AT SPEEDS OF 20+MPH UNTIL BRAKES ARE APPLIED. EXPERIENCING HARSH AND SLOPPY SHIFTING FROM TRANSMISSION. LOSES POWER AND WILL NOT KICK DOWN OR WILL FINALLY KICK DOWN AND NOT LET GO OF GEARS THEN WILL UP SHIFT AND THE RPM'S WILL SPIKE. DEALER HAS LUBED DRIVE TRAIN AND FLASHED TRANSMISSION IN ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. ONLY OCCURS WHILE A/C COMPRESSOR IS ON. DEALER AT A LOSS FOR A FIX, REQUESTED I CONTACT LEXUS TO OPEN A CASE. CONTACTED LEXUS, NO RESPONSE. FACTORY CARPET MATS ARE CLIPPED IN PLACE, NOTHING OBSTRUCTING ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *DT

2008 LEXUS 460 LS - COMPLAINT REGARDING DANGER OF DEATH DUE TO CARBON MONOXIDE. THIS CAR IS KEYLESS WHICH OFTEN RESULTS IN THE FAILURE OF THEIR DRIVER SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE WHICH IS AT TIMES PARKED INSIDE AN ENCLOSED GARAGE OF A HOME. THIS OCCURRED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AT MY HOME. THANK GOD I HAD A CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM IN MY HOME WHICH ALERTED ME OF THIS PROBLEM . LEXUS SHOULD HAVE INSTALLED SOME SORT OF SWITCH WHICH WOULD AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF THE ENGINE WHEN THE DRIVER SEAT HAS BEEN UNOCCUPIED FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES. LEXUS STATES THEY HAVE RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, HOWEVER THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND DANGER . EXISTING CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED AND THIS SHOULD BE MANDATORY FOR ALL FUTURE CARS WITH A KEYLESS SYSTEM. *TR