2008 Lexus LS600HL

VGRS RECALL 10V218000 TOYOTA/LEXUS HAD A RECALL FOR 2009 AND UP MODELS OF THE LS VEHICLE FOR STEERING NOT RETURNING TO CENTER DURING DRIVING OPERATIONS OR COMPLETE LOCKED TURNS. WHICH CAN CAUSE A ACCIDENT. THIS RECALL SHOULD HAVE STARTED IN 2008 AND NOT JUST 2009 AND UP. 2008 THE LS460/600 FIRST DEBUTED. THE VGRS SYSTEM WAS INCORPORATED IN THESE VEHICLES AS WELL. 2008 WAS THE ACTUAL STARTING YEAR FOR THESE VEHICLES. NOW I AM DRIVING A 2008 LS AND THE STEERING KEEPINGS GOING OFF CENTER. YESTERDAY I ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN AND THERE CHILD WHILE CROSSING BECAUSE THE STEERING WAS OFF CENTER CAUSING ME TO STEER THE VEHICLE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. THIS MORNING WHILE GOING TO WORK. TODAY THE WHEEL DOES THE SAMETHING EXCEPT WORST THEN BEFORE. NOW ITS A COMPLETE 90 OFF. IM DRIVING WITH STEERING SIDEWAYS. THIS HAS BEEN A ISSUE FOR THE PASSED 2 DAYS AND ITS FREAKING ME OUT. IT HAPPENS MOSTLY AFTER PULLING FROM PARKING OR U-TURN OR JUST RANDOMLY. I DO NOT KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT IT. 2008 LS SHOULD BE IN THE RECALLS AS WELL. THE 2009 RECALL STATES STEERING ECU WAS THE CULPRIT AND A NEW ECU HAD TO BE PLACED IN LS VEHICLES EXHIBITING THE PROBLEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN VERY VERY SERIOUSLY. GOD FORBID YOU ARE HOME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND HERE I COME SMASHING THRU YOUR LIVING ROOM WITH MY LEXUS. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID# 10V218000

THERE IS A CLICKING OR POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS ANYTIME WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED. THE FREQUENCY OF THE NOISE HAS INCREASED WITH A SENSATION UNDER YOUR FOOT. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME TYPE OF ABS BRAKE FAILURE. I DID AN ONLINE SEARCH FOR THIS NOISE AND IT LOOKS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE LS MODELS. NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. IT TURNS OUT, IT IS THE BRAKE ACTUATOR AND LEXUS IS VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM EARLY IN THE CARS LIFE OR LATER. SINCE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE 2007 TO 2010 MODEL YEAR I THINK THIS SHOULD BE AN OFFICIAL RECALL OR AT LEAST GRANDFATHERED IN AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS LS600HL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THERE WAS A HUMMING NOISE HEARD FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INSPECTED THE HUB ASSEMBLY AND ADVISED THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED BUT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO MAKE THE REPAIR HOWEVER, THERE WERE AFTERMARKET PARTS THAT COULD BE ORDERED TO MAKE THE REPAIR ORT THE CONTACT WAS GIVEN THE OPTION TO VERIFY IF ANOTHER DISTRIBUTOR HAD THE PART AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO ALSO STATED THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THE PARTS ARE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 LEXUS LS600HL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE PAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE WHEEL BEARING HUB ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.