2010 Lexus Rx

Oil cooler high pressure line, rubber elbow, pin hole oil leak/spray. TSB: POL.14.02 (NHTSA: 10056509). Leaked oil out with check engine light/low oil pressure warning just as I arrived home. Line of oil in driveway. Diagnosed leak from this rubber elbow. One quart of oil left in oil pan. After review of NHTSA website (and many, many Google hits) found this to be a well known problen by Lexus. No recall ever issued. I never received written notice from Lexus, and dealership that vehicle has been to many times never mentioned anything. Lexus denies any extended warranty at this time. Absolutely unacceptable.

BOUGHT A USED 2010 LEXUS RX 450H 3.5L WITH 130,000 MILES. AT APPROXIMATELY 132,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, OIL COOLER LINE SUDDENLY EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING AND VEHICLE LOST ALL OF ITS OIL, FULL SYNTHETIC, WITHIN SECONDS. OIL SPLATTERED ALL OVER ENTIRE UNDERBODY. VEHICLE COMPLETELY UN-DRIVABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. NO PRE WARNING FROM OIL LIGHT OR ANY OTHER INDICATION OTHER THAN LOUD BANG AND SMELL OF BURNING OIL. HUGE SAFETY RISK AND LIKELIHOOD OF COMPLETE ENGINE LOSS OR SEIZING IF I HAD CONTINUED TO DRIVE ANY LONGER, POSSIBLY LEADING TO AN ACCIDENT OR WORSE. IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AT SMELL OF HOT OIL AND HAD IT TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. ESTIMATED COST ABOUT $ 1,000. REPAIR SHOP STATED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH TOYOTA OIL LINE COOLER HOSE AND LEXUS MODELS OF THIS YEAR AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ITEM. RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT HOSE IS NOW METAL.

MAJOR OIL LEAKING FROM A FAULTY ENGINE OIL COOLER LINE WHILE CAR IS MOVING OR TURNED ON. OIL IS ALL OVER ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE, BACK BUMPER, BACK WINDSHIELD & WIPER AND INSIDE OF TIRES. GARAGE FLOOR AND DRIVEWAY HAVE OIL SPLATTERED EVERYWHERE. THE WHOLE BACK OF CAR IS COVER IN OIL. AFTER RESEARCHING, I FOUND THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR LEXUS RX 350/450H MODELS BETWEEN 2009-2011. NO OIL OR ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. EVEN AFTER THE FAULTY PART IS REPAIRED, MY CONCERN THEN BECOMES POTENTIAL ENGINE FAILURE FROM LACK OF OIL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 LEXUS RX 350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CHECKED THE OIL. THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE OIL COOLANT LINE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO THE CONTACT. AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DRIVE ROUGHLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ENGINE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,000.

I WAS SLOWLY ENTERING FROM I15 TO H-78 WEST. SUDDENLY CAR BEGAN TO REV AND ACCELERATE AS IF I WAS FLOORING GAS PEDAL. I JABBED AT PEDAL A COUPLE TIMES AND HIT BRAKES...IT STOPPED WITHIN A FEW SECONDS....NOT SURE IF WHAT I DID HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT STOPPING. MY GAS PEDAL IS NOT STICKY AND SMOOTHLY ADJUSTS. MY VEHICLE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND HAS HAD ALL MAINTENANCE. I WAS FORTUNATE I HAD SEVERAL CAR LENGTHS CLEAR. I AM 100% CERTAIN I DID NOT ACCIDENTALLY SLIP OR PUSH ON PEDAL. WHILE IT WAS ACCELERATING I EVEN LIFTED FOOT COMPLETELY OFF PEDAL AND IT STILL WAS GOING.

WHILE DRIVING UNDER 30 MPH. LIGHTS CAME ON FROM THE DASHLIGHTS CAME ON PROMPTING LOW FUEL PRESSURE. SHORTLY AFTER, WEIRD NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE PULLED OVER TO CHECK UNDER THE HOOD. SEEN A LOT OF OIL LOST. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO LEXUS DEALERSHIP AND IDENTIFIED THAT IT WAS HTE ENGINE OIL COOLER PIPE. THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA/LEXUS. WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE BUT IS EXPIRED BY 10 WEEKS. :(

THE VVT-I OIL LINE ON MY LEXUS RX350 BURST WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. IT WAS A VERY LARGE LEAK WHICH COVERED THE GROUND, ENGINE, AND UNDERCARRIAGE. THE LOW ENGINE OIL MESSAGE AND ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WARNINGS CAME ON WHEN IT HAPPENED. COMPLETE LOSS OF OIL AND NO VISIBLE OIL ON THE DIP STICK. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE AND TALKING WITH THE MECHANIC THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE PART THOUGH I DON'T SEE ANY RECALL FOR IT.