Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Oct 10, 2000IL
VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARD WHEN PLACED IN THE DRIVE POSITION ACTING LIKE IT'S IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. *SLC
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2000 Lexus ES300 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2000 record →
Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Sep 15, 2000CA
VEHICLE FAILS TO START. ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF. DEALER UNSURE OF PROBLEM WITH CAR. REPLACED SENSORS, BUT NOW WANTS TO REPLACE ECU. VEHICLE FAILS TO START INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Sep 11, 2000MD
FAULTY COMPUTER AND TRANSMISSION CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO DOWNSHIFT FROM 4TH TO 1ST GEAR WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, STARTS JERKING, AND MOVES AT AN UNCONTROLLED PACED BY COMPUTER ONLY, DRIVER HAS NO CONTROL OVER ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION. NLM
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Sep 10, 2000MD
ON SEPTEMBER 7 WITH THE SERVICEMANGER AND MECHANIC TESTING THE VEHICLE AT 55 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IT DOWNSHIFTED FROM 4TH TO 1ST GEAR, STARTED JERKING, AND MOVING ON IT'S ON AT A SLOW UNCONTROLLED PACE BY COMPUTER ONLY. DRIVER HAD NO CONTROL OVER ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST SIX TIME IN HEAVY TRAFFIC BARELY ESCAPED DEATH BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. LEXUS PLANS TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER AND THE TRANSMISSION AND GIVE IT BACK TO ME TUESDAY, SEPT. 12. I HAVE A FEAR OF DRIVING THAT CAR AND DON'T WISH TO TAKE IT BACK. PLEASE HELP. THE CAR HAS A FACTORY DEFECT THAT LEXUS DOES NOT WANT PUBLICIZED. I DON'T WANT TO DIE IN THAT CAR, NOR CAUSE SOMEONE ELSE TO BE KILLED.
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Sep 4, 2000MD
ENGINE FAILED THREE TIMES IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT NOTICE. CAR STALLS, ENGINE VIBRATES, WILL NOT ACCELERATE, HAS BEEN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP ON ONE OCCASION.
Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices › Interior
Filed Nov 19, 1999CT
REARVIEW MIRROR DOES NOT MOVE, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. THE DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO SEE OUT OF 25% OF THE REAR WINDOW ON THE LEFT SIDE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
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