2006 Lexus LS Complaint Log

ALL FOUR TIRES DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS 1.On February 10, 2020 we purchased four Goodyear Assurance Weatherready tires from Riverside Garage (19 East Ave., Riverside, 60546 708-447-7221 (see attached receipt) 2.On August 5, 2022 the rear/driver’s side tire went flat in Springfield, Illinois during a family visit. We were unable to reinflate the tire. Discount Tire inspected it and found a 12 inch or greater slit and a 1-1/2 inch slit on the inside wall of the tire (see attached photos). The slits revealed white mesh inner membrane. It was unsafe to use, so Discount Tire replaced it. 3.On August 7, 2022, while on route back to Riverside, Illinois from Springfield, Illinois on Interstate 55 we observed a “low tire” light another Assurance tires at rear/passenger side tire. 4.On August 8, 2022 Riverside Garage inspected the rear/passenger tire to find a 1-1/2 inch slit on the inside wall of the tire, which was similarly situated as the other tire. It also revealed an interior mesh membrane similar to the other flat tire. Further inspection of the remaining two tires showed faint “lines” similarly positioned across the inside walls of the remaining front two tires. The tires are preserved at the garage for inspection. 5.On August 10, 2022, the three remaining Goodyear Assurance Weatherready tires were replaced with Goodyear Eagle tires. It is very likely that all of these tires were dangerously defective on manufacture and that others are probably in us. This incident occurred about 2 years post purchase, meaning that other who bought similar tires will begin to experience blowouts and accident in the same time span. Please take action to protect others from blowouts on these defective tires.

AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 PM ON JAN. 5, 2020, I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 LEXUS LS 430 IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN BETHESDA, MD. I DECIDED TO TURN AROUND. I TURNED RIGHT INTO A DRIVEWAY (AT A LOW SPEED) WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL APPLIED. SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE CAR ACCELERATED WILDLY, MAKING A GREAT DEAL OF ENGINE NOISE, AS THE THROTTLE APPEARED TO BE WIDE OPEN. THANKFULLY I HIT A NEAR-BY TREE AND TWO FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A HOMEOWNER CALLED THE POLICE, AND AN AMBULANCE TOOK ME TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT A NEARBY HOSPITAL. IF THIS SUDDEN ACCELERATION HAD OCCURRED ON A HIGHWAY, I AM CERTAIN THAT LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST.

IN MARCH INSTALLED 4 BRAND NEW DUNLOPS IN MY CAR AFTER DRIVING 13K MILES STARTED FEELING A SHAKE IN THE STEERING WHEEL THE RETAILER KEPT ROTATING AND BALANCING THE TIRE AND THE ISSUE WAS STILL THERE CALLED DUNLOP TO LET THEM KNOW THE ISSUE AND CALLED CORPORATE OF THE RETAILER AFTER DOING THE DIAGNOSIS THEY TOLD ME THAT 2 TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND THEY WILL REPLACE THE TIRE AFTER THAT THE ISSUE IS STILL THERE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH TO DUNLOP TIRES CORPORATE AND HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL ALL TIMES GAVE THE GAVE CAR TO LEXUS DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE AFTER A ROAD FORCE WAS PERFORMS ONE OF THE 2 TIRES REPLACED TURNED OUT TO STILL BE DEFECTIVE AND THE RETAILER AMERICAS TIRE IN CALIFORNIA REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES ON MY CAR BUT THE ISSUE IS STILL THERE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH THE AMERICAS TIRE DISTRICT MANAGER AND ALSO HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL AND THEY REFUSE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ALONG WITH DUNLOP THAT THE TIRE S ALL STILL DEFECTIVE I AM RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS AND AM GETTING FRUSTRATED AS THEY ARE BLAMING EACH. I AM GETTING THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKE ON THE FREEWAY AND I HAVE DONE SEVERAL TEST DRIVES WITH THE LEXUS FOREMAN AND THE AMERICAS TIRE BRANCH MANAGER WHO INSTALLED THE TIRES ON MY CAR. CAN PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION UPON REQUEST

I OWN A 2006 LEXUS LS430, WHICH I'VE HAD SINCE NEW. IT ONLY HAS ABOUT 70K MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED SOLELY AT LEXUS DEALERSHIP WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN RALEIGH NC. TODAY WHILE REVERSING DOWN A STEEP DRIVE MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND CUT OFF. I LOST ALL HYDRAULIC BRAKE ASSISTANCE AND STEERING ASSIST. I WAS MOVING AT ABOUT 8 MPH AT TIME OF FAILURE. NO MALFUNCTION INDICATORS APPEARED ON THE DASH BEFORE OR AFTER THIS. MY VEHICLE HAD AT LEAST 10 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE TANK AS IT INDICATES ABOUT ⅝ FULL. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER STOPPING AND THE CAR RAN FINE ON MY WAY HOME. I AM SCHEDULING AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION BUT THIS WAS SCARY AND I'M JUST CONCERNED IF THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF IT COULD BE FATAL LIKE THE GM IGNITION RECALL. MY VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH KEYLESS IGNITION SO NO KEYS WERE IN THE STARTER THAT COULD HAVE SWITCHED IGNITION OFF.

IN THE LAST 30 DAYS THE CHROME ON THE INSIDE OF 2 WHEELS WHERE THE TIRES BEAD SEALS HAS SHOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE AND THE TIRES WILL NOT HOLD AIR. I AM AFRAID OF THE TIRES BEAD THAT SEALS AGAINST THIS PART OF THE RIM LOSING AIR AT A HIGH RATE WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR, GOING AROUND A CURVE. SO FAR THE FLATS HAVE ACCRUED ONCE IN THE GARAGE AND THE OTHER AT A SLOW SPEED. I WOULD GUESS THE 2 REMAINING WHEELS ARE SUFFERING THE SAME DEFECT AND WILL SHOW UP SOON. THE CHROME WHEELS CAME WITH THE CAR AND ARE A LEXUS PRODUCT. NOT A AFTER MARKET WHEEL. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR SENSE NEW. I CAN NOT FIND ANY RECALL OR, MENTION OF THIS PROBLEM. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THIS IS FAIRLY COMMON WHIT CHROME WHEELS. THE REPAIR SHOP GROUND THE BAD SPOTS DOWN AND PUT A SEALER ON THE RIM. THEY WOULD NOT SAY HOW LONG IT WOULD LAST. I WOULD THINK ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHEELS OR, TIRES WOULD BE OF GREAT CONCERN. *TR

ON 3/27/12 THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND INSPECTED FOR A STRONG FUEL ODOR UPON STARTING THE ENGINE. NONE WAS DETECTED. ON 4/18/12 IT WAS RETURNED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. A SECOND INSPECTION FOUND THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS LEAKING FUEL AND DID REPRESENT A HAZARD, BUT WAS NOT THE SAME ISSUE AS THE RECALL OF 2006-07 MODELS GS 350/350, 2009 IS 250, 2006-08 IS 350, LISTED AS FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR INSTALLATION. I WAS CHARGED $320.73 FOR PARTS/LABOR PLUS TAX. THE MODEL IS A LS 430. *TR

LETTER FROM SENATOR MURRAY ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENTS, CONCERNING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 2006 LEXUS LS430 VEHICLE (PHOTOGRAPHS NOT IMAGED) *TGW THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER STATED HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHEN ALL OF THE ICONS ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED. THE TRUNK OPENED AND THE FLASHERS CAME ON, AND THE ALARM STARTED GOING OFF. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SECOND TIME, THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED, HE CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *JB

MY 2006 LEXUS LS 460 HAS A DASHBOARD THAT IS STICKY AND HARD TO SEE OUT OF AT TIMES WHEN DRIVING. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED MY INTERIOR DOOR PANELS ARE STARTING TO HAZE WITH A WHITE FILM ON THEM. I HAVE TAKEN EXTREME CARE WITH THIS VEHICLE AS IT RECEIVES ALL THE NORMAL MAINTENANCE AND EVERY 3 WEEKS A FULL DETAIL INSIDE AND OUT. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE CHEMICALS BEING UTILIZED BY THE DETAILERS, AND I ASKED THEY STOP USING CHEMICALS AND ONLY USE SOAP AND WATER. I LATER FOUND AFTER SPEAKING WITH THEM THAT IT IS COMMON IN A LOT OF LEXUS SEDANS. I LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN MANY LEXUS' FROM 2006 TO 2008. SO I AM INQUIRING HERE TO SEE IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS LS430. WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. SECONDS LATER, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A NEARBY VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

AFTER NEW BRAKES INSTALLED BY LEXUS 11/03/2009, BRAKES BECAME GRABBY. WHEN FRONT WHEELS WERE WET AS IN AFTER WASHING, BRAKES WOULD MAKE A LOUD "GROANING" NOISE & LOCK THE DRIVER FRONT WHEEL CAUSING CAR TO PULL TO LEFT. AFTER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS TO LEXUS, PROBLEM STILL NOT RESOLVED AS OF 07/05/2011. LEXUS CONTINUES TO CONTEND THAT THIS IS NORMAL...EVEN TO INCLUDE THE WHEEL LOCKING...BECAUSE IT IS WET. SPEED TO TEST ESSENTIALLY ROLLING ONLY... ALMOST HIT A POLE IN PARKING LOT WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKE AFTER WASHING.

I PURCHASED A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED 2006 LEXUS 430, INCLUDING 2 ADDITIONAL WARRANTIES, FROM LEXUS CHANDLER IN MAY 2009 UPON WHICH I EXPERIENCE AN INABILITY TO START AND UNLOCK THE STEERING WHEEL EIGHT TIMES WITHIN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS AND INTERMITTENTLY MONTHS AFTER. IF I SIT FOR AN HOUR THE SYSTEM WILL UNLOCK ITSELF AND WILL START. DEALER REFUSES TO INVOLVE ITSELF AND CLAIMS IT IS UNABLE TO REPAIR. I TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER WHICH STATED THEY COULD DISCONNECT THE ANTI-LOCK MECHANISM BUT THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SECURITY FUNCTIONS. I HAVE CONTACTED THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE WHICH THEY HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER BUT NO RESOLUTION HAS BEEN PROVIDED AT THIS TIME. I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO MY SENATOR, JOHN MCCAIN, ABOUT THE ISSUE AND AM WAITING A RESPONSE. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN SINCE IT LEAVES ME STRANDED. UPDATED 04/09/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW BATTERY AND TIRES. UPDATED 09/21/10

ALL FOUR TIRES WERE WORN OUT AND AIR WAS KEEP OUT CONTINUOUSLY STARTING AROUND 25,000 MILES. COULDN'T FIND THE REASON UNTIL ALMOST 30,000 MILES EVEN TOOK A LOOK SEVERAL TIMES. FINALLY I FOUND ALL FOUR TIRES GOT SEVERE WEAR ON INSIDE TREAD WHICH EXPOSED WIRE THREAD. THE FACT I'D LIKE TO COMPLAINT IS WE,CONSUMER CAN NOT EASY TO FIND OUT THOSE PROBLEM UNTIL EITHER TIRE FLAT COMPLETELY OR BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING OR UNTIL LIFT-UP IN SERVICE SHOP OR UNTIL WE HAVE TRAGEDY ACCIDENT. I COMPLAINED TO LEXUS TO INSPECT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BUT THEY SAYING THAT THEY CAN REIMBURSE FOR THE PRICE OF 2 PAIRS INSTEAD OF PHYSICAL INSPECTION. BUT MY INTENTION IS NOT ON REIMBURSEMENT BUT PREVENT POSSIBLE ACCIDENT BECAUSE I HEAR SIMILAR CASE ON SAME MODEL LS460 OF MY BROTHER,FRIEND. I REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND AND KEEPING ALL FOUR OLD TIRES UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS FOUND. *TR

ALL FOUR TIRES WERE WORN OUT AND AIR WAS KEEP OUT CONTINUOUSLY STARTING AROUND 25,000 MILES. COULDN'T FIND THE REASON UNTIL ALMOST 30,000 MILES EVEN TOOK A LOOK SEVERAL TIMES. FINALLY I FOUND ALL FOUR TIRES GOT SEVERE WEAR ON INSIDE TREAD WHICH EXPOSED WIRE THREAD. THE FACT I'D LIKE TO COMPLAINT IS WE,CONSUMER CAN NOT EASY TO FIND OUT THOSE PROBLEM UNTIL EITHER TIRE FLAT COMPLETELY OR BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING OR UNTIL LIFT-UP IN SERVICE SHOP OR UNTIL WE HAVE TRAGEDY ACCIDENT. I COMPLAINED TO LEXUS TO INSPECT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BUT THEY SAYING THAT THEY CAN REIMBURSE FOR THE PRICE OF 2 PAIRS INSTEAD OF PHYSICAL INSPECTION. BUT MY INTENTION IS NOT ON REIMBURSEMENT BUT PREVENT POSSIBLE ACCIDENT BECAUSE I HEAR SIMILAR CASE ON SAME MODEL LS460 OF MY BROTHER,FRIEND. I REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND AND KEEPING ALL FOUR OLD TIRES UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS FOUND. *TR

LEXUS LS 430 BRAKES FAILED MOVING INTO A PARKING SPACE. PRESSED ON THE BREAKS THE SURGED FORWARD WENT OVER A BUMP, CURB, HANDICAP SIGN AND INTO THE BUILDING. WAS PRESSING ON THE BRAKES AND THE CAR JUST TOOK OFF. *TR

PULLED CAR INTO LINED PARKING SPACE, PLACED CAR IN PARK, TURNED CAR OFF (KEYLESS IGNITION "SMART KEY" ON DASH TURNED TO LEFT/OFF POSITION, ABOUT TO GET OUT OF CAR, JUST STARTED TO TAKE SEAT BELT OFF WHEN CAR STARTED UP, WENT UNCONTROLLABLY FORWARD OVER CEMENT PARKING BARRIER AND CEMENT WALKWAY AND HIT PARKED VEHICLE ON OTHER SIDE OF LOT, ALL THE WHILE SHIFTER IN PARK POSITION AND FOOT ON BRAKE, TRIED TO KEEP CAR STRAIGHT, BUT WOULD NOT RESPOND AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT. AFTER THIS FIRST IMPACT SHIFTER SLIPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE ON OWN AND CAR WENT BACKWARDS AGAIN OVER CEMENT BARRIER AND WALKWAY AND HIT CAR BEHIND AND FINALLY CAME TO REST. IN GOING BACKWARDS BRAKES DID NOT AGAIN RESPOND. THIS WAS EXPERIENCED AND WITNESSED BY TWO OTHER PASSENGERS INSIDE THE CAR, TOW TRUCK PERSONNEL ALSO NOTED THAT AFTERWARDS, WHEN PLACED IN NEUTRAL TO PUT ON FLATBED, CAR SHIFTER HAD TENDENCY TO GO TO REVERSE OR FORWARD GEAR. POLICE REPORT STATED THAT "IT APPEARS THAT A VEHICLE MALFUNCTION COULD HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH". THIS VEHICLE IS A BRAND NEW 2006 LEXUS LS430, PURCHASED 5/30/06 WITH ONLY 4800 MILES ON IT! DRIVER AND ONE PASSENGER HAVE SOFT TISSUE MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY/PAIN AND DRIVER HAS ANXIETY/ PANIC ATTACKS WHENEVER ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE, AND IS RECEIVING PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND MEDICATIONS TO TREAT THIS. NOTHING THUS FAR HAS BEEN DONE BY LEXUS TO CORRECT OR PREVENT THIS FAILURE FROM POTENTIALLY RECURRING AGAIN, THE CAR IS PRESENTLY HAVING THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE REPAIRED BY THE LEXUS BODY SHOP.

WHEN FIRST DRIVING THE CAR AFTER DELIVERY MAY 22, 2006, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS WERE SET DANGEROUSLY LOW AND PROVIDED UNSAFE LIGHTING. THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY ADJUSTED UP TO A REASONABLE LEVEL TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING OF THE ROAD FOR SAFE DRIVING ON LOW BEAM. CONSEQUENTLY THE HIGH BEAMS WERE PROJECTING UP IN THE AIR, AND PROVIDED ABSOLUTELY NO LIGHT ON THE ROAD SURFACE, AGAIN CAUSING UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR RURAL ROADS AND OPEN HIGHWAY WHERE THE HIGH BEAMS ARE NECESSARY. I TRIED TO GET THE DEALER SERVICE TO ADJUST THEM AND AS IT TURNS OUT THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR SEPARATE ADJUSTMENT OF THE HIGH AND LOW BEAMS, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SEPARATE ASSEMBLIES. I HAVE WRITTEN AND CONTACTED LEXUS CUSTOMER SERVICE A NUMBER OF TIMES. THEY HAVE REFERRED ME TO LEXUS ARBITRATION, BUT NO-ONE WILL PROVIDE A CORRECTION FOR THE PROBLEM. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE HEADLIGHTS MUST BE REMOVED AND REALIGNED PROPERLY AND REINSTALLED AS THEY MUST BE WHEN ORIGINALLY INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE AND THE HEADLIGHTS SHOULD BE REDESIGNED TO PROVIDE SEPARATE ADJUSTMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS LS 430. WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND SWITCHING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND HIT A CEMENT PILLAR, BENCHES AND THEN A BUILDING. HE SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES TO HIS CHEST AND FRACTURED HIS NECK. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER CHEST AND BOTH WERE HOSPITALIZED. THERE IS A POLICE REPORT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8000. UPDATED 4/26/10 *CN UPDATED 06/28/10.*JB