No, your'e going to have a lot of problems with ANY Lexus as can be seen here.
Matthew of Gillette, NJ June 10, 2010
While backing out of our garage, my wife experienced a brake failure in our 2008 Lexus GX470. As the car slowly crept toward our retaining wall, she opened the door, and put her foot down to try and stop the car. The result was 4,000 in damage, and an unsafe car. After holding the car hostage for 70 days, Lexus finally sent us a two paragraph form letter that our car is fine.
Steve of Palatine, IL June 2, 2010
2005 Lexus RX330 steering wheel and ignition lock up when in park not always, but if any pressure is put on the steering wheel after the car has been put in park. The dealer says to jiggle the wheel back and forth while trying to turn the key. Sometimes this works, sometimes the car must be towed. When I asked the dealer if there is a more permanent fix other than remembering not to put any presure on the wheel after the car has been put in park and the keys removed, or trying to jiggle the wheel while turning the key, he said there was no permanent fix, that it is a design flaw. potentially could get stranded and unable to unlock steering wheel and ignition.
Rick of Whittier, CA May 24, 2010
My ES330 has 2 problems that have been looked at by the dealer 2 times with no correction. One problem is the headlights have condensation in them after being washed and they are very discolored. We were told on both trips to the dealer that this was a recall issue and they would be replaced. Both times they simply cleaned the discoloration and said they could not reproduce the problem so they would not replace the headlights. The second problem is the mirror feature that lowers the mirror when the car is in reverse. The problem is that the mirrors do not go back to the normal position and you need to get out of the car and manually adjust them. This is a major safety issue and all we were told is "they could not reproduce the problem"
Natashalee of Briarwood, NY May 13, 2010
I own a RX350 vehicle (Lexus Suv) which I purchased from the Rockville Centre dealership in 2006. My vehicle currently has been making a abnormal engine noise and I notified Lexus and told them of the issue. They determined that I had a entire engine problem and that the work would be very expensive. I told them that I called Lexus corporate and they insured me that my engine warranty was covered up to 70,000 miles and my vehicle is currently at approx. 67,000 miles. They stated that they saw sludge in my oil plan and that they didn't show a history of me getting a oil change on my vehicle from 5,996 miles to 40,850 miles.
I told them at that time I was not employed and I could not afford maintenance at Lexus there I took it to a full service Mobil for my needed oil changes and that I can provide them with these receipts which would be for the year time frame of 2006-2007. And that I was not experiencing any problem with my car until the did a recall on the oil line which they said they replaced but my vehicle is has been leaking oil and it is not coming from my oil pan. I told them that I don't understand why my oil change history from the past would affect the engine 27,000 miles later and if there was sludge in my engine how come that was not detected since I have been getting the car service at the dealer from 2008 until now. They stated that all they can do is offer me a 10% discount off of the service.
Ashley of Santa Monica, CA May 12, 2010
Took my car in as my driver's side window was not functioning correctly. I got it back and within two days the window didn't work again. I took it back they then told me that I had a internal door issue due to work done in my car a year ago but that it was fixed. Drove off the lot and the window didn't role down. I had to turn around and the service provider had read the paperwork incorrectly and meant to tell me that this "bad door work" was causing window regulator issues. I then took it to the autobody I had work done a year ago, they, for NO charge, looked at the door and there was NOTHING wrong. I took it back to SM Lexus and they then pushed that it was the work on the door not them. Come to find out a day later it was SM Lexus and a bad regulator that was the cause. Two days later my back door lock wasn't working. They only gave me 100 service credit. I will NEVER go back there again.
Damita of Baltimore, MD April 30, 2010
In December of 2009 my 1999 Lexus RX 300 required an engine at only 140,000 miles. The engine was replaced with a used engine with 70,000 miles. Per Lexus and the mechanic that replaced the engine, both state the engine had oil, however it was not "shooting" to the engine properly. My car has never missed a service, including an oil change.
Regan of Baltimore, MD April 21, 2010
my 2003 Lexus ES was in a right side fron end accident on 3/18/10. After the accident, the engibe light came on. Now, I am fighting with my insurance company because Lexus is telling me I need a new engine because of sludge build up and my insurance company is saying this is not accident related. The service advisor said that this build up comes from poor maintenance, where i have proof that i have been getting regular maintenance. After doing research, I find that this is a known issue with the Lexus 1999-2002 models.
William of New Boston, MI April 21, 2010
It was determined that the engine in my RX 350 was in need of being to replaced, due to sludge buildup after only 65k miles. After 30 days of back and forth with Corporate and dealerships, we reached an agreement that they would install a new engine and we would only pay for labor charges. We picked up the car and found out they had only replaced half of the enine (short block) instead of he Long Block and that the smoking problem was still there and maybe even more pronounced (think of James Bond laying down a smoke screen to his pursuers).
The Service Mananger and Technician told us that a Long Block new engine did not exist and therefore they could not order one - I called another dealer and within 5 minutes got the part number, price and availability. They acted surprised and said they would have to look into this. In the meantime a got a call from them yesterday and they said they found the problem to be the PCV valve and once they replaced that the engine no longer smoked...my question is would that have fixed the problem with the old engine as well and not cost be 5000...the had no answer...we had 3 seperate diagnostics tests done at Lexus dealerships for 110 each and none revealed this problem...I feel Lexus has lied and misled me and now I am out the 5000, did not get what they agreed to, and probably could have had the issue fixed for less than 100 if they had been honest and competent in their intial reivew of the issue.
Amelia of Merion, PA April 16, 2010
On April 10, 2010 I was driving my Lexus Es350 when I experience a sudden unintended accelration. I was coming from a dead stop out of a toll both when the accelerator went from 20 to 80. I applied a hard brake down to the floor. The vehicle traveled at 80 would ladder back to 60 and kept doing that until the car finally, on its on, glided to a stop. Lexus after inspecting the vehicle has deemed it "operating as designed" and said it is safe to drive. I will not drive it and it remains, at this time, at the dealership where it was towed.
Helene of Tinley Park, IL April 15, 2010
We bought a LexusRX350 2008 5/11/2007 crystal white from Lexus of Orland Park Ill.Before the car was a year old it had rail dust all over it. We are still dealing with the rail dust problem. We have never seen rail dust on a car and have owned several white cars.I take care of my car wash it once a week and service when it is time at Lexus of Orland Park. Paying 50,000 for a car, number one car,I do not understand why it is not under warranty or Lexus dealereship or headquarters will not take care of the rail dust. There are other owners of Lexus RX350 in our neighbor who also have rail dust. I was told by a service person who works for Lexus of Orland that when the RX350 2010 came in it had rail dust and the dealership cleaned it up and put them on the lot to sell.
I guess that was done with the LexusRX350 2008 and 2009. Lexus took care of my rail dust twice because I was persistant. Lexus said they would not do anything again after that. In the last couple weeks because I have been calling they reviewed my case again and nothing will be done. Keith, service manager of Lexus of Orland Park, will not touch my car. He did say he would give me top dollar for the car if I traded it in on a new LexusRX350 because it was in such good condition and well taken care of even though it has rail dust. Why would I do this and have the same problem with a new car knowing what I know. All I am asking is Lexus take care of the problem while I own the car. I am putting out 109 evry 4-6 months to take care of the problem. Lexus Headquarters gave us a 400 letter of credit to be used at the dearlership only to buy me off.
I am very disappointedin the way Lexus takes care of their customers. I guess the bottom line is profit and who cares about the customer and standing behind their product. We saved our money up as to buy this car number 1. We are both retired and we feel this is not fair to make us take care of the problem on our own at our cost and havaing to go elsewhere. We have been very loyal to Lexus of Orland having everything done at the dealership. We are paying for the rail dust to be taken care of out of our pocket. The rail dust just keeps coming back.