2000 Lexus RX300

HELLO RECENTLY I HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY LEXUS RX300 HATCH BACK DOOR COMING LOOSE. FIRST, THE BOLT THAT HOLDS ONE OF THE HYDRAULIC CYLIDER THAT WERE USED TO KEEP THE DOOR OPEN BROKE, AND THEN THE HANDLE THAT OPENS THE HATCHBACK DOOR BROKE AND SHOT CLOSED. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS HOLDING THE DOOR WAS THE OTHER CYLIDER. HAD THAT BROKEN LOOSE, THE DOOR WOULD HAVE HAD FALLEN OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR, I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY LEXUS THAT IT WAS A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. I HAVE LEARNED SINCE THEN THAT THIS ISSUE THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENTS. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN RX300 AND DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. THE AFFECTED VEHICLES SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED TO BE FIXED. I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO NHTSA HEADQUARTER IN WASHINTON TO REQUEST TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT IT COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD ON THE ROAD. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.*CN

THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING ON A 300 MILE TRIP TO SEE FAMILY, OUR LEXUS RX 300 LOST THE TRANSMISSION AT 86,000 MILES AND RUINED OUR ENTIRE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. AFTER GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH CORPORATE LEXUS THEY HAVE DECIDED EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE PUT OUR A TSB AND ARE WELL AWARE OF THE TRANSAXLE FAILURE IN THIS MODEL, THEY WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE ANY FINANCIAL MONIES TO HELP JUSTIFY OUR $6,000.00 BILL. I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER LEXUS NOR ANYONE WITHIN MY FAMILY. VERY DISSATISFIED CUSTOMER *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. NO PRIOR INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. CAR COULD NOT BE PLACED IN GEAR, HAD TO BE TOWED. LEXUS SAID THAT 120K MILES WAS THE LIFE SPAN OF THE TRANSMISSION AND WANTED TO CHARGE $5,400 FOR REPAIR. CAR HAD ONLY BEEN SERVICE BY LEXUS SINCE PURCHASE, LAST SERVICE WAS 6 MONTHS PRIOR AND NO INDICATION WAS GIVEN OF ANY EXPECTED TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TR

2000 LEXUS RX 300 AWD: THE TONE RING ON THE RIGHT REAR DRIVE AXLE CRACKED CAUSING A FALSE READING TO THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM, THE CRACKED RING WOULD NOT TURN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AXLE CAUSING THE ABS SYSTEM TO THINK THAT THE AFFECTED AXLE WAS NO LONGER TUNING THEREFORE ACTIVATING THE ABS SYSTEM AND JEOPARDIZING BRAKING DISTANCE, AFTER REPAIRING I WAS WONDERING HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND DID SOME INQUIRIES, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES (RIGHT REAR AXLES AWD MODELS) WATER GETS INTO THE AXLE TONE RING AREA, FREEZES CAUSING THE RING TO CRACK AND CREATING A DANGEROUS CONDITION, UNNECESSARY ACTIVATION OF THE ABS SYSTEM FOR THE UNSUSPECTING DRIVER LEXUS DEALERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEAST KEEP THESE A SUPPLY OF THESE VERY EXPENSIVE AXLES IN STOCK DUE TO THEIR FAMILIARITY IF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2000 LEXUS RX300 WITH LESS THAN 72,000 ORIGINAL OWNER MILES ON IT HAD SUDDEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. AFTER EXITING MY DRIVEWAY GATE AND STOPPING, I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS TOWARDS THE GATE (THE END OF THE DRIVE IS SLOPED UPHILL) AS IF THE TRANSMISSION SELECTOR WAS IN NEUTRAL. I APPLIED BRAKES, STOPPED, RESELECTED DRIVE AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MY DESTINATION. THE AUTOMATIC SHIFTING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND SEEMED TO BE DELAYED AND TO BE SLIPPING, SO I TOOK IT TO THE LEXUS DEALER. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR