2000 Lexus RX300

PURCHASED USED RX-300 (YR 2000) IN 2003 AND THE TRANSMISSION DIED SUDDENLY AS I WAS COMING BACK HOME AT 87,000 MILES. THE DEALER FIXED IT FOR FREE, A WEEK LATER THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE LEXUS DEALER IN SILVER SPRING AND ANOTHER TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN THE CAR. TODAY THE SAME THING HAPPENED, ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED AND IT WILL COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE MILEAGE IS 127,000, NOT SURE IF IT'S WORTH GETTING IT FIXED. *TR

2000 RX300 TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 121,000 MILES ... DEALER DOES NOT DO REBUILDS, SO QUOTED FOR $4100 A NEW ONE WITHOUT ANY DETAILED INFORMATION ON WHAT EXACTLY WAS WRONG WITH IT. HAD IT TOWED TO REPUTABLE SPECIALIST, AND WAS TOLD A REBUILD WOULD COST MORE THAN A "RE-MANUFACTURE" ... $3600 + TAX FOR 12 MONTH WARRANTY. GOT IT DONE, BROUGHT IT HOME THE 1ST DAY AND IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID SO NEED TO BRING BACK FOR A POSSIBLE FIX OR SWAP. NOT HAPPY. NO OTHER MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE CAR FOR THE 7 YEARS WE'VE OWNED IT. *TR

LEXUS RX 300: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COMPLAINT. MY 2000 LEXUS RX 300 IS HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES. SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE. I'M A MOTHER OF THREE AND USE THE CAR PRIMARILY TO TRANSPORT CHILDREN AND THE FAMILY DOG TO VARIOUS PLACES--I.E. TO SCHOOL, SPORTING EVENTS, CARPOOLING AS WELL AS RUNNING VARIOUS HOUSEHOLD ERRANDS AND OTHER FAMILY RELATED ACTIVITIES. I HAVE MAINTAINED THE AUTOMOBILE REGULARLY, DO NOT DRIVE ABUSIVELY, AND HAVE NOT WRECKED THE AUTOMOBILE. I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY OTHER 1999 & 2000 RX300 OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR (OR WORSE) AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE LEXUS RX300 1999 AND 2000 MODELS TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS A WIDESPREAD FLAW AND WORTHY OF A RECALL. THANK YOU. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2000 LEXUS RX 300 7 YEARS AGO FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. LAST WEEK THE TRANSMISSION DIED WITH ONLY 104,000 MILES. IT IS DISTURBING TO ME THAT WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR FACILITY THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLAWED IN ITS ENGINEERING DESIGN AND THAT NO OIL WAS ABLE TO REACH THE VITAL COMPONENTS AND THAT OVER TIME THEY DRIED OUT AND BECAME BRITTLE. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION "ATE ITSELF UP". THERE WERE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF METAL SHAVINGS AND THE TRANSMISSION LITERALLY IMPLODED. WHY I THINK THIS IS WORTHY OF COMPLAINT IS THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS OWNED TOYOTA VEHICLES...MANY AND WE TAKE METICULOUS CARE OF OUR CARS. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THE FLUID WAS PRISTINE. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE I FOUND THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME YEAR VEHICLE AND TRANSMISSIONS CRASHING EVEN AT MUCH LOWER MILEAGE. IT COST US ALMOST $3800 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED PREVIOUSLY BY NHTSA? *TR