2014 LEXUS GS 350

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) recalled certain 2018-2019 4Runner, Highlander, Camry, Land Cruiser, Sequoia, Sienna, Tacoma and Tundra, and Lexus RC 300, RC 350, GS 350, GX 460, IS 300, LC 500, LS 500, LX 570, RX 350L, and 2019 Toyota Avalon and Corolla, and certain Lexus NX 300,

Intermittent issue with steering getting stuck at highway speeds. Jolts back into place after a few seconds. No warning lights on display. Mechanic unable to replicate it since it happens intermittently.

I PURCHASED A USED 2014 LEXUS GS350 F-SPORT IN LATE 2019. NOT LONG AFTER PURCHASE I ALWAYS NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NEVER STRAIGHT, SEEMED A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT AND WHEN DRIVING ON FREEWAY THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD FEEL AS IF IT STICKS A LITTLE TO THAT POSITION AND WHEN TRYING TO ALIGN THE CAR TO THE LANE, I HAVE TO USE A LITTLE STRENGTH JUST FOR THE STEERING TO MOVE A LITTLE AND THEN IT WOULD FEEL LIKE IT PULLS TO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. EVERY TIME THAT HAPPENS IT LOOKS LIKE I'M SWERVING FOR NO REASON AND FEELS VERY UNSAFE SPECIALLY WHEN OTHER VEHICLES ARE NEXT TO ME. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET AN ALIGNMENT AND THE PROBLEM DIDN'T GO AWAY AND THE STEERING WHEELS WAS STILL FACING TOWARD THE RIGHT. SO I TOOK IT BACK FOR A SECOND TIME AND THEY RE DID THE ALIGNMENT ALONG WITH TEST DRIVING IT AND COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THE CAR WAS FINE. I REPLACED THE REAR TIRES AS THEY WERE GETTING A LITTLE LOW AND THINKING MAYBE SOMEHOW THEY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WI

PASSENGER SEAT FRAME HAD TO BE REPLACED AT MY COST BECAUSE IT WAS SENDING A FAULTY SIGNAL TO AIR BAG AND THE ONLY WAY THE DEALER COULD ERASE THE AIR BAG CODE WAS TO REPLACE THE SEAT FRAME AT A COST OF $1500 ALSO WITH THE SEATS, THE DRIVER SEAT SLIDES BACK AND FORTH WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH MAKING FOR AN UNSAFE PROCEDURE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. IT STARTLES THE DRIVER AND CAUSES A SEVERE DISTRACTION. THE SEAT WILL SLIDE BACK AND FORTH UNTIL THE VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP, WHICH MAKES APPLYING CONSTANT PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BE IMPOSSIBLE.

Mileage: 52,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 LEXUS GS 350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, LEFT APPROACHING AN ON RAMP, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND STALLED OUT WHILE THE ACCELERATED PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE CAUSING ANOTHER VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE CONTACTS VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN IN 360 AND END UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. ALL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE CONTACT RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO THE CHEST AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE POLICE TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A LOT AND DEEMED THE VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS. NO DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V012000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) WHICH COULD BE A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE THAT OCCURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,250.

Mileage: 6,250

A RECALL NOTICE WAS ISSUED ON JANUARY 12, 2020 TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP ON MY LEXUS. I CONTACTED PARKPLACE LEXUS IN GRAPEVINE, TEXAS TWICE AND MOST RECENTLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS HAVE NOT YET ARRIVED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL PUMP COULD FAIL ABRUPTLY WHILE THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

THERE'S A RECALL ON MY CAR FOR THE FUEL PUMP WHICH I WAS NOTIFIED LAST MONTH ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON A SOLUTION FOR THE ISSUE BUT THIS ISN'T HAPPENING AS QUICK AS IT SHOULD. I'M CONCERNED DRIVING KNOWING THAT MY CAR COULD POSSIBLY STALL AT ANY MOMENT AS I DRIVE ON ONE THE BUSIEST FREEWAYS IN DALLAS ON A DAILY BASIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF I COULD HAVE THIS REPAIR EXPEDITED AS I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AT THIS POINT. *TR

BOTH FRONT DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS STOPPED WORKING WITHIN A WEEK JUST AFTER 65,000 MILES. THERE ARE MANY MANY OTHERS OUT THERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE FOR THIS GENERATION GS350. HOPE TO SEE LEXUS RECALL TO MAINTAIN QUALITY AND RELIABILITY REPUTATION. THE REPAIR COSTS ARE VERY UNREASONABLE.

Mileage: 65,000

BOTH FRONT DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS ARE NOT WORKING. THEY FAILED WITHIN DAYS AT 60,000 MILES. COST TO REPLACE BY DEALER IS PROHIBITIVE. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THS IS A COMMON ISSUE BRAND WISE.

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 LEXUS GS 350. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE SUN ROOF EXPLODED WITHOUT IMPACT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE ARMS, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER (STERLING MCCALL LEXUS, 10025 SOUTHWEST FREEWAY, HOUSTON, TX 77074, (713) 995-2600) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUN ROOF NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

Mileage: 49,000

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, I EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE STALL. THIS CAUSED DIFFICULTY IN STEERING AND BRAKING RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 47,000

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, I EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE STALL. THIS CAUSED DIFFICULTY IN STEERING AND BRAKING RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 47,000

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, I EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE STALL. THIS CAUSED DIFFICULTY IN STEERING AND BRAKING RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 47,000

ON A HILL IN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, CAR IN DRIVE WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE , LET PASSENGER OUT STARTED TO PARK THEN CAR STARTED GOING BACKWARD DOWN HILL AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES TO STOP ,THEREFORE HAD TO HIT SOMETHING TO STOP CAR FROM GOING DOWN HILL AND GAINING SPEED WHERE I COULD OF BEEN KILLED. HIT A LARGE PLANTER IN FRONT OF A HOUSE.

Mileage: 29,917

ON A HILL IN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, CAR IN DRIVE WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE , LET PASSENGER OUT STARTED TO PARK THEN CAR STARTED GOING BACKWARD DOWN HILL AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES TO STOP ,THEREFORE HAD TO HIT SOMETHING TO STOP CAR FROM GOING DOWN HILL AND GAINING SPEED WHERE I COULD OF BEEN KILLED. HIT A LARGE PLANTER IN FRONT OF A HOUSE.

Mileage: 29,917

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 LEXUS GS 350. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO NEARLY 100 MPH ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT HAD TO HIT AN OBJECT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT COULD TAKE THIRTY DAYS TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,200.

Mileage: 17,200

CAR HAS ELECTRIC START, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS CAME OUTSIDE A FEW HOURS AFTER PARKING AND SHUTTING CUT CAR OFF TO FIND THE CAR WAS RUNNING AGAIN, DESPITE NOT HAVING TOUCH THE KEYS. MORE RECENTLY PARKED IN MY GARAGE SHUT CAR OFF CAME INSIDE WITH KEYS IN POCKET WENT OUT TO GARAGE 2 HOURS LATER TO FIND THE CAR STARTED ON ITS OWN AND WITH THE GARAGE DOOR CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IF WE HAD NOT GONE OUT TO THE GARAGE AGAIN THAT EVENING.

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 LEXUS GS 350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO HAVE BACK PAINS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SEAT MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,300.

Mileage: 13,300

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 LEXUS GS 350. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST TRACTION AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH AFTER THE TRACTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER AND STATED THAT THE TRACTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED SNOW TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH SNOW TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000. UPDATED 2/24/15*CN UPDATED 9/15/17*CN

Mileage: 8,000

THREE TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK I HAVE EXPERIENCE A DANGEROUS HESITATION IN ACCELERATING AT A LOW SPEED AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESS DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND. *TR

Mileage: 350

THREE TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK I HAVE EXPERIENCE A DANGEROUS HESITATION IN ACCELERATING AT A LOW SPEED AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESS DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND. *TR

Mileage: 350