2009 LEXUS IS

54 complaints filed with NHTSA.

54
Complaints
6
Crashes
0
Fires
4
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL10
UNKNOWN OR OTHER9
VISIBILITY/WIPER5
AIR BAGS4
ENGINE3
EXTERIOR LIGHTING3
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY2
STRUCTURE2
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM2
STRUCTURE:BODY2
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY1
SUSPENSION:REAR1
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)1
PARKING BRAKE1
STEERING1

Recalls (2)

11V02900026/01/2011

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY

TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006-2009 LEXUS IS AND MODEL YEAR 2006-2007 LEXUS GS VEHICLES. DUE TO INSUFFICIENT TIGHTENING OF THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR CONNECTED TO AN ENGINE FUEL DELIVERY PIPE WITH NICKEL PHOSPHORUS PLATING, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT, OVER TIME, THE PRESSURE SENSOR COUL

09V38800005/10/2009

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004-2010 PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CAN GET STUCK IN THE WIDE OPEN POSITION DUE TO ITS BEING TRAPPED BY AN UNSECURED OR INCOMPATIBLE DRIVER'S FLOOR MAT.

Recent Complaints

20250711UNKNOWN OR OTHER

The dashboard is melting leather, as well as the inside door panels on all four doors that are leather. It burns my wife’s skin and my kids while leaving sticky black residue on our skins. It is melting so bad there are chunks missing from the leather from a simple rub.

20200127CrashSTRUCTURE:BODY

THE VEHICLE HAS LUNGED FORWARD WHILE SLOWING DOWN OR AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS, AND THE BRAKES DO NOT OPERATE EFFECTIVELY. THE BRAKE IS ALWAYS PRESSED DOWN AS FAR AS IT GOES WITHOUT AVAIL. THERE IS NO PRECURSOR AS TO WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. IN TOTAL, THE ENGINE LUNGED FORWARD ABOUT 6 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I NEARLY HIT A VEHICLE WITH MY MINOR DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. THE NEXT FEW TIMES WERE NOT AS SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF EMINENT DAMAGE. THE NEXT INCIDENT WAS WORSE. IT HAPPENED IN JULY OF 2019 IN A DRUG STORE

Mileage: 40,000

20200127CrashSERVICE BRAKES

THE VEHICLE HAS LUNGED FORWARD WHILE SLOWING DOWN OR AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS, AND THE BRAKES DO NOT OPERATE EFFECTIVELY. THE BRAKE IS ALWAYS PRESSED DOWN AS FAR AS IT GOES WITHOUT AVAIL. THERE IS NO PRECURSOR AS TO WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. IN TOTAL, THE ENGINE LUNGED FORWARD ABOUT 6 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I NEARLY HIT A VEHICLE WITH MY MINOR DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. THE NEXT FEW TIMES WERE NOT AS SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF EMINENT DAMAGE. THE NEXT INCIDENT WAS WORSE. IT HAPPENED IN JULY OF 2019 IN A DRUG STORE

Mileage: 40,000

20200127CrashENGINE

THE VEHICLE HAS LUNGED FORWARD WHILE SLOWING DOWN OR AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS, AND THE BRAKES DO NOT OPERATE EFFECTIVELY. THE BRAKE IS ALWAYS PRESSED DOWN AS FAR AS IT GOES WITHOUT AVAIL. THERE IS NO PRECURSOR AS TO WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. IN TOTAL, THE ENGINE LUNGED FORWARD ABOUT 6 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I NEARLY HIT A VEHICLE WITH MY MINOR DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. THE NEXT FEW TIMES WERE NOT AS SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF EMINENT DAMAGE. THE NEXT INCIDENT WAS WORSE. IT HAPPENED IN JULY OF 2019 IN A DRUG STORE

Mileage: 40,000

20100309CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

3/8/2010 INVOLVING 2009 LEXUS IS 250: AS THE DRIVER OF THE LEXUS IS 250 WAS ENTERING THE GARAGE, SHE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE WHILE THE GARAGE DOOR WAS OPENING. AS THE DRIVER RELEASED THE BRAKE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE GARAGE, THE LEXUS IS 250 UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED AND THE VEHICLE SPED FORWARD. THE DRIVER WAS STOPPED FROM GOING THROUGH THE GARAGE BY FORCEFULLY PRESSING ON THE BRAKES AND STOPPED BY THE GARAGE CABINETS. ACCELERATION MARKS WERE PRESENT ON THE ASPHALT APPROXIMATEL

Mileage: 10,500

20100219CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 LEXUS IS 250 . HE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH UP A HILL WHEN TURNING AND SLOWING DOWN BY PUTTING HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CRASHED OVER A MOUNTAIN. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES, BROKE HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, CHEST PAINS, AND HIS FACE WAS ALSO INJURED WHEN THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED HITTING HIM IN THE FACE. THE POLICE AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY WERE CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED BY BOTH OF THEM. THE

Mileage: 11,000

20100202CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

RAPID ACCELERATION, 2009, IS 250, LEXUS. PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE WITH THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE. CAR ACCELERATED, JUMPED A CURB, OVER A 6 FOOT WIDE GRASS SEPARATION AND TOTALED A PARKED CAR IN FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE. CAR WAS SERVICED THAT VERY DAY FOR IT'S 5,000 MILE CHECK. FIRST TIME WE DROVE THE CAR AFTER BEING SERVICED. HAD OUR CAR REPAIRED FOR FRONT END DAMAGE. CONTACTED LEXUS ON THEIR HOT LINE, REPORTED THE INCIDENT, WAS INSTRUCTED TO WRITE THEM WITH ALL THE DETAILS. HAVE NOT HEARD

Mileage: 4,800