2004 LEXUS IS 300

23 complaints filed with NHTSA.

23
Complaints
3
Crashes
0
Fires
3
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL3
STRUCTURE3
UNKNOWN OR OTHER3
TIRES2
AIR BAGS2
ENGINE2
SUSPENSION:FRONT1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES1
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL1
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL1
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD1
WHEELS1
STRUCTURE:BODY1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1

Recent Complaints

20100419CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TL*THE CONTACT LEASED A 2004 LEXUS IS300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE UNINTENTIONALLY ACCELERATED, DROVE OVER A CURB, AND CRASHED INTO THE STEPS ON A RAILING OF A BUILDING. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED, BUT SHE DID NOT RECEIVE A COPY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES EXPENSE. THE WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,527. UP

Mileage: 34,527

20080720CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

ON JULY 18, 2008, I WAS DRIVING MY LEXUS IS-300. MY WIFE AND I EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT ON THE OFF RAMP. WHILE WAITING TO PROCEED THROUGH THE STOPLIGHT, WE WERE STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER DRIVER GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES AN HOUR ESTIMATED BY THE POLICE OFFICER. THE REAR END COLLISION WAS SO FORCEFUL WE WERE PUSHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US. OUR VEHICLE (LEXUS IS 300) IS TOTALED - THE BACKEND COMPLETELY CRUSHED AND FRONT END SEVERELY CRUSHED. OUR FRONT AND S

Mileage: 40,000

20050222CrashTIRES

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER THE VEHICLE REAR TRACTION MALFUNCTIONED WHICH RESULTED IN FREQUENT SPINOUTS AND A SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *NM (2004 LEXUS IS300) THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE PERFORMED POORLY AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE VEHICLE. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT EVEN USING THE SNOW FEATURE TRACTION AND THIRD GEAR HE HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 25 MPH. *TC