NHTSA Complaint #10233663 — 2001 LEXUS RX300

A LITTLE OVER ONE YEAR AGO MY CAR WAS MAKING A NOISE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO MY USUAL MECHANIC AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. A FRIEND OF MINE WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE HAD JUST RECENTLY EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, SO I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN I TOLD THE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE DEALERSHIP WHAT THE MECHANIC SAID, I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO TELL HIM THE YEAR OF MY CAR. HE KNEW IMMEDIATELY THE YEAR OF MY CAR AND ALMOST THE EXACT MILEAGE, AND SAID YES IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. HE SAID THAT IT WAS A "NORMAL" PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR SINCE IT WAS A CAR ENGINE ON A TRUCK CHASSIS. SINCE I WAS ABLE TO SHOW PROOF THAT I DID THE MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE HE SPOKE WITH HIS MANAGER AND THEY PAID FOR THE PARTS ( A REBUILT TRANSMISSION) AND I PAID FOR THE LABOR. ($1400) WHILE SITTING IN THE LOBBY TO PICK UP MY CAR I OVERHEARD 2 OTHER PEOPLE PICKING UP THEIR CARS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I NEVER FOLLOWED UP WITH IT, BUT HAVE SINCE HEARD OF 2 OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT THE SAME APPROXIMATE MILEAGE (80,000- 85,000). I AM NOW EXPERIENCING FURTHER ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE THAT THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT, WHICH HAS PROMPTED ME TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH A COMPLAINT. IF NOTHING ELSE I THINK THIS TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. *TR