NHTSA Complaint #10317682 — 2000 LEXUS RX300

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