NHTSA Complaint #10909556 — 2007 LEXUS RX350

WHILE SITTING AT A STOP AT ENGINE IDLE, THE CHECK OIL INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED FOLLOWED BY A SHORT ROUGH IDLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND PARKED AND A PHONE CALL MADE TO THE LOCAL LEXUS DEALER. IT WAS ADVISED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER SHIP. UPON INSPECTION BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP, THE OIL COOLER HOSE HAD EXPLODED CAUSING A LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. AT THE WRITING OF THIS NOTE, INFORMATION WAS SHARED THAT INDICATED A NEWER VERSION OF THE OIL COOLER HOSE WOULD NEED TO BE INSTALLED. ANY POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE ACCESSED AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HOSE AND CLEAN-UP OF THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE AND INSULATION SURROUNDING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR WAS COMPLETED. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS TOPIC, WE ARE HOPEFUL LEXUS WILL SHARE IN THE EXPENSE OF THIS REPAIR SINCE IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT SIMILAR FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED.