NHTSA Complaint #11365660 — 2010 LEXUS RX

NOTICED A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND SLIP INDICATOR ON - NEXT DAY MY CAR LOST COMPLETE POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF A CITY ROAD ' VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 15-20 MPH. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RESTART IT WOULD ROUGHLY ENGAGE THEN SHUT DOWN AGAIN. CONTACTED A CERTIFIED LOCAL LEXUS MECHANIC HAD THE CAR TOWED TO HIS SHOP. AFTER ASSESSMENT HE DETERMINED THE VEHICLE'S FUEL PUMP "DISINTEGRATED" INTERNALLY. WHEN THEY CHECKED FUEL PRESSURE AT THE RAIL THERE WERE PARTICLES IN THE FUEL ' UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE SPARKS PLUG WERE FOULED AND FUEL INJECTORS CLOGGED. THE MECHANIC INDICATED HE HAD RECENTLY SEEN THE SAME ISSUE A MONTH EARLIER HOWEVER WITH A TOYOTA FJ. I BEGAN TO RESEARCH WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I RAN ACROSS THE FUEL PUMP RECALL ISSUED BY TOYOTA FOR CERTAIN MODELS (JANUARY 2020) HTTPS://PRESSROOM.TOYOTA.COM/TOYOTA-IS-CONDUCTING-A-SAFETY-RECALL-INVOLVING-CERTAIN-TOYOTA-AND-LEXUS-VEHICLES-2/ ALTHOUGH MY MODEL IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL MY VEHICLE MIMICS THE BEHAVIOR OF THOSE RECALLED. INDICATOR LIGHTS, LOSS OF POWER AND ULTIMATELY AN ASSESSMENT OF FUEL PUMP ISSUES LEADING TO A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER.