NHTSA Complaint #11372821 — 2010 LEXUS RX

BOUGHT A USED 2010 LEXUS RX 450H 3.5L WITH 130,000 MILES. AT APPROXIMATELY 132,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, OIL COOLER LINE SUDDENLY EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING AND VEHICLE LOST ALL OF ITS OIL, FULL SYNTHETIC, WITHIN SECONDS. OIL SPLATTERED ALL OVER ENTIRE UNDERBODY. VEHICLE COMPLETELY UN-DRIVABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. NO PRE WARNING FROM OIL LIGHT OR ANY OTHER INDICATION OTHER THAN LOUD BANG AND SMELL OF BURNING OIL. HUGE SAFETY RISK AND LIKELIHOOD OF COMPLETE ENGINE LOSS OR SEIZING IF I HAD CONTINUED TO DRIVE ANY LONGER, POSSIBLY LEADING TO AN ACCIDENT OR WORSE. IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AT SMELL OF HOT OIL AND HAD IT TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. ESTIMATED COST ABOUT $ 1,000. REPAIR SHOP STATED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH TOYOTA OIL LINE COOLER HOSE AND LEXUS MODELS OF THIS YEAR AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ITEM. RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT HOSE IS NOW METAL.