NHTSA Complaint #11475164 — 2006 LEXUS IS

POWER TRAIN issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11475164
Vehicle	2006 LEXUS IS
Component	POWER TRAIN
Date of Incident	May 1, 2022
Date Filed	July 21, 2022
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	OR

Consumer Description

After having our car in the local dealerships shop to fix recalls and a Very hard jerking of the car when slowing to 8mph thinking it was the ABS accutator, that unit was replaced and system bled and tested we picked the car up and before we got 100 feet away from the shop our car still had the same problem. After much talking with a lexus forum group I now believe based on their experiences and testing myself it's a Hard 2nd to 1st gear downshift ! and through my investigating, this is a common issue among lexus transmission between years 2006 - 2013

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