2007 LEXUS IS 250 Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

TAKATA RECALL. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE LIGHTS WILL JUST GO OFF OR FLICKER. THIS CAN SOMETIMES BE CORRECTED BY TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF THEN BACK ON. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING OR IDLELIGHT BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACE AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. CHECK VSC LIGHT ON WITH NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. COKE'S ON AND OFF FOR YEARS

ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR STALLS OR CUTS OFF. THE VSC LIGHT AND TRACTION LIGHT IS ON ALSO. THERE'S A BURNING SMELL THAT HAPPENS OFTEN. IN ADDITION MY ACCELERATION PEDAL CAUSES ME ISSUES ALSO WHICH HAS PUT A WHOLE IN MAT BY GETTING STUCK FROM TIME TO TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS IS 250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE ESC WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE VSC CODE WAS RESET; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,800.

VSC LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ALL CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. PO303 CYLINDER 3 MISFIRE DETECTED. HAVE SAW ONLINE MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM. ENGINE IS SHAKY DURING IDLE OR SHAKY WHEN ITS COLD. PREVIOUS OWNED A 2009 LEXUS IS250 AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. HEARD OF SOME PEOPLE SAYING LEXUS DEALERS TOOK CARS IN AND HAD PROBLEM FIXED AS RECALL. NOT FINDING ANY RECALLS FOR MY CAR. MY MECHANIC SAYS ITS A GOOD RUNNING CAR, BUT SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS IS 250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VSC AND CHECK ENGINE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE TRACTION CONTROL FAILED AND THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL ONTO AN OPEN FIELD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE EXHAUST PIPE WAS EXCESSIVELY CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

CHECK ENGINE, VSC, TRACTION LIGHTS COMES ON AS VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP WITH A ROUGH IDLE, AND AT TIMES EXHIBITS A TEMPORARY LOSS OF POWER INTERMITTENTLY, WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOBILE/ROLLING. LEXUS SENT OUT A TSIB LETTER TO US OWNERS FOR SIMILAR SYMPTOMS WITH POSSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES(DTC): P0300-P0306. FURTHER, ACCORDING TO LEXUS CORP. "THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT MAY ILLUMINATE FOR REASONS OF UNRELATED CONDITION." LEXUS CORPORATION SUSPECTS THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM IS CARBON DEPOSIT ACCUMULATION IN THE INTAKE VALVES AND A REPLACEMENT OF PISTON RING SET AND OR PISTONS MAY BE INDICATED. IF THIS IS WHAT'S OCCURRING INSIDE THE ENGINE AND IS INHERENT TO IS250 MODELS ONLY ,THEN IT WOULD SEEM TO A REASONABLE PERSON THERE IS A DESIGN AND POTENTIAL SAFETY FLAW IN THESE VEHICLE MODELS. ALSO, BECAUSE OF THIS DESIGN FLAW, MY VEHICLE IS NOW HAVING CATALYTIC FAILURE AND A WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A RATTLE DURING...