2008 LEXUS IS 250 Electrical System Problems

TAKATA RECALL. MY CAR HAD THE AIRBAG RECALL BUT IT SEEMS LIKE DURING THE RECALL THEY DIDN'T REPLACE THE AIRBAG WIRING HARNESS, CAUSING THE AIRBAG DASH LIGHT.

HARNESS - FAILURE OF THE AIRBAG HARNESS CAUSING THE SRS LIGHT TO STAY ON. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND VERY COSTLY $3,00.00+. IT ALSO APPEARS TO BE WIDESPREAD AFFECTING VARIOUS MANUFACTURE YEARS INCLUDING MY 2008 MODEL IS250. I BELIEVE THIS WARRANTS A REVIEW.

"TAKATA RECALL" THE SECOND DAY I BOUGHT MY CAR IT HAS BEEN GIVING ME PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY ENGINE/MOTOR NOT LONG AFTER I PURCHASED MY CAR. I'M STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR AND NEW MOTOR. IT RUNS HOT AND I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO 6 DIFFERENT MECHANIC AS WELL AS TO THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES AND I HAVE HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR A LOT OF THINGS. I ALSO WENT ON LEXUS.COM AND FOUND OUT THAT MY CAR IS A LEMON BUY BACK AND WAS NEVER TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM OR THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP IN BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA THAT IT WAS A LEMON. I HAD TO FUND OUT ON MY OWN. IT VERY WRONG THAT I BOUGHT A CAR AND NOT TOLD MY ANYONE HOW THE CAR IS A LEMON. *TR

MY CAR IS A 2008 WITH ONLY 61K MILES ON IT. THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER. THEY SAID THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH A WIRING "SQUIB" AND MY ENTIRE AIRBAG SYSTEM WAS SHUT DOWN. IF I HAD GOTTEN INTO AN ACCIDENT, NOT ONE AIRBAG WOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. THE DEALER SAID TO FIX IT WILL MEAN REPLACING THE ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS AT A COST OF $2500. PER THE DEALER, THIS IS NOTHING THAT HAPPENED OVER TIME OR THROUGH WEAR AND TEAR. ALSO, THE DEALER SAID BY REPLACING THE ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS, I WAS REPLACING ITEMS THAT WERE NOT MALFUNCTIONING AS THIS WAS THE DIRECTION PER LEXUS. I CONTACTED LEXUS AND THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT COVER ANYTHING. IT WAS VERY ALARMING TO HEAR THAT WHILE THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON, I WAS DRIVING AROUND WITHOUT AIRBAGS. THE DEALER WAS SO CONCERNED THAT AFTER THE...

2 MONTHS AFTER MY WARRANTY ENDED MY TOUCH SCREEN WENT OUT. I TALK WITH MY SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT NORTHSIDE LEXUS AND HE TOLD ME UNFORTUNATELY THE ONLY RESOLUTION WAS TO REPLACE IT BUT IT WOULD COST 50% OF THE LABOR AND PARTS. I TOLD HIM THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE ITEM DUE TO THE SCREEN SUDDENLY WENT OUT WHILE I WAS STARTING THE CAR. FOR A 30K VEHICLE, YOU WOULD THINK THAT TOYOTA WOULD OWN UP TO THIS ISSUE AND THE OTHER ISSUE I COMPLAINED ON WITH THE MELTING OF THE INTERIOR DOORS AND DASHBOARD. I THOUGHT THE DEALERSHIP SINCE THEY HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WOULD BE LOYAL TO THEIR CUSTOMERS WOULD STEP IN AND SAY THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT BUT SILLY ME WHO THOUGHT THERE IS STILL SOME LOYALTY IN THIS WORLD. MY FAMILY HAS BOUGHT 6 NEW LEXUS VEHICLES AND ALL WAS HAPPY UNTIL WE SLOWLY STARTED SEEING...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS 250. THE CONTACT STATED THE TOUCH SCREEN NAVIGATION SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 80,000.

I BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE ON 9/10 AND HAD MY BRAKE BOOSTER AND WATER PUMP REPLACED. I WAS OUT OF TOWN FOLLOWING THAT AND DID NOT DRIVE MY CAR MUCH. ON 9/21, I GOT INTO MY CAR AND THE NAVIGATION SCREEN WAS NOT WORKING. IT DISPLAYS CORRECTLY AND THE BACKUP CAMERA WORKS BUT IT IS UNRESPONSIVE TO MY TOUCH. I CANNOT ADJUST THE AIR, RADIO, OR NAVIGATION. I READ MANY, MANY FORUMS ONLINE OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AS ME.