2008 LEXUS IS 250 Power Train Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE HESITATED PRIOR TO RESPONDING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS MOST EVIDENT AFTER STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE FROM BEING STATIONARY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

"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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS 250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT IDLE AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE MADE ABNORMAL NOISES WHEN SHIFTED INTO GEAR. PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS REMEDIED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V647000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AND 13V030000(VISIBILITY/WIPER). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

CAM GEAR PROBLEMS. WHEN START THE ENGINE, THERE WAS A RATTLE SOUND FOR A SECOND, THIS PROBLEM HAD BEEN RECALL FOR LEXUS IS350 BUT NOT IS250!!!!! AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF IS250 OWNERS COMPLAINT THE SAME PROBLEM AS IS350, THIS PROBLEM MAY STOP THE ENGINE WHILE RUNNING, WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS. HERE IS THE LINK FOR IS250 OWNERS COMPLAINT: HTTP://WWW.CLUBLEXUS.COM/FORUMS/IS-2ND-GEN-2006-2013/654738-CAM-GEAR-RATTLE.HTML

CAM GEAR NOISE WHILE START UP. IS 350 HAD A RECALL FOR THAT, BUT NOT FOR IS 250. *TR