2007 LEXUS IS Engine Problems

Engine is consuming too much oil regularly. I have to fill in a quart every 600 miles or so. Interior panels are melting

RATTLE NOISE ON START UP FROM ENGINE AS IF CAR HAS NO OIL

TAKATA RECALL. I BOUGHT MY CAR ONLY TWO YEARS AGO AFTER MY FIRST LEXUS LASTED ME UPWARDS OF 350,000 MILES. KEEPING THIS IN MIND I FOUND MY 2007 IS250. I WAS AWARE AFTER BUYING THE CAR (BUT 2 DAYS OUTSIDE OF MY DEALERSHIP WARRANTY *FISHY*) ABOUT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG RECALL. THE DASHBOARD SITUATION IS HARSH. THERE IS A VERY CHEMICAL SMELL COMING FROM MY DASHBOARD, IT FEELS AND PEELS OFF LIKE THE FOAM UNDER IT. IT GETS RIPPED AND TORN TO SHREDS FROM VERY LITTLE FRICTION. I HAVE READ THAT SOME PEOPLE BECAME VERY CONGESTED AND ILL FROM THIS SMELL. IT IS VERY PUNGENT. NOW FOR MY ENGINE, THIS IS A BIG ONE. AS I WAS DRIVING, MY CAR STARTS TO MAKE A LOUD BUT HALLOW CLUNKING NOISE. FOR A LONG TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS MY BRAKES, SO WHEN I GOT THEM CHANGED IT WENT AWAY, FOR A...

I WORK FOR TOYOTA/LEXUS MANU PLANT IN KY. MY VEHICLE STARTED THROWING A MISFIRE CODE (P0304) AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MY CAR WAS DIAGNOSED BY LEXUS DEALER AS HAVING CARBON BUILD UP IN ENGINE (TEMPORARY REPAIR WILL COST $600 TO CLEAN ENGINE. PERMANENT REPAIR THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO HAPPEN $15,000). LEXUS DID OFFER A CSP ON THIS ISSUE AND EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS ISSUE BUT YOU COULD NOT GO TO THE DEALER AND HAVE IT DIAGNOSED UNTIL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON UNTIL IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. AFTER MANY PHONE CALLS AND CONTINUOUS COMPLAINING LEXUS WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I FINALLY HAD TO FILE A COMPLAINT THRU THE WARRANTY DEPT AT THE MANU PLANT. LEXUS FINALLY CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THEY WOULD PAY THE $600 TO CLEAN THE ENGINE, SHE DID TELL ME THAT THE...

I HAD ISSUES WHEN THE CAR STARTS-UP. IT MAKE A LOUD NOISE EVERY MORNING GOING TO WORK AND ALSO THE A/C MAKES NOISES WHEN ITS ON. TOOK IT TO LEXUS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE NOISE AND ALSO SAY THAT THEY FOUND SOME TYPE OF GARAGE IN THE AIR FILTER. THE NOISE IS STILL THERE, ITS A LOUD THUMP AS IF METAL TO METAL IMPACT. LIKE A STEEL HAMMER HITTING ANOTHER STEEL HAMMER. *TR