2008 LEXUS IS Power Train Problems

FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR SHORTED OUT INSIDE

EVER SINCE I HAD THIS CAR, I ALWAYS HAD THE CONSTANT PROBLEM OF A WEIRD ENGINE SMELL OF ROTTEN EGGS, IT OVERHEATS OUT OF NOWHERE CONSTANTLY AFTER MULTIPLE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE PAID OUT OF POCKET. IT WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ANYWHERE. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE RECEIPTS. *TR

I BOUGHT 2008 LEXUS IS250 WITH 123K MILES ON 05/18/19. I HAD INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC PRIOR TO PURCHASING IT. ON ONE OCASSION PROR TO ACCIDENT, I BACKED OUT OF A DRIVE WAY. WHEN I SHIFTED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE IT SUDDEN ACCELERATED FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, BUT IT WAS CLEAR IN FRONT OF ME AND I REMAIN IN CONTROL. IT ONLY HAPPENED TO ME THAT ONE TIME THAT WEEK AND I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT. IN THE MORNING OF MAY 29, 2019 THE CAR WAS PARALLEL PARKED WITH A VEHICLE BOTH IN FRONT BEHIND IT. MY WIFE SLOWLY BACK UP THE CAR TO ALLOW ROOM TO PULL OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT. SHE TURN THE FRONT WHEELS TOWARDS THE CURB SO THAT THE FRONT OF THE CAR WOULD SLIGHTLY STICK OUT. WHEN SHE SHIFTED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, JUMP...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE BRAKES MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND NOTICED THAT THE ODOMETER HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER SHIFTED OUT OF PARK SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR WHEN AT A STOP, MY CAR WOULD SHAKE VERY HARD AS IF IT WAS GOING TO TURN OFF. FORTUNATELY, IT NEVER HAS. I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL TO STOP THE SHAKING OR IT WOULD STOP ON IT'S OWN AFTER 10-15 SECONDS. DURING THIS TIME, NO LIGHTS HAVE EVER TURNED ON TO INDICATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN LATE JULY 2009/ EARLY AUGUST 2009 AND EVER SINCE THEN, IT WOULD HAPPEN AT LEAST 2 TIMES A DAY. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR