Consumer Complaint Detail

LEXUS / ES 330 / 2004

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004047845 Incident Date: Apr, 30 2004
Consumer's City: LUTZ Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: ES 330 Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JTHBA30G545 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 27 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 23 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Very bad hesitation when accelerating. took delivery 4/27/04 and found the problem immediately. complained at 1000 mile checkup. told to give it time. complained again at 5000 checkup. they said they checked it out and it was operating as designed. problem continued. complained at 15000 checkup (9/28/05). performed at this checkup per invoice: eg5017 26 99 .9 perform tsb tc004-03. recalibrate ecm engine and transmission. the problem is better but still exists. have noticed via internet research that this is a widespread problem with the lexus es. spoke today (11/28/05) with a service representative at my dealership and he acknowledges that this is a big problem they are dealing with and there appears to be no one good fix for it. *jb