| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006082240 | Incident Date: Oct, 04 2006 |
| Consumer's City: MUKILTEO | Consumer's State: WA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: ES300 | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JT8BF28G6W5 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 15 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 16 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I have a 1998 lexus es300. in november 2003, my car was serviced under lexus' spa program due to engine oil gelling/sludge. now, 3 years later, the engine seized. this is a direct and consequential result of driving the car for 76k miles with a gelling issue. the damage had been done and this was a latent defect. we took the car to the lexus dealer and had it serviced three weeks ago, spent $700 on it, drove it off the lot and 20 minutes later the engine seized. they now want $5k to put a used engine in it with 130k miles on it. lexus corporation was useless and they basically said no matter if the seize was caused by the gelling or not, because the car had so many miles on it they were not willing to "assist". beware of lexus of seattle - they are crooks! *nm |
