Consumer Complaint Detail

LEXUS / RX / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 007090879 Incident Date: Jan, 04 2007
Consumer's City: CYPRESS Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: RX Model Year: 1999
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#: JT6GF10U5X0 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 04 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 05 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Two days after purchasing a 2007 lexus rx350, i gave my 1999 lexus rx 300 which has 103,000 miles on it to my daughter. she drove the car 300 miles home to dallas only to have the transmission begin to balk at going into reverse the next day. the transmission place wants $4000 to rebuild the transmission, and there is also a bad rattle in the front end of the vehicle that i fear to find out what it may be. i bought this car partly for lexus's reputation for reliability. i have had minor things go wrong with it, among those an oil gasket that cost $1500 to replace in the oil pan and multiple bouts of o2 sensors and air flow meters going out or needing to be cleaned. still i expected to drive the car for 250,000 miles because of the reputation. now i don't know what to do. my daughter loves the car, but can't afford these costly repairs. i wouldn't feel right selling the car to an unsuspecting stranger either. i think lexus should stand behind this car and reimburse my costs for items like transmission and front end repairs that should be something that should not go out at this mileage. *jb