NFernandes Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Hi there, I´m a portuguese owner of a RX300 that drove me into a serious accident. I bought the car because I loved the model and I was switching from a sports one, because I had a baby and needed more room. The car was 30.000 kms and boughted from the importer as a Service Car. The car belonged to the family of the owner of the import company here in Portugal. It was in perfect condition. So i tought... About 15 days I had the car and I was in the clouds with it. Perfect... One day, driving in a downhill, very very slowly (about 40/50 km/h), when I reached the end of the desceding, I touched the accelerator pedal very softly... the car blocked for about a second making the rear slide and then it pushed forward with all the force into a low wall... The car crashed frontally and then it rolled down twice and spined once... At that speed is ridiculous how bad the car become... I step out of the car using the top-air. It seems that some others owners had the same problem. The car, in slow speed when the speed pedal is loose, then when steped tends to block and then pushes with force (I think that is when the gear finaly enters). It seems a design transmission problem. I read about this in forums but i thougt that maybe someone can explain me if you have the same problem. I´m runing a law suit against Lexus here in Portugal, as they treated me as bad as I was never treated before by no other car brand. I has almost 3 months waiting for they´re tecnical departament to say: "the car has no problem, the fault is yours, you were in excess speed..." It seems impossible. And they say that the tecnical repport they produce is confidential... Absolutely incredible... Please reply as you know this problem, all help is welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenore Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I have never experienced the drive problem you had, however I would check the condition of the Transmission fluid in the car, if it is not deep red in color, but more black, than the valve body in the transmission may have caused the irregular shifting problem do to a sticking valve piston, which controls the shift fluid controls for the clutch packs in the Automatic transmission. Good luck. Please note also that the fluid should be tested for being type IV Toyota transmission fluid, other fluids would not be covered for warranty, and proper shifting of the transmission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rx330driver Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 so...it flipped over..twice, and your still alive telling us this story. Good for you, i guess you can thank the safety part of the car, and not the transmission. No i have never heard of that problem, especially on a late 2003 model, which would be the best of all rx300s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFernandes Posted March 7, 2006 Author Share Posted March 7, 2006 so...it flipped over..twice, and your still alive telling us this story. Good for you, i guess you can thank the safety part of the car, and not the transmission. No i have never heard of that problem, especially on a late 2003 model, which would be the best of all rx300s. I thought that to... but then I started to find what can caused my accident, and I found this... http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...showtopic=23591 Best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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