Julia Brauneck

32 minutes ago, RX400h said:

Believe me, if you instead owned a 2006 BMW, Audi, or Mercedes, you'd have already spent many thousands of dollars. Lexus vehicles are almost always far more reliable.

It’s been the best used car I’ve ever owned and to tell the truth this issue with the VSC etc happened at 235,000 miles which is quite the miracle as it still rides smooth. I just don’t want to trade it for something else. Every time I look I pretty much wind up going home in tears because I love my car. This is very unusual for me because I used to trade cars like some men switching girlfriend lol. Just kidding guys…making a bit of a joke but serious about the car. I get 29mpg average fuel economy according to the car. 

I was told the car is drivable but to be very careful. It’s so expensive & the cost is close to the overall value of the car so I may just trade it in. It’s been a great vehicle to drive…well up until now!!

On 3/19/2019 at 12:42 PM, D Eric said:

Curious how many Lexus owners have had a brake actuator failure.  We have a 2013 RX350; we bought a new RX450, and parked the 350 over the holidays planning to sell.  When I started it, numerous warning lights came on: the "Check AWD System" light, the engine light, and the VSC and Traction Control System lights. Upon taking the vehicle to our dealer, were we told that the brake actuator assembly needed to be replaced.  The cost to do so was $3,855.12.  I found there was a NHTSA recall on 2/12/2014 for this issue, requiring a software upgrade to avoid the failure of the brake actuator.  The dealer advises that software was updated in 2015 - which obviously didn't work because the brake actuator still failed.  Lexus is refusing to cover this, even though the predicted failure occurred anyway.  If anyone else has experienced this, please let me know.  I am preparing litigation on this issue.

I have a 2006 with same issue the check VSC, engine and ABS Plus traction lights have come on and won’t go off. It drives abnormal to before the lights came on but I’ve been advised until I can afford the parts & labor that I can carefully