TimAndRobin

It's not just the 99's. Our 2001 Rx300 transmision failed at 97K miles while going down an interstate. $3500 repair at trans shop (lexus dealer quoted $5000). Mechanic said the transmission was 'complete mush'. Lexus 'customer support' listened to our complaint then said 'sorry, have a nice day'. DO NOT BUY AN RX300 UNLESS YOU KNOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED ALREADY!!! And to whoever says this is a 'maintenance issue'- I've owned some crappy cars in my life (including a 74 fiat for goodness sakes!) all of which have had well over 100K miles on them and none have had transmission problems until our rx300. Lexus is not the 'relentless pursuit of perfection' but rather the 'relentless pursuit of covering up defects'. I know what you mean lenore. I trust our 2001 rx300 about as far as I can push it (literally). I trust my 96 nissan pickup (who spent most of it's 108K miles towing a trailer and has never had transmission service, by the way) more than our lexus.

Add us to the list of RX300 owners with transmission problems. We bought a 2001 RX300 with 90K miles. Transmission seemed fine but had a slight whizzing sound. We were going to take it into dealer to get it checked out but 4 days later transmission went out on the highway. 3500 repair.