BlackES350

Thanks for your input! Please keep us informed on the outcome of your situation, and particularly if the new transmission is better. Was your '07 an early production car? Did the dealer have it on the lot since they first came out? I just checked the manufacture date on my ES350.......it was March, 2006.......and everything works perfectly........so far. LOL I apologize for not following up on the status of my new ES 350 as I've been "out of pocket" for awhile. Anyway, got my car back from dealer, who reitereated that they pulled and replaced the entire transmission and sent my original transmission to the technical lab for review. Come to find out the entire problem was caused by a "snap" ring inside the transmission that was installed upside down and the problem was not detected during inspections. The new transmission works great and it appears the problem has been solved.

Thanks for your input! Please keep us informed on the outcome of your situation, and particularly if the new transmission is better. Was your '07 an early production car? Did the dealer have it on the lot since they first came out? I ordered the car on May 9th and it came in on May 22nd. Was not a dealer swap according to the salesperosn. Basically the car went straight from the delivery truck to me after dealer prep.

I've been reviewing these forums for awhile as my wife has an 04 RX-330, but I just now decided to register after reading this thread. My brand new ES-350, with less than 2,000 miles is at the dealers with transmission problems. Seems as though whenever I would accelerate either from a roll or stop the transmission would seem to miss at 20 mph and then around 40, the transmission would act as if it did not know what to do. The transmission would hesitate and slip out of gear while the tach redlined, and then it would slip back into gear and lay rubber. This was a huge safety issue as you could not depend upon the car to accelerate around someone or pull out in front of a car without substantial distance between them. Dealer called in the region tech rep who in turn would not let the service guys open up the transmission. Instead they are ordering in a brand new transmission. I didn't read this forum about transmission problems with older models before I purchased the car. Probably would have bought anyway, but thought others would like to know the transmission problems with the ES continue....