I, have a 2001 rx 300 fwd with a manufactures date of 10/2000. I have 110000 miles on it, had the 50k done on time, tranny serviced at that time. I did the timming belt, drive belts, spark plugs, brakes, tires, power flush on the tranny at 90k . I am very good at not going over 3500 miles on an oil change. I have enjoyed this car as much as anything I've ever owned and understood that I would get 250k - 300k trouble free miles out of it. I have been much better than what lexus schedule is for oil changes and maintance. So when I have to rent a car to go out of state over the memorial day weekend because I'm scared that the transmission may drop out at anytime, I think that lexus needs to honor the ads about quality and reliability, step up to the pump and take care of this issue.
So here is my concern, I read about the total transmission failures with these cars. I experiance the getting stuck between gears after a donw shift, such as makeing a turn into a side street and then accelerating to go back to driving speed.I think I read that this is a computer issue causing to car to always be looking for the highest gear. I think I know enough about the mechanical side of things too know that when you have RPMS going up while the transmission is searching for a gear, clutches are burning, and get a little closer to a total break down each time this happens!
Does anyone know if there is a replacement chip for the computer to correct this problem? And at this point is it to late to try this, even if there is one. Also would like to know if anyone has what the failure rate per vehicles sold for this model car is.
Any information would be greatly appreciated