Lexus IS 250 problems and owner complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEED ON VARIOUS ROAD CONDITIONS, THE FRONT BRAKES SQUEALED AT A VERY HIGH PITCH EVERY TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THIS OCCURRED AT SPEEDS OF 55 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED IT WAS A DESIGN PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AS WELL, WHO COINCIDED WITH THE DEALERSHIP. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN BECAUSE A NOISE LIKE THE ONE PRESENTED BY THE VEHICLE COULD INVOLVE SAFETY RISKS. *AK UPDATED 10/4/2006 - *NM

Owner-reported narrative. 11 miles reported. Look up ODI 10166733 at NHTSA ↗

I BOUGHT MY NEW CAR A IS250 LEXUS ON OCT 26, 2005. AFTER 11K MILES OR SO, MY BRAKE MAKES LOUD AND CONSISTENT SQUEAKING NOISE. I TALKED TO THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER MANY TIMES, BUT THEY FAILED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, AND STATE THAT IT'S NORMAL. I THINK THIS IS VERY SERIOUS FOR CONSUMER, BECAUSE IT MIGHT FAIL SOMEDAY AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IT, BUT LEXUS CONTINUE TO REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEMS BY SAYING IT'S NORMAL FOR SUCH CAR. AS FOR THE ISSUE, I THINK IT'S LIFE THREATENING FOR WHAT IT IS USE FOR. *JB

Owner-reported narrative. 11,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10167371 at NHTSA ↗

ON APRIL 3, 2007 I TOOK MY 2006 LEXUS IS 250 AUTOMOBILE TO MY DEALER OF PURCHASE FOR DIAGNOSIS AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. DEALER PERFORMED ELECTRONIC TESTS ON THE CAR ON APRIL 4, 2007, AND DETERMINED THE PRIMARY ELECTRONIC GASOLINE FUEL PUMP WAS BAD , NOT SENDING ENOUGH PRESSURE AND FAULTY ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS. THE CAR IS 1 YEAR OLD AND HAS 30,000 MILES. THAT A PRIMARY GASOLINE FUEL PUMP WOULD GO BAD IN THE FIRST 30,000 MILES IS VERY RARE AND WORRISOME. AFTER PICKING UP MY CAR FROM SERVICE ON APRIL 4TH, I NOTICED A…

Owner-reported narrative. 30,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10187172 at NHTSA ↗

THE SRS AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE AIR BAGS. I FOUND THE TSB ( L-SB-0167-08) MYSELF ON THE INTERNET AND I TOOK VEHICLE INTO LOCAL DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. THE DIAGNOSTIC PULLED CODE B1861- OPEN CIRCUIT IN THE KNEE AIRBAG ON DRIVER SIDE SQUIB CIRCUIT WHICH IS THE EXACT CODE FOR THE TSB. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HARNESS. AT A COST OF $2600. THE FIX FALLS UNDER THE RESTRAINT SYSTEM WARRANTY OF 72 MONTHS OR 70,000 MILES WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. MY VEHICLE IS WELL UNDER THE MIL…

Owner-reported narrative. 53,400 miles reported. Look up ODI 10523049 at NHTSA ↗

WHILE DRIVING MY STEERING WHEEL SOMETIMES JERKS TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT SO WHEN I DRIVE MY HAD IS ALWAYS FIRM ON THE STEERING WHEEL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT MY JERK AGAIN, IT HAPPENS MOSTLY HAPPENS ON ROADS THAT ARE NOT STRAIT SURFACE, MY BIGGEST WORRIES IS THAT WHEN I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND WAS ON LEFT LANE THE CAR JERKED TO THE LEFT AND ALMOST WENT STRAIT TO THE CONCRETE BARRIER. I TOOK IT TO SEWELL LEXUS AND THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME THEY SAID IT WAS MY BAD BREAK PADS AND BAD FRONT ROTORS, SO I GOT THAT DONE THINKING …

Owner-reported narrative. 84,422 miles reported. Look up ODI 10436286 at NHTSA ↗

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS IS-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE POWER STEERING FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND BECAME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN ANY DIRECTION. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD RECEIVED REPAIRS FOR THE POWER STEERING FAILURE BEFORE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO ADVISED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEIR LOCATION IN ORDER TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

Owner-reported narrative. 50,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10469503 at NHTSA ↗

WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH THE CRUISE ON DOING ABOUT 65 MPH, AND SHE DECIDED TO PASS A TRUCK. SHE ACCELLERATED SLIGHTLY, AND THE CAR SUDDENLY "FLOORED" TO OVER 90 MPH AND THE RPM'S WENT ALL THE WAY UP. SHE TRUNED OFF THE CRUISE, BUT IT WOULDN'T SLOW DOWN. SHE TRIED TO BRAKE, BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL REVING AT THE HIGHEST SPEED. SHE FORCED HERSELF OFF INTO THE GRASSY MEDIAN AND SAT ON THE BRAKE UNTIL SHE COULD JAM THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. VEH TOWED TO LEXUS DEALER. TECH COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS C…

Owner-reported narrative. 5,310 miles reported. Look up ODI 10171756 at NHTSA ↗

I WAS OPERATING MY 2006 LEXUS IS250 AWD AT VERY LOW SPEED IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE. I COULD NOT BRING THE CAR TO A STOP USING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND COULD BARELY KEEP IT FROM CREEPING FORWARD. I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE REALLY BEGAN TO ROAR, REVVING VERY HIGH, BUT I WAS THEN ABLE TO STOP THE CAR AND TURN IT OFF USING THE STOP/START BUTTON. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR IT OPERATED NORMALLY AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT RE-OCCUR. THE FLOOR MAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PROBLEM, AS IT WAS A FACTORY MAT HELD IN PLACE BY THE L…

Owner-reported narrative. 20,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10291405 at NHTSA ↗

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS IS250. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Owner-reported narrative. 78,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10395933 at NHTSA ↗

I HAVE A 2006 LEXUS IS250. I NOTICED "ROUGH" STARTS AND IDLE. THIS WAS AT OR AROUND 65K MILES. I ASSUMED IT WAS RELATED TO SUPER COLD WEATHER OR "BAD" GAS (AFTER THE CAR SAT UNUSED FOR 2-3 DAYS+) AT AROUND 84K MILES DURING WARM WEATHER - I EXPERIENCED BOTH A ROUGH START AND STALLING AT A STOP SIGN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE IT HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED. THEY DID AN EXTENDED DIAGNOSTIC (KEPT THE CAR OVER A LONG WEEKEND) AND ADVISED MY CAR WAS NOT "FIRING" 65-85% OF THE TIME AND THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE VALVE …

Owner-reported narrative. 84,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10417820 at NHTSA ↗

STARTING GETTING RAW GAS ODOR INSIDE CAR WHEN STARTING CAR 1ST THING IN MORNING. I TOOK MY 2006 LEXUS IS-250 INTO DEALER. I MET WITH MECHANIC BEFORE STARTING CAR ( ON THE DEALER LOT ) SO HE COULD UNDERSTAND PROBLEM. IT TOOK ABOUT 20 SECONDS AND WE BOTH HAD TO GET OUT OF CAR BECAUSE OF GAS SMELL. CUSTOMER REP CALLED ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER AND STATED THE MECHANIC FOUND LEAKS IN THE FUEL PIPES. THIS WAS REPAIRED ON A RECALL ABOUT 17 MONTHS EARLIER. *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 41,901 miles reported. Look up ODI 10379683 at NHTSA ↗