![]() I think that Lexus is just an overpriced Toyota and the "relentless pursuit of quality" is a freaking joke. Ironically, I still believe deeply in Toyota as I now drive a 99 Avalon while my wife still drives the RX. I won't bore you with the details, but both vehicles sucked and the dealership is pathetic. I have bought two new vehicles from them - 95 LS400 and 99 RX300. ![]() Lexus of Wilmington, DE is the worst dealership on the face of the earth. I am on my third tranny and the damage done by the dealership installing them was beyond belief. I personally am disgusted with Lexus, and will never buy again, I have played phone tag and been thoroughly messed up by the dealership ( Roseville Lexus) the worst dealership on the face of earth. I Wrote 5 pages of explanation why they should recall and support their product and all they would say is too bad, its past warranty, and basically suck it up. You will find a lot from RX NC and Lenore (Me) Lexus of America could give a damn about your satisfaction or dissatisfaction on this problem. Rather than repeat my thousands of words on this subject go to the RX300 Forum and type transmission. Given that all this often resulted in the transaxle being in the wrong gear when/if the driver suddenly decided to go from coastdown to acceleration, or from low speed cruising to accleration, the likely result was a doubling of wear rate of the transacxle's clutches. Those techniques involved quicker, earlier upshifts, use of the O/D lockup clutch in lower gear ratios, and lastly, shifting into neutral as you coast down to a stop and then only shifting into 1st after coming to a full stop. With the advent of the RX300 Lexus began using a few new techiniques to improve FE in the range of 9.8% ![]() Shouldn't this be a recall? I was a die-hard Lexus fan, but now I am very disappointed with the transmission dying so early.Īs of 2004 the RX330 uses DBW, e-throttle, to prevent the engine RPM from rising, regardless of accelerator pedal position, while the transaxle is changing gears. Has anyone lodged official complaints with Lexus customer service, and how was the response? I Have reseacrhed on the net and saw many complaining about transmission issues with '99 RX. I am surprised to see that RX300 had so many transmission issues, and am hoping Lexus will take a look at all the anguish the owners are experiencing and take some positive action. We were not too sure about the cost and timeframe she proposed, and got it towed to our city for our local dealer and Lexus cust service to take a look at. Any one seen this? The local dealer at the place where my car broke down wants to replace the entire transmission for 4K!! My car would shift to neutral gear at speeds higher than 45 mph, requiring me to turn the ignition off and back on to drive ( only at lower speeds). I have a 1999 Lexus RX 300, and have had about 71K miles on it, and recently had the car breakdown about 240 miles away from my home. Now I admit we should never have had this problem until after many more miles but we have it and I hope this helps you and others out there.good luck. I must say my transmission shifts like it was new. Thousand miles and my rx started doing the same thing again.what was happening is the metal clutches were not getting the proper lubrication and the torque converter was not either.so I had the dealer flush the transmission again and clean the screen filter and this time when I had them replace the fluid I added a product called TRANSMATIC this product thins the transmission fluid to help it get to the critical parts it should. most likely the screen filter is clogged.if you dont mind getting under you vehicle and getting alittle dirty you can drop your own fluid and clean the screen yourself and replace with new fluid.note the dealer charges about 300 dollars to do this they will also flush out all the old fluid which is about 15 qts.when I did this it was good for about 8 to 10 If your symptoms are neutralizing, it is in drive or reverse yet acts like it is in neutral. after a lot a research and trying a few different avenues this is what I found. I thought this is rediculous for this vehicle this is a Lexus the transmission shud never give us this kind of problem. I have a 99 rx300 awd it now has 110k on it but at the 80k mark I began having transmission trouble I was told the same as you 4500 to5000 dollars to replace it. The transmission problems you are having with your rx300 seems to be all to common.you did not list the symptoms or problems of the transmission.
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