Equipment Problems of Lexus LS460

Experiencing both the dreaded brake actuator assembly issue as well as the very common mark levinson amplifier issue, on model # 0w480. Was in conversation with Lexus customer satisfaction and they are completely unwilling to step in and do the right thing in assisting me with either, or both, problems. I've owned this vehicle for all of 2 months, and although I understand that I bought it used, as-is with higher mileage, I think that since there was a recent warranty enhancement program issued by Lexus on the brake actuator assembly, and also that the failed amplifier is a very, very well-known issue, where the amplifier all of a sudden one day cuts out and all sound is replaced by an incessant chirping noise that's only stopped by pulling the wiring harness on the amp or a fuse, that Lexus should do the right thing by its loyal customers and replace free of charge. But they will not, because exactly like every other company in the entire world, they simply do not care about the customer or their experience. Sorry, but this is the only way I am able to view my experience.

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I put my 2 year old in the car seat, strapped her in, put my bag (with the key fob) on the backseat and after visually confirming that the drivers door is unlocked closed the back door with my child inside. In the time it took me to walk around the car to the driver's seat all four doors somehow locked down. With both the key fob and my child inside the car; in the middle of the summer in texas. Lexus is supposed to have a safe lock feature that prevents the car locking while keys are inside but this clearly failed. Luckily we were parked in a garage and my husband was able to come in 20 min with the spare key; otherwise tit would have been much worse.

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Defective actuator and pump. This is a common problem with models ranging between 2007 and 2013. This is a problem known to Lexus and they were taking care of it as and when complaints were made. This is a safety issue and believe that Lexus should make a recall and remedy .

Car dashboard and sideboards inside the doors start melting and become sticky when parked outside during summer. Material is so sticky that it comes on hands and clothes, and it also leaves smell and possible fumes in the car.

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Inside door elbow rest is very sticky in hot days and get dirty very easy. I will be waiting for a response. Thank you.

The 2009 Lexus Ls460 has the same melting dash and door rests as the 2007/2008 Lexus LS 460. It is unsafe to have the dashboard as shiny as it is when it melts. Melting dash and arm rests. After multiple class action law suits were filed, Lexus approved replacement of of the dash and door panels on 2007 models of the Lexus Ls460 and some 2008 models. However for some reason the 2009 Lexus LS 460 was not approved for replacement. The 2009's definitely have the same problem. The dash, arm rests on all four doors, lower dash surround, glove box, sides of the console, b pillars, pretty much all surfaces that do not have hard plastic or leather have this material used. This material degrades with heat and when touched often breaks, chips, slices away very easily, think of hot tar starting to cure and put your arm in it on the door rest. That is the best way to describe this inferior material that Lexus used in these vehicles and many more. Lexus needs to extend the covered years of these cars for replacement. New in 2009 this car cost $70,000, to have this problem from this caliber of vehicle from Lexus is absolutely ridiculous. Lexus needs to own up to their mistake fully and take care of this problem or lose many loyal Lexus customers that have spent thousands over the years for brand loyalty to Lexus. If this does not get repaired this will be the last Lexus that I ever purchase.

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Brake actutor gone bad. Clicking and poping. Dashboard abs, brake, lights up. Safety problems.

This automobile many inside plastic panels are melting liquefying and we are very concerned that are releasing toxic fumes. It is my wife's car and she has a lot of cough this year, contacted Lexus/Toyota and they say are not toxic, but we do not believe them, please find correspondence for the last several months. We ask you if you have a laboratory where this car can analyse the air interior, we found one but they want to charge $750 to do the test. Toyota the manufacturer of this Lexus has no credibility with us, they use plastic compounds in production without the minimum testing and this is the end result. Please find attached our notes regarding this issue.

The dash and the doors are melting. The dealer said my car was not covered to get them fixed. I emailed corporate and they said they would pay half. The dash is so shiny is makes it hard to see.

After dropping the kids off this morning was driving home and all of the sudden I get the lights on the dash which alarmedme as there was loud beeps too. The first was brake malfunction, then check vsc system, then check brake system. The brakes got real soft and the car acted like it didnt want to stop.

The car would at random excelerate slow or hesitate to move even if put the paddle to the floor. This will happen at random which makes me worry when making a left turn. This is a safety issue and the company needs to recall the cars.

, after oil change car lack of power acceleration. Dealer took the vehicle three times. All together they kept the vehicle 15 days. At the end I was told need to change heads and valves. Cost $8000. Problem is in Lexus mfg. They created the problem and we have to suffer.

Both of my outer rear view mirror discolored , right side getting worse , can see the blue rim on the mirror.

Parked vehicle, pressed start/stop button to turn off engine. Engine stopped. Exited the vehicle and as walking away pressed the lock button on the key fob. Came back from shopping and the engine was running and fob would not unlock the doors. Put new battery in fob. . . And still wouldn't work. Used spare fob. . . It would not open door. I could not shut off engine. Called aaa they came out, took apart the handle and inserted the fob key to gain access and was able to shut off the engine. Lexus service said computer did not show any malfunction though 3 humans witnessed it. .

A few months ago I started noticing that the dashboard of my car was getting shiny. I thought it was just some substance that I could wipe off but found it was very sticky and deteriorating. While driving on the highway this week the reflection was bad enough to cause a distraction, enough that as soon as I got home I searched the internet for what I could do to fix it. I thought mine was an isolated case but found several articles indicating that this is happening to many others as well. While I personally don't expect the manufacturer to shoulder 100% of the burden for the repair, I did want to register my case as it seemed that the manufacturers were not acknowledging this as a common problem in the hopes that they would agree to a formula to address the cost rather than everyone having to negotiate the share of cost individually.

This has happened over 5 times since owning the vehicle. After oil changes and off/on throughout owning the car it will have a hesitation on the acceleration. It will have high rpm's, but it is not going anywhere (loud engine noise). This is very dangerous if it decides to do this when passing someone on the highway and this morning it did it while pulling out into traffic and almost got hit as the vehicle did not move.

This vehicle seems like it was damaged from the start. Ever since this car was purchased from prestige Lexus NJ, it's just been giving us problems all the time. It seems like this car was factory damaged, or the dealership rewinded the mileage on the car because a car at 30,000 miles shouldn't have problems constantly. We payed a lot for the car and plus extra 2. 000$ for warranty doesn't help at all, these company's just want money, they never help. We drive this car very cautiously and once we were driving on the highway and our air compressor broke and our car stopped in th middle of the highway and we had a tow truck take it to Lexus. Many time this car gives us problems, the rotors we had to change our selfs, we had warranty but didn't help at all they dealerships just took more and more cash from us. The suspension then broke, then the axle links after that the car has problems driving it shakes side to side. There was always this one problem where you would have the headlights off the gas pedal was delayed, when you pushed on it the car took like 4-5 sec to actually drive( we still have that issue) we take our car to the dealer but they never actually fix it, after we leave the next day there is another issue and it's constantly it's very annoying ! this car is 100% either factor damaged or the dealer is hiding something point blank. We just want the dealer to take the car back and give us a new Lexus Ls460l that's not damaged or messed around by the dealer so we can feel safe and not worry about the car when we drive it, because we don't know what's next the ac doesn't work nothing works it's factory damaged 100%. Please help us and give us a new car that's not factory damaged or messed around with the dealer. Thank you.

My dashboard is sticky and deteriorating. Very shiny. Glare is dangerous. Some other interior parts are very sticky.

Last year we reported a sticky sheen and powdery residue on all the pebble grain vinyl- includes dashboard, glove box area, strips under the windows and center console between the front seats. Car was taken to Lexus dealer in n. Miami, FL twice with the complaint. They said they did not know what it was. Now there are reports that this is a prevalent problem with toyotas and Lexus. The sheen is causing sun glare problem as well as overall look and sticky or powdery texture. Reports are online as well as nbc news television this past Monday, oct. 13th.

My 2007 Lexus LS 460 door panels as well as the dash get extremely sticky and shiny when the vehicle is parked in a sunny hot place. I have spoken with a Lexus representative and was told that even though they know about the problem and have extended the warranty for some of their vehicles, my VIN number was not one of the 'lucky' ones that would be covered. As some of the other complaints have stated, the shiny dash could be a safety hazard. Lexus knows they used inferior products and will not honor their commitment for excellence they claim for their cars. I am very disillusioned with Lexus, a luxury car should not be having problems because of cheap and inferior materials.

The dash board surface has become gummy and the reflection of the shiny, gummy surface on the windshield very frequently affects the visibility and impairs my capacity to see safely, specially on very sunny days. There has not been an incident yet, but I wanted to report this because I am afraid of the potential danger of an accident due to impaired visibility. I began noticing the dashboard"s surface deterioration about two years ago, when the warranty had already expired.

My car has a sticky dashboard and door panels as well as the black button that opens the trunk when the weather is hot or humid. Anything that is made of that material is sticky and gets this weird black stuff everywhere. The shiny reflective surface that the dashboard is a safety hazard for myself and other drivers. Every time I get in my car I cough, so I am afraid that harmful chemicals may be emitted. Please help investigate!.

Dashboard and part of doors (at bottom of window) are very sticky when the car is in the sun and sometimes reflects sunlight into your eyes.

Brake failure. Foot on brake entering garage, no response from the brake pedal, pedal began to sink to the floor and the traction/skid control light came on, as pedal went to the floor car jumped several 100 rpm's, pedal still to the floor did not stop until running into garage cabinets. No abs noise, no abs light, no feedback from brake pedal. Foot was never on gas pedal nor was ever removed from brake pedal.

Dashboard is defective and "melting. " surface has become reflective and as a result of the defect causing glare on the windshield which makes it difficult if not impossible to see under certain lighting conditions.

The contact owns a 2007 Lexus LS 460. The contact felt that the park assist feature was unsafe. The VIN, engine size and number of cylinders were unknown. There had been no failure to date. The current mileage was 5,000.

The front windows have a serious wind noise issue in all earlier LS model( that's what the dealer told me) upgrades have been done to it by the dealer & the problem still exists. 2 other upgrades could be done but they'll reduce the wind noise by 15% & can't be eliminated! the design has a problem. Many people have complained about it on many websites like edmonds,. . . The wind noise is very annoying & distracting. Another problem with all these cars is the wheels that chip & plating comes off of them after a while.