Three problems related to transmission noise have been reported for the 1999 Lexus RX300. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 1999 Lexus Rx300. The contact stated that she noticed a noise on the front end of the vehicle and within a few minutes while driving approximately 25 mph, the vehicle suddenly stopped moving forward. She turned the vehicle off and tried to restart it; however, after 10 attempts to restart the vehicle she was unable to do so. The vehicle was towed to a dealer who stated that the transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer offered her a 50% discount off of the total repair costs. The vehicle had not been repaired to-date. The current and failure mileages were 86,192.
The contact owns a 1999 Lexus RX-300. The contact stated that he heard a crackling noise when he applied the brake then the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that ten minutes later he was able to restart. He took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated that the transmission caused the failure. As of January 7, 2008, the dealer had not repaired the vehicle. The failure mileage was 89,000 and current mileage was 89,000. Updated 02-14-08. The consumer stated the vehicle would frequently loose power.
Have a Lexus RX 300 1999 model with 4x4 drive. The car ran ok for 80,000 miles or so. Our current mileage is around 81,000. The car was being driven on an expressway when it got really slow (15 mph) and then stopped on its own. I barely avoided a major accident. Anyways, I took the car to a repair shop and they tell me the transmission needs to be replaced and will cost me 4800 to do so. Please help. Apparently this is a very common problem for RX 300 1999-2000 models. The google search online brings up tons of blogs mentioning the same problem. . Read more...