Service Brakes Problems of Lexus RX330

Takata recall, I called about the recall for the engine cooling and the brakes hydrulic and they say my car is not in the recall but I am having problem with my cooling.

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The service (foot) brake is not holding pressure at a stop sign or stop light when the vehicle is in drive. Even though foot brake is applied fully, vehicle tends to move forward and may cause an accident with the car/object in front of the vehicle.

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The contact owns a 2004 Lexus Rx330. While backing up the vehicle in the driveway at a low rate of speed, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration and crashed into the garage and house. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. During the incident, the vehicle failed to immediately stop while depressing the brake pedal. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 119,000.

The contact owns a 2004 Lexus Rx330. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 11v112000 (vehicle speed control) and 10v499000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The dealer indicated that the repairs would be completed within 4 to 6 weeks. The contact called for an extended period of time and received no follow up response from the dealer. Months later, the dealer indicated that the parts were not available for the recall repairs. The contact was unable to determine when the vehicle would receive the repairs. The manufacturer was notified. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Periodically the brake,abs,vsc, and low pressure light blinks while driving , as soon as the key is turned off then back on the warning lights disappear.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Lexus Rx330. The contact stated that while the vehicle was in park, the steering wheel felt loose and a noise was coming from the steering wheel. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. In addition, the contact stated that while in park,the contact heard a noise when the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician stated that the steering shaft and rack and pinion nut needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. However, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 109,594. Oo.

On September the 1st we had just had extreme thunder and lightning, terrential downpour's,I had just dropped my girlfriend off at work ,and at this time it was only raining moderately,and the time was 1:20pm,and then I started the 15 minute trip back home,I was 1/3 of the way back home and noticed as I was driving a pedestrian wanting to cross the street so at this time I stopped and the vehicle's breaking system seemed to work just fine at that time. I then startd driving the final 2/3rd's of the way home,I was about one and a half to 1-3/4 of a mile to home and thank goodness no pedestrian or vehicle was in front of me because for approximately 1400 to 1600 feet the Lexus SUV would not stop or slow down and thankfully I was only going 30 to 35 mph and the vehicle fortunately had enough distance to slow itself down before the hairpin left curve in the next part of the road. And then strangely enough the brakes seemed to be operating properly again. Please note that I am mechanically inclined, and can name all of the part's in the vehicle's braking system.

At approximately 4 in afternoon, I had come to a complete stop in front of my townhouse. My foot was still on the brake from stopping (I was just about to put it in park and take out key and unfasten seat belt) when it lurched forward and started to accelerate. I tried to steer and pump the brakes but nothing worked. It was totally out of my control. The car lunged forward going over the side walk and into my front porch, directly hitting my wrought iron bannister. The distance from the parking place to the bannister is about 10 feet. The car acceleration stopped on impact. I immediately called my insurance CO and I called the police and filled out a police report. I live across from our community swimming pool. Children are constantly walking on sidewalk in front of my house on way to pool. Neighbors walk by my house to walk their dogs as well. Someone could have easily been injured or killed. I have not driven the car since the event. Lexus USA and the dealership will not address the problem with me. I bought the car. . Used. . Only 6 months ago. My car was damaged in the front, and my wrought iron bannister was destroyed. My main concern is the fact that the car displayed unintended acceleration and is not safe for anyone to drive.

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I have hard time depressing brake pedal. I went to Lexus dealer to get it checked. I think I paid 170 dollars and they said it is ok. But, I still do not like the brake pedal never been smooth.

The contact owns a 2005 Lexus RX-330. While driving approximately 5 mph, the contact applied the brakes but the vehicle would not stop and crashed. During the failure, the contact could smell a burning odor and noticed smoke was escaping from under the vehicle. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where the brakes were repaired. The failure mileage was 51,000 and the current mileage was 52,000. Updated 03/16/11 updated 03/21/11.

On October 17, 2010 I was driving my 2005 Lexus Rx330 into my garage at less than 10 mph. On my way up the driveway, I put my foot on the brake pedal. While my foot was on the brake pedal, the car made a noise and accelerated forward. I pumped the brakes several times and eventually forced the car to stop right before hitting the garage cabinets. Later my husband started the vehicle in the park position. When he stepped on the brake, the rpms zoomed from 1,000 rpm to 3000 rpm (racing the engine). My husband was able to duplicate this dangerous phenomenon four consecutive times. Simply stated, the brake was acting as an accelerator. We attempted to videotape the problem, but couldnt recreate the situation. Upon further investigation I found dozens of other incidents filed through the national highway transportation administration of the same year, make, and model as my vehicle. Many of these vehicles were also engaged in the parking process. After considerable coercion with Lexus, we convinced them to tow vehicle into the local dealership. The Lexus described national inspector examined the vehicle and found nothing wrong. ¿ there is unequivocally a dangerous problem with the vehicle and yet, the Toyota corporation refuses to acknowledge the potential for future occurrences or attempt any sort of repair. The fact that Lexus couldnt duplicate the problem doesnt absolve their responsibility to our family and the american public. We consider ourselves credible witnesses to the problem, considering both my husband and I experienced the extremely dangerous mechanical anomaly and are not attempting to sue for property damage or personal injury.

2 to 3 years prior to this accident I was coming to stoplight and the car brake did not work but only for a few second I reported this to my husband and he took it to several mechanics but did not find anything wrong with the vehicle, my husband has owned a auto parts store for 40 years and knows a few qualified mechanics. 3 people was on a freeway about 1/4 mile from off ramp doing about 65 mph, we started to move over to the slower lane as we got to the slower lane I stepped on the brakes to slow down for the off ramp when I felt the brakes were not working, I pumped the brakes several times to make sure I was stepping on the brakes but instead of slowing down the vehicle kept accelerating I depressed the brake pedal as hard as I could and hung on for dear life upon entering the off ramp I struck another vehicle and flipped the car several times. I ended up with a cracked sternum, the passenger broke 3 or 4 of her vertebra, and passenger in the rear seat was fatal. Updated 03/10/10 updated ivoq 09/28/10.

Lost the power brake assist in vail colorado coming down the mountain.

I was on interstate 5 on may 25, 2009 (memorial day) at the speed of 75-80 mph with my whole family in the car. The car's model is Lexus Rx330,2006 model. While I was driving on the leftmost lane, my left wheel went a little bit on the rumble strip. I tried to pull my car back on the lane. It is here that the problem started. My steering started to shake and vibrate and the car stopped to accelerate. When all the cars were going at such a high speed there was nothing I could do. I was unable to steer the car as well as accelerate or even brake for quite a while. Then I tried braking many times and could finally park the car in the emergency in the left lane shoulder. After that we tried calling all the numbers given in the Lexus handbook but no one picked up the phone to help us. After waiting for half an hour or so, my husband collected all his guts and drove the car to nearest gas station. We check the tires and all the pressures etc. But everything looked fine.

The brakes did not operate at various speeds when they were applied. Consumer has contacted the manufacturer.

Simultaneously without warning the pedal went to the floor while the driver applied the brakes. The driver noticed that the brakes would go to the floor in cold weather. The driver was able to drive to the dealer. The mechanic informed the driver that the problem can not be duplicate. Please provide additional information.

The vehicle was pulling out of reverse in a parking lot when all of a sudden the driver applied the brakes and they did not work. Taken to dealer for checkup and repair.

While braking from 50 to 60 mph the vehicle would not stop properly. The consumer would have to appliedthe brake pedal harder to get the vehicle to stop. Vehicle has been to the dealer on two separte occasions. The dealer replace the brake booster the first and the second time they was unable to locate a problem.

The consumer has to put extreme pressure on the brakes in order to stop. The vehicle has never been serviced for this problem with the brakes.

Someone needs to listen! I have a 2004 Lexus Rx330. It's had trouble from day one, and I got nowhere! they have done 5 updates on the computer. Now it only seems to have trouble at 20 mph, instead of 40-50 and 65-80, of lurching, hesitating, then taking off like a bat out of hell. It's had a "bulletin" on the front brakes, and shimmied all over the road. I have paper work on all of this and more. You, the ntsb, can take the car and go thru it, I'll give you the repair records. I've called the Toyota headquarters in 04 or 05 begging them to help me. A woman said, the car was, "performing in the manner it was designed:" I saved a long time to buy my dream car when I retired, now I have a defective car, with only 48k miles because of fear of driving it. Please please, listen to what people wrote back in 04 about this car. One man said a friend worked for Lexus and told him that his boss said there will never be a recall on this car because of the amount of cars sold in the us and canada. We need help. My car is a lemon. I've mentioned numerous times of painting it yellow and putting lemon all over it. Please try to pull up records back then, all these people were writing in with the same problems. No one listened then or now! please, I'm begging you. I've had 4 Toyota's in the past, and all 4 totally, never had the trouble this 1 Lexus has. They were actually toyotas. Their complete stature has gone from years of loyalty by me and others, after all the built up trust, gone in an instant! one runaway car is enough! it's now killing people. I bought it for it's comfort, looks, but mostly for safety, and trustworthiness! gone. All gone! I have a 91 Ford van I drive instead of the Lexus. I call it a piece of junk, nothing but trouble, and Lexus had it more than I did the first 4 yrs. Please look into this all you can. All these people can't be wrong. I can't even sell it now. Shame on you, Toyota. Shame on you! greed! that's what it is, greed.