Engine Failure Problems of Lexus RX350

I was driving on a country road and noticed a/c was acting odd, then temp gauge went to bottom of dial. I couldn't stop on this road. I was trying to get to granddaughter's house. I stopped at light and couldn't start it. I called aaa and car was transported to Lexus dealer who tested car and said engine failed. There were 122000 miles when tested at dealer. The car has been dealer serviced the entire time. It was serviced at 120,000 and all systems ok. I've had an 80 datsun that lasted 250,000 miles. The dealer said that used engine $8500. I expected much better from Lexus. Reading some NHTSA reports there seem to be a rash of oil lines failing. There was no water hose problem according to dealer checking it.

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The oil cooler pipe assembly on the engine failed catastrophically causing a sudden lost of a large volume of oil. The failure occurred while driving on a street and was only noticed while parking (a CO-worker saw the oil pouring out of the car).

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While driving in the very busy freeway, the car suddenly stopped without any prior warning or any signal. Upon Lexus dealer inspection, the cause was , bolts used to secure the variable valve timing control device can become loose, one of the bolts came out and caused the timing chain to break and it broke the engine head, causing the vehicle to stop while being driven. Lexus has not recalled the RX 350 models, however on September 3, 2013 Lexus has recalled is 350, is 350c and GS 350 vehicles for the exact same reason. My car has always been serviced at Lexus dealer. According to Lexus service department, there was no way for me to prevent this or to know. The sudden stop of the vehicle in the freeway as the result of this engine failure could have caused a major accident which was very life threatening. These engines has to be recalled for inspection and repair by Lexus. Lexus did not accept the fault even though they accepted to pay partial part of the cost of the rebuilding the engine as a courtesy.

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I purchased my Lexus RX 350 Dec 2006. I have 35, 500 miles on my car. My car is used for personal usage. My transmission was recently replaced March 2009. Now I recently had engine failure one month after transmission failure. To make matters worse, I was informed that my transmission is leaking. This problem was discovered after engine failure and replacement transmission.