2000 Lexus RX
No clear pattern 0% of complaints about the 2000 Lexus RX arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2000 vehicle, but with only 30 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is power train (25 complaints), typically at 7.8 yr or about 95,000 miles.
- Complaints
- 30
- Median age at failure
- 7.9 yr
- Median mileage
- 95,000 n=26
- Crash / fire / tow
- 3.3% of reports
- Safety recalls
- 0
Power train 95,000 mi 6.7 yr in service
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE 35 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE ACTED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND WAS DRIVEN TO A DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SHIFT VERY HARD AND FELT AS IF WERE GOING TO STALL. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THERE WAS A WHINING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD.
Power train 74,268 mi 6.8 yr in service
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO THE DRIVE GEAR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FAILED. NEITHER THE DRIVE NOR REVERSE GEAR COULD BE ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALERSHIP DISCOVERED METAL PARTICLES IN THE TRANSMISSION OIL. THE DIAGNOSIS INDENTIFIED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS LUBRICATED WITH METAL SHAVINGS AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS THEREFORE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED.
Power train 85,199 mi 6.9 yr in service
2000 LEXUS RX300 WITH 85K MILES -- TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. CAR ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. DEALER HAS SAID IT NEEDS A COMPLETELY NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAVE SINCE FOUND MANY, MANY SIMILAR STORIES ON VARIOUS WEB SITES. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND IN TRAFFIC I AM SURE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. *NM