1998 Lexus GS problems

Filed Jul 29, 2022 · Acceleration, Brakes · KY

On July 29th at approximately 8:30pm, I got into my car after exiting the Meijer store and noticed the car making strange noises and was hard to get in gear. I park so I don’t have to back up, so I put the car in drive and it went fast in reverse, when it went forward, it went crazy and I ran into a tree island and busted 2 tires and finally stopped. Fortunately this happened in a mostly vacant parking lot. This car has a lot of horsepower and those horses went crazy. I answered a question on how fast I was going? I answered 50mph, I went from 0 to 50 in a parking lot with my foot on the brake!

Filed Oct 21, 2020 · Brakes, Suspension · 200,000 miles · TX

Failed brake actuator

Filed Oct 14, 2019 · Brakes · 249,000 miles · TX

While vehicle was in motion, multiple warning lights and messages illuminated, and audible chimes sounded. Brake booster failed. No brakes, no advance warning. This occurred on lockwood road, elgin tx on october 4, 2019 around 8 pm. Lexus put out a safety recall on their 2019/2020 vehicles with the same problem. Fmvss no.126 back in july 24, 2019

Filed Dec 30, 2007 · Suspension · 192,640 miles · CA

Another lexus gs-300 owner filed this report on march 6, 2007: "we own a 1998 lexus, model gs 300. This saturday my wife was driving the lexus and the entire wheel assembly came off the vehicle due the failure of the lower ball joint. In reviewing recall information for lexus\toyota, it is very apparent there is an ongoing issue of quality control related to their lower ball joints. For our specific model, there was a recall in 93, 94, 95, 96 and 97 specific to this part. Given we have a 98 and a recall has not been issued (yet), the lexus dealership refused to provide us with any accommodation towards fixing the failed part, or the resulting body damage related to the vehicle traveling down the road on only three wheel. Fortunately, we were not traveling on the highway, but a side street when this incident occurred. But moreover, regardless of our financial loss, in my opinion, this is a public safety concern..." we experienced a similar failure wherein the lower driver's side ball joint failed while backing out of our driveway. Prior to this event the whole front suspension has been making a "creaking" noise during slow driving while turning.