Transmission hesitation on 2004 lexus rx330 nearly resulted in high speed accident on several occasions. On july 14, 2007 while merging from I-75 in tampa on ramp into rush hour traffic, the lexus at first failed to slow (to match speeds) when gas pedal was released, then when the pedal was depressed to accelerate after the merge (traffic flow was erratic), it failed to accelerate for about 2 seconds, and we had to drive off the pavement to avoid a rear end collision. We have reported the transmission hesitation problem to lexus 5 or more times so far, and they say it is operating as designed. This situation is hazardous under certain common traffic conditions. The july 14, 2007 incident was one of several where we nearly had a serious accident because of the transmission delay. *tr updated 01/09/08. *lj the consumer stated in heavy rain defogger turned to keep windows clear. While driving if vehicle hits a large puddle A/C will turn off and no way to restart the A/C other than to turn the ignition off. Updated 12/12/07
2004 Lexus RX330 visibility complaints
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1994 lexus rx330 hesitates while depressing the accelerator. *kb the vehicle has been taken to the dealer several times to alleviate the problem but they claimed that the vehicle was operating within normal specifications. The vehicle has also been plagued by other malfunctions to include squeaks, rattles, multiple malfunctions of the sunroof electronics, broken seats and liftgate alignment problems. *nm updated 08/14/06.
On july 10,2004 I picked up my new vehicle, a lexus rx 330 from the bayridge lexus dealer in nys. Within a 1/2 hour, while testing the safety features of vehicle, I had placed a large stuffed animal (in place of a human body part of a adult or child). Although all the windows and remote rear door automatically opened when coming into contact with foreign object ( stuffed bear), the sunroof jammed the bear between the closing glass and frame I immediately brought the vehicle back to the dealership with the stuffed animal still jammed in the sunroof back to the dealership the service technician were unable to dislodge the stuffed animal's head from the jammed sunroof (imagine if this was a child's body part???) and had to dismantle the sunroof to remove the stuffed animal and had me return on the 12th determine the cause and to fix the sunroof. Since that time, this same vehicle has been repaired by the same lexus dealership a minimum of 6 times for problems with the sunroof. All the while I was returning with the vehicle to be get sunroof repaired, I was under the impression that they had reported this obverous safety defect that a foreign object (stuffed bear over 2 1/2' in length and as soft as a child's hand) would get jammed between the closing glass and the frame of the sunroof without a safety feature to automatically open the window if a foreign object gets in way of closing as with the remote truck closing system and the automatic windows this vehicle is factory equipped with. Nys has the lemon laws for new vehicles sold that are defective. It was during this process in collecting my service records from bayridge lexus that I discovered that they never looked into this matter as a safety defect, nor was it reported (to the best of my knowledge) to any official agency that car manufactures are required to report possible safelty defects.
The outside rear-view mirrors on the lexus 2004 rx330 are hazardous. If the mirror adjustment switch on the dash is not in the neutral position, the outside mirrors rotate downward when the gear lever is placed in reverse. In theory, this would be helpful if the curbside mirror rotated enough so that the driver could view the curb when parking. The problem is that the engineer who designed the system thought the curb would be on the left side--which it would be if you were driving the car in japan. Anyway, that left-side mirror rotates so far downward that the driver is looking at the pavement beside the car, and that pavement can easily be mistaken for a blank horizon. The driver is thus prevented from seeing a pedestrian or obstruction on the left-rear side of the car. The dealer refuses to fix the problem, saying there is no fix. Of course there is a fix--lexus just does not want to pay for it. The only way to get this fixed is for the federal safety agency to force a recall.
Consumer's sunroof did not retract on the 2004 lexus rx330 when her 8 year old niece placed her hand in the way of the closing glass.*mr the glass pinched the pointer and middle finger of the child's right hand.
Back-up camera (when gear is put in reverse) does not display any image.
Sun glare from dashboard reflects in the windshield obstructing visibility. Lexus rx330. Dealer says others have complained but no fix other than dash cover. Tried dash cover but only black works to some extent. Black does not match the tan leather interior of this luxury vehicle. The problem is especially bad when traveling a tree lined street into the sun where there is alternating bright sun and shade.
Rear window shattered without probable cause. Consumer took the vehicle to the dealer, and the police were notified. It was determined that the window broke due to extreme heat. *ak the consumer purchased another 2004 lexus (model/rx330) and the same window shattered. The service manager suggested that this happened due to heat. *sc
This car is equipped with an automatic wiper system. When the automatic mode is used the wipers fail to keep the windshield clear. In a light rain, the windshield can get to the point where you must take manual action to clear the windshield. I understand that this problem is not isolated to my car but occurs in other cars equipped with the automatic wiper system manufactured by toyota. I've reported the problem to lexus hq.
Vibration when air conditioner on. 2004 lexus rx330.
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