Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||||
| 00506 | 03/28/2006 | 10019646 | M.i.l. on dtc b1153: seat position sensor. *tt | 04/13/2006 | |
| 00205 | 07/11/2005 | 10016689 | (revised) vehicle height control system-c1735 exhaust solenoid valve circuit. vehicles with height control may experience a mil on or mil light flash with dtc c1735 stored in memory. *sc | 09/27/2005 | |
| 00104 | 03/03/2004 | 10006549 | Jump starting vehicles equipped with crank hold feature. *tt | 05/05/2004 | |
| 01503 | 11/26/2003 | 10005259 | Outside temperature display inaccurate. *tt | 02/17/2004 | |
| EL01003 | 08/25/2003 | 10003574 | Lexus link system error detected. *tt | 10/24/2003 | |
| 00203 | 03/10/2003 | 10001313 | Service maintenance reminder light reset procedure. *tt | 04/29/2003 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - SOFTWARE | |||||
| LSB-0015-10 | 02/04/2010 | 10034245 | Lexus: techstream ecu flash reprogramming procedure. flash reprogramming allows the ecu software to be updated without replacing the ecu. flash calibration updates for specific vehicle models/ecus are released as field fix procedures des | 10/29/2010 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 01/08/2010 | 93031 | 1 | |
| I own a 2003 lexus gx470. on friday january 8th as i waited for traffic to clear before turning right to enter a blvd, the engine suddenly began to race while my right foot forced down the brake pedal to prevent the car from launching into the cross traffic. the vehicle began to shudder and shake and my dad yelled you're spinning your tires! i yelled my foot is on the brake, what should i do? we turned off the ignition and the engine stopped running. later, while my dad observed from the open driver's-side door, i roughly trumped on the gas pedal 2 or 3 times because we were vaguely aware of a toyota accelerator sticking problem. i then started the car and drove it several miles - while totally terrified. immediately i arranged to have the car transported to my dealer's facilities. and, after three days of testing, no problem was found and i drove home, shaking. so, judging from recent media reports, what was new or different about my experience? 1) no mats were ever used in the driver's compartment during the five years i have owned the car. 2) the engine was at idle and the brake pedal was depressed before the engine began to suddenly race. 3) i am not a two-foot driver...never, ever. 4) my dad checked (yes, he is a mechanical engineer) to see if the gas pedal was in its correct idle position after shut-off: the petal position was normal, normal before, during and after being trumped on. 5) my car was not moving, just waiting, at idle, with no operator intervention prior or during engine rev-up. in a nut-shell, my near-death experience could not have been provoked by a mechanical problem with the accelerator petal. this failure has not happened again... no repair was made... my dealer claimed that nothing like this has happened on a lexus that they knew about...but congressional testimony today shows that other lexus owners have experienced sudden engine acceleration with no pedal involvement. *tr | |||