Lexus Sc300 1997

Model Sc300 made in 1997 by Lexus got 8 consumer complains as well as 6 service bulletins. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to air bags and engine and engine cooling. Technical service bulletines regarding engine and engine cooling and seat belts.

Sc300 year 1997

Technical Service Bulletins
Consumer Complaints

Car dealers

Model 1997

Bulletins

Bulletin	Bulletin date	Item no.	Summary	Added
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE
EL00198	01/23/1998	600198	Subject on engine immobilizer system precautions. *yc	04/29/1998
SEAT BELTS
BO00501	03/23/2001	619119	Subject regarding new seat belt tongue plate stopper service parts. *tt	05/15/2001
STEERING
ST010101	02/16/2001	619796	Subject regarding steering wheelnut service specification. *tt	07/02/2001
STRUCTURE - BODY - TRUNK LID
AX00101	03/09/2001	619113	Subject regarding retro-fit internal trunk release kits. *tt	05/14/2001
SUSPENSION
01202	10/11/2002	10000251	Suspension ball joint inspection method. *tt	02/20/2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PG01699	06/04/1999	622022	Subject regarding repair manual corrections. *tt	10/09/2001

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences	Purchase date
AIR BAGS - FRONTAL
03/05/2005	27100	1	08/16/1997
	Contact states: driver could not place car in park as she pulled into a parking spot, instead vehicle lunged forward, striking a tree. upon impact, air bags did not deploy, total damage to front of car. would not go into parking mode therefore, the keys could not be removed from ignition. repairman did not find anything wrong. ak the accident happened after the shift wouldn't go into parking mode. sc *jb
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM
03/01/2002		1
	Consumer states that the bracket that holds exhaust to vehicle is defected, consumer states that when the bracket gets hot it expands, this causes the bracket to crack, dealer states it was poorly designed. nlm
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
06/18/1998		1	10/01/1996
	Exhaust pipe bracket failed. yh
POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
03/05/2005	27100	1	08/16/1997
	Contact states: driver could not place car in park as she pulled into a parking spot, instead vehicle lunged forward, striking a tree. upon impact, air bags did not deploy, total damage to front of car. would not go into parking mode therefore, the keys could not be removed from ignition. repairman did not find anything wrong. ak the accident happened after the shift wouldn't go into parking mode. sc *jb
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
03/11/2000
	While driving on local road made a turn and all of sudden was not able to control steering and no brakes.*ak
STEERING
03/11/2000
	While driving on local road made a turn and all of sudden was not able to control steering and no brakes.*ak
TIRES
12/29/2000		4	12/01/1996
	On jan 4, 1999, i purchased 4 cooper tires at gex tire co, 4041 west mercury blvd, hampton, va 23666. (dot number: upgrcem339 tiresize: 225/55r-16). all 4 tires were defective and appeared to have had some sort of manufacturing defectives. shortly after the purchase, the tires began to cause unstable driving conditions for my car while traveling on less-than smooth roads, in curves, at speeds around 70 mph and on wet roads. in addition, the tires caused my gas mileage to decrease about 3 to 4 mpg. after replacing the 4 tires all of the above conditions were eliminated without any other repairs. due to accelerated wear, 2 of the tires were deemed unsafe after about 11,000 miles. the remaining 2 had to be replaced at 14,000 miles. the first 2 tires were returned to gex tire co who promised to return them to cooper tire for analysis of the problem. the remaining 2 tires were shipped directly to cooper tire co in finlay, oh at their request following a complaint that i sent them. in my complaint to cooper tire, i asked them to analyze the tires based on the specific problems outlined above. they immediately refunded me 75% of my cost but would not admit that the tires were defective. the alleged that the problem was due to improper car alignment and low tire pressure. neither of their findings was valid. on jan 28, 2001, i had the car alignment checked by the lexus dealer and they verified that the alignment was in accordance with the car manufacturer's specifications. they also noted the unusal tire wear pattern and confirmed that the pressure was o.k. when the first 2 tires were turned in the gex they also noted that the pressure was correct but could not explain the reasons for the rapid and irregular wear. although i sent cooper tire co a copy of the car alignment job order mentioned above, they still ruled that car misalignment was the problem. my major concern is that there may be similar cooper tires in service that may present a serious safety
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
03/05/2005	27100	1	08/16/1997
	Contact states: driver could not place car in park as she pulled into a parking spot, instead vehicle lunged forward, striking a tree. upon impact, air bags did not deploy, total damage to front of car. would not go into parking mode therefore, the keys could not be removed from ignition. repairman did not find anything wrong. ak the accident happened after the shift wouldn't go into parking mode. sc *jb

Car dealers selling

State	City	Zip	Name	Phone
CA	REDWOOD CITY	94063-1405	PUTMAN LEXUS	650-363-8500