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Help! Major Trouble by spinaker
Sep 13, 2009 (8:39 pm)
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I bought a very low mileage 2007 Lexus RX400h a couple of months ago and all has been perfect. Getting amazing gas mileage to top it off.
 
However..... this weekend we were out on Saturday and the car was parked outside the house. The weather was terrible and we were having torrential rain. I got a call from my neighbor warning me that my sun roof and all windows were open. I rushed home to find about 3 inches of water in the car. How could this open itself? I know there is a convenience feature on the remote but we were not near the car.
 
I dried it out as much as possible but a whole bunch of errors: Check VSC, Check Hybrid, Check TPMS, Central locking no longer working, window control on driver side not working.
 
Taking it to the dealer in the morning. Any thoughts?
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Steering crashed in RX 400h by rthmama
Sep 17, 2009 (5:41 pm)
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Today my husband called me to meet him in the parking lot of the shopping center. The steering on his 2006 RX 400h (purchased in 2005) suddenly froze up completely. We towed his car to the dealership and they said that there had been problems with the steering of the 400h. I do not remember getting a recall notice, but they will fix it for free. I am so glad this did not happen on the highway! Has anyone heard anything like this?
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Re: Steering crashed in RX 400h [rthmama] by wwest
Sep 19, 2009 (7:02 am)
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Replying to: rthmama (Sep 17, 2009 5:41 pm)

Yes, the electric drive for the stearing is significantly underpowered and too easily overheats and fails.
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Re: Steering crashed in RX 400h [rthmama] by rcy
Oct 07, 2009 (2:09 pm)
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Replying to: rthmama (Sep 17, 2009 5:41 pm)

There is a 'service campaign' where Lexus will replace the electric power steering rack. It's not a gov't mandated recall, but something Lexus is doing before they are forced into a recall I guess. It has something to do with the magnets inside the steering rack coming loose and seizing the rack.
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Re: Lexus Tires [macmascoma] by whynissan
Oct 11, 2009 (10:33 am)
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Replying to: macmascoma (Jul 28, 2008 9:02 am)

Wish I could help you. There are only one set of Michelins that fit this vehicle and they have no mileage warranty. I purchased my 2007 rx400h in July of 2007, and with 40,000 miles on my vehicle, I am on my third set of tires. Absolutely ridiculous!
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Re: Lexus Tires [whynissan] by wwest
Oct 11, 2009 (10:42 am)
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Replying to: whynissan (Oct 11, 2009 10:33 am)

4WD version..??
 
The RXh and the HH are the ONLY vehicles of which I am aware that have FULL-TIME 4WD capability. Independently "driven" front and rear axles eliminate the driveline windup "problem" with all the PART-TIME AWD/4WD and F/awd or R/awd out there in the marketplace.
 
So all that is left for the RXh and HH to overcome is tire-scrubbing.
 
TIRE-SCRUBBING...??

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