2007 Lexus RX350 - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"i purchased a used 2007 lexus rx350 for my 16 year old daughter. it had a little over 100k miles. everything worked perfectly, no complaints whatsoever. until, my son borrowed it, and while he was driving it, he said it quit. he lost all power steering, so he pulled over. we called a tow truck to tow it to a mechanic. when the mechanic called me, he said the oil cooling line busted, which made the oil pump empty the engine's oil. he said it would need a whole new engine. he said the car is worth nothing. i paid $9k for this car a year ago, and now it is not worth $100. the mechanic said this is a known problem for toyota/lexus, but there was no recall. to me - this is unacceptable. in my opinion, since toyota knew of this problem, but didn't recall it, they either need to cover the cost of a new engine, or buy the car back from me. i am very upset over this."

"tl* the contact owns a 2007 lexus rx350. the contact's wife stated that upon accelerating the vehicle after exiting a roundabout, dust began to emit from the exhaust pipe. the contact's wife drove to a gas station and discovered that the engine oil was empty. the contact then refilled the oil but by the next day, the oil had completely leaked out of the vehicle. due to the failure, the contact had the vehicle towed to lexus of maplewood (3000 us-61, maplewood, mn 55109) where they initially discovered metal shavings in the oil line. the oil line was replaced however, they also discovered that the cam gears in upper engine were defective and needed to be replaced. the manufacturer had been notified of the failure and stated that they would provide a callback. the contact had not received a callback. the vehicle had yet to be repaired. the failure mileage was approximately 83,000."

"sever oil leak and engine stop and smoke started coming"

"i was driving on a country road and noticed a/c was acting odd, then temp gauge went to bottom of dial. i couldn't stop on this road. i was trying to get to granddaughter's house. i stopped at light and couldn't start it. i called aaa and car was transported to lexus dealer who tested car and said engine failed. there were 122000 miles when tested at dealer. the car has been dealer serviced the entire time. it was serviced at 120,000 and all systems ok. i've had an 80 datsun that lasted 250,000 miles. the dealer said that used engine $8500. i expected much better from lexus. reading some nhtsa reports there seem to be a rash of oil lines failing. there was no water hose problem according to dealer checking it"

"oil started spewing from underneath the car while it was in motion on a highway . the car was towed to a local shop and the oil coolant lines (black rubber hoses) were replaced with metal hoses."

"the oil cooling line in my 2007 rx 350 failed without warning, causing all oil to be lost from the engine and catastrophic engine damage. i was on a highway driving approximately 60 mph when this occurred without warning. the engine ceased and was completely ruined with only 110,000 in mileage. i did not receive notice of any recall related to this problem."

"1. wife bought car on august 31, 2016 from dealer in tacoma, wa (with 90,900 miles on it) with a warranty service contract with it. 2. she takes it to a lexus service dealer in washington at 95,377 miles on july 13, 2017 to have the oil and oil filter change (note: oil cooler hose is right by the oil filter). they change the oil and oil filter, and mention other things about the car, but nothing about oil cooler hose.) 3. because warranty service contract is best for people who put a lot of miles on a she drop the warranty service contract in september 2017 about, applied the refund to amount owing on car. 4. on june 23, 2018 (at 99850 miles) the (original manufacturer) oil cooler hose leak oil a-lot, in about 1/2 a mile all the oil (6 qtrs +) was out of the engine maybe, she did not notice the leak until 3 + miles of running the car, (no light came on the dash). 5. so read that in march 2010 toyota had their car engines with year 2007 had the dealer replace the oil cool hose (part of the hose was rubber-and was known to leak, the oil cool hose now is all metal) and the car i'm referring here (2007 lexus rx 350) was part of the replacement to. also notice that the owner of the vehicle at the time had until march 2013 to have it done. and i guess the owner at the time, never had the original oil cooler hose (part rubber) replaced. 6. so my question here is does the lexus dealer (on 7/13/2017 who change the oil) have any obligation to inform her that she has a oil cooler hose that is known to leak (original one on car that was part rubber)?? 7. i have attached the original oil cooler hose picture (that was on the car) to this complaint. thanks, for your time"

"the oil cooling line in my well maintained 2007 rx 350 blew apart without warning, causing all oil to be lost from the engine and catastrophic engine damage totaling thousands of dollars were it to be repaired. this is apparently a very common, well known issue in the 2007 era rx 350 due to lexus' choice to use a rubber cooling line. this occurred with no warning whatsoever."

"tl* the contact owns a 2007 lexus rx350. while driving 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning and was towed to an independent mechanic. the vehicle was towed to a local dealer (metro lexus, 13600 brookpark rd, cleveland, oh 44135) where it was diagnosed that the cooling pipe needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified and opened case number: 1801240854. the failure mileage was 129,827."

"2007 lexus rx350. consumer writes in regards to engine oil cooler pipe and massive oil leak. *ld *js the consumer requested to be reimbursed for the repairs made to the vehicle due to the failures being covered under a recall. *js"