The contact owns a 2011 Lexus CT200H. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the ABS and brake warning light and check engine warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who diagnosed that the brake booster and brake booster pump were faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was unknown.
Engine & cooling
2011 Lexus CT200H Engine problems
Owners have filed 7 complaints about the 2011 Lexus CT200H's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 29% of all its complaints, most recently on April 17, 2025. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 7
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Engine complaints
Car shakes and shutters and is very reluctant to accelerate at low speeds, even with gas pedal pressed down. Then acceleration kicks in and it wants to bolt off.
I have to add 4-5 quarts in between oil changes. My engine consumes so much oil and I believe it's constantly burning. Also when I break it makes a loud electric braking noise. It's the hybrid breaking system and it's really loud.
Consumes 3-5 additional quarts of oil between regularly scheduled oil changes.
I experienced loud engine vibration at cold starts for a couple of weeks, then I started seeing white smoke from my tailpipe. I took my vehicle to lexus river-center, covington, ky, on 14feb19 to complete tsb l-sb-0004-13 which replaces the intake manifold with a new part number. The vibrations and white smoke seemed to be remedied; however, a week later, 22feb19, while entering a freeway on-ramp, my car engine made a loud noise like a shotgun blast while in motion on the freeway, metal fragments were expelled from...
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my engine block, the oil light came on, my car died, and I had to coast to the shoulder. I was almost hit from behind. I had the car towed to kerry toyota the same day for diagnosis. On 24feb19, kerry toyota informed me that my engine threw a rod and there were 3 holes in my engine block (i change my oil at regular intervals with mobile 0w-20 as prescribed by the manufacturer). There are many complaints concerning this models' head gasket, egr valve, and intake manifold on ct200h and lexus forums to justify a recall. My concern is the tsb to replace the intake manifold merely addresses premature symptoms and does not address the prolonged effect of excessive moisture in the engine.
HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL
My engine, when in use, burns oil. It will burn about 5 quarts over the time between oil changes. I have contacted lexus about this issue, and although they (and toyota) have a service bulletin regarding the 2zr-fxe engine (the same one found in my car and various prius models) they've told me that this is a very rare issue. This is the second engine I have had in this vehicle that has experienced this problem. This seems to be possibly related to the same engineering mistake that led to the toyota tsb describing nearly the same issues of oil burning/consumption of the 2az-fe engines.
Lexus CT200H engine complaints by year
CT200H engine problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data