Tl*the contact owns a 1992 lexus es 300. The contact was driving approximately 35 mph, the front hood released in an open position without warning. Immediately, the sun roof glass shattered. There was no personal injury. The vehicle has not been diagnosed for the malfunction at this time. The failure mileage was 142366.
Visibility & wipers
Lexus ES300 Visibility problems by year
30 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Lexus ES300's visibility & wipers. Windshields, wipers, defrosters, mirrors, backup cameras and glare.
Visibility complaints by model year
Latest ES300 visibility complaints
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 lexus es300. While driving 35 mph with the rear defroster activated, the glass shattered and fell on the rear passenger seat inside shelf below the window.. The passenger was unharmed. The vehicle was driven to the dealer and they stated that the replacement cost would be $608. The dealer stated that there may have been a small pin hole that caused the glass to shatter. The manufacturer will pay $200 of the $608. The current and failure mileages were 55,068. Updated 03-04-08 *bf
The automatic windshield wiper system malfunctioned. Consequently, when the windshield was dry the windshield wipers engaged without warning. *Ak
The vehicle was involved in an accident, and the sun roof shattered. *Jb
The vehicle was involved in a collision and the sunroof shattered. Jb
The vehicle was involved in an accident, and the sun roof shattered. *Jb
The vehicle was involved in an accident, and the sun roof shattered. *Jb
The vehicle was involved in a collision, and the sun roof shattered. *Jb
The vehicle was involved in an accident, and the sun roof shattered. *Jb
The vehicle was involved in a collision, and the sun roof shattered. *Jb
The vehicle was involved in an accident, and the sun roof shattered. *Jb
Consumer was unable to see from front right side due to an engineering flaw. *Ak *jb
Dashboard has been redesigned, and it is extremely difficult to see various needle gauges while driving during the day. At night with lights on, everything is fine, but during the day, especially when it is sunny, it is impossible to see speedometer needle gauges. *Sc...*Ak
All four side door windows leak in heavy rains and in a car wash. Seals were replaced by dealer once, while side windows were adjusted by dealer twice; all to no avail. In addition, the windows leak air at speeds above 65 mph.
I recently bought a dealer low mileage extended to 100k warranty 1999 es300 lexus, my mid age dream car. It is truly a nice auto, except. The beast has been to the shop 3 times for "maid service" not genuine problem until frost/freeze puts the problem against my requirement of windshield defroster for vision. Mice have a free run of the entire air intake systems...Air conditioning/heater and engine air filter/fuel injection. I have phoned and e-mailed the toyota/lexus folks both at website and california...
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multiple times with little respect towards consumer communication. The response from my agitation relieved me of the last $bill presentation, yet the only recommendations are: "get moth balls,get a cat, get an exterminator..". My car sits on concrete in a rural carport 1/2 the time..Yet when my husband took me to yet another toyota service shop to ask..What if this problem exist for your customers, what do you do for them? One mechanic said that he has dealt with and complained about this every which way since 1990..And no one wants to hear the complaint! He personally has a camry that is parked in the neighborhood in a closed garage, with car cover, 5 cats and liberal dousing of rat poison..And has 3 times had to clean out the same problem. He also said it is no easy feat to get at the car frame to clean ...Including dead rodents,mice & snakes..And disinfect; some of these are luxury autos?! Yet no corporate interest to acknowledge nor rectify the inconvenience and expense and perhaps dangerous situation when windshield vision may be more than impaired due to no air control to the front auto glass because mouse ?!@#$% And nest crap just got sucked into the "sophisticated" air filtration system. Apparently this is a routine situation for many that do not reside in a concrete jungle environ. *Tr
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