INTERMEDIATE WIPERS HAVE NEVER WORKED.
Visibility & wipers
Lexus ES330 Visibility problems by year
9 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Lexus ES330's visibility & wipers. Windshields, wipers, defrosters, mirrors, backup cameras and glare.
Visibility complaints by model year
Latest ES330 visibility complaints
Since the beginning the back door's windows always get stuck and I had to take them to lexus to have them fixed. Warranty expired and they still have the issue. Lexus said they know about it but there is not a fix. *Js
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 lexus es330. The contact stated that the passenger rear window malfunctioned. The contact explained that the window would open independently without any warnings and she was unable to close it. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 100,000.
2005 Lexus es 330 developed problems with the high intensity discharge headlamps. The low beam headlights do not provide adequate illumination, especially on roads with no street lights, reflectors or lane markings. There is a sharp cutoff of light about 40-50 feet in front of the car beyond which there is little or no light cast on the roadway surface. Reflective signs can be seen farther away but one cannot help but overdrive the lights at any speed above 20mph because nothing on the road itself is illuminated....
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The low beams seem to be deliberately aimed at the ground 40-50' away. Light in the 40-50' zone in front of the car is adequate. Beyond that it is not. The car was purchased new in jan 2005 and the problem did not arise until 2-3 years later, or at least that's when I first noticed it. The dealer checked the lights and stated the high intensity lights could not be adjusted to raise the cutoff point(lights are self leveling) and that the lights were working normally. This is not a problem if there is oncoming traffic because their lights illuminate the road between my car and theirs. However on a dark street with no oncoming cars it's like driving into a pool of darkness past the 40-50 foot cutoff of light in front of the car. I have to use the high beams when on a pitch black road, but that's not a good solution. I will not buy another car without checking the performance of the lights on a dark road. Lexus needs to fix this - it is an accident waiting to happen. Mileage on the car in now in the mid 40s. This condition is ongoing, not intermittent. *Tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 lexus es330. While driving at low speeds of 10 mph during a rain storm, the contact heard a loud, unusual pop and noticed the passenger side mirror had shattered. The dealer replaced the mirror at the owners expense. On a separate occasion, while traveling through the exact same area as the initial failure, the failure occurred a second time. The vehicle was not repaired. The vin was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 52,000 and the current mileage was 52,200.
Disconnected ac drain hose caused leak under passenger-side carpets. Humidity issues/dangerous driving conditions. Caused serious fogging on windows repeatedly over 4 years. Could not find source of problem until we took apart car and lifted carpet. Could become a serious mold issue. Odd smell in ventilation system. We believe it came this way from the factory and was possibly knocked loose when the carpeting was installed. It was an on going problem. We sterilized it and aired it out for a few days with a...
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high powered fan. Had to remove the seat to get to it and glove box. Not easy. Problem rectified now. No humidity issues. Changed cabin filter. No more bad odors when using the defroster. Dealer was not helpful.*Tr
I not longer have confidence in driving my lexus 2004 es330 with 12,500 miles due to 2 main reasons. (A) this car continue to pull to the left to the point that I must continually put pressure to the steering wheel so the car wont move to the left. This is happening even after the dealer has supposedly fixed issue. (B) the very well known transmission problem. This vehicle is unsafe to drive in many instances where you need to merge into traffic and the car does not responded to the gas pedal. The...
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symptom is very noticeable when you are on stop and go traffic or in slow traffic. I urge your agency to investigate this matter before any casualty occurs. Lexus normal response is that the car is operating as designed. The dealer must have been told to express the same line as they always have the same answer for anything they do not have a solution for.
While driving in rainy weather front windshield wipers failed to work intermittently. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *Ak
04 Lexus es330 transmission hesitation is serious danger to driver. Engine hesitates when starting from a dead start. Car has to be floored to move and even then it hesitates even more. Also car has serious blind spots on left and right outer side mirrors (they are too small for the car). Also, cruise control light stays lit even when the brake is hit or you dis-engage it. The only time the cruise control light turns off is when you physically turn it off with the switch or shut the engine off completely. This...
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gives the driver the impression that it is on all the time even when it is off or worse they think they have shut it off but it's really still on and you have a very good chance of rear ending someone. This is extremely bad engineering and extremely dangerous. How you guys let a car like this on the road is beyond me. Did you test it? If so, how did you let it pass thru to the usa? This car with it's hesitation, blind spots, and dangerous cruise control it's likely to get someone injured or killed in a hurry. Car doesn't get anything near the epa ratings under any condition. I've contacted lexus customer care and they say this all normal. No help or suggestions. Please get lexus to put out tsbs on these problems before someone gets injured or killed. I'm very concerned. I've been a driver for 34 years. I've never driven a car so dangerous in my life. *Ak
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data