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1995 Lexus LS400 Engine problems

Owners have filed 6 complaints about the 1995 Lexus LS400's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 15% of all its complaints, most recently on April 20, 2015. They describe 1 crash, 0 fires and 3 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
6
Recalls
0
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries
3
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Electrical systemEngine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 1995 lexus ls400. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact replaced the alternator and battery, but the failure persisted. The contact also changed the wires to the battery cables. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 214,000. The vin was not available.

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10711769
Electrical systemBrakesEngine & cooling

The evening of 3/7/15 my wife and I drove from cedar rapids, ia. To our home in muscatine, ia. As we exited i-80 after almost one hour of constant interstate driving, the car stalled at approximately 5 mph as we came to the stop sign at the end of the exit ramp. We lost power steering and power brakes as well, causing panic. This is not the first time this has happened in the two years we have owned this car. It seems to occur after prolonged interstate driving only. It did not occur that morning because we...

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broke up the trip to cr with a stop in iowa city. This is a horribly dangerous condition and after researching on the internet last night, a very inherent problem with this model and year. Toyota's tsb eg003-96 speaks of it and its remedy, published 10/7/96. The remedy is to replace the faulty ecm with part 89661-50224; a very expensive fix and presumably the reason toyota did not voluntarily recall the car. There was no forced recall either, but should have been due to the many complaints reportedly submitted to the nhtsa and potential deadly consequences of losing control of the vehicle due to faulty ecm programming. Please make this posting available to any potential 1995 ls400 owners and/or force a recall of this vehicle. *Tr

Filed Incident Electrical system · Service brakes · EngineNHTSA 10692841
Electrical systemEngine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 1995 lexus ls400. While driving various speeds, the vehicle would suddenly stall. In addition, the instrument panel indicators would randomly illuminate. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The vin was unavailable. The failure mileage was 160,000.

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10615542
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 1995 lexus ls400. The contact stated that while traveling 65 mph the contact attempted to stop at a traffic light when it suddenly stalled. The vehicle was able to be restarted and resumed normal function. The vehicle was able to be driven to the contact's destination. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the failure could not be replicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted about the issue. The failure mileage was 172,100 and the current mileage was 172,800.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10483633
Engine & coolingCrash3 injuries

I was stop a light waiting to go to get on the highway something I do every morning I know it is a bad turn so I always go slowly all of sudden my car takes off my wheel become very hard my brakes stiffen my brake lights come on my slippery when wet came on my dash was reading about 100 I hit a wall bounce back both air bags deployed my car was no longer moving but it sounded like I had my foot all the way on the gas even after I got my family out of the car it was still going until I went and shut it off I could not understand what happen my car is a lexus ls 400 95. *Tr

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10290982
Engine & cooling

MAIN BEARING REPLACED DUE TO KNOCKING NOISE.

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 503636

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