Check a vehicle VIN check Latest recalls Latest complaints Common problems Rankings Compare vehicles Recall roundups All makes Guides Share your experience
Theme

Engine & cooling

1993 Lexus SC400 Engine problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 1993 Lexus SC400's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 11% of all its complaints, most recently on June 4, 2010. They describe 1 crash, 0 fires and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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

Engine complaints

Engine & coolingTransmission & drivetrainCrash

I was involved in a motor vehicle accident on 4/25/10 with a 1993 lexus sc400 vin# [[redacted]] . I was approaching a red light controlled intersection with my foot on the brake pedal and the vehicle continued to accelerate through the intersection. I feel that the computer chip controlling either the transmission or idling speed failed as the vehicle could not come to a halt and resulted in a collision. The transmission failed to drop down to neutral and/or the idle could not drop down to less than 1000 rpm. I...

Read the full complaint

realize it is an older vehicle and computer chips could fail due to age but I wonder if this could be a design flaw of the fail safe accelerator assembly. Could you let me know if any other complaints have been lodged. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.S.C. 552(B)(6). *Tr

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Power trainNHTSA 10334615

Lexus SC400 engine complaints by year

SC400 engine problems, every year

Had a engine problem with your 1993 SC400? Tell other owners.

Your experience goes live straight away and helps every owner and buyer who checks this vehicle. Anonymous, free, no account.

Overall, how would you rate it? *

0/4000 · Please leave out names, phone numbers and your full VIN.

By posting you confirm it's your own, honest experience and agree to the rules. Safety defect? Also report it to NHTSA - that's how recalls start.

Source: 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

Owners helping owners

Know before you drive.

Every experience you share - good or bad - shows on that vehicle's page and helps the next owner and buyer. Two minutes, anonymous.

Share your experience