8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
8,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

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problem #1

Jan 222014

RX 450h

  • CVT transmission
  • 8,000 miles

Having owned RX 350s and 400h for the last 10 years, I was shocked when I got to an intersection of a main road that had just been plowed and the car couldn't make it over the 3 inch lip caused by the snowplow until I rocked the vehicle backwards and then charged through. Same thing happened a few weeks later in another storm and I couldn't move forward after being parked in 4-5 inches of snow. And yes, I had it in snow drive mode each time.

The dealer checked the AWD system and said it was functioning. I wound up driving my wife's Subaru whenever it snowed. The Lexus dealer said it never heard of any such problems and neither have I. Now I'm stuck with a lease for two more winters for a car that is useless in the snow.

- Stan P., Bayside, NY, US