10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
60,750 miles

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2011 Lexus RX 450h brakes problems

brakes problem

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2011 Lexus RX 450h Owner Comments

problem #4

May 282021

RX 450h

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

While driving Brake & Abs warning lights displayed on the dash with the warning brake malfunction, Took it to the shop they diagnose Bad brake module. My brake pads & rotors and all scedule maintenance uptodate.

- Manalapan , NJ, USA

problem #3

Jun 072018

RX 450h

  • 168,000 miles
The contact owns a 2011 Lexus Rx 450H. The contact stated while at a standstill, the ABS and traction control warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer Lexus of richmond (9703 midlothian turnpike, richmond, va 23235, (804) 323-8000) where it was diagnosed with needing the brake booster to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 168,000.

- Quinton, VA, USA

problem #2

Sep 182019

RX 450h

  • 45,000 miles
I was driving at approximately 40 miles per hour and began breaking behind traffic at a stop light. I was pressing down on the brake pedal as hard as I could, the tires began to grind and I could hear and feel the engine revving because the car was trying to accelerate forward. When the car was failing to come to a complete stop, I put the car in the "park" gear. The car quickly corrected what was going wrong. This was the third ocassion and most severe. It's been more than two years or so since the first two occurrences. I reported the first two instances, when I took my car in to Lexus for regular maintenance service. They didn't find any defect. The first occasions, I was on a parking lot driving slowly looking a place to part at a retail establishment.

- White Plains, MD, USA

problem #1

Apr 222014

RX 450h

  • 30,000 miles
I was pulling into a driveway after I fully stopped my car ( I was waiting for another car to pull out of driveway first). When I braked to stop my car it did not respond initially. I could not stop it fast enough to avoid collision w a parked car in driveway. This was so strange because I was moving my car very slowly. I then put it in reverse to back up a couple feet so I could assess damage to cars. When I did this and pressed the accelerator my car accelerated out of control into street. Once again the braking was insufficient to stop my car as desired. Normally the brakes stop this car on a dime (not really on a dime, but normally the brakes are excellent). The later acceleration was witnessed by the owner of the now rear-ended car in driveway. No damage to my car other than to my license plate. No one was injured. There was damage to the parked car in driveway. The damaged car was an older car, a 1970-something BMW, so it didn't have the cool new bumpers that can absorb a low speed impact. Very scary in spite of the relatively the low speeds and short distance & duration of event, this issue could hurt someone.

- Eugene, OR, USA

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