Jowee

My 08 GS 350 was acting up the other day during rush hour traffic when the VSC or VCS light came on. It started shaking under acceleration then I heard a clunking noise from the engine followed by it completely shutting off.

Got a call from Lexus today and as of right now has a broken rocker arm, bent and dropped valves, and 1 spark plug won't come out.

Car has a hair over 30,000 miles on it and is still under warranty.

Has anyone had this same experience?

Dealer says all the recalls are up to date.....


-Joey

Ice350

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I take it you're not the original owner. Did u do your due dilligence before buying it?

Jowee

I'm the second owner. Bought it from Sewell Lexus of Dallas as a "Lexus Certified Pre-Owned" with 23,xxx miles on it and a 3yr/100k warranty back in October.

IXI187IXI

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ive heard of similar issues on the 2IS but i dont think the extent of their problems is like yours. good thing is yours should be all covered.

lkapimp216

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Wow!!! This is the first I ve heard about an issue like this. I'm glad I have different motor than the 350's seems like they have some bugs to work out with it. Valve spring issues, cam gear problems, etc. Hope they can get things worked out in a timely fashion. Have fun ******* the loaner lol!!

gsexy300

yeah i always post here about how much i wish i had a gs350 but it seems like the 3.0 liter engine does NOT have such horrible problems. Did Lexus get ahead of itself when they bored the engine out to 3.5 liters and skimp on quality? Can it not handle the stressors that come with cranking out 300 hp?

lkapimp216

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They should have just kept the 2jz in them. You can t kill those. I ever get the money Im friends with one of the few that could to the swap !!!

gsexy300

This might be a very interesting post in English.

BinaryJay

Out of all of the 2GR-FSEs out there there is bound to be a couple that just explode, just like any engine ever made. I don't think this problem is indicative of anything really.

I hope they fix it right for you though. Who knows, maybe you'll get a 0 miles engine.

Jowee

Stopped by today to get a smaller car than the RX350 and ended up with the HS200. I was pretty happy with that.

Talked to the service adviser who told me there are so many different broken parts, they don't know where to start in order to figure out what caused the problem. He assures me this is the first time he has seen or hear of anything to this magnitude.

Possible things that MAY have happened were valves sticking from ethanol not fully burning causing a chain reaction. Water some how getting into the gas tank during a snow storm we had a few weeks ago.

Sewell Lexus seems to have great customer service up to this point. I can only hope they can produce a car that will please me equally.

lkapimp216

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Sounds like a bunch of bs how is snow going to get in the tank and water damage a rocket arm!??

bigblack06

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Yeah, but I'm guessing everything is covered and they will probably be giving your car back in probably two weeks thats a long time in GS time.

BinaryJay

Only user error leaving the cap undone and fuel door wide open... and he didn't do that, did he?! hehe

rickyb80

Good Lord, sounds like something you'd expect on a car with 230,000 miles!

lkapimp216

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^^^ or a Mitsubishi!!