gs350fan

06/26/2018

Manufacturer Safety recall issued
NHTSA #Pending
Recall #J2F SAFETY RECALL JLF (INTERIM J2F) -
INTERIM NOTICE CERTAIN 2007 - 2011 MODEL YEAR GS
VEHICLES AND CERTAIN 2006 - 2014 IS VEHICLES FUEL
DELIVERY PIPE
Status: Remedy Not Available

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Description:
The involved vehicles are equipped with a certain 3.5-liter V6 gasoline engine. The diaphragm material in the fuel pulsation dampers in this engine may harden over time and crack, causing fuel to leak.

A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a vehicle fire.

Remedy:
Lexus is currently preparing the remedy for this condition. When the remedy becomes available, Lexus will send an owner notification by first class mail advising owners to make an appointment with their authorized Lexus dealer to have the Fuel Delivery Pipe replaced with a new one at NO CHARGE.

tghw

INTERIM NOTICE CERTAIN 2007 - 2011 MODEL YEAR GS

Is there a list of affected VIN numbers available?

gs350fan

https://www.toyota.com/recall

guzzy92fs

If the affected VIN is found by anyone it could help those outside USA to identify if their model could present the failure.

Thanks in highly appreciated!

tghw

I entered my VIN and got the same message that you posted above. Apparently they have not identified the specific vehicles affected yet.

sha4000

iTrader: (1)

I got the same message. Didn't we already have a recall related to the fuel pipe gaskets or something?

Morfeeis

Got an appointment to drop my 07 350 off on Monday, they also have to do another recall that was never done. I also found out if you paid for a recall repair at another shop that Lexus will find you. I'm getting a refund, hopefully, for the VVC phaser or whatever it's called.

MX73

This must be for the port injectors? I wonder why the IS250 and GS300 are left off.

gr8fulRed

I have no idea if its related...but in the last two days I've noticed a new, odd noise while the engine is idling. It's a low tone, rapid thumping like sound. As best I can tell...it's coming from the back of the engine near the firewall. It starts shortly after a cold start. Not sure it it stops after the engine comes to normal operating temperature or not. Can't really hear while in the cabin.

MX73

tghw

That would likely have nothing to do with this recall. The recall is for a potential fuel leak due to a hardened diaphram. That would not make any noise, it could just cause an engine fire.

gs350fan

The direct injection system makes different noises. There are also traditional injectors which make some noise too. I think there is a noise damper that cost a few bucks you can install.
Oil changes are very important because the pump is driven off the camshaft. You don't want that wearing down!

PC94

Another recall, indeed! I'm just patiently waiting for my remedy to become available.

gr8fulRed

it's definitely not the typical "ticking" noise caused by the direct injection system...and it's not something caused by lack of oil changes (every BIT of maintenance on this thing is on time or early, plus extra stuff). I just about at 150k miles and just changed oil/filter, cabin filter, air filter, tire rotation/balance, coolant drain/fill ...this weekend. Once the parts come in (next two days), I'll change out the transmission filter and complete 4 drain and fills to remove the current WS ATF that has 75k on it. While burping the cooling system this morning I listened for the thumping sound. It started roughly 12 mins after the cold start. It's a lower tone thumping noise. Hmmmmm...

MX73

Sounds like a vacuum leak somewhere.