Originally Posted by chuuck1e

As Mr. T might say, I pity the fool that attempted to repair the frame himself. The car should have still been under warranty, and unless it had been in an accident or otherwise suffered floor damage, I would have insisted that Lexus fix the problem or buy back the car, if it truly were missing welds.

Originally Posted by twitte

I just got my car back today from my Lexus dealer. They had it for 10 days. They checked the spot welds and reported that they were all there (none missing). On the stability control recall and my reported problem with the wheels locking up when braking hard, they said everything checked out okay now. Several people from Lexus came into the dealer to check it out. They said when I brought the car in Lexus didn't have a fix for this recall item but they released the fix a few days ago and they were able to update my car. No issues now on either recall.

They filled my gas tank with gas and washed the car. They also told me whenever I have a recall and bring my car in, don't bring it in with a full tank because they always refill the customer's gas tank on recalls. I'm so glad to get my car back!

Originally Posted by Lexus22563

I got my VSC update and did get my gas tank topped off. Too bad my tank was already half full.

Originally Posted by glamglam

The weld issue is also affecting some of the 7th generation ES 4 door sedans. There's a gentleman who is a member in the 7th generation ES forum who had a knocking noise coming from the rear right passenger side of his model year 2020 ES. He did an inspection and took off the plastic rocker panel molding inside his vehicle and pulled up the edge of the carpet and found that the rocker panel frame and the floor frame were missing some welds. He fixed it himself by squeezing the lips of the rocker panel and the floor panel together with a pair of pliers. There's a belief that many other 7th generation ES 4 door sedans have this weld problem. It's scary that none of the Lexus manufacturing line workers didn't notice this problem during production while these vehicles were being built at the factory. I wonder if the robots that do the spot welding at the manufacturing plant are not working properly or if they are not programmed properly to do the welds correctly? I believe that the only way for Lexus to fix the weld problem is to take back the car and exchange it for another brand new one that doesn't have this issue.

Originally Posted by cwincusa

May I know what’s your dealership in CA.

Originally Posted by chuuck1e

So I finally took my 350h in for the VSC recall, and when I was called to come pick it up, I inquired about getting the gas tank refilled. My service rep, who told me he only recently started working at a Lexus dealership, said he had not heard about the gas tank refill for recalls. He said he would talk to his supervisor, and get back to me. He called about 10 minutes later, and said they would fill the gas tank. So learning this info from this site saved me $45 on gas.

They also agreed to move the front license plate holder for me. The dealer I bought the car from had installed it off center. Luckily, the two original holes in the grill are covered by the license plate, so they are not visible.