plainview

Can anyone tell me did the 2007 ES350 suffer from the oil cooling hose rupture like the RX did or did they build it with metal hoses?

LexBob2

Yes it does. There was a recall for replacement.

plainview

Thanks. My service records do not indicate it was replaced but it also says that I don't have any recalls and the only campaign is the internal trunk lever. VVTI has been replaced however. So just call a Lexus dealer and they will replace free of charge?

LexBob2

I misunderstood. I thought you were referring to the VVTI. it's good that yours was replaced. Not sure about the oil cooling hose.

oldgrump

I'm sure that the OP is referring to a TSB that addresses oil seepage (or worse) from an engine oil cooler flex hose on engine oil cooler equipped RX 350 vehicles (and some other 2GR-FE powered Toyota vehicles). The engine oil coolers were used on "Trailer Package" equipped vehicles. As far as I know there were no "Trailer Package" factory equipped ES 350s. Mind you, the OP should verify that his car does have the ALL METAL rear bank VVT oil pipe installed on his car.

odumfranc

i just lost my engine last weekend due to same oil line leak. Could have been prevented only if the person driving noticed d engine stall and all d lights popping up on the dash, to park the car and have it towed. however he kept driving for about 7-10 mins and then engine shuts off and fries...

ESh

How many miles on the car?

odumfranc

125k miles

ESh

And it has never been replaced?

odumfranc

Not that i am aware off. The service records/history doesn't mention so and I haven't done it myself either since it was a used car.
Currently looking at a replacement engine. Any tips and ideas in addition to the fact that i have to make sure a metal oil line is used this time...lol

Paul3637

Go to this thread and read every post:


https://www.clublexus.com/forums/es-...-recall-3.html

Pay particular attention to Lexman83 toward the end.

He got a new engine ....

The VIN tracking system is a clusterf$#@

Look carefully at post #11

The oil line recall is good through year 2021..

See also this site for the entire soap opera:

https://sites.google.com/site/toyotav6oillinescandal/

See the two warnings at the March 2015 update about purchasing used Toyota or Lexus V6.

chuyrobles

We got lucky. Oil line ruptured on wife's 07 ES350 about a mile from house. She noticed the oil light as she was driving up our street. Turned out to be about two qts low. That was about 50K miles ago and engine is running smoothly and not burning any oil. It appears we avoided damage to the engine.

BTW, is Toyota still reimbursing? Ours blew before the recall, but I have to dig out the receipts and recall notice.

Cjet

I did last year on my 2007 ES350. appx 92K miles when it happened. I was less than a mile from home, car started fuming white smoke from underneath, drove into our garage and turned off. You could see the trail of oil down the street into our garage. Thankfully it was so close to home that it didn't overheat. If I would have been stuck on the freeway here when this happened, it would have been all over, and I had been on the freeway 5 min before this happened.
I have to tell you, in Canada this was a mandatory recall, and it sure should be here. If you need this recall done, DO IT or you could seize up your engine. It seems that Toyota and Lexus have been negligent and cutting corners in other areas as well, such as the air bags. I am also waiting to have the airbag replaced, got mail notice last week and called Lexus today. Their reply, "You have to wait until we get parts", When will that be? "we don't know yet". Great.... Well how about a fix for dyi's to remove the damn thing then so we can use the front seat? Effing idiots.

Another item of stupidity is their sealed transmission oil system. If you don't change this at EVERY 45-60K miles, you are asking for it to fail, and they won't pay for your replacement. I did replace the tranny oil at 75k, and it was already burnt...cannot imagine waiting longer.

I don't think my next car is going to be a Toyota. Maybe Tesla.