My apologies if this was posted somewhere else, but did you catch this story about a recall for the 2007-2010 LS models? Should be an interesting letter that we'll receive in the coming weeks.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...leak/17303757/

 

Hmmm........... Most of us had the fuel rails replaced already as part of an early recall.

 

Thank you, your information seems to be correct.

I checked my '07 LS460 at www.toyota.com/recall and that site confirms that my car is included in the preliminary recall, just posted today, that is described in the link in your post above. It also says "NHTSA Recall ID: awaiting#." Nothing yet on the NHTSA SaferCar.gov site.

 

my goodness! where is this sensor? Is it a major surgery like the valve spring recall? both my vehicles are included...

 

just checked and mines is one the list whatever as long as my car runs right after they are done I will be happy.

 

I heard something on the radio this afternoon about all of the Chrysler safety recalls announced.
It was speculated by industry insiders that more auto manufactures are becoming forthcoming of their known safety issues because of the GM debacle. It looks like they are all cleaning house.

 

I read somewhere recently that Lexus was also considering recall of the LS460 for stalling issues.

 

i hope they do that isnt safe at all, mashing the gas and no go is normally and oh ***** moment when you are in and out of traffic or tryiing to make a turn.

 

For me personally I would like them to take care of the brake actuator issue.
It was reported here that when the system showed a brake fault it was also accompanied by some quirky behavior.

 

This sensor is screwed into a fuel rail under the intake manifold. Alldata shows the intake has to be removed to get at it. That's 3.2 hours standard, 2 hours warranty. Just for openers, it requires draining the coolant. The valve covers stay on but there is plenty of disconnecting and removing stuff.

 

yup, I'm in too...hate taking my car in for extensive work like this, but oh well, at least Lexus calls you in and takes care of it on their dime unlike the Germans who let you catch on fire

 

Ja Scarecrow, you vill be enjoyink zis fire, eh?

 

Well this one worries me a little bit. Do they replace the intake gaskets when they are in there? Or do they just slap on the old ones that I'm sure aren't going to like being opened up after 7 years of service and 80k miles. Are they going to replace the brittle electrical connectors that have been baking inside the engine compartment for the last seven years when the clips break or are they just going to plug them back in and hope for the best? Because it will drive great until vibration eventually causes them to back out and I'll be stuck having to take everything off to replace that connector. Are they replacing the pipe or just the gasket?

Three hours labor falls under the category of surgery....maybe not MAJOR surgery, but definitely surgery. Now as we all know surgery performed on a new vehicle, is like surgery performed on a young person (you have a better chance of limited complications), but when you perform surgery on an older vehicle...like an older person, you have a much greater risk of complications. This is what I'm concerned about.

I must admit I'm starting to worry about engine design flaws. This is not the only problem that has been known to happen under that manifold...the coolant bypass O-ring gasket qualifies as MAJOR surgery, and many have had to deal with that.

 

At least they perform recalls....vs all the issues I had with my 7 series BMW that NEVER received a recall.

I'm good with this. In fact, the more recalls the better!

 

Let me know how it goes, I'm going to hold off on mine until I hear how the repair worked out from people. I do the same thing with iphone updates - of course this is different and I run the risk of setting my car and self a blaze, but I'm hoping that doesn't happen