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One of the reasons I bought the Lexus RCF was for Lexus' stellar brand on reliability and quality. However, that was not what I experienced with my RCF. Bought the car brand new, and noticed the steering was off. Bad alignment @400 miles. Ok, that could happen to any car. Then came the fuel pump @3000 miles, Ok, it was just my luck. Then the 2nd fuel pump failed @6000 miles. How hard is it to get a fuel pump right on an engine that was lifted from the ISF that's been in production for many years? Then came the check engine light @9000 miles. WTF Lexus. Haven't even hit the 10K service yet on a brand new car and multiple problems. Called the Lexus HQ up and started a lemon case. They said they would get back to me in 7-10 days. Three weeks pass by...nothing. Called them back up, and the service rep told me a case had not been started. WTF Lexus, I am very very disappointed.
Who on here has lemoned their RCF? or feeling the same? Sorry just wanted to vent.
One of the reasons I bought the Lexus RCF was for Lexus' stellar brand on reliability and quality. However, that was not what I experienced with my RCF. Bought the car brand new, and noticed the steering was off. Bad alignment @400 miles. Ok, that could happen to any car. Then came the fuel pump @3000 miles, Ok, it was just my luck. Then the 2nd fuel pump failed @6000 miles. How hard is it to get a fuel pump right on an engine that was lifted from the ISF that's been in production for many years? Then came the check engine light @9000 miles. WTF Lexus. Haven't even hit the 10K service yet on a brand new car and multiple problems. Called the Lexus HQ up and started a lemon case. They said they would get back to me in 7-10 days. Three weeks pass by...nothing. Called them back up, and the service rep told me a case had not been started. WTF Lexus, I am very very disappointed.
Who on here has lemoned their RCF? or feeling the same? Sorry just wanted to vent.
I dont know how lemon laws work in each state but I believe in each state it is different. Without googling it, where I used to live it was if any car had the same problem that couldnt be fixed over 3 times in one year and or how much the fix cost the consumer. Once again if I am not mistaken had to be a % of the value of the car. I'm not sure that lemon laws were meant to protect us really lol.
Lexus probably decided to cut corners on some parts to reduce the cost, and now people are paying the price.
Yeah, THAT'S it I mean Lexus has Always been noted for their Un-Dependable Vehicles Guess i've been ONE of the Lucky Ones since i haven't had any issues on mine.
Mine has rattles everywhere, tranny now whining like crazy, parking brake doesn't hold the car, battery went completely dead for no reason (hasn't happened again), so also disappointed at Lexus myself. But your issues are just ridiculous. You might have to wait for a 3rd pump to invoke the lemon law, but it'll happen, as it seems to be the wire harness/connector in your car, and will keep eating fuel pumps. In my case, will just trade the car in, as my issues are much farther than yours to qualify as a lemon... but it's not far from that IMO. Probably built on a Friday, with everybody involved in a bad mood. Ha ha. Will keep it for a few more months, until I can thoroughly research and test drive my next car. And no more first-year model car... EVER! Good luck man, and please keep us posted.
So my check engine light turned out to be a non-issue. Apparently, if you use the Enform app to remote start your car (one of the best features) you need to wait around 20 seconds after it automatically turns off when you open the door before you start the engine again once inside. Otherwise, apparently a check-engine light is thrown. Not sure if I believe this but anyhow they cleared the check-engine light and it hasn't come back on.
I also called Lexus and after dropping some words around getting a Lemon Law lawyer, they had a case manager call me back same day. I was given a direct number and a case number. We'll see how long this lemon process takes.
So my check engine light turned out to be a non-issue. Apparently, if you use the Enform app to remote start your car (one of the best features) you need to wait around 20 seconds after it automatically turns off when you open the door before you start the engine again once inside. Otherwise, apparently a check-engine light is thrown. Not sure if I believe this but anyhow they cleared the check-engine light and it hasn't come back on.
I also called Lexus and after dropping some words around getting a Lemon Law lawyer, they had a case manager call me back same day. I was given a direct number and a case number. We'll see how long this lemon process takes.
Lots of benign things can trip a check engine light. Hopefully, that is all it was, but should be easy enough to check code. Not sure how what you described could do it. It is usually a vacuum, pressure, fuel air mixture etc. do you need 2 or 3 failures of same part to lemon in your state. No doubt, sux for you guys truly having pump failures. I would be frustrated also. Lol, the getting a new one helps a little and perhaps you will get one with no issues or perhaps they will figure this issue out if enough lemons and replacements.
Again, I think some else is causing it. I remember back when the 2001 996 twin turbo first came out and were suffering tail failures. Mine got stuck also. That turned out to be an instrument gauge cluster and was fixed by replacing the entire instrument gauge cluster. The tail failures had nothing to do with the tail.
Mine has rattles everywhere, tranny now whining like crazy, parking brake doesn't hold the car, battery went completely dead for no reason (hasn't happened again), so also disappointed at Lexus myself. But your issues are just ridiculous. You might have to wait for a 3rd pump to invoke the lemon law, but it'll happen, as it seems to be the wire harness/connector in your car, and will keep eating fuel pumps. In my case, will just trade the car in, as my issues are much farther than yours to qualify as a lemon... but it's not far from that IMO. Probably built on a Friday, with everybody involved in a bad mood. Ha ha. Will keep it for a few more months, until I can thoroughly research and test drive my next car. And no more first-year model car... EVER! Good luck man, and please keep us posted.
Lawdy . . . tranny whine. Slap that B and give him/her some money or stay away from places like Thailand. Must be birds chirping inside his head as trannies don't whine and the RCF has no rattles.
I'm nearing 10K miles in about a year now and the only issue I've had is this display anomaly while exclusively in music mode:
Perhaps my RCF got a little excited about the promise of oxy, but as soon as I restarted the car, it went away. If it does it again, I'll have the dealer take a look at it.
Otherwise, I still have immense faith in the quality/reliability/durability of the brand. Very happy 10K miles thus far and I expect the same for as long as I'm an owner.
Not a single problem at 10,000 miles but wing is stuck up. probably just needs re initialized
Did you turn off the ability to lower/raise in the settings?
I purposely leave my wing in the up position and it was back down after the 5k service and fuel pump TSIB fix. Had to raise it w/ button then go into settings to disable. That is temporary until I get my new CF wing which seems to be stuck in customs at the port in CA.
02-13-16, 06:48 PM
Disappointed with Lexus reliability on the RCF
I mean Lexus has Always been noted for their Un-Dependable Vehicles
Guess i've been ONE of the Lucky Ones since i haven't had any issues on mine.
. Probably built on a Friday, with everybody involved in a bad mood. Ha ha. Will keep it for a few more months, until I can thoroughly research and test drive my next car. And no more first-year model car... EVER! Good luck man, and please keep us posted.
