JTHCK26299502**** Lexus IS 250 2009

Full technical specifications (NHTSA)

• Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
• Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
• Air Bag Loc Knee: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
• Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
• Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
• Displacement CC: 2500.0
• Displacement CI: 152.55936023683
• Displacement L: 2.5
• Doors: 4
• Drive Type: 4WD/4-Wheel Drive/4x4
• Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
• Engine Cylinders: 6
• Engine Model: 4GR-FSE
• Make: LEXUS
• Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC
• Manufacturer Id: 962
• Model: IS
• Model Year: 2009
• Plant City: Tahara Plant, Toyota City
• Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Corp.
• Plant Country: Japan
• Plant State: Aichi
• Seat Belts All: Manual
• Series: USE20L
• Series2: F/250
• TPMS: Direct
• Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR

EPA Fuel Economy & Environment

24combined
MPG

21 city · 29 highway

Annual fuel cost $3,200 15,000 mi/yr at current EPA fuel prices · you spend $5,000 more in fuel over 5 years vs the average new vehicle

Smog rating 5/10

CO₂ 370 g/mi

matched to EPA record: IS 250 u2014 Auto (S6), 6 cyl, 2.5 L, Rear-Wheel Drive. Source: U.S. EPA, fueleconomy.gov — official government fuel-economy record for this configuration.

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Owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Model year	COMPONENT	Complaint
2007	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL	UPON STARTING THE CAR THE CAR SHOOK AND GOT A VSC AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT. CALLED THE DEALER RIGHT AWAY AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE 100 TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. COME TO FIND. OUT AFTER THE FACT THERE WAS A VOLUNTARY NOTICE PUT OUT BY LEXUS ON THIS ISSUE WHICH THEY HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTIES FOR. THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TWICE TO ME WHILE DRIVING AND BOTH TIMES LEXUS WILL NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY CLAIMING IT DOES NOT HAPPEN WHEN THEY TAKE IT IN. THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNLESS IT OCCURS WHILE THEIR TESTING EVEN THOUGH THE NOTIFICATION INDICATING THE ISSUE IS COMING UP. THEY HAVE ALSO CLAIMED IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT SEEM SAFE TO HAVE A CAR RANDOMLY STALL AT ANY POINT OF TIME. MY RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR CONSUMERS WITH THIS CAR. IT IS ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT THE FIX WOULD REQUIRE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO FIX BY LEXUS ( THEY WOULD NEED TO KEEP THE CAR FOR A MONTH). THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS LIKELY WHY THEY ARE HESITANT TO FIX. *TR
2009	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL	TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 LEXUS IS250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LUNGED AND THEN ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. ON ONE OCCASION, THE FAILURE OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER START-UP AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INTO A NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000. UPDATED 7/29/13 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN, THEN LUNGED FORWARD ABOUT 10-12 FEET. THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK, EVEN THOUGH SHE PUSHED THE BRAKE TO THE FLOOR FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. FINALLY, THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE ON THE INTERSECTION.

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