JTHBD19232005**** Lexus IS 300 2002

Full technical specifications (NHTSA)

• Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
• Displacement CC: 3000.0
• Displacement CI: 183.07123228419
• Displacement L: 3.0
• Doors: 4
• Drive Type: 4x2
• Engine Configuration: In-Line
• Engine Cylinders: 6
• Engine HP: 215
• Engine KW: 160.3255
• Engine Model: 2JZ-GE
• Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
• Make: LEXUS
• Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC
• Manufacturer Id: 962
• Model: IS
• Model Year: 2002
• Plant City: Iwate
• Plant Company Name: Kanto Auto Works,LTD.
• Plant Country: Japan
• Series: JCE10/JCE10L
• Series2: 300
• Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR

EPA Fuel Economy & Environment

18combined
MPG

16 city · 23 highway

Annual fuel cost $4,300 15,000 mi/yr at current EPA fuel prices · you spend $10,500 more in fuel over 5 years vs the average new vehicle

CO₂ 493 g/mi

matched to EPA record: IS 300 u2014 Auto (S5), 6 cyl, 3.0 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
9999	UNKNOWN OR OTHER	LEXUS FLOOR MAT PROBLEM. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE HEARD SOMEWHERE WHERE THE RAPID ACCELERATION WAS A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM, BUT HE HASN'T HEARD THOSE CLAIMS ANYMORE. THE CONSUMER READ AN ARTICLE FROM JAPAN WHERE TOYOTA SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THE FLOOR MATS, BUT THEY ONLY RECALLED THE VEHICLES IN THE U.S. AND NOT JAPAN. THE CONSUMER STATED HE ONLY WANTS TO KNOW THE FACTS.
2002	STEERING	LEXUS IS300 2002 VEHICLE ROLLOVER ON FREEWAY. DEFECT THAT CAUSED THE CAR TO ROLL WAS FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL/RIM BROKE IN HALF WHILE DRIVING. I WAS MERGING AND HEARD SOMETHING BREAK UNDER THE CAR. MY STEERING WHEEL TURNED A HARD RIGHT FORCEFUL AND WITHOUT MY CONTROL. I TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN THE STEERING WHEEL OUT FROM THIS INVOLUNTARY HARSH DIRECTION OF VEHICLE, IT WAS LOCKED UP. I TURNED COMPLETELY AROUND FACING TRAFFIC. ALL ATTEMPTS TO TURN THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO DO SO (COMPLETELY LOCKED POSITION). THE VEHICLE SPUN AND I HEARD AND FELT THE BACK END HIT SOMETHING. THE CAR CATAPULTED OVER A 8 FT. FENCE THAT SEPARATES THE ACCESS ROAD. THE CAR LANDED ON ITS ROOF. MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED! IMPACT CRUSHED THE ROOF INTO THE GROUND I WAS SUSPENDED UPSIDE DOWN BY MY SEAT BELT. THE CAR ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. I ATTEMPTED TO UNLATCH MY SEAT BELT, IT TOOK A FEW ATTEMPTS. I COULD NOT FIND A DOOR HANDLE, OR WINDOW TO GET OUT. I TRIED FORCING THE DRIVERS DOOR OPEN. IT WOULD NOT MOVE, I WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE UPSIDE DOWN VEHICLE. IN A PANIC, I FEARED THE CAR WOULD SPILL GASOLINE AND CATCH FIRE. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. I THEN REALIZED NO ONE STOPPED TO HELP...I FORCED MY BODY TO HIT THE DOOR OVER AND OVER, TO BREAK IT OPEN. I GOT THE SIDE MIRROR TO BREAK ALLOWING THE DOOR TO OPEN A FEW INCHES...JUST ENOUGH TO CRAWL OUT. I WENT BACK IN TO FIND MY PHONE AND CALL 911. AT THAT TIME A PERSON PULLED OVER. I FOUND MY PHONE AND FOR SOME REASON I DECIDED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE VEHICLE. I CAPTURED THE BROKEN WHEEL IN THE PICTURE. POLICE ASKED ME WHAT HAPPENED, I SAID OVER AND OVER "IT LOCKED UP"...MY PHONE BATTERY DIED RIGHT AFTER I TOOK THE PICTURE. I DIDN'T HAVE MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCY, SO I DIDN'T GO TO THE HOSPITAL. THE COP SAID, "PEOPLE DON'T WALK AWAY FROM THIS KIND OF ACCIDENT" HE ADVISED I GO WITH THE AMBULANCE, HOWEVER I COULDN'T AFFORD THE COST. I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS INJURED, UNTIL LATER. NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN A WHEEL DO THAT. *TR

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