295-horsepower 3.5L V6 8-speed shiftable automatic AWD
20000 mi | Vehicle would not upshift or downshift at highway speed. Could not accelerate. Dealer "could not replicate the problem/symptoms". |
22000 mi | Experienced same symptoms as on November trip; start of a road trip, transmission would not upshift of downshift. Could not accelerate. Took it immediately to Dealer. Dealer could not replicate symptoms after 7 days. |
23000 mi | Scheduled meeting with Regional Lexus/Toyota Field Technical Specialist. Regional specialist went on 1 hour test drive/ride and then connected his computer/laptop to my vehicle. After 2 hours into a data dive, he identified a recurring problem on the days at the times and at the speeds I reported to the Dealer that the car severely malfunctioned. He diagnosed the problem to be the malfunctioning of the 4th gear solenoid. He authorized replacement of the entire transaxle/transmission. I have not experienced any problems with the new transaxle/transmission. |