Faults:

Timing belt replacement!!!

Tail light bulbs!!!

Replaced 235 Michelin "Cross Terrain" tires!!

General Comments:

Best car ever!!! Slow, but not a big deal.

For those who are afraid of the tranny failures, don't buy into that. Most of the tranny issues occurred because the owners had the wrong type of fluid changed. RXs only work with one type of fluid, Type T-IV Automatic Transmission Fluid, and make sure you replace it every 30,000 miles; some of the owners haven't changed the fluid at all, and when their RXs broke down, they blamed on the manual "not required to change fluid under normal conditions." Who knows what they did to their RXs. LOL!!!

Ask a Toyota or Lexus dealer to have other fluids like brake, differential, steering... changed too. I changed my tranny fluid at a Toyota dealer for only 140 bucks (Yay!!!). You will be okay if you have your car serviced "properly".

If you don't buy my story, go to www.autotrader.com and check out to see how many 150,000 mile RXs there are in U.S. More than those who have their RX tranny issues.

Good luck, and enjoy the car.

Faults:

The car has been absolutely first class.

We have not suffered any problems with the gearbox or gear change and at 20K miles the Bridgestone tyres are only half worn.

The only grumble has been superficial rust on the bonnet (replaced with no quibble) and the paint on the alloys peeling so all 4 were replaced.. again no grumbles.

And if you don't use it for 2/3 weeks and it has a tracker you will find the battery is flat when you want to start it... a pain.

General Comments:

It has exceeded all our expectations.

Quiet and smooth and a pleasure to drive.

For us the ride is perfect, but we don't off road.

Sat Nav is a bit dated and the cabin could do with a little bit of an uplift, but that's nothing. Go for it!

Faults:

The RX330 has serious transmission problems. There is a dangerous lag between gear shifts and the car doesn't seem to know when to shift. There is a whining noise from the transmission. There is a popping noise in the transmission audible to anyone in the car.

General Comments:

The car has several other problems that I won't go into since the transmission problem alone is enough. The dealer admits there is a problem with the transmission, but since Lexus has not released a 'fix' for it they tell me there is nothing they can do. They tell me it is 'operating as designed'. At the dealer's suggestion I contacted Lexus about the problem. They also said it was 'operating as designed'. I have asked for a refund and they offered to send me to their arbitration company! This was during the first conversation without any investigation! They definitely know they have a problem, but will not come out and admit it. I loved the RX300 I owned, but am so disappointed in the RX330 and disgusted with the treatment received from Lexus... a company who claims the customer is so important to them!

Faults:

I have test driven this car only and cannot comment upon reliability or service costs etc. I expect this vehicle to be very reliable however.

General Comments:

I have noticed that many persons have reviewed the RX300, but not the RX330.

I have recently test driven one and have been most impressed by the sheer luxury and gadget count of this vehicle.

Although I currently drive a German car (with a few more years to go until it is due for replacement), I was very tempted by the RX330. It is a far better buy than the IS300.

If you actually have recently purchased one of these vehicles, your comments (or separate review) will be appreciated as I would really appreciate your input on reliability and service costs.