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any of you affected?
my mom just had to take her IS350 in bc of the noise:
TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. said its Lexus division will recall about 138,000 vehicles in the United States to fix an engine glitch.
About 270,000 vehicles are being recalled worldwide, Toyota said today.
Toyota said it would file the recall in Japan on Monday, covering 90,000 high-end sedans.
In the United States, the vehicles being recalled are powered by 4.6 and 5.0 liter V-8 and 3.5 liter V-6 engines in certain 2006, 2007 and 2008 GS, IS and LS models, Lexus said.
Lexus told The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the repair will involve replacement of the engine's valve springs at no charge.
The Japan recall affects seven Lexus models and the Toyota Crown, a top-end sedan not sold in the United States, spokesman Paul Nolasco said. The Lexus models are the GS 350, GS 450h, GS 460, IS 350, LS 460, LS 600h and the LS 600h L.
Toyota has said that faulty valve springs in some V-8 and V-6 engines could trigger abnormal engine noise or idling. In rare cases, they could cause the engine to stop while it is operating. The problem was caused by contamination during the manufacturing process, Toyota said.
In the United States, Lexus has received no reports of accidents or injuries related to the problem. Current 2010 and 2009 Lexus models are not affected.
The company has not stopped production of the vehicles, which are all made in Japan.
Toyota has received about 200 complaints about the engine problem in Japan, and there have been no reports of accidents, Nolasco said.
Fixing the faulty valve springs could cost Toyota 20 billion yen ($227.6 million), Japan's Asahi newspaper reported.
Toyota declined to confirm the reported cost estimate for the recall, which would amount to a relatively steep 74,000 yen ($844) a vehicle.
The recall is the latest headache for Toyota, which has called back more than 10.6 million vehicles worldwide since late last year for a string of different problems -- but chiefly to address instances of unintended acceleration. Toyota's image and sales have suffered in the wake of the quality crisis.
The recall would be the second for the luxury Lexus brand since last Friday, when Toyota told U.S. and Canadian safety regulators it was halting sales and recalling about 17,000 Lexus HS 250h hybrid sedans due to a potential fuel leak.
Toyota acted following a U.S. government crash test that showed fuel leaking after an HS 250h was struck from the rear by a car traveling about 50 miles per hour (80 kph). Toyota's own crash test did not show the fuel leak problem.
The automaker told dealers it had not received any reports of injuries or accidents linked to the problem with the HS 250h.
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