What 51 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Lexus Ct200h

I HAD MY HEADLIGHTS REPLACED UNDER A RECALL. ROUGHLY ONE YEAR LATER MY HEADLIGHT IS OUT AGAIN. IT SEEMS THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND CONTAIN A LOT OF PARTS. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES, AND THEREFOR I'M NOT SURE WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

NHTSA ODI 11343506

1) A LIGHT IN A DASHBOARD CAME ON SAYING "CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM", I TOOK IT TO THE LEXUS DEALER , THEY CHANGED THE NON HYBRID BATTERY), CHARGED ME $350 FOR IT AND RESET THE COMPUTER. 2) A WEEK AFTER, THE LIGHT STARTED APPEARING AGAIN WITH THE SAME MESSAGE, THE MESSAGE APPEARED IN THE MORNING, IN THE WAY BACK HOME, COMING OUT OF THE SPEEDWAY , ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE DASHBOARD CAME OFF (BRAKES, ENGINE, ALL OF THEM) AND I LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CAR: NO BRAKES, NO STEERING, NO NOTHING. I TRIED RESTARTING THE CAR AGAIN, IT DID, AND THE NEXT DAY WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER AGAIN. THEY TOOK IT IN, HAD IT OVER 2 DAYS, SAID THAT THEY FOUND A "LOOSE CAP IN THE HYBRID BATTERY", RESET THE COMPUTER ONE MORE TIME AND GAVE THE CAR BACK TO ME. 3) THE CAR DID NOT FEEL THE SAME, IT WAS LIKE IF THE SWITCH BETWEEN HYBRID AND GAS MODEL WAS OFF, TOO ACCELERATED OR SOMETHING, BUT FOR THE MOST PART NO MAJOR ISSUES UNTIL YESTERDAY (A WEEK AND A HALF AFTER THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT). SAME THING HAPPENED THIS TIME, WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON AND THE CAR LOST EVERYTHING: BRAKES, STEERING....IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. I WAS LUCKY ONE MORE TIME AND NOBODY WAS HURT . THIS TIME THE CAR DID NOT START AGAIN. WE CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND SENT IT TO THE DEALER. LOOSING ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IS NOT ACEPTABLE. I FELT I WAS TRAPPED IN A KILLING MACHINE. THIS COMPLETE SYSTEM FAILURE HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING. I COMMUNICATED THIS TO LEXUS.

NHTSA ODI 10949973

EACH TIME THE FOG LAMPS ARE USED, SEEMS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM POPS THE FOG LAMP GLASS. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. INCLUDING PIPING OF THE FACTORY FOG LAMPS THAT CAME ON THE VEHICLE AND THEN THE REPLACEMENTS. THE FOG LAMPS CANNOT BE USED WITHOUT POPPING.

NHTSA ODI 10899409

COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER IN BOTH THE GAS ENGINE AND IN THE HYBRID ELECTRIC ENGINE WHILE GOING 70 MPH,BOTH THE ALARM SYSTEMS-AUDIBLE AND DASH WENT OFF. WITH NO POWER I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT CRASHING THE CAR. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10610164

A BLACK COMPUTER MODULE FELL OUT FROM UNDER THE DASH AND IS HANGING BY A CORD BETWEEN THE BRAKE AND PARKING BRAKE. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10509774