Lexus ES350 2007–2009 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin LSC-9LH · NHTSA communication 10056816 · issued Aug 7, 2014

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Fuel System, Gasoline

component

2007–2009

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

Lexus: see document search button for owner letter. Vvt-i actuator, with rubber portion of oil supply hose, will degrade over time due to oil leaking from vvt-i hose, causing oil pressure light to illuminate and abnormal noise from engine. Model 2007-2009 rx 350, 2007-2008 es 350. *pe

Vehicles covered

2007 Lexus ES350
2008 Lexus ES350
2007 Lexus RX350
2008 Lexus RX350
2009 Lexus RX350

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.