If a class action lawsuit were to form so that owners of ES300/330 cars with the transmission problem could get new cars and compensation (you gotta pay the ambulance chasers somehow), who here would participate in the class? Lexus's own customer records would be subpoenaed, and I'm sure it would count hundreds, if not thousands, of owners who have complained about this.
If I'm the North American head of Lexus, I'm thinking, "How much would it cost to shut these complainers up?" Here's my answer, get me a new Lexus that has a working transmission. Or fix my car and compensate me for the pain in the ass multiple trips and phone calls to your useless national call center. Oh, yeah, and apologize for being such arrogant pricks. Do you believe the twit at the customer call center told me that the transmission lag was operating "as designed"? And that's what she kept saying. and saying. and saying. Those lying mothers even had a script to dish out if you complained about the transmission.
Ok, let me calm down now.
I personally know many prospective buyers who have avoided Lexus (ES model in particular) because of the complaints they have heard. If anyone at Lexus HQ reads this and they want to shut ME up, they can write me at snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com.
Count me in the class action if there ever is one. Any hungry lawyers out there?