Used 2005 Lexus ES 330 Consumer Reviews
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KR, 05/25/2005
2005 Lexus ES 330 4dr Sedan (3.3L 6cyl 5A)
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This is my second Lexus, and I also have a new 05 Highlander Limited. I have owned many Toyotas and I keep coming back to their products because of the exceptional build quality and bullet proof reliability (a luxury in itself). This Lexus looks great in black and the black interior is easy to maintain. The ES has a smooth ride and predictable, if uninspiring, handling.
The ES330, What's Not To Like...Well...
Tarkus98, 12/23/2022
2005 Lexus ES 330 4dr Sedan (3.3L 6cyl 5A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
After months of searching for a relatively reliable car for a small price I finally pulled the trigger on a 2005 Lexus ES330. The great news is that the car comes packed with all of the latest QOL and technology touches for a car of that year. I was absolutely shocked that the car came with a Navigation Screen which opens to reveille a CD player and a slot to install the latest Nav updates via disc. Under the middle console is a 6 CD changer. No Bluetooth or phone pairing for that year but there is a voice activation button on the steering wheel that will accept a slew of commands to the Nav system. Heated and cooled front leather seats, dual zone controls for the front driver and passenger. The good news, the wood trim and accents on the steering wheel, door trim and dash are really well integrated. The air conditioner and heater work very well and all controls and displays are very nicely integrated throughout the drivers controls. The car is also extremely quiet. There were a few times when I initially looked at the car that I couldn't tell it was running. The outside paint was mostly immaculate with no dents but a bit of rust on the rear driver side quarter panel. Now the not so good news, as I mentioned the rear quarter panel is beginning to rust around the tire slot panel. Nothing major but a shame considering how well the rest of the exterior was kept. The cars does have 173,000 miles on it, which for an upscaled Toyota wasn't very bothersome to me. I've had several Toyotas before and easily passed 200K miles on all of them. But with that amount of miles things are certainly starting to grow old. The front struts are beginning to go. This doesn't bother me too much, with care I will easily get another 75 to 100K miles before having to replace them. Hard to tell if I'll even have the car for that long but we'll see. I also noticed the transmission occasionally clunks into 2nd gear. This does concern me but it happens so rarely that it may just be a quirk of the tranny. The car really seems to have been babied for most of its life. I could go on about how responsive the 6 cylinder engine is and since it is the ES model it does not have the high compression engine and I can use regular gas instead of premium which the LS model needs. With the price difference between regular and premium being around a dollar per gallon it may have been a deal breaker for me. My Celica needed premium and I remember being aggravated every time I had to gas up. Tires were good, handling is exceptional for a sedan and the trunk actually has a lot of space, a full size spare tire and a tool set cleverly integrated into the trunks design. Overall I felt that for the price I was getting a lot of car compared to basically every other car I had looked at. I would also like to give a quick shout out to Lance Motors in Monroe Township. My brother had purchased several cars from them previously and after much searching both privately and dealer owned cars I found the ES330 at Lance. Also got a limited 3 month warranty on the drivetrain and transmission which I may take advantage of to check that 2nd gear clunk. I have already done a quick oil change putting in synthetic and noticed in the Nav system there is a maintenance area under info where it keeps track of oil changes, filters, tire changes, pretty much anything you do can be input and tracked to the miles you set on it. Pretty cool 😎. So yeah I am really enjoying this car so far. It is outside my normal area of cars which are normally little Japanese rice burners like the Celica, Honda Civic SI, Mitsubishi Eclipse,etc. I normally gravitate to small uncomfortable cars where I can feel the road and enjoy ripping them around. Guess I'm finally getting older, lol.
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BEST CAR EVER MADE EVER!!!
proudlexusowner, 04/23/2021
2005 Lexus ES 330 4dr Sedan (3.3L 6cyl 5A)
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I purchased a used 2005 Lexus es330 in 2014 with 82000 miles. It now has 290,000 miles on it and the only thing I've had to put on it was an alternator in 2019. This has to be one of the best cars ever to grace earth. paint still holding up well. I went 14 months without an oil change (pandemic hit) i still drove it almost every day and it never let me down. I know a guy with a 2003 es300 he bought it with 330,000 miles 6 years ago same results just had to replace the alternator. This car takes care of you even if you don't take care of it. It's a beast that just keeps on getting it. Every person i know that has one says the same thing about this car. " you can't beat it" every car company needs the Lexus play book
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Great Car
Cliff, 05/02/2005
2005 Lexus ES 330 4dr Sedan (3.3L 6cyl 5A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
This is a fine car. The only negative is the hesitation when accelerating from stop. However, while it bothers my wife, it does not bother me since I always gently accelerate and there is no hesitation. I would highly recommend the car but be sure and test drive it before buying to see if the hestitation annoys you.
2005 ES 330, My Impression
alboy, 10/11/2005
2005 Lexus ES 330 4dr Sedan (3.3L 6cyl 5A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Overall, this seems to be a very comfortable and smooth vehicle with one major exception, the transmission hesitation and lurch. When slowing down and then accelerating without stopping, there is a brief hesitation and then a jerk or lurch. I understand that Lexus has issue a Technical Service Bulletin to the dealers about this. It involves installing a software update for the transmission. The Service Rep at the dealer adised me that sometimes it makes things worse and, once installed, they can't undo it. I therefore choose not to do it at this time. Otherwise, it's a very good car with many nice features as long as you're not seated in the back, poor legroom.