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5 out of 5 stars

Luxury SUV

Vic, 01/29/2023
updated 08/02/2023
2009 Lexus RX 350 4dr SUV AWD (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful

Fabulous vehicle. beautiful design, luxury interior, quiet and reliable as you can find.

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5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Vehicle

Gill, 04/25/2008
2009 Lexus RX 350 4dr SUV (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful

I was looking for a FWD and Lexus dealers on the North East do not stock FWD vehicles. Visited my daughter in Atlanta and drove a 2009 RX350 from Atlanta to NJ. The fit & finish is great. My first luxury vehicle and the ride is a real luxury, quite cabin at highway speed, plenty of power to accelrate. Good MPG and I got about 27- 28 MPG on the highway. Experience with Nalley Lexus of Roswell was even better than the vehicle itself. We have lot of old cassette tapes and love the full logic cassette deck.

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4.5 out of 5 stars

Don't Mess With A Good Thing

Clayton, 03/24/2009
2009 Lexus RX 350 4dr SUV (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
4 of 9 people found this review helpful

Our 2000 RX 300 had cleared the 125,000 mark so I took the wife car shopping at the Dallas Auto Show. She looked at 10-15 comparable mid-size SUV's and choose the 2009 RX 350 -- hands down. We had great luck with the first RX and we saw nothing we liked better than the '09 RX. Had it now for about a month and we've taken two trips. Super comfortable and WAY more fuel efficient than our original RX. Also, the turning radius is greatly improved. I think the best part of the whole deal though is that after 125,000 trouble free miles, the Lexus dealer gave us 26% of our original purchase price. Pretty unbelievable for a nine year old car with 125,000 on the ODO.

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Transmission Slips at 25,000 miles

cyberchic, 06/18/2010
2009 Lexus RX 350 4dr SUV AWD (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
7 of 17 people found this review helpful

i bought this car as a cpo 9 months ago. 17000 miles on it. The transmission slips. when I slow down like to turn or in traffic and then step back on the gas, the car revs but its like its in neutral, then I hear a thump and it lurches forward. Or it will shudder for a second, then thud and lurch forward. I have been to the dealership 2x already. they say there is nothing wrong, this is how the car is designed to drive. A car this expensive should not drive like this. I called Lexus and I am awaiting a response back.

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5 out of 5 stars

Doesn't get any better than this

JakOfAllTrd, 03/23/2008
2009 Lexus RX 350 4dr SUV AWD (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
4 of 10 people found this review helpful

If you're looking at the RX 350, then I don't need to tell you about reliability, fit and finish, etc. I picked up my 2009 w/nav a few weeks ago and I'm coming from a 2000 RX 300. Prior to that I've owned about 15 other vehicles - Toyota, Honda, Nissan. I drove the FX and the feel was much more sporty. However, the trunk space sacrifice was unacceptable. I've driven the 2004-2006 and I wasn't convinced that the improvements to my 2000 were worth the premium. However, in 2009, I can say that they are.

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