Fitment on this one is exact: the 2016 Lexus IS 350 service and repair manual is tied to this model year, to the 3.5L V6 (2GR-FSE) under the hood and to the trim you actually own, so the clearances, torque values and service intervals it lists are the ones Lexus specified for this car rather than a figure carried over from an adjacent year.
Engines
- 3.5L V6 GAS Naturally Aspirated
Trims
- Base
- F Sport
Known issues on the 2016 IS 350. No recalls are on federal record for the 2016 IS 350. Owners have filed 3 complaints for the year and Lexus has issued 68 technical service bulletins, so nearly all of the documented trouble on this year sits in the bulletins rather than in a safety campaign. The diagnostic and repair procedures behind the systems those bulletins address are here.
From a bulletin-driven diagnosis to an F Sport suspension check or a scheduled service, it keeps you on the OEM procedure and the correct specification for your 2016 IS 350.
I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE CAR AND AFTER 18,000 MILES, THERE IS SUSPENSION NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. A LOUD THUMP CAN BE HEARD WHEN DRIVING OVER SPEED BUMPS, SMALL POTHOLES, OR UNEVEN ROADS AT MODERATE SPEEDS. DRIVING OVER THE ELEMENTS AT HIGHER SPEEDS, YOU CAN FEEL THE IMPACT THAT'S CAUSING THE THUMP. NO NOISE FROM SUSPENSION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH IT AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN DRIVING ALONE, HOWEVER, THUMPING SOUND IS PRESENT AT ALL SPEED LEVELS THROUGH EVERY BUMP ON THE ROAD WHEN I
WHILE DRIVING DOWN ON I-90 WEST GOING TO BUFFALO NY COMING FROM BOSTON MA I ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER DRIVER IN THE LEFT LANE THAT WAS GOING EXTREMELY SLOW I TRIED TO ACCELERATE MY LEXUS EQUIPPED WITH PRE-COLLISION SYSTEM (PCS) AND THE VEHICLE STARTED BEEPING AT ME DETECTING THAT I WAS GOING PRETTY FAST ONTO THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME, MY IDEA BEHIND DOING SUCH MANEUVER WAS TO PASS THE PERSON IN MY RIGHT HAND AND THEN GET OFF THE LEFT LANE OF THE HIGHWAY SO CAN GET OFF THE BACK OF THE SLOW PERSON, AFT
