2003 LEXUS ES Complaints

LTR FM BRETT WOODY (TX) RE DANGEROUS DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE PROBLEMS IN THE 2002-2003 LEXUS ES300, REPLY ATTN JAN CROW/ HOUSTON OFC. *PH CONSUMER WOULD APPLY MORE AND MORE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. *PH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. LEXUS HAD GIVEN THE CONSUMER A NEW VEHICLE AND IT HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS TAPPED, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE BUT THE RPM'S WOULD RISE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BARELY MOVE. IN STOP IN GO TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD. (IT FELT AS IF THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED THEN THE SURGING OCCURRED) THERE WAS AN ANNOYING RATTLE IN THE CEILING CONSOLE. *SC UPDATED 7/5/12 *CN

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND FRONT END SHOOK AND PULLED TO THE LEFT.CONSUMER, WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT HOME. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WILL HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR THE NEXT DAY. *AK

WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT DRIVER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. VEHICLE WENT OVER THE CURB, AND HIT A LIGHT POLE. FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR BRUISES. *AK *LA

THE VEHICLE LUNGED UPON PARKING. AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND HIT A WALL. THE FRONT END REPAIRS COST $2,275.00. *AK (SUDDEN ACCELERATION) *SC *JB

AUTO ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING ACCIDENT, STRIKING A BUILDING. *JB SEE VOQ 10061753. *DSY UPDATED 7/5/12 *CN

THERE IS A DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE TENDENCY FOR THE VEHICLE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION COMBINATION TO ACCELERATE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHICH MAKES IT ESPECIALLY UNNERVING. IT IS MOST NOTICEABLE AT SPEEDS BELOW 40 MPH, WHEN FIRST SLOWING, FOLLOWED BY ACCELERATION. IT APPEARS TO BE EXACERBATE BY UNCERTAIN TRANSMISSION "HUNTING" FOR PROPER GEAR/ENGINE SPEED COMBINATIONS. THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION CAUSES A RAPID AND JERKY THROTTLE RESPONSE TO MILD ACCELERATOR PEDAL INPUT. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS FOR THIS ISSUE. THE FIRST TIME, THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION. THE SECOND TIME, THE TECHNICIAN TESTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTE "NO PROBLEM FOUND". AT CURRENT MILEAGE OF 32,000, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WORSENING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT, IF LEFT UNDRESSED, IS LIKELY TO BE THE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT, SERIOUS INJURY OR MUCH WORSE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 4 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE HITTING AN EMBANKMENT HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNWANTED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. WHEN THIS OCCURRED CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO STOP THE ACCELERATION. *AK

WHILE ENTERING A PARKING LOT VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER TAPPED THE BRAKES, AND SPEED INCREASED EVEN MORE. AS A RESULT, DRIVER LOSS CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND HIT A WALL. *AK SEE VOQ 10062702 *DSY UPDATED 7/3/12 *CN

WHILE PARKING CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, HITTING A BUILDING. THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK