2010 LEXUS ES Complaints

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC IN LOS ANGELES, CA IN A 2010 LEXUS ES 350 WHEN I FELT A BANG. I APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT DID NOT STOP UNTIL I PRESSED THE START/STOP BUTTON. THE CAR WAS SPUN AROUND AND I WAS INVOLVED WITH ANOTHER CAR. THE VIN IS [XXX] . LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED ACCORDING TO THE POLICE WHO WERE THERE. *TR

2010 LEXUS ES350. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE ENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL, BUT DUE TO SPEED RESTRICTIONS WHERE HE WAS DRIVING, HE APPLIED THE BRAKE AND DROVE TO THE TOP. ONCE ON LEVEL GROUND AND WITH A CLEAR LANE AHEAD, HE ENGAGED RESUME. TO HIS SURPRISE THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD WITH SUCH FORCE THAT HE FELT HE HAD BEEN PUSHED BACK INTO THE SEAT VERY HARD. HE APPLIED THE BRAKE AND DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE DEALERS EXPLANATION WAS THAT THE VEHICLE WAS POWERFUL. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THERE WAS POOR VISIBILITY IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. HE STATED HE IS 5" 10' TALL, BUT SITTING IN THE DRIVERS SEAT, HE COULD NOT SEE THE BACK OF THE CAR; THE END OF THE TRUNK LID, OR THE TAIL LIGHTS. THE REAR HEAD RESTS COVERED MUCH OF THE CORNERS OF THE REAR WINDOW AND THE MIDDLE WAS ALSO BLOCKED BY THE BRAKE LIGHT. ALSO, JUST AFTER THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT, THE COVER OVER THE TRUNK WAS SLANTED AT AN ANGLE UPWARD, AND HE COULD NOT SEE WHERE THE TRUNK ENDED. AN OBJECT OR A CHILD WHO IS 4" 5' TALL COULD NOT BE SEEN UNTIL HE DROVE AWAY. THE DOOR MIRROR SHOWED THE HANDLE OF THE REAR PASSENGER'S DOOR, AFTER WHICH SINCE THE BODY WAS SLANTED INWARDLY, THERE WAS NO WAY TO SEE THE TAIL LIGHTS AND THUS GAUGE WHERE THE CAR ENDED. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS FORCED TO BACK AWAY VERY SLOWLY IN PARKING LOTS. ON ROADS AFTER A SNOWFALL, THE VEHICLE SKIDDED AND FISH-TAILED UN-LIKE AN ORDINARY REAR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE. IT KEPT GOING, AND DRIVING BECAME UNEASY. DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF DRIVING, ANYTIME THE HEAT WAS ON, THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC COMING FROM THE VENTS. THE PASSENGER'S DOOR DID NOT FIT THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. THEY WERE SNUG AT THE TOP, BUT WHEN THEY REACH THE DOOR HANDLE, THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE/THREE OF AN INCH GAP BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE BODY.

2010 LEXUS ES 350. CONSUMER STATES HE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND IT IS SITTING IN HIS GARAGE. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS A RETIRED ENGINEER, HE BELIEVED THE PROBLEM GOES WAY BEYOND THE GAS PEDAL STICKING. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 LEXUS ES350. WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AND SHE COLLIDED INTO A SNOW BANK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE FACE, MOUTH AND BODY. THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALLED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,053.

THIS CONCERNS MY 2010 LEXUS ES 350, ACQUIRED NEW ON NOV. 30, 2009. ON1/23/10 I FOUND THE DRIVER FLOOR MAT LOOSE. UNDERNEATH WERE THE TWO LIGHT PLASTIC CLIPS, ONE OF WHICH (THE ONE ON THE GAS-PEDAL SIDE) WAS OUT OF ITS SOCKET ON THE FLOOR AND WAS LYING FREE ON THE FLOOR. WITH CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY I WAS ABLE TO RE-INSERT THE FLIMSY FLANGES OF THE LOOSE CLIP INTO ITS SOCKET AND THEN TO SECURE THE MAT TO BOTH CLIPS. OTHER THAN A VACUUMING BY THE ATTENDANT IN A CAR-WASH ESTABLISHMENT 1/16/10 NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE TO THE MAT SINCE THE ACQUISITION OF THE CAR. THERE WAS NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OF THIS EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BUT MY CONCERN IS: LEXUS CRASHES HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO LOOSE FLOOR MATS JAMMING THE GAS PEDAL. IT APPEARS THAT THE MAT STILL COMES LOOSE WITHOUT ANY INCORRECT ACTION ON THE PART OF THE DRIVER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 LEXUS ES 350. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. ON ONE OCCASION, HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE AT A GAS STATION BUT THE ENGINE SURGED. HE WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THEY WOULD PERFORM AN AT-HOME INSPECTION OF HIS VEHICLE. HE HAD NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 700. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 500.