2007 LEXUS ES Complaints

DRIVING ALONG I-80 AT MID DAY, NO RAIN OR WATER, CLEAR DRIVING. 2007 LEXUS ES 350 BEGAN TO ROCK VIOLENTLY SIDE TO SIDE AND SPUN OFF THE ROAD INTO MEDIAN FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *TR

2007 LEXUS ES350, WHILE PARKING VEHICLE CONSUMER STATED FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD HITTING INTO A BLOCK WALL. *BF ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. *JB

2007 LEXUS ES 350. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS HE HAS EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30- 40 MPH. THE FIRST EXPERIENCE OCCURRED WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE FLOOR MATS WERE REMOVED, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. EACH TIME THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER TO VOICE HIS CONCERN, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. *JB

2ND REQUEST RE FAX FWD ON BEHALF OF (NJ) WHO WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT ON 11/18/08 IN HER 2007 TOYOTA LEXUS THAT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, WOULD LIKE HER TOYOTA INCIDENT RECORDED. *KB WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO HER DRIVEWAY AND APPROACHED THE OPEN GARAGE DOOR, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. SHE STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE DOOR OPENING AND SENT BRICKS FLYING AND CONTINUED UNTIL IT RAMMED THE REAR WALL OF THE GARAGE WITH GREAT FORCE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GARAGE, WAS A SMALL HALL BATHROOM. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH KNOCKED TILE FROM THE STALL SHOWER OFF THE WALL AND BENT PART OF THE SHOWER DOOR FRAME. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE WALLS AS WELL AS TO THE DOOR ENTERING THE HOUSE FROM THE GARAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. *JB

IN 2007, I PURCHASED A NEW 2007 MODEL LEXUS ES 350 4 DOOR SEDAN. SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS LIFTED AND THE CAR WAS DOWNSHIFTING AND BRAKING BY THE ENGINE (THE BRAKE NOT BEING DEPRESSED), AT ONE POINT THE CAR CONTINUED FORWARD FOR A TIME RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO BEING BRAKED BY THE ENGINE. THIS CONDITION HAS CONTINUED IN SPITE MY CALLING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE LEXUS DEALER IN NEW ORLEANS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE FIRST BEING SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR, AND THE LATEST BEING ON JUNE 16TH OF THIS YEAR. IN EACH INSTANCE, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE CAR HAD NO PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEM IS NOT A RAPID SURGE, BUT RATHER A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED MOVING FORWARD IN GEAR INSTEAD OF A CONTINUOUS DOWNSHIFTING AND RESULTING BRAKING WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN AT ABOUT 30 TO 40 MPH AND THE ACCELERATOR IS LIFTED. THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR IN EVERY INSTANCE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS LIFTED, BUT IN TRAFFIC WHEN THE DRIVER EXPECTS THE CAR TO SLOW ITSELF THE SUDDEN FORWARD MOVEMENT, INSTEAD OF A CONTINUOUS SLOWING, IS DANGEROUS. THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE A FAULT OF THE CAR'S ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM. I ALSO CALLED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER THE FACT THAT WHEN THE CAR IS BRAKED, THE CAR DOES STOP BUT IF PRESSURE IS CONTINUED TO BE PLACED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THIS HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT TO DATE, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE THE DRIVER TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE CAR WILL STOP. EACH TIME THIS IS DONE, THE BRAKE PEDAL CATCHES MIDWAY TO THE FLOOR. AGAIN, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM. I REGISTER THESE TWO ISSUES AS POTENTIAL CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS AND AS COMPLAINTS ON MY PART. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO THE BRICKS OF A STORE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS LOCATED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 46,000.

2007 LEXUS ES350. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION *TGW THE CONSUMER DID RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL REGARDING ACCELERATOR PROBLEMS, BUT WAS NOT CONCERNED, BECAUSE HE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANY PROBLEMS PRIOR. HOWEVER, ON APRIL 6, 2010, AS THE CONSUMER WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A TURN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD AND A RED WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE CONSUMER ABORTED THE TURN AND WENT STRAIGHT AHEAD AND TURNED INTO A GAS STATION. THE CONSUMER THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO HE RE-STARTED IT; BOTH THE WARNING LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AS WELL AS A LIGHT INDICATING LOSS OF TRACTION WERE ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY RESET THE COMPUTER AND THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED EVERYTHING WAS FINE. HOWEVER, 4 MILES INTO HIS TRIP, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AGAIN WHEN IT WAS MOVING AT ABOUT 20 MPH AFTER A STOP SIGN. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY AND UPON INSPECTION, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD THE CONSUMER THERE WAS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE SECOND GEAR AND THAT THE LURCHING OF THE VEHICLE WAS RELATED TO THE COMPUTER BYPASSING THAT GEAR. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS WOULD OPEN ON THEIR OWN. WHEN THE CONTACT WENT TO OPEN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR OR GOT CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE, ALL THE DOORS WOULD UNLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES AND THE DOOR HANDLES WERE CHANGED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 36,000.

FAX FWD ON BEHALF OF (NJ) WHO WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT IN ON 11/18/08 IN HER 2007 LEXUS ES350 THAT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, WOULD LIKE HER TOYOTA INCIDENT RECORDED *TGW WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO HER DRIVEWAY AND APPROACHED THE OPEN GARAGE DOOR, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. SHE STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE DOOR OPENING AND SENT BRICKS FLYING AND CONTINUED UNTIL IT RAMMED THE REAR WALL OF THE GARAGE WITH GREAT FORCE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GARAGE, WAS A SMALL HALL BATHROOM. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH KNOCKED TILE FROM THE STALL SHOWER OFF THE WALL AND BENT PART OF THE SHOWER DOOR FRAME. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE WALLS AS WELL AS TO THE DOOR ENTERING THE HOUSE FROM THE GARAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, SHE NOTICED THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. SHE STEPPED ON THE BRAKES AGAIN AND ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE FOR ABOUT TWO MILES. THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED AND THE CONTACT PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP. THE CONTACT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND OPTED NOT TO. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 14,000.