2007 LEXUS ES Complaints

CONSUMER HAS ADHERED TO ALL THE RECALL PRECAUTIONS PERTAINING TO THE ES MODEL LEXUS AND THE PROBLEMS STILL PERSIST. THE CONSUMER STATED HE STILL EXPERIENCED MINOR SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *JB

ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 P.M., I DRIVING MY IN-LAWS 2007 LEXUS ES 350 NORTH ON MAIN ROAD, WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. THE GAS PEDAL MOVED AWAY FROM MY FOOT AND THE VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING AT FULL POWER. I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED. I ATTEMPTED TO CUT THE CAR OFF BY HITTING THE START BUTTON(IT HAS NO KEY). AGAIN, NOTHING HAPPENED. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 TO 60 MPH BEFORE THE ACCELERATION AND APPROXIMATELY 80-85 AFTER THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE. THE BREAKS DID LITTLE TO REDUCE THE OVERALL SPEED; HOWEVER, PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEMED TO REDUCE THE RATE OF ACCELERATION. I TRIED PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL BUT THAT DID NOT STOP THE ACCELERATION. I HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BREAK AND WAS PUSHING AS HARD AS I COULD, BUT IT STILL COULD NOT REDUCE THE SPEED. AT SOME POINT, I TURNED ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS. I KEPT TRYING TO GET THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND TO HIT THE ON/OFF BUTTON BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NONRESPONSIVE. I WAS QUICKLY APPROACHING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND HAD DECIDED TO HIT IT RATHER THAN RUN OFF THE ROAD. JUST AS SUDDENLY AS IT STARTED, THE CAR JUST CUT OFF AND I COASTED TO THE NEXT SIDE STREET WHICH WAS OLD POND ROAD. IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS WITHOUT BRAKES FOR APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MILES.

NEW CAR LESS THEN 1 MO. OLD WIFE AND I NOTICED ACCELARATION SURGES. REPORTED TO DEALER. DEALER STATED TRANSMISSON IS ADJUSTING TO DRIVERS. DEALER ADJUSTS, NO NEW PARTS. SURGE STILL HAPPENS, ONCE IN A WHILE, NOT ALOT. AT LOW SPEEDS 20 TO 30 MPH

2007 LEXUS ES350. SUSPECTED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION CAUSING FATAL CRASH. *TGW THE DECEDENT WAS DRIVING, WHEN APPARENTLY HIS VEHICLE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO A VAN. A PASSENGER IN THE VAN WAS ALSO KILLED. (ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF DECEDENT)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,100. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000. UPDATED 07/28/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/12/10

LTR FWD RE SUDDEN ACCELERATION INCIDENT INVOLVING HIS 2007 LEXUS ES350. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PASS AN 18-WHEELER TRUCK, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. ANOTHER TRUCK WAS IN FRONT OF HIM AND THE TRUCK THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PASS WAS ON HIS RIGHT. A STEEP CLIFF WAS ON THE LEFT AND WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. HE TURNED OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THERE WAS STILL NO RESPONSE. THE CONSUMER TIRED TAPPING THE ACCELERATOR AND FORTUNATELY THAT WORKED AND THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. LATER THAT DAY, AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION, THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK AGAIN. *JB

GAS PEDAL STUCK AND COULDN'T GET STOPPED AND WRAPPED THE CAR AROUND A POLE TO GET IT STOPPED. *TR

2007 LEXUS ES350 SUDDEN ACCELERATED*CW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON THE INTERSTATE, HE PULLED OUT TO PASS AN 18-WHEELER TRUCK, WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. ANOTHER TRUCK WAS IN FRONT OF HIM AND THE ONE THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS WAS ON THE RIGHT. A STEEL CLIFF WAS ON THE LEFT AND AS THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. HE TURNED OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THERE WAS STILL NO RESPONSE. HE TRIED TAPPING THE ACCELERATOR AND FORTUNATELY THAT WORKED AND THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO NORMAL AND UNDER CONTROL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS ES350. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AT SPEEDS OF 30 MPH UPHILL, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. SHE WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE ROAD AND UTILIZE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED FOR THE DURATION OF THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FLOOR MAT CAUSED THE GAS PEDAL TO STICK. THE FAILURE HAS NOT RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,045 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

DECEDENT WAS DRIVING A 2007 LEXUS ES350 ON CO. RD. 207 IN ROSS COUNTY, OHIO. VEHICLE CROSSED CENTER LINE AND COLLIDED HEAD-ON INTO PRISON VAN, KILLING DRIVER OF LEXUS AND PRISONER IN VAN. LEXUS DRIVER KNOWN TO BE A VERY CAUTIOUS DRIVER AND ROUGH CALCULATION OF SPEED OF LEXUS BY POLICE INVESTIGATOR CAUSES SUSPICION OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION UPDATED 03/30/10 *BF *TR UPDATED 09/28/10*JB 9/19/2011*CW