2003 LEXUS ES Complaints

ON JUNE 12 MY WIFE WAS ENTERING A PARKING SPOT WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN THE 2003 LEXUS ES 300 SUDDENLY WITH A ROAR SURGED FORWARD JUMPED A PARKING BUMPER AND A HIGH SIDEWALK CURB WENT FORWARD ABOUT 6 FEET AND HIT A CONCRETE AND STEEL GIRDER STAIR CASE. THE CRASH DID OVER 5000.00 DOLLARS DAMAGE TO THE CAR AND OVER 5000.00 DOLLARS TOTHE STAIRS.MY WIFE WAS WEARING HER SEAT BELT AND HAD A SORE COLLAR BONE. *TR

MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2003 LEXUS IN TOWN. WE HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PREVIOUS SIMILAR INCIDENTS, AND HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING SINCE. SHE HAD STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, BUT WAS TOO FAR BACK, SO SHE WANTED TO PULL UP A LITTLE. SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, AND THE CAR MOVED FORWARD. SHE REPEATEDLY PUSHED THE BRAKE, BUT THEY DID NOT WORK. THE CAR STOPPED WHEN SHE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER. I HAD THE CAR CHECKED AFTER THE ACCIDENT, BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING OBVIOUS. HOWEVER, SHE, AND THE OTHER PASSENGERS, HAVE VERIFIED THAT SHE REPEATEDLY PUSHED THE BRAKE TO NO AVAIL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LEXUS ES300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FROM OUTSIDE OR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE LOCK ON THE DOOR FROZE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER ANY RECALL AND THEY WERE NOT LIABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,602 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,402.

2003 LEXUS ES300 WITH UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN JOLTED FORWARD. SHE STATES NO MATTER HOW HARD THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED IT KEPT ACCELERATING UNTIL IT HIT A BRICK COLUMN. *KB *JB

2003 LEXUS ES 300 WITH BRAKE FAILURE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED A FEW WEEKS AFTER HAVING THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES REPLACED. DEALER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TESTED AND NO DEFECT WAS FOUND. *KB WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE CARPORT, WHICH REQUIRED THE CONSUMER TO HAVE HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE WHILE IN REVERSE BEGAN MOVING BACKWARD SLOWLY AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, BUT DID HIT A TREE, WHICH CAUSE A SLIGHT DENT TO THE TRUNK DOOR. THE EXPLANATION GIVEN TO THE CONSUMER WAS THAT THE FLOOR MAT MAY HAVE SLID UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL AND OVER THE GAS PEDAL. *JB

PULLING INTO PARKING SPOT ON LEFT ,ABOUT STOPPED AND THE CAR ACCELERATER VERY FAST FOR ABOUT 30 FEET. BEENING THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, I WAS AWARE OF WHERE MY FOOT WAS, ON THE BRAKE. LAST OCT. PULLING INTO PARKING SPOT TO LEFT THE SAME THING HAPPENED. JUST FELT LIKE A NUT. THIS TIME I AM SURE IT WAS THE CAR. *TR THE CONTACT WANTED TO ADD THAT THE DRIVERS FLOOR MAT WAS IN THE TRUNK.

WHEN MAKING AS LOW TURN, AT UNDER 5 MILES PER HOUR IF THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT LAG BEFORE THE CAR REACTS AND MOVES. DEALER CLAIMS THAT IS THE WAY IT IS AN CAN'T FIX IT. ALSO HAPPENED WITH A 2007 LEXUS ES 350 AS A DEALER LOANER AND THIS TIME RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH $3,700 DAMAGE TO LEXUS. *TR

THE 2003 LEXUS ES300 SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COME OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, GO COMPLETELY ACROSS THE STREET, UP ONTO THE SIDEWALK, AND HIT POLES/FENCE, CAUSING SEVERE INJURIES. THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT PRESSED DOWN HARD AT THE TIME, AND THERE WAS NO EXPLANATION FOR THE RAPID ACCELERATION. *TR

I WAS IN THE DRIVE THROUGH AT THE DUNKIN DONUTS IN GERMANTOWN, MD GIVING MY ORDER IN THE SPEAKER. I REMEMBER HEARING A ROARING SOUND LIKE A TRAIN AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR SHOT FORWARD AND HIT THE BACK OF THE CAR AT THE SERVICE WINDOW. IT WAS QUITE STRANGE. I AM CONVINCED I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE EMS AND POLICE SAID I MUST HAVE HIT THE ACCELERATOR BY MISTAKE. I AM NOT CONVINCED IN MY OWN MIND THAT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LEXUS ES300. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH WITH THE REAR DEFROSTER ACTIVATED, THE GLASS SHATTERED AND FELL ON THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT INSIDE SHELF BELOW THE WINDOW.. THE PASSENGER WAS UNHARMED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE REPLACEMENT COST WOULD BE $608. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A SMALL PIN HOLE THAT CAUSED THE GLASS TO SHATTER. THE MANUFACTURER WILL PAY $200 OF THE $608. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 55,068. UPDATED 03-04-08 *BF