2002 LEXUS ES300 Complaints

2002 LEXUS ES300, CAR LUNGES AND JERKS DURING ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. CAR DROVE FINE UNTIL LEXUS UPGRADED SOFTWARE, AND THEN 100% NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE. CAR WAS BROUGHT TO JM LEXUS APPROX 4-5 TIMES FOR PROBLEM, AND ONCE TO PALM BEACH LEXUS. CAR JERKED DURING TEST DRIVE WITH MECHANIC. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A "CHARACTERISTIC" OF THE CAR, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO FIX IT. MECHANIC STATED HE HAS SEEN THE SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER CARS. PROBLEM HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 LEXUS ES300. MY CAR AT SLOWER SPEEDS HAS BEEN JERKING/SURGING AT LOWER SPEEDS AND LURCHES FORWARD WITHOUT NOTICE. IT IS A NIGHTMARE TO DRIVE THIS CAR IN TRAFFIC. I KEEP BEING TOLD ITS NORMAL, IT SEEMS HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED, BUT I'M NOT GETTING ANYWHERE. THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP DID A SOFTWARE UPGRADE RECENTLY, IT ONLY MADE THE MATTER WORSE. I HATE DRIVING THIS CAR, EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY AVOIDS DRIVING IT, AS WE JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THE WAY IT ACCELERATES AND SHIFTS GEARS. ITS A 2002 MODEL, WITH 49K MILES. I AVG 25K MILES A YEAR DRIVING, DO THE MATH, THIS CAR SUCKS, AND I AVOID USING IT OUT OF FEAR/ANNOYANCE. *TR

I OWNED A 2002 LEXUS ES 300 WHICH IN JANUARY 2010 BEFORE THE CRAZE OF THE ACCELERATION BECAME POPULAR, IT TOOK OFF, WITHOUT PROVOCATION, SHIFT LOCKED, ACCELERATION LOCKED, AND BRAKES DIDN'T WORK. I FILED A BBB.ORG COMPLAINT, I FAXED, EMAILED, FACEBOOKED, AND TWITTERED TOYOTA LEXUS CONCERNING MY CONCERNS, AND THE FACT THAT AS A DISABLED VET, WHO SPENT HIS ENTIRE EARNINGS ON A CAR FOR HIS FAMILY, AND THAT VEHICLE CRASHED WITHOUT PROVOCATION, AND ASKED FOR THEIR HELP. THEY NEVER ANSWERED THE BBB COMPLAINTS WITH THE USA LOCATION OR NORTH AMERICAN, FROM FACEBOOK, THEY SAID TO CONTACT THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DEPARTMENT, WHICH I DID. WHEN CONTACTING THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DEPARTMENT, THEIR JOBS ARE TO ATTEMPT TO TALK FAST, IN THE ATTEMPT TO SAY IT WAS DRIVERS ERROR. I TOLD THEM THAT I WASN'T INTERESTING IN SUING, WASN'T INTERESTED IN PLACING BLAME, JUST INTERESTED IN THEIR HELP IN ASSISTING ME IN REPAIRING MY GARAGE, AND THEIR ASSISTANCE IN ME GETTING A NEW USED VEHICLE, THAT'S ALL. I INFORMED THEM THAT WHILE HURT BY THE ACCIDENT, I WASN'T NOR DIDN'T SEEK A ATTORNEY, OR LEGAL REPRESENTATION, AND THAT I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO ASSIST THIS VETERAN AS A ACT OF KINDNESS. I ONLY ASKED THAT THEY ASSIST IN MY HOME REPAIRS, AND GETTING ANOTHER SAME LIKE VEHICLE, IN ALTERNATE, HELPING ME WITH MY HOME REPAIRS DEDUCTIBLE AND ASSISTING ME IN GETTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AS A LAST ALTERNATIVE, I ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD ISSUE A NON-QUALIFYING CERTIFICATE SO OTHER THAN INCOME, I COULD PURCHASE A VEHICLE FROM THEM, TO ACCOMODATE MY FAMILIES NEEDS, THEY JUST IGNORED ME, NOW I WANT JUSTICE, BECAUSE MY REQUEST WERE NOT OUTRAGEOUS. IF THEY WOULD HELP ME GET ANOTHER VEHICLE FOR MY FAMILIES NEEDS, I WOULD BE TOTALLY SATISFIED, I DON'T BELIEVE IN ALWAYS GOING THROUGH THE COURTS WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO. *TR

I HAD JUST LEFT MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND GONE TO A PARKING STRUCTURE WHERE I HAD PARKED MY CAR FOR THE VISIT. I PAID THE PARKING CHARGE, GOT BACK MY VALIDATED TICKET, AND INSERTED THE TICKET IN THE GATE-ARM MACHINE. THE GATE LIFTED, AND I PUT MY FOOT LIGHTLY ON THE ACCELERATOR TO EXIT FROM THE PARKING STRUCTURE INTO THE STREET. THE CAR THEN PICKED UP SPEED, WELL PAST WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE PICKED UP BASED ON THE LIGHT PRESSURE I HAD PUT ON THE ACCELERATOR, AND THE BRAKES HAD NO EFFECT. THE CAR WENT FASTER AND FASTER, CROSSED A STREET, AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE WALL. ON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED. I SUFFERED SERIOUS BACK PAIN, AND MY WIFE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE NIGHTS WITH TWO BROKEN RIBS. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS ES300. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF A VEHICLE.THE CONTACT AND A WITNESS WERE SURPRISED THAT THE WHEELS CONTINUED TO SPIN AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD STOPPED MOVING. A WEEK LATER THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF A BANK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78409, THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SUDDEN ACCELERATION LEADING TO IMPACT WITH HOME. POLICE REPORT DATED 10-22-07 INDICATES SUDDEN UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION. SCARED TO DRIVE VEHICLE AGAIN. *TR

SUDDEN ACCELERATION LEADING TO IMPACT WITH HOME. POLICE REPORT DATED 10-22-07 INDICATES SUDDEN UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION. SCARED TO DRIVE VEHICLE AGAIN. *TR

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE CAR ENGINE REVVED HIGHER AND CAR JUMPED FORWARD. MY FOOT WAS ALREADY ON THE BRAKE SO I PRESSED BRAKE ALL THE WAY DOWN. THE CAR STOPPED BUT THE ENGINE KEPT REVVING AT JUST OVER 3000RPM. I PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL AND ENGINE REMAINED AT JUST OVER 3000RPM. I THEN PUT CAR IN PARK AND ENGINE RPM SHOT TO OVER 6000 AT WHICH I IMMEDIATELY TUNED KEY TO OFF. I NEVER TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKE DURING THIS TIME. I THEN TURNED CAR BACK ON AND EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE AND WE HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE NEW FROM DEALER. *TR

SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF 2002 LEXUS ES 300 . MY WIFE WAS OPERATING HER VEHICLE WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 95 MPH THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE AND MY WIFE APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT ON THE WB 101 W/OF 405 FWY IN LOS ANGELES CA SHE PULLED ON THE SHOULDER PASSING NUMEROUS VEHICLES SHE PLACED THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND WITH FULL BRAKE APPLICATIONS THE CAR SLOWED AFTER A FEW MILES. I CONTACTED LEXUS DEALER WHO ADVISED ME THIS VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC AND I AM APPALLED AT THIS IT OCCURRED ONCE AND I FEEL ITS ELECTRONIC THE MAT WAS NOT A FACTOR. *TR

2002 LEXUS ES300 WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, IT ACCELERATED QUICKLY AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB