2000 LEXUS GS300 Complaints

TWICE IN THE SAME DAY OUR 2000 LEXUS GS300 EXPERIENCED ACCELERATION PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THOSE NOW INVOLVED IN THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF TOYOTA PRODUCTS. THE ACCELERATION BEGAN AS THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. I HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKE WITH GREAT FORCE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING FORWARD. WHEN I PLACED THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, THE REVVING OF THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE FLOOR MAT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAD NOT BEEN MOVED AND WAS NOT INTERFERING WITH THE GAS PEDAL. WE CALLED A MECHANIC WE USE FOR THE CAR AFTER THE INCIDENT TO FIND OUT WHETHER ANYTHING SIMILAR HAD BEEN REPORTED OR IF LEXUS HAD ISSUED A RECALL. WHEN WE LEARNED THAT OUR MODEL VEHICLE WAS NOT INDICATED AS HAVING A PROBLEM, WE DID NOT DO ANYTHING FURTHER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. WE'VE NOT HAD THE PROBLEM SINCE THEN. HOWEVER, I THOUGHT IT BEST TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AFTER HEARING ABOUT VERY SIMILAR ISSUES IN OTHER MODELS OF TOYOTAS AND LEXUSES. I'M WONDERING IF THE PROBLEM EXTENDS FURTHER THAN THE MODELS AND MODEL YEARS NOW BEING RECALLED? *TR

LEXUS ISSUE TO ABC NEWS ON JANUARY 29, 2010. *TR I OWNED A LEXUS GS NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT HAD A SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. LEXUS DID EVERYTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM....BUT THEY JUST HAD NO FIX FOR IT. IT WAS NOT A PETAL PROBLEM.....IT WAS IN THE ELECTRONIC ACCELERATION CONTROL UNIT. HOW DID I KNOW THIS.....AFTER I GOT RID OF THE CAR I MET A TECHNICIAN THAT HAD WORKED FOR STERLING MCCALL LEXUS IN HOUSTON TX. HE TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE CONTROL UNIT AND MAIN COMPUTER AND THAT LEXUS NEVER WAS ABLE ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. I HAD THE COMPUTER REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER. I GUARANTEE THAT THE LEXUS/TOYOTA ISSUE IS NOT A GAS PETAL ISSUE......IT IS IN THAT ELECTRONIC ACCELERATION MODULE. THEIR FIX WON'T WORK AND THERE WILL STILL BE WRECKS, INJURIES AND DEATHS AFTER EVERY RECALLED UNIT IS FIXED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REPLY PLEASE DO SO AT [email protected] DO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND LETTERS SENT TO THE NHTSA AND I ACTUALLY HAD THEM SEND ME COPIES OF ALL THEIR COMPLAINTS ON MY MODEL. THERE WERE PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I COULD NEVER CONVINCE THE NHTSA TO INVOKE AN INVESTIGATION, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO GET THEIR INTEREST. .OH.....BY THE WAY I STILL DRIVE A LEXUS....A LX470. THEIR BIG UTILITY VEHICLES HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WIRING HARNESS....DIFFERENT COMPUTER....AND DIFFERENT ACCELERATION MODULE. IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL VEHICLE ALTHOUGH RATHER PRICEY. I DO KEEP MY CARS FOR QUITE A WHILE THOUGH.

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WITHOUT PRESSING ACCELERATOR. HAS OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY. CAR IS A 2000 LEXUS GS 300 WITH 107,000 MILES. FLOOR MATS WERE NOT THE CAUSE. PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL, IT RACED TO RED LINE AND WENT BACK TO IDLE. *TR

TIRE BECAME COMPLETELY UNATTACHED AND JAMMED AGAINST RIGHT FRONT QUARTER PANEL CAUSING BODY DAMAGE. GOING ONLY DOING 30 MPH AT THE TIME. THANK GOD I HAD JUST EXITED THE INTERSTATE AND NO ONE HIT ME. CAR IN SHOP RIGHT NOW WITH ESTIMATED DAMAGE OF $500 (EXCLUDING BODY DAMAGE). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LEXUS GS300. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE DRIVER WAS UNINJURED. THE DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE WHEEL WAS FACING THE ENGINE. THE PASSENGER SIDE FENDER AND CABLE WERE DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE NEW BALL JOINTS THAT WERE REPLACED A YEAR AGO WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. A MESSAGE WAS LEFT ON THE VOICEMAIL OF AUTO PART INTERNATIONAL, THE MANUFACTURER OF THE BALL JOINTS, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RETURN CALL. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 115,000.

IN LATE 2000 MY FIANCE` AND I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW LEXUS FROM DAVID MCDERMOTT LEXUS IN EAST HAVEN CT. THE CAR RAN FLAWLESSLY FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH NO MAJOR ISSUES. OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO THE DASH LIGHTS COME ON AND THE CAR MAKES A LOUD BEEPING SOUND. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER WHO THEN INFORMED ME THAT THE CAR HAS A DEFECTIVE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND THAT IT WOULD COST $2000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 98-02 GS300 MODELS THE VERY SAME CAR I OWN. I THEN MADE A CALL TO LEXUS CUSTOMER SERVICE TO INQUIRE AS TO WHY THEIR ALMOST $50K CAR HAS A DEFECTIVE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CAR ONLY HAS 80,000 MILE AND THIS IS NOT EVEN A MOVING PART. LEXUS PROMISED TO GET BACK TO ME WITHIN 2 BUSINESS DAY TO SEE WHAT IF ANYTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. I WAS INFORMED ON 5/13 THAT THEY RESPECTFULLY DECLINE TO HELP ME AS THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT LEXUS DOES NOT VALUE THEIR CUSTOMER'S FROM THEIR LACK OF ACTION I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS DEFECT ON A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE CAR DEMANDS AN INVESTIGATION. MY CERTIFIED MECHANIC HIMSELF A MASTER CERTIFIED LEXUS TECHNICIAN ALSO INFORMED ME THAT IF THIS SYSTEM FAILS IT WILL LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS THE ENTIRE BRAKING AND VEHICLE DYNAMIC SYSTEM IS COMBINED ON THIS ONE UNIT. AT THIS TIME I AM NO LONGER DRIVING THE CAR FOR FEAR OF ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I WILL PARK THE VEHICLE UNTIL SUCH TIME WHEN I CAN AFFORD TO REPAIR. I AM NOT WRITING THIS COMPLAINT OUT OF SPITE OR MALICE I WOULD JUST LIKE OTHER CONSUMERS WHO OWN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR AND MODEL CAR TO BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGER INHERENT IN THIS CAR. I WOULD KINDLY APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER FOR ME SO AS TO AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY ACCIDENTS OR DEATHS FROM THIS VEHICLE. SINCERELY CONCERNED CONSUMER *TR

FRONT RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINT COMPLETE FAILURE LEADING TO WHEEL/TIRE BARELY HANGING ON VEHICLE. ALL THIS HAPPENING GOING 45-50 MPH ON OUTER ROAD/HIGHWAY ENTRANCE RAMP. *TR

LOWER BALL JOINT ON THE SUSPENSION CAME APART CAUSING THE TIRE TO DISLODGE. TIRE JAMMED AGAINST RIGHT FRONT QUARTER PANEL CAUSING BODY DAMAGE. CAR IS IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW WITH ESTIMATED REPAIR COSTS OF $1,500.00 EXCLUDING BODY DAMAGE ESTIMATES. I THANK GOD I WAS ONLY DOING 15MPH AT THE TIME WHEN THE DAY BEFORE I DID A 236 MILE ROUND TRIP DRIVE THROUGH HIGHWAY MOUNTAIN ROADS. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP VEHICLE FIRST HESITATED THEN JERKED FORWARD BEFORE ACCELERATING. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *MR

WHILE MAKING A TURN FROM A STOP THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE HAD EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED,BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *NM