2008 LEXUS IS 350 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS350. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 0 MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A COLLISION CENTER WHERE THE FRONT END WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED FOR THE ACCELERATION MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,200. ...UPDATED 04-03-13 *BF UPDATED05/09/2013 *JS

WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO A FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE WILL SHIFT GEARS NORMALLY. THERE HAVE BEEN A HANDFUL OF INSTANCES, THOUGH, WHERE THE GEARS DO NOT SHIFT AS EXPECTED. ON THOSE OCCASIONS, THE CAR WOULD SHIFT UPWARD TO THE 5TH GEAR (OUT OF 6). AFTER LIGHTLY RELEASING GAS PEDAL, THE CAR DOES NOT SHIFT TO 6TH GEAR AND THE RPM STAYS HIGH AROUND 3500-4000RPM. IT STAYS IN THAT GEAR UNLESS I BRIEFLY TAP ON THE BRAKES AND BACK TO THE GAS PEDAL. IF THE SPEEDDROPS TO HE 35MPH RANGE, THEN IT DROPS TO 4TH GEAR. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE BEHAVIOR OF THE CAR IS NORMAL AGAIN. THE REASON FOR CONCERN IS THAT THIS OCCURRED ABOUT A TOTAL OF 6 TIMES SINCE I OWNED THE CAR, AND THEY OCCURRED ON A NORMAL DAILY COMMUTE THAT I CONSIDER ROUTINE. THESE FEW TIMES WERE DEFINITELY OUT OF THE ORDINARY BEHAVIOR FOR THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS IS350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN BRAKING OVER WET ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD BECOME ABNORMALLY HARD TO STOP. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SECURE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE AND POSSIBLE REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 600. UPDATED 5/9/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE IDLE SPEED WAS EXCESSIVELY HIGH. THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. UPDATED 05/18/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS 350 IS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT ABNORMAL RATTLING NOISES AND WOULD SHAKE EXCESSIVELY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD ALSO DRIVE ROUGHLY WHEN DRIVING AT LEAST 25 MPH. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V309000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE) AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITI9NG REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,400.

I AM DRIVING A CAR WHICH HAS ACCELERATED UNINTENTIONALLY THREE TIMES. I WANT LEXUS TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND FIND OUT WHY MY CAR ACCELERATES RANDOMLY AND I WANT THEM TO FIX MY CAR. I ALSO WANT LEXUS TO ADMIT TO THIS SAFETY FLAW. I WISH THAT LEXUS WOULD BE PUNISHED FOR THIS SERIOUS BREACH IN CONCERN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ALTHOUGH THAT IS NOT MY IMMEDIATE CONCERN. IN JULY OF 2009 THE CAR ACCELERATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE CAR COULD NOT BE STOPPED BY APPLYING THE BRAKES ALONE AND ONLY STOPPED WHEN IT WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF US. LEXUS ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE DRIVER'S 'BIG FOOT'. IN DECEMBER OF 2009 WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT, THE CAR LEAPT ACROSS A SIDEWALK WHILE THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED, AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL IT WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL. LEXUS ATTRIBUTED THIS INCIDENT TO A MOVING FLOOR MAT. IN APRIL OF 2010, ONE WEEK AFTER LEXUS INSTALLED A 'BRAKE OVERRIDE OF ACCELERATOR', THE CAR ENGINE ACCELERATED INTO RED RPMS. THE OVERRIDE TOOK PLACE BUT CAR STRAINED AGAINST THE BRAKE AND ONLY STOPPED WHEN IT WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL. LEXUS SAID THE CAR DOESN'T 'REGISTER' THIS OCCURRENCE SO TO LEXUS, APPARENTLY NOTHING HAPPENED. WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED IN APRIL AFTER LEXUS HAD INSTALLED THE COMPUTER PROGRAM TO CREATE A BRAKE OVERRIDE OF THE ACCELERATOR, A 'FIELD TECHNICIAN CHECKED OUT THE CAR THOROUGHLY '. I ASSUMED THAT THE COMPUTER FIX WOULD ALSO RECORD BRAKE/ACCELERATOR ACTION, BUT THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT BUILT INTO THE MODIFICATION. THE FIELD TECHNICIAN SAID THAT ALL SYSTEMS IN THE CAR WERE FUNCTIONING AND THAT HE DROVE IT FOR 16 MILES AND THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS. THIS ACCELERATION HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN TWO YEARS AND THE CAR HAS 25,000 MILES ON IT. IT IS INCONCEIVABLE TO ME THAT GIVEN THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM, A 16 MILE TEST DRIVE COULD BE CONSIDERED ADEQUATE. *TR

S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING RE DISAPPOINTED WITH TOYOTA SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION PROBLEMS FM OWNER OF 2008 LEXUS IS 350. *TGW THE CONSUMER HAS CONCERNS REGARDING THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION RECALL AND WOULD LIKE LEXUS/TOYOTA TO BUY THE VEHICLE BACK.

AS I WAS PARKING MY LEXUS IN A PARKING LOT, THE CAR SUDDENLY SHOT FORWARD, MOVING OVER THE PARKING CEMENT BARRIER AND CRASHING INTO A WALL. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED. AFTER I RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE FROM TOYOTA RELATING TO THE FLOOR MAT ISSUE, I MADE SURE THE FLOOR MATS WERE PROPERLY ATTACHED. THIS HAPPENED ONLY ONCE. I BELIEVE THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE FLOOR MAT SLIDING AND PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILURE DURING TURN IN 2008 LEXUS 350- SUDDEN. CAUSED ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES TO PERSON AND PROPERTY. *TR