1998 LEXUS LS400 Complaints

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHERE NO ONE WAS INJURED, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHO COULD FIND NO PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN ONE DAY. *SLC

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 85MPH ON HIGHWAY AND IT WAS A 100 DEGREES. SHE HEARD A BUMPING NOISE. TIRE WAS HITTING UP AGAINST THE VEHICLE. RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD CAME APART. BRIDGESTONE E33255/60YR16 HIGH SPEED.*AK

TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING. WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE TIRE BLEW OUT. SEARS CALLED BRIDGESTONE ABOUT THE DEFECT AND THEY REPLACED IT FREE OF CHARGE, SINCE THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT TIRE. HOWEVER, THEY WOULD NOT RPLACE THE REMAINING THREE TIRES, WHICH COULD INCURR THE SAME SEPARATION AND POTENTIAL BLOW OUT.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P22560V16 )

SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF CONSUMER. DRIVER RECEIVED A SPRAINED WAIST. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

THE TURN SIGNAL STOPS ON TURNING MAKES A VERY LOW CLICK SOUND AND THE SIGNAL ARROW ON DASH BOARD IS NOT VISSIBLE. YH

WHILE PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL SLIGHTLY ON TAKE OFF AFTER GOING AROUND CORNERS, THE VEHICLE TAKES OFF VERY AGGRESSIVELY.

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE PEDAL GETS SOFT, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE HAS THROTTLE-BY-WIRE. THIS CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE O SURGE AHEAD UNEXPECTEDLY.

THE AIR BAG WARNING LABELS CANNOT BE REMOVED. THESE LABELS ARE VERY DISTRACTING AND UGLY. DEALER CLAIMS THAT GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THEM TO BE PERMANENT. *AK