Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 08/13/2012 | 112000 | 1 | |
| Was driving vehicle at approximately 25mph and when i accelerated i felt friction/vibration in the gas pedal and heard a loud grinding noise. the noise could be heard each time i pressed the gas pedal to accelerate. i had the vehicle towed to the dealership and they could not find any malfunction. after that incident, it has not occurred in the past four days. ## vin passed ## lexus es300 2000 ## *tr | |||
| 08/26/2008 | 88000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 lexus es300. the contact was driving approximately 35 mph; proceeding to a stop sign. while depressing the brake pedal there was an increased acceleration. the vehicle failed to slow down and rear ended a vehicle. the passenger in the front seat and the driver of the other vehicle sustained injuries. a police report was filed. the vehicle was completely destroyed. the failure mileage was 88,000. | |||
| 05/06/2009 | 92000 | 1 | |
| Car surged out of control-stopped by a fire hydrant and lawn bushes =car was totaled- bags did not open-problem with sensors replaced 2 and theimmediately before crash- run away check engine light plus another light came on. *tr | |||
| 02/14/2002 | 1 | ||
| While pulling into garage, vehicle suddenly surged forward, went into garage and damaged wall, car and home. dealer contacted. *jg *ak | |||
| 02/23/2001 | 2 | ||
| While backing into garage the vehicle suddenly accelerated backwards striking several articles stored in the garage, the vehicle suffered extensive damage to the rearend and left rear quarter panel, the driver suffered neck and lower back discomfort but required no medical attention, this problem occured once before while backing into garage but without incident. nlm | |||
| 09/29/2000 | 1 | 09/25/2000 | |
| The resume mode of the cruise control functions only occasionally. *slc | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 02/14/2004 | 38520 | 1 | 07/01/2000 |
| I own a lexus es300 and i had an accident in which i believed that the car suddenly acclerated and told others that is what i belieived happened prior to reading todays news on the internet. i had to shut off the engine to bring the car to a halt.*ak | |||