Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 06/05/2010 | 145000 | ||
| While driving my lexus gs 300, the vehicle stopped accelerating! the vehicle was driving normally and all of sudden it stalled out (engine still running) but no acceleration at all, almost causing me to get hit by another vehicle. the vehicles vsc and the engine light came on after this happened.. i pushed the gas pedal all the way to the floor board and nothing happened, after a minute or so, it begin to accelerate but only about 20-30 mph. after constantly holding the pedal to the floorboard, the car begin to accelerate normally again for a few miles.it does this continuously while driving now. at times i have had to pull off the road and let the vehicle sit for awhile and then it will return to functioning normally. the codes that the mechanic pulled up from the engine and vsc lights were for the throttle body sensor to be changed. this was done and the car drove perfect for about 15 miles, no problems, no engine light etc... then out of nowhere, everything started to happen again without warning, no acceleration and the vsc and engine lights came back on.i have looked on the internet to see if other consumers have experienced this same problem and they have and the outcome was basically the same results,some sensor (not definite) with a return to the initial problem. the code does not pull up the actual problem causing consumers to constantly have different sensors replaced, throttle body, etc. i have also read where a recall was on 1998 vehicles for this problem and i truly believe that this problem was not fully fixed. some consumers have battled with lexus to include their later model vehicles in the recall to be fixed because it is the very same problem!!! after reading other consumer complaints and reviewing the previous recall, i know that this is a very serious default of the manufacturer which is undoubtedly putting consumers in terribly dangerous situations. these incidents happen with no warning! your help in this matter is greatly appreciated | |||