Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | ||||||||||||||||
| 05V565000 | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | from 08/30/2005 to 12/02/2005 | V (Vehicle) | 3567 | 12/27/2005 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 12/19/2005 | 12/21/2005 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain passenger vehicles, there is a possibility that the accelerator pedal may temporarily become stuck in the partially depressed position due to inadequate clearance between the accelerator pedal linkage and a plastic pad embedded into the vehicle's carpet. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This condition may interfere with the accelerator pedal returning to the idle position, increasing the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will inspect the clearance of the acceleration pedal and carpet, replace the pedal assembly with a revised assembly, and modify the carpet free of charge. the recall began on december 27, 2005. owners may contact lexus at 1-800-255-3987. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Lexus recall no. 5lc.customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 06/04/2009 | |||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 lexus is250. the contact stated that while driving at various speeds she has experienced unexpected acceleration on seven different occasions. each time the vehicle was inspected by a dealer and they advised her that would place a device in the vehicle so that if unattended acceleration was to occur the brakes would override it. the vehicle was repaired for the overriding of the acceleration. she has taken it in each time after each failure and they advised her that there was nothing wrong. the failure mileage was unknown. | |||
| 06/04/2009 | |||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 lexus is250. the contact stated that while driving at various speeds she has experienced unexpected acceleration on 7 different occasions. each time the vehicle was inspected by a dealer and they advised her that would place a device in the vehicle so that if unattended acceleration was to occur the brakes would override it. the vehicle was repaired for the overriding of the acceleration. she has taken it in each time after each failure and they advised her that there was nothing wrong. the failure mileage was unknown. tb | |||
| 04/15/2010 | |||
| Tl - the contact owns 2006 toyota lexus is250. he received recall#05v565000 vehicle speed control/ accelerator pedal, in april 2010, the closest dealer was 300 miles away. the manufacturer stated that they would follow up with him; however, they have not responded. there are no failures at this time. | |||
| 06/13/2009 | 10800 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 lexus is250. while the vehicle was traveling 25 mph the contact attempted to brake and noticed that the vehicle had suddenly surged forward .the contact had to turn off the vehicle in order to stop the acceleration. the same failure has occurred on 3 prior occasions. the vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership and the failure mileage was 108000,current mileage was 113000. | |||
| 04/17/2009 | 15000 | 1 | |
| My lexus is250 sudden acceleration and crash. *tr | |||
| 05/20/2009 | 28000 | 5 | |
| Lexus fast acceleration in my car. it has happened 4 or 5 times in my 2006 lexus is 250, which i bought new. at first, i thought it was my fault since i usually wear wide athletic shoes. i thought that i was touching both the brake and accelerator and mentioned it to my sister, who works for a lexus dealer. she told me that they were coming out with a letter about the floor mats causing the problem. i took the driver's side floor mat out of my car. i checked the clearance and it was about 2 inches. my brother, who was the former chairman of the board of engineers at westinghouse, told me that it sounded like a computer problem. i changed my driving shoes to get some thin sole, narrow puma's. it has happened once since then. i usually only use the lexus for long trips, and most of the problems happened when i was parking the car after driving a long way. without thinking what to do, i just put the car into neutral or if i wasn't moving, i'd shift it into park. turn the engine off. then, i would restart it and it was ok. i was a bit shaky and my wife thought i was nuts. around town, i drive my old 1996 toyota tacoma truck. never had a problem with it. i bought it new and still use it every day. *tr | |||
| 02/09/2010 | 19500 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 lexus is250. while driving 5 mph the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a garage. the contact applied the brakes but the vehicle would not slow down. the contact called the manufacturer and the stated that the floor mats caused the vehicle to accelerate. the contact stated that the floor mats were removed at the time of the crash. the contact stated that the vehicle was unsafe to drive and the floor mats had nothing to do with the vehicle accelerating. the vin was not available. the failure mileage was 19,500. | |||
| 08/15/2009 | 20000 | 1 | |
| Hi, with all the news lately regarding the problems with sticking gas pedals on certain toyota models, i wanted to emphasize that i don't believe the problem is limited to toyotas. i had e-mailed you previously to describe similar problems my wife and i have had with our 2006 is 250, where the car felt like it wanted to lurch forward with our foot on the brake pedal. additionally, the tachometer needle was fluctuating while this was happening. our car even died once at a stop light for no apparent reason. there is a record of our taking the car into putnam lexus for inspection of this problem. we never did receive a response from lexus to our first e-mail. and, we do not feel that a creeping floor mat was the cause of the problems we were experiencing. we feel that the problems we've described need to be investigated further since it is safety related. i just tried four times to send this description to lexus through their online e-mail system but kept getting, operation failed, illegal parameters. *tr | |||
| 04/10/2009 | 24000 | 1 | |
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 lexus is250. while driving the vehicle rapidly increased its speed up to 90 mph . he attempted to remove the floor- mat from under the accelerator pedal. however, the vehicle veered off of the road and then into a ditch. when the vehicle rolled over, one occupant was ejected from the front seat; since he was not wearing a seat belt. the other three passengers had bruises lacerations, and were hospitalized. the vehicle was completely destroyed. a police report was available. the failure mileage was 24,000. updated 05/10/10 *bf updated 05/13/10.*jb | |||
| 02/27/2009 | 18000 | 1 | |
| In light of the recently announced safety recall for this vehicle, we felt compelled to inform you of the following incidents involving the referenced automobile: | |||
| 09/22/2009 | 70000 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 lexus is250. while the contact was approaching a stop sign with his foot on the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward which caused the contact to rear ended the vehicle in front of him. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who informed him to remove the mats from the vehicle. there were no prior warnings. the current and failure mileages were 70000. updated 1/5/10 *cn updated 01/06/10. *jb | |||
| 01/10/2009 | 31200 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 lexus is250. while driving 50 mph, the vehicle began accelerating on its own to 80 mph. the vehicle failed to completely slow down when the brake pedal was depressed. the contact was able to keep the speed at approximately 50 mph; however, the vehicle was continuously accelerating to higher speeds. she was unable to slow the vehicle down and crashed into a curve. the contact noticed that the rotors were orange and the rear brake pads were melted into the rotors. the axle failed and fractured. the contact was not injured. a police report was filed and the vehicle has not been repaired. the manufacturer stated that they would send a field inspector to inspect the vehicle. the failure and current mileages were 31,200. | |||
| 10/20/2006 | 5310 | 1 | 03/16/2006 |
| Wife was driving on the interstate with the cruise on doing about 65 mph, and she decided to pass a truck. she accellerated slightly, and the car suddenly floored to over 90 mph and the rpm's went all the way up. she truned off the cruise, but it wouldn't slow down. she tried to brake, but the engine was still reving at the highest speed. she forced herself off into the grassy median and sat on the brake until she could jam the transmission into park and turn off the engine. veh towed to lexus dealer. tech couldn't figure out what was causing this, but after talking to lexus headquarters, they found that the rubber car mat and the back of the accellerator somehow connected and forced the car to be floored. you could not tell by looking at the mat that it was connected to the accellerator. my wife would of died if there had been another vehicle close to her. no accident or injury. i have no complaint with the dealer. they did everything they could to help. *nm | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 11/25/2009 | 62000 | 1 | 04/01/2006 |
| Tl* the contact has a 2006 lexus is250. while attempting to stop at a stop light, the vehicle accelerated up to 65 mph. even after brake application the vehicle continued to accelerate. consequently she struck a curb, and then the vehicle flipped over. a police report was available. the toyota manufacturer was contacted, and an investigation will be conducted. the failure mileage was 63,000. updated 01/05/10. *lj the consumer did not believed the problem was due to the floor mats. the floor mats in the vehicle has 3 inches of space between the accelerator. the consumer believed the problem was the accelerator. updated 01/05/10.*jb updated 03/08/10 | |||
| 07/16/2009 | 35000 | 1 | 10/01/2007 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 lexus is 250. while driving 50 mph the accelerator pedal was stuck under the floor mat. as a consequence, he had to shift the vehicle into park to decelerate which caused a truck to crash into the rear of the vehicle. the vehicle was extensively damaged. there were no injuries. an authorized technician stated that the failure was not caused by a defect. the vehicle identification number was unavailable. the failure and current mileages were 35000. updated 10/13/09. *lj updated 10/14/09 | |||
| 09/25/2006 | 4800 | 1 | |
| Accelerator pedal stuck down going at a speed of less than 5 miles an hour while turning out of a parking lot. foot brake and emergency brake were applied but the car would not stop which resulted in an accident. when my car hit the other car, the accelerator popped back up. *jb | |||