Three problems related to cruise control have been reported for the 2004 Lexus ES330. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Please note - this is or may be related to other odi I just reported at 10261933. I have a Lexus 2004 Es330 and in addition to weird braking problems, I have also hit the brake and basically felt the car continue like I never hit the brake and I am accelerating or have cruise control on. When this has occurred, I did not feel the abs braking system engage or any type of slowing down occur. I end up hitting and releasing the brake quickly to try and get the car to brake and come to a stop. On one occasion I also quickly hit the gas to see if perhaps that would clear the problem, and it did not. I pulled over, checked that no debris or floor rug had some how made the gas pedal stink, and that is not the problem. Other than this problem, and the problems reported under odi 10261933, I have not had any other problems w/ accelerating or stopping. I have brought the issue to the attention of Lexus and they have denied any recalls or other reported problems. I suspect they assume I am a woman - who cannot drive. Again, I have owned fast high performance porshe and mercedes previously and never had this problem before. I hope someone will figure this out before I am injured or perhaps someone else is. Thanks. Ps no date of incident, so I will put 1/1/09. This refusal of the car to engage the brake etc has occurred about 5 times.
Vehicle surged when cruise control was engaged at 60 mph. It surged up to 80 mph. It felt like it was going down hill. Dealer could not duplicate the problem. Also, transmission hesitated at 0-20 mph, it also jerked. . . . . . . . Lexus has admitted the problem, but maintained that vehicle drove as designed. Hesitation problem experienced by many Lexus Es330 car vehicle hesitation, then will lurch forward when accelerating a tlow speeds. Lexus has admitted the problem, but insisted vehicle drove as designed.
04 Lexus Es330 transmission hesitation is serious danger to driver. Engine hesitates when starting from a dead start. Car has to be floored to move and even then it hesitates even more. Also car has serious blind spots on left and right outer side mirrors (they are too small for the car). Also, cruise control light stays lit even when the brake is hit or you dis-engage it. The only time the cruise control light turns off is when you physically turn it off with the switch or shut the engine off completely. This gives the driver the impression that it is on all the time even when it is off or worse they think they have shut it off but it's really still on and you have a very good chance of rear ending someone. This is extremely bad engineering and extremely dangerous. How you guys let a car like this on the road is beyond me. Did you test it? if so, how did you let it pass thru to the USA? this car with it's hesitation, blind spots, and dangerous cruise control it's likely to get someone injured or killed in a hurry. Car doesn't get anything near the epa ratings under any condition. I've contacted Lexus customer care and they say this all normal. No help or suggestions. Please get Lexus to put out tsbs on these problems before someone gets injured or killed. I'm very concerned. I've been a driver for 34 years. I've never driven a car so dangerous in my life.