general problems of the 2005 Lexus ES330

Engine caught on fire. Was driving on a city street when I noticed flames shooting out under the hood.

The automobile seems accellerate just a little bit. When you are stepping on the gas it, kind of jumps forward some, without putting more pressure to the pedal. In motion at any speed.

On December 5th, 2012 around 1:50 pm in the afternoon, I drove the car to pick up our nephew from school. While I was slowing down and looking for a parking place suddenly the car sped up and accelerated! even though I applied hard on the brake the car kept running very fast and only stopped when it hit bushes and the house on the right of the road. I was lucky that no kids came out from school yet and no other cars were nearly so damages only caused to the car and the property.

Vehicle hesitates terribly upon acceleration. I've called dealer numerous times and was told "this is normal" until the last call. Now Lexus acknowledges the problem and offers a remedy! fort myers dealer recalibrated the ecm and urged use of name brand premium fuel only! since these two changes have been made, improvement has been made, but not eliminated. There is still something not correct about trying to merge onto a highway and having the engine bog down as trucks bear down upon you!.

Vehicle hesitated upon acceleration and performed erratically. Consumer was told by dealer that this was normal performance. Consumer was aware of complaints with similar problems.