Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Lexus ES330

My wife was driving the car to pick-up our granddaughter from school on 10-22-2018. She made a full stop at the corner and took her foot off the brake and started to make a right turn. When she started to press on the gas pedal lightly, the engine revved up to full throttle and the car accelerated and lunged uncontrollably forward. Her steering wheel was locked. Because of this acceleration, she hit the car in front with great force and severely damaging our front end and the car bumper in front of her. She was getting get in line to wait for the school children to let out. Had her the car accelerated out of control when children were crossing the street, it would have been a great catastrophe and dead children. Something must be done to alert the public. Another sudden acceleration occurred when I was driving the car about 2 years ago. But the dealer said they couldn't find anything wrong. Our car has a little over 60,000. Each time I take my car to the dealer for an oil change, they removed the floor mat. They say the floor mat can get in the way of the accelerator pedal. I don't think so, but we keep the floor mat in the trunk. I have reported this issue to a Lexus headquarter in texas, (800) 255-3987. The representative said a case manager will be contacting me. I'm not sure what they will do. Something must be done to prevent running over people. There will be deaths if nothing is done!.

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The car was reversed and driven forward, suddenly accelerated forward. Applying brakes were not helping as acceleration still continued. There is no floor mat on the driver seat side to blame it on for gas pedal getting stuck to the mat. . The gas and brake pedals were adjusted to the highest level from the floor. Happened a week ago and happened again on 17/02/2018. First time the vehicle was on four lane city street. Second time on two lane city street. It can happen any time any where. I asked the dealer. No recall yet I see lot of people having this problem on this site. . Read more...

I was riding the brake into a parking space and was almost finished parking (my foot was still on the brake) when the car suddenly accelerated and traveled through a short wooded area then over a 12 foot drop to a road with traffic below. The front of the car crashed into a stone wall, crashed back into the stone wall that the car flew over, and came to a stop in the middle of a busy road approximately 100 feet from where it flew over the drop. Airbag deployed, seatbelt was on. I was taken to the er via ambulance with a broken nose, concussion, bruising. . . And have ongoing soreness, stiffness, dizziness. . .

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The contact owns a 2004 Lexus Es330. The contact stated that while pulling into a parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact mentioned the vehicle traveled over the side walk and was able to avoid a crash. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 122,000 and the current mileage was 124,528.

Contact owns a 2005 Lexus Es330. The contact was driving approximately 10 to 15 mhp two blocks away from home. While approaching and preparing to stop at a stop sign, noticed the inability of the brake system when applied pressure to the brake paddle, vehicle would not stop. At this point, vehicle began to accelerate unintended (without input on accelerator), causing to rapidly surge and launch straight ahead uncontrollable at a high speed of approximately 55 to 60 mph, which resulted the contact to crash though a cul-DE-sac block (brick) wall, bricks exploded and landed on top of another party’s parked vehicle, causing damage to fender. Airbag was deployed. Contact was taken via ambulance to local hospital for examination of injuries, released same day. A police report was filed on the incident. For vehicle was towed to a storage facility. Insurance company determined vehicle to be totaled due to major body damages. The failure mileage was 78,557.

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The contact owns a 2005 Lexus Es330. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning while the vehicle was in park gear and the brake pedal was engaged. The dealer nor manufacturer were notified. The failure was not diagnosed and the vehicle was not repaired. The current and failure mileage was 83,000.

The contact owns a 2006 Lexus Es330. The contact was attempting to park when the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a building. The air bags did not deploy and the contact sustained whiplash. The vehicle was towed to a local body shop which was provided by the insurance company where the vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer sent an engineer to examine the vehicle yet the engineer was unable to diagnose a failure. The contact believed the vehicle was unsafe to drive and feared that the failure would recur without warning. The failure mileage was 60,366.

The contact owns a 2005 Lexus Es330. The contact was reversing5 mph when the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning crashing into a steel pole and damaging the entire rear end of the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnosis and repairs. The vehicle was inspected and the contact was advised that she would be notified at a later date of the results of the investigation. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 105,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Lexus Es330. While driving approximately 5 mph, the contact took her foot off the accelerator pedal and the vehicle suddenly surged forward crashing into a curb. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where an investigator sent from the manufacturer stated that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. The vehicle had not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were approximately 33,000. Updated 01/14/11 the consumer stated his/her foot was still on the brake, when the vehicle suddenly accelerated. Updated 04/19/11.

When braking and slowly turning left to come to a stop in a parking space at a wal-mart parking lot my car suddenly accelerated uncontrollably at such a fast speed that my car crashed into a metal pole and pushed a parked station wagon facing my car back far into another isle. My foot was definitely braking the whole time. !!!! my car unexpectedly accelerated at a very high speed while I pressed the brake. I have in my possession a surveillance tape of the accident taken by wal-mart. As a result I hurt my back and neck and was very upset that I could have killed people walking in that parking lot. I am positive that the braking system in my car malfunctioned.

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, July 31, 2010, I attempted to make a u-turn in the parking lot. While I turned left, pulling into a parking space, my vehicle surged forward with a sudden acceleration and ran over the curb. I stepped on the brake pedal, but it did not stop. I changed the gear to the "p" position and heard a loud noise when the gear was moved through the "n" position. It struck a lamp post before stopping. The vehicle was inspected at Lexus of bellevue, wa, on August 11, 2010, but they denied any vehicle malfunction.

The contact owns a 2005 Lexus Es330. The contact was driving approximately between 10-15 mph in a parking lot. The vehicle began to surge forward and accelerated rapidly. When pressure was applied to the brake pedal there was no power response which resulted to the vehicle crashing into three parked vehicles. The contact suffered minor pain in the right side of the body. A police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was towed to a storage evidence facility with major body damages. The cause of failure had not been determined at the time of the compliant. The failure mileage was 64,000. Updated 11/16/bf updated 11/16/10.

The contact owns a 2005 Lexus Es330. The contact stated that on April 2, 2010 while driving approximately 2 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated, struck a curb and then crashed into a cinder block wall. The air bags did not deploy but there were no injuries or police report filed. The contact called the manufacturer who requested that she not have the vehicle repaired until their investigators inspected it. The vehicle was at a local body shop when the complaint was filed. The current and failure mileages were approximately 42,000.

Unintended acceleration with Lexus vehicle. The consumer stated he sent a report of the vehicle accident to NHTSA. The accident was due to unexpected acceleration. The consumer stated Toyota is attributing most of the accidents to floor mat problems while avoiding further investigation into other possible causes. The consumers wife was driving the vehicle, when suddenly, the engine roared and the vehicle shot ahead, crashing over a low cement wall, knocking down a metal rail fence, coming to rest on top of the collapsed fence with her right front wheel partially submerged in a backyard pool. By then the engine had stalled. Updated 01/12/10 the consumer also stated the air bag did not deploy. Updated 01/15/10. Updated 03/10/10 the consumer stated he owns a 1994 Mercedes Benz, in reviewing the Mercedes Benz owners manual, he came across a warning that stated never to use a portable phone in the car while the engine is running because that could cause a malfunction of the engine's electrical system, possibly causing an accident and personal injury. Apparently, mercedes knew something in 1994 that Toyota does not or won't seriously consider. Updated 03/24/10 updated 003/30/10 updated 04/14/10. The consumer wanted to know which Toyota vehicles are equipped with black boxes. Updated 04/15/10. Updated 05/10/jb.

2006 Lexus ES 330. Completely stopped at traffic light with right foot on brake. Car suddenly lurched forward and smashed into truck in front of car. $3,000 damage to front bumper and hood of Lexus. Car repaired. Unintended acceleration. Now have insurance penalty to pay monthly.

Car out of control on residential street near my home. Sudden acceleration; brakes would not stop car and I could not control steering. Hit telephone pole then a parked car. That car and my 1905 Lexus ES 330 were totaled.

While parking, the consumers 2004 Lexus ES 330 suddenly accelerated jumped and curb hit a tree. The consumer stated she gently pressed the accelerator to inch into a parking space a little more, when the vehicle suddenly went out of control. After hitting the tree, the vehicle then bounced back from the tree and went down an incline to the right where she was able to stop it. The consumer was treated at the hospital for a hairline fracture of her sternum. It took several weeks to recover.

The contact owns a 2006 Lexus Es330. While merging into the right lane at approximately 25 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact was unable to brake and struck a pedestrian. The pedestrian died due to injuries. The contact also rear ended two other vehicles and drove through a fence. The vehicle came to a stop when it crashed into a guard rail. The manufacturer stated that the cause of the failure could have been the floormat. The insurance company claimed that the vehicle was destroyed. The contact received injuries to her back, neck, and leg. Two others were also injured. State police report number 5271887 was filed. The failure and current mileages were 26,286. Updated 10/01/08. The manufacturer stated the floor mats may have become stuck under the accelerator which caused the vehicle to accelerate out of control. Updated 10/08/08. Updated 03/08/10.

While driving, I too experienced sudden unintended acceleration of the vehicle. I overtook a slow moving vehicle in front of me on otherwise an empty one-lane straight road. As I eased back into the lane, the vehicle began to race. I pressed the brake pedal and the car really wanted to go faster and faster. As I was reaching speeds in excess of 50mph, I then shifted to neutral but to no avail as the vehicle continued to accelerate. Luckily, the brake worked at all times. I kept it pressed down real hard while the rpms were going well above 6k. The vehicle behaved as if both the gas and brake pedals were pushed down all the way. Finally, the brakes did their job and as I slowed to a stop and turned the engine off with a key. After collecting myself I turned on the ignition and continued with my trip. Next day, I took the vehicle to highland park Lexus in northbrook, IL at which point the service manager just shrugged his shoulders in disbelief. I long returned the vehicle after the lease expired but can provide me info so that you guys can locate the vehicle and test it if it still on the road somewhere.

On 9/27/2007, my car (Lexus Es330) went out of control due to sudden acceleration in a parking lot of a shopping center in glenview, IL, and crashed with cars parked nearby. This car incident was reported to the car dealer, but I was told there was no problem with the car. The cost of repair was very high.

Pulling into my garage. 2005 Lexus Es330 suddenly accelerated and went thru the back brick wall. One-time occurrence. Cost $10,000. Insurance paid to fix car, fix garage. Then dropped me.

Was parking in a strip mall. My vehicle suddenly accelerated, jumped the parking block and the sidewalk, crashed through the front of a store and came to rest inside the store. This is the only incident with this car. Insurance company repaired the car and we continue to own it and drive it.

While pulling into a parking lot my 2005 Lexus 330 suddenly accelerated and went through a fence and did $1784 in damage to the car. I do not believe I pushed on the accelerator pedal but pushed on the brake pedal. Since then I have not had a problem and have routine maintenance at an authorized dealer.

2005 Es330. Pulling into parking space ready to stop and experienced sudden acceleration incident resulting in a crash into another car.

: the contact stated while exiting the drive way the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. There was a crash with an oncoming vehicle before it stalled in the yard across the street. A police report was filed and there was property damage. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop who repaired the damages to the body of the vehicle. The dealer has not been alerted.

The contact owns a 2005 Lexus es300. The contact stated that while reversing into a garage, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed through the rear of the garage. The contact sustained injuries to the back. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed by the contact¿s insurance agency, who deemed the vehicle as destroyed. The manufacturer was notified and ruled that the contact had erroneously engaged the accelerator as opposed to the brake pedal, causing the acceleration failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 12,000.

The vehicle suddenly accelerated uncontrollably. Driver was able to maintain control of vehicle, and pulled over. Then, turned vehicle off. Took vehicle to the dealer, but mechanic could not duplicate the problem.

While driving at low speeds vehicle hesitated then surged forward. No impact reported. The vehicle hesitated when the accelerator pedal was applied then suddenly after several seconds the vehicle would accelerated suddenly.

2006 Lexus Es330. Experiencing unintended acceleration.

2005 Lexus ES 330. Consumer states unintended acceleration. The consumer stated the sudden acceleration resulted in an accident.