Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2007 Lexus ES350

Experienced three instances of unintended acceleration. The third instance of unintended acceleration was extremely dangerous and brakes would not stop the acceleration and forward momentum. Had to put the car into neutral to stop the forward movement while applying the brakes. It still took approximately 10 seconds for the throttle acceleration and spinning tires to stop. Floor mats were original Lexus installed carpet mats and checked to see they were properly installed, and they were. After the first instance of the unintended acceleration, I was diligent in ensuring my foot was in the middle of the brake pedal and not inadvertently on the accelerator. The fact that it occurred two more times, with the last instance being quite severe while I properly applied the brakes point to a problem with the electronic throttle control system. Reported the incident to Lexus and allegedly they will investigate. I never received any recalls on this vehicle from Lexus and had the vehicle serviced every 5k miles and the dealership never mentioned nor took action on the recall specified in NHTSA case number 09v388000.

The contact owns a 2007 Lexus Es350. The contact stated that while traveling 20 mph, the floor mat made contact with the accelerator pedal, causing the vehicle to erroneously accelerate. The contact was able to safely merge off the roadway to remove the obstruction. The vehicle was driven to the dealer where it was determined that the floor mats were not the original equipment mats and advised the contact to purchase new floor mats. The manufacturer replaced the floor mats only to experience the same failure. The manufacturer was contacted about the issue. The failure mileage was 59,000 and the current mileage was 87,000. The VIN was not available.

2007 Lexus Es350. Consumer states sudden unintended acceleration the consumer stated his wife was driving the vehicle, when it suddenly accelerated forward on its own, as she was entering a parking space, resulting in damage to the vehicle.

The contact owns a 2007 Lexus Es350. The contact stated that the driver was traveling 70 mph when the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The driver applied constant, abrupt pressure to the vehicle but to no avail. In order to stop the vehicle, the driver shifted to neutral which caused the engine to exhibit an extreme increase in rpms. She then inspected the accelerator pedal to determine if it was stuck but noticed that the floor mat was atop the pedal. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 61,489.

The contact owns a 2007 Lexus Es350. While attempting to park, the contact applied the brakes and the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into the bricks of a store. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was located at an authorized dealership at the time of the complaint. The failure and current mileages were approximately 46,000.

The contact owns a 2007 Lexus Es350. The contact stated that when driving at approximately 45 mph, she noticed the vehicle begin to suddenly accelerate. She depressed the brake pedal but the vehicle continued to accelerate. She stepped on the brakes again and engaged the emergency brake but the vehicle continued to accelerate for about two miles. The vehicle finally stopped and the contact pulled to the side of the road. The contact called the manufacturer who advised him to take the vehicle to an authorized dealership. The contact was uncomfortable driving the vehicle and opted not to. The current and failure mileages were approximately 14,000.

Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6) on February 23, 2010 at about 3 pm I was parking my 2007 Lexus Es350 in a parking space at starbucks at belgrade shopping center. When I reached the curb with my foot on the brakes I started to put the car in park and suddenly the car just took off up over the curb. I kept pressing harder and harder on the brakes with my right foot and applied the parking brake with my left foot. The car traveled up over the curb and into the grassy - wooded area beyond the parking lot. The car finally stopped. Lexus was notified and towed the vehicle to Lexus of richmond, va where the recall repairs were made. We have been afraid to drive the vehicle for fear of injury or death due to a future unexpected sudden acceleration happening again. This is the statement of [xxx] who was driving the vehicle when this event occurred.

2007 Lexus Es350. Complained twice to dealer about unexpected acceleration. Dealer initially said there was nothing wrong. Second time they indicated it was a computer glitch and "flashed" the system. This has not taken care of the problem. Was told to keep complaining, so that Lexus would eventually find a fix. Problem remains. . . . When you approach a red light and begin to stop, then the light changes to green. . . When you go to accelerate, the transmission "jumps" and accelerates unexpectedly. I haven't had an accident, but am afraid that I'll hit another car. This is not a one time occurrence.

The vehicle was involved in an accident caused by sudden acceleration. The driver was stopped for a red light. When the light turned green, the driver release the brake and then the vehicle accelerated on its own and collided with the vehicle ahead. The accident was reported to the Lexus as a product liability case, caused by a sudden or unintended acceleration. The vehicle was inspected at the magnussen Lexus dealerships, fremont, California by Lexus technicians on January 26, 2010. On February 10, 2010 the Lexus claims administrator sent us a letter stating that the vehicle revealed no evidence of any vehicle defects. I reject this assertion by Lexus and hereby requesting that NHTSA investigate this matter.

The contact owns a 2007 Lexus Es350. As the contact was driving 5 mph into her driveway, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning causing the contact to crash into the garage door. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that there were no problems with the vehicle. There were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 14000. Updated 8/4/10 the consumer no longer owns the vehicle. Updated 08/09/jb.

Petition for additional investigation into the unwanted and unintended acceleration of model year 2007 Lexus Es350. The manufacturer stated the unwanted acceleration was a result of the floor mats interfering with the throttle pedal. The consumer experienced unwanted acceleration and does not believe the problem is with the floor mats. See also 10261660 .

Driving home from work, I experienced a sudden uncontrollable surge in acceleration causing my speed to increase from about 60 mph to 80+ mph. Immediately I began to brake hard as I was rapidly approaching traffic just ahead of me. Fortunately the inside left lane was unoccupied and I was able to make an immediate lane change. Initially I depressed the brake pedal as hard as I could using both feet but only managed to slow the vehicle to 40-45 mph. With my speed reduced, I alternated between pumping the accelerator pedal and pulling up on it from the underside with my right foot as it became clear that the throttle was stuck in an open position. The vehicle continued to speed back up to over 65 mph with less pressure on the brake pedal. With traffic just ahead of me, I moved over to the left shoulder next to the center barrier and continued to try to release the open throttle. There were clouds of smoke around the vehicle and the smell of burning materials from the overheating brakes. After finally getting the vehicle slowed down to about 25-30 mph, I shifted into neutral and depressed the start/stop push button a number of times hoping to stop the engine but nothing happened. Instead the rpms moved up into the redline range on the tachometer. I quickly shifted back into drive; the vehicle jolted and rapidly accelerated to 60+ mph. As the brakes were fading quickly, I was certain that I would need to shift back into neutral and let the engine blow up to stop the vehicle. Suddenly the acceleration surge stopped and I was able to bring the vehicle to a stop about 1 â½ to 2 miles from where it had started. I quickly shifted into park and depressed the start/stop push button to turn off the engine. The vehicle seemed to shutter as I did so. Upon restarting the car, I drove cautiously to Lexus of wayzata a short distance away fully prepared to shift into neutral if the acceleration repeated. The car remains there over 5 weeks later.

While backing my 2007 Lexus ES 350 up my driveway, the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated and crashed into the corner of my garage. Although driving carefully and slowly, the vehicle jolted back as if the fuel injection system had kicked in. No one was injured, and I did not file an insurance claim for resulting damage to the car or the garage.

Unintended acceleration on my 2007 Es350 Lexus. Damage to my entire right side of car, wheels. Happened on 7/09/08, no winter mats in car. It was towed to the dealer, where they kept it for 5 months,& refused to talk to me, because it was a legal matter. They found no problem.

2007 Lexus Es350. Suspected unintended acceleration causing fatal crash. The decedent was driving, when apparently his vehicle crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a van. A passenger in the van was also killed. (attorney on behalf of decedent).

Decedent was driving a 2007 Lexus Es350 on CO. Rd. 207 in ross county, ohio. Vehicle crossed center line and collided head-on into prison van, killing driver of Lexus and prisoner in van. Lexus driver known to be a very cautious driver and rough calculation of speed of Lexus by police investigator causes suspicion of unintended acceleration updated 03/30/10 updated 09/28/jb.

While driving my 2007 Lexus 350 ES on Saturday, may 3, I experienced unintended acceleration. My vehicle unexpectedly accelerated and I was unable to successfully brake or shut off the car with the push button ignition. While struggling to gain control of the vehicle (and avoid hitting other vehicles), I was finally able to stop the car using the emergency brake, putting the car in park and holding the push button ignition for several seconds. A great deal of smoke resulted. . . I immediately contacted woodfield Lexus, my local Lexus dealer. I was told to bring the car to the dealer ASAP for review. I did so, and my vehicle is currently with the dealer to perform necessary testing. When I arrived at the dealer, the service manager noticed that my floormats were secured, but upside down -- the result of a recent oil change (2 days prior) -- where the woodfield Lexus service technician turned my floormats over -- then forgot to properly secure them in the correct position. I notified woodfield Lexus of another acceleration issue in 2007, however I was told that the "jumping" acceleration is a know glitch with my make/model/year. My vehicle is unsafe to drive.

The contact previously leased a 2007 Lexus Es350. The contact stated that the driver indicated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated while the vehicle was stopped. The driver depressed the brake pedal which avoided an accident. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership but no repairs were performed. The vehicle was turned back in to the dealership. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that the dealer had to make a decision about the situation. The current mileage was unknown. The failure mileage was 2,042.

The vehicle owner claims that the vehicle suddenly accelerated and that she applied the brakes but the vehicle did not slow down. She also tried the emergency brake but that did not slow the vehicle either. She then hit another vehicle and that stopped her vehicle. The vehicle then started on fire after the collision.

Driver was injured when driving her new (six weeks old) Lexus Es350 with approximately 700 miles on the odometer. Due to a defect with the automobile, the car, while proceeding on a roadway, suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated. The car would not stop even though the driver had fully applying the brakes. The driver, jamming on the brakes, was able to slow the car. The driver, unable to turn off the engine by pushing the ignition button and unable to stop the movement of the car by the application of the brakes, intentionally crashed the car into a parked automobile to stop. After the car finally stopped, driver was unable to turn off the engine even after moving the stick into the "park" position.

While driving my new Lexus Es350 on the interstate in January 2007, the car suddenly accelerated out of control. As I applied the brake initially with one foot and then both feet. I also pushed the ignition button and tried everything I could think of to slow the vehicle-nothing seemed to help. The engine continued to power the car forward. Eventually the car ran off the road into a snow bank. Lexus and the dealer (Lexus of portland maine) claimed they could find no problem with the car. We are hopeful for some type of resolution either from Lexus or the dealer. We would be interested in hearing from others who have experienced similar problems with a Lexus.

We bought a 2007 Lexus ES 350 in November. At ~1,000 miles on the odometer I had one episode of unwanted acceleration. I was merging onto the highway. I was trying to keep a constant speed but the car accelerated in the blink of an eye. I do not remember the specifics. I think I was going about 30 and the car zoomed to 60. I put my foot on the brake and the car slowed down. I do not remember the exact dates so I am estimating for the entry below. I have also had some problems with stopping. I would slow to stop and put my foot on the brake but the car would continue to lurch forward. There again I just kept pushing hard on the brakes. This did not occur at a rapid rate of speed. Since I had the rubber floor mats reinstalled I have not noticed it. I dropped the car off at the dealership in may of 2007. I explained that I had heard there had been some problems with the black rubber mats and I requested they install them properly. I had tried to install them myself but was unable to remove the carpet mats that came with the car so the mats had been sitting on top of the carpet mats. The dealership checked out the car and said it was okay.

While traveling north bound at approximately 55 mph on interstate I-75 / m-59 with in oakland county / state of michigan my automobile suddenly accelerated, after attempting to apply the automobile brakes, to approximately 85 mph. This sudden unwanted acceleration caused the vehicle to crash into the highway guard rail and go into a roll over. As a result of the sudden acceleration and roll over the vehicle was damage beyond repair and I was injured with serious back, neck and pelvic injuries. See also 10176450.