Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2008 Lexus ES350

While entering my garage, my car suddenly accelerated and smashed into the rear wall destroying a cabinet and refridgerator and went through the wall. I couldn't stop the car as evidenced by brake skid marks on the garage floor. Lexus later inspected the car and claimed they could find no defect. Fortunately my wife and I were only shaken up from the deployment of the airbags. The car was totaled. My home and auto insurance covered part of the damage and Lexus has disavowed any responsibility, but they never inspected the damage to our home or the evidence that I was trying to stop the car almost from the instant it entered the garage. I can provide pictures by email, but I can't seem to retrieve them for this document. T.

The contact owns a 2008 ES 350 Lexus. While driving 15 mph, and approaching a traffic light, the vehicle suddently accelerated excessively and crashed into another vehicle. There was no damage to the vehicle, nor were there any injuries. The contact's vehicle sustained minor damage. He notified the insurance company when the crash occurred. There was no police report. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 43,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Lexus Es350. The contact stated while driving approximately 20 mph around a curve, the vehicle erroneously accelerated. The brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle slowed down. The vehicle then resumed normally. The contact mentioned that failure was experienced multiple times. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified and stated that they would send an engineer to inspect the vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 23,800.

The contact owns a 2008 Lexus Es350. The contact owns a 2008 Lexus Es350. While cruising 60 mph the Lexus suddenly accelerated to over 90 mph. Contact stood on the brake as hard as he could and switched the ignition off, but the car continued revving as high as the motor would go. Finally, the contact was able to get the car into neutral to slow down. However, by then the brakes were red hot. Contact pulled the coil wire to stop the motor from blowing up. After, the contact's terrified wife and children calmed down from the near death experience, the Lexus was towed to a Lexus dealer. The contact called and wrote the dealer for weeks but only received a response after threatening legal action. Toyota of America then sent a representative to erase the onboard computer data proving even Toyota thinks its unintended acceleration is electrical, not mechanical. Updated 01/25/lj updated 04/18/11.

Owner of 2008 Lexus ES received recall notice for issue with sudden acceleration. Car was taken to Lexus service dept for repairs. However a month or so later, the car suddenly accelerated getting up to speed of approx 70 mph in a residential area. Brakes did not stop or slow car down. As a result, two parked cars were hit, and damaged residents yards before running head on into a tree in someone's yard. The driver and passenger were injured.

On 4-26-10, while in cincinnati ohio, I was the passenger in a 2008 Lexus Es350 . We were going to kroger. The driver stopped at a stop sign and after leaving the stop sign the car suddenly accelerated all by it's self to a very fast speed. Due to the car's excessive speed, the car left the street and hit 2 other vehicles & a tree. Special note: since this type car was part of a recall. Prior to the accident the owner / driver of the car had taken the car to the dealership to be "fixed" as indicated in the recall letter.

The contact owns a 2008 Lexus Es350. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated out of control at night and she was unable to stop the vehicle when she applied the brakes. The contact was driving approximately 40 mph prior to the failure. The vehicle drove over the curb and collided into a tree and a retaining wall. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The contact called the manufacturer and was told that a representative would come out to inspect the vehicle. The contact noticed small instances of surging but not to the point where she could not stop or control the vehicle. The vehicle was currently at the body shop awaiting inspection. The current and failure mileages were approximately 45,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Lexus Es350. While driving at speeds of 10 mph, the vehicle began to rapidly accelerate without warning. The contact tried to apply the brakes but the vehicle would not decrease in speed. The vehicle crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The front end of the vehicle was damaged. The manufacturer was notified but nothing was done regarding any repairs. The failure and current mileages were just under 14,000.

I was driving a 2008 Lexus ES 350 down wisconsin avenue in bethesda, MD and was stationary at a red traffic light at the intersection of wisconsin avenue and bradley blvd. When the light changed to green, upon lightly pressing the accelerator to get my car moving again, it started to rapidly accelerate (out of my control) and, despite my pressing the brakes with full force, the car was moving very fast and stopped only after a few hundred feet, when it crashed into the vehicle in front of me. That vehicle crashed into another vehicle in front of it. A car hit me from behind as well. My airbags went off and my car was damaged so much that it had to be towed away. I am convinced that this accident was caused by a accelerator defect in the car. This is consistent with the ongoing Toyota investigation into accelerator defects in my car model. I am lucky that I survived. Had I not been in heavy traffic, that forced my car to stop, I can only imagine how much more speed I would have gained resulting in likely much greater damage to life and property.

On October 1, 2009 my 2008 Lexus ES 350 experienced uncontrolled acceleration. Upon entering the highway the vehicle increased in speed to approx. 90 mph without depressing the accelerator. The vehicle did not stop or slow down even after stepping forcefully on the brakes. I pushed the start/stop button on the dashboard numerous times and the car would not stop or cut off. Somehow, through the grace of god I begin shifting the gears, once the gear was placed in neutral the speed finally broke and the car slowed down. The vehicle was steered to the side of the road where the car had difficulty coming to a complete stop. Once the car actually stopped I called the Lexus dealership and a flatbed was sent and the car was towed to the dealership for service. The Lexus service department determined the damage consisted of burnt front pads and rotors and burnt rear pads and rotors that all occurred while trying to stop the runaway vehicle.