Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2006 Lexus GS300

A few months after I bought my 2006 Lexus Gs300 in Jan. , 2006, I experienced the sudden acceleration of my car. I was passing a car and when I took my foot off of the gas pedal it continued to accelerate. I tried the brake but it seemed frozen. . It didn't move at all. I quickly threw the car into neutral, and as I was about to hit the car in front of me, I shifted into park. . . It was the only way to get the car to stop. Then I turned the car off. The first time I attempted to start the car back up, it raced. On the second attempt it seemed to start up normally, and I drove it to work. I took the car in to the dealer the next day. They said everything checked out fine. The other evening 8/3/09, a little more than 3 years after the first incident, my wife was driving on the highway, with me in the passenger seat. As she was accelerating , all of a sudden when she took her foot off of the accelerator, the pedal continued to move toward the floor . It got up to 80 miles an hour, when she did as I did, put it in neutral, pull over on the shoulder, and throw it into park. She was frantic, calling the car a " deathtrap " . I called the dealer for a tow and when I described what happened, he said it was probably the mats. . No way. Even after we moved the mat completely away and restarted the car. . The rpm's raced up. Even the tow truck driver said the car raced and " jumped ' when he pulled it onto the flatbed . The dealer called the next day and said the car is fine. I told him I want them to keep the car until they figure out the problem and fix it. I had a loaner for a couple days and then the demanded it back. I said I don't want my car back until it's fixed or they give me a new one. I can't supply the VIN right now because the car is still at the dealer, but I can get it.

The contact owned a 2006 Lexus Gs300. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated while driving at approximately 15 mph. The vehicle began shaking and a warning light appeared on the instrument panel. In an attempt to stop the vehicle, the contact crashed into a construction site. There were no injuries and the vehicle had minor body damage. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the body damage was repaired, but the failure could not be duplicated. The current and failure mileages were 2,761. Updated 06/22/10.