Cruise Control Problems of Lexus GS300

Lexus GS300 owners have reported 6 problems related to cruise control (under the vehicle speed control category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Cruise Control problem of the 1998 Lexus GS300

Failure Date: 09/22/2017

I was going to go to work, an when I started to push on the thotthle/ gas pedal . Nothing engaged an then all of sudden it worked like it was back to running normal for like 10 seconds then lost almost all the power an you can push the padel to the floor almost befor it will even engage. It's my everyday driving car it not safe to be driving, when it's malfunctioning in the ecu, vsc , cruise control quit because of what happened. There a recall on the vsc for the Lexus GS 300 for having malfunction problems. But it only let's the you use only the last 25 percent of the gas padel, it don't do anything in till almost to the floor. This happened in brookville pennsylvania, when I was turing left on to route 36 south. I also had to replace my thottle body because when this all happened, my thottle it was stuck in wide open thottle. It was very dangerous it could have easily put others citizens an my life in danger, witch could cause serious injuries, or in a worse case death. I'm filling out this foam in regards of a recall, to fix or replace the ecu, vsc , cruse control .

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2 Cruise Control problem of the 2006 Lexus GS300

Failure Date: 12/14/2009

2006 Lexus Gs300. This event occurs when the cruise control is engaged. Suppose the speed is set at 70 mph and I slow down to 67 mph because of traffic. When I push the resume lever, the engine greatly speeds up and the transmission drops into a lower gear. The result is a lunge forward instead of a smooth increase in speed. Very dangerous.

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3 Cruise Control problem of the 2001 Lexus GS300

Failure Date: 03/05/2003

My complaint is on the use of the cruise control device and the hidden dangers of it's usage, especially on slick/poor road surfaces. If used and the resume button is engaged the car attempts to accelerate to the set speed while the tires have no traction on the road, causing the car to spin out of control, a series of 360's. This is a very serious unpredictable situation no matter what your experience is as a driver. We can save lives if a warning was in full view in all vehicles, similiar to the airbag and seatbelt warnings. I am aware of several incidents but have found that there is not enough action being taken to inform drivers. In addition to some type of warning label, my question is, can any action be taken by all car manufacturers, to design the cruise control option to disengage if there is inadequate road traction?.

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4 Cruise Control problem of the 1998 Lexus GS300

Failure Date: 04/10/1998

At 45 mph vehicle accelerates without control, have to shift to neutral, and turn ignition off. From a stop the car will suddenly accelerates without drivers control. Front end shakes at 45 mph and above, has cruise control.

5 Cruise Control problem of the 1998 Lexus GS300

Failure Date: 12/01/1997

Vehicle in cruise control and experienced sudden surge/acceleration with no brakes. Mjs.

6 Cruise Control problem of the 1998 Lexus GS300

Failure Date: 11/18/1997

Cruise control failed. Yh.


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