Car Stall Problems of Lexus IS

The vehicle has lunged forward while slowing down or at very slow speeds, and the brakes do not operate effectively. The brake Is always pressed down as far as it goes without avail. There Is no precursor as to when it will happen. In total, the engine lunged forward about 6 times. The first time I nearly hit a vehicle with my minor daughter in the car. The next few times were not as significant in terms of eminent damage. The next incident was worse. It happened in July of 2019 in a drug store parking lot. I was parking in a stall and the vehicle sped up, squealed the tires, jumped the cement parking block, hit some bushes, and I was able to stop it. On this occasion there was damage to my vehicle. There are dents and scratches from the bushes, a tire sensor or two Is not functional anymore, and the underbody was damaged. I was thoroughly scared and afraid was car would continue to do this and I could hurt someone. I was able to stop the vehicle only by putting it in park. The brake was rendered useless. It happened twice on the same day in January of 2020. I was driving slowly and it lunged. I was able to slow it down. I proceeded to park the vehicle. Once again it lunged forward at a concrete parking stop. The brakes did not work. I had to put it in park as the only way to stop the vehicle and prevent further damage. All incidents were in a city driving showily. The vehicle had approximately 40,000 miles on it wheni first noticed the safety concern. The vehicle now has approximately 60,000 miles.

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My vehicle stalled at a red light and would not restart. After being towed to the dealer, they came back with a diagnosis of massive carbon build up. They advised that I reach out to Lexus corporate to determine if there was any support I could receive. After several weeks of going back and forth, Lexus corporate refused to provide any assistance because the car could not produce any of the necessary trouble codes to qualify for their customer support program surrounding this Issue. After much hesitation, I agreed to pay $700 to have the top cleaning done. After top cleaning was complete, the dealer calls to report that the car still wouldn't start and they didn't know what was causing the Issue. Now they have an "expert mechanic" from Lexus corporate coming out to inspect the vehicle and determine the problem. This took another 1 1/2 to 2 weeks to complete. I received a phone call from Lexus corp, that the Issue was now a timing chain that was going to be $1200 to replace. When I spoke with the dealer, they agreed to credit back my $700 from the misdiagnosis but quoted that the timing chain would be $1700, not $1200. After several days of haggling, I finally agreed to pay $1350, only to get another call from the dealer now saying that metal shavings have fallen down into the engine block and the entire engine would need to be replaced. Although I have all of my service records, Lexus Is trying to pin the blame on me, stating "lack of oil changes". My vehicle's year, model and date of service are all qualified to be covered under this warranty. This car has proven to experience these problems associated with this recall and because the engine Is in such bad shape and Is unable to produce any codes, they are refusing to honor this warranty. This has now been going on for nearly 3 months and I still have no car and no resolution in site.

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Vehicle stalls, bucks and sways onto other drivers not an alignment problem when braking the vehicle sways left or right. It Is missing a spare tire and jack, I asked on 3 different occasions for this safety equipment and was denied. Also, missing weather strips on all 4 doors the wind enters the car and one day it Is going to swing it directly off the road .

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