Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Lexus LS400

The contact owns a 2000 Lexus Ls400. The contact stated that while slowly pulling into a parking lot, the vehicle suddenly accelerated abnormally. The vehicle crashed into a wall and the air bags deployed. The vehicle was destroyed. The dealer was notified and advised that they would investigate the failure. The failure and current mileages were 100,000.

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The contact owns a 1998 Lexus Ls400. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The vehicle traveled into a residential garage and crashed into a wall. A police report was not filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was taken to the dealer however, the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 153,000 and the current mileage was 160,000.

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After starting the vehicle, it suddenly accelerated at a high speed. The condition caused the vehicle to hit three parked vehicles and one vehicle in motion. The consumer received minor injuries to her face due to air bag deployment. The other driver and passenger of the other vehicles appeared to show no injury.

While driving 2 mph, the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. The consumer was unable to maintain control of the vehicle and crashed into a building. Upon impact, both frontal air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection. The consumer was pulling into a parking space, slowly, with his foot on the brake when the vehicle suddenly accelerated, went over the curb and into the side of the building.

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While consumer was parking in a parking space vehicle suddenly accelerated.

Sudden acceleration.

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1999 Lexus LS 400. Sudden acceleration.

Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration, causing an accident where no one was injured, the vehicle was towed to dealer who could find no problem even though this happened twice in one day.

While making a u-turn the vehicle suddenly accelerated. Driver put the brakes on, and the brakes squealed and did not stop vehicle. It lost control and hit the side of the wall. Dealer have been contacted, but cannot determine the problem. Please provide further information and VIN#.

In approximately 1995, I experienced the "sudden acceleration" problem twice with my Lexus LS. At the time, no one had ever heard of it and the dealer said he could not reproduce it and could do nothing. After that I was more careful with the floor mats and thought I had solved the problem. For the last 7 to 8 years, the car suddenly slows and stalls. I have repeatedly complained to new country Lexus but they just say that they cannot reproduce the problem and don't know what it is. In June, it happened again and I had to be towed by aaa. At this time I researched "Lexus LS stalling problem" and got hundreds of hits. One Lexus site perfectly explained the problem, how to reproduce it and how to fix it. The posting on the Lexus site was dated 2005, ten years ago. The tow truck driver reproduced the problem within an hour but new country Lexus would not sell him the required resistor to fix it. I took the car to new country Lexus, just north of albany NY, and they have had it since June. They keep saying that they cannot reproduce the problem. They keep telling me that they cannot reproduce the problem but I keep giving them the print-out from the Lexus site and the bill from the towing company explaining exactly how to reproduce and fix the problem. Finally yesterday joe moran said that he could fix it but "as soon as anyone brings up anything to do with sudden acceleration" I am told to stop and do nothing. " he said "it is not in the best interest of the company to fix it. " they clearly seemed to be telling me that this resistor (or sensor) is part of the rapid acceleration problem with Toyota vehicles and, although my vehicle is not on the list of vehicles indicated for a "special protocol," this particular part is traced to the rapid acceleration and they want nothing to do with it.