Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2005 Lexus LS430

Driving into the garage to park, the car jerked and suddenly accelerated. Crashed into the shelvings, plumbing tools and parts. Pushing everything against the rear wall which was damaged.

On 10/17/09 at about 5:40 pm, after drinking a vodka with ice, my husband and I went to dinner in our 2005 Ls430 Lexus. We intended to go to dinner a relatively short distance away. I turned on military trail, proceeded to the left lane traveling southbound towards northlake blvd, palm beach gardens, florida. As I approached a traffic light my Lexus unexpectedly sped up. I tried to apply the brake. There were cars stopped in front of me at the red light. Despite my efforts my car continued to accelerate. I took evasive maneuvers to avoid the stopped vehicles in front of me. The left tires of my Lexus went up on the center median and my car continued to accelerate through the intersection. I missed the vehicles stopped at the traffic light and traveling through the intersection. My car would not stop accelerating. I struck a corvette stopped in the left northbound lane of military trail. After striking the corvette, I continued through the southbound lanes until I intentionally drove my car into a fire hydrant in order to stop and avoid striking gas pumps at a shell station. My husband and I were injured in this crash. The driver of the corvette passed away. My Lexus is still in police custody. No repairs have been made at this time. I was charged with driving under the influence (manslaughter), and 3 other charges. I am vigorously fighting those charges as I was not impaired and, as evidenced by my evasive maneuvers, had control of my car. But for the sudden acceleration, this accident and death would have not occurred. In Nov. 2008, my husband was driving the same Lexus and as he pulled into our garage the car would not stop and hit cabinets in our garage. Looking back and comparing what happened in my accident on 10/17/09 it is clear that my husbands earlier accident was the result of some sort of malfunction of our Lexus accelerator system. No repairs were made to the vehicle at that time. Updated 04/22/10 updated 07/07/10.

2005 Lexus Ls430. Consumer states unintended acceleration the consumer stated when he approached his parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated even though his foot was on the brake. Fortunately, a steel fence stopped the vehicle from crashing into the adjacent building. The consumer stated the vehicle sustained $5,000 in damages. Updated 05/12/10.

The consumer experienced sudden acceleration in her 2005 Lexus LS 430 while pulling into a parking lot . The consumer doesn't think the air bag inflated all the way because her noise hit the steering wheel. Her right shin smashed into the dashboard which resulted in a very large hematoma on her right shin. Smoke started coming out of the steering column and soon after flames could be seen through the heavy smoke. The fire was extinguished by the fire dept. It took 6 1/2 days for the vehicle to be repaired. The consumer request that the manufacturer reimburse her for her medical bills, rental payments, lease payments and amount paid to lawyer. Updated 05/03/10.