Five problems related to vehicle speed control have been reported for the 2002 Lexus RX300. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I entered parking lot and pulled into parking spot with my foot on brake barely going. I was almost all the way into spot when my car lunged up with extremely high rpms. I went into small tree, drove over another car, car flipped on side, then flipped over on roof and into another parked car. Engine overtook the brakes. I am original owner with car extremely well maintained by Lexus. I have never heard or felt this car like this before.
My wife was driving in freeway (highway 101 in bay area, CA) around 8:00pm. The car was at a speed of ~60 miles/hr. The car started accelerating independently. My wife exited 101 immediately and found that she could not get the car to fully stop even though she applied the brake fully. The car was still idling full throttle after my wife put the car in park. Then my wife shut off the engine. I had the car towed to Lexus dealer service. The dealer's advisor told me he has not seen this kind of case before and he has to talk to his manager; unfortunately his manager is not available and he will have his manager call me.
In attempting to park my vehicle at a store parking lot, at very low speed (<1 mph) with my foot on or hovering over the brake pedal, my car lunged forward, jumped the 'stopper' and ran into a handicap parking pole. The car engine continued to race/accerlerate until I removed the key from the ignition. The store surveillance system caught the accident on tape. Had it not been for the upright concrete pole, my vehicle very well would have caused injury to others. Fortunately, neither my passenger nor I were injured. My insurance company found no damage to my brakes; and resulting damage to the front end has been repaired. However, since the accident, I have had my front brakes replaced. I am considerably more cognizant of slight accelleration of the vehicle without my assistance!!.
I owned a 2002 Lexus Rx300, which was totaled in may of 2009 due to a sticking accelerator. After I started it in my garage, the very second, I engaged the drive gear, with my foot securely planted on the brake, my vehicle took off like a rocket. It crashed thru my garage door, proceeded about 20 feet across my driving pad, crashed thru a brick retaining wall and did not stop until it hit my neighbors house next door. My vehicle was totaled and collision resulted in massive damage to my home and my neighbors home. Toyota inspected my vehicle and advised that my incident was not the result of a manufacturing defect and that they were unable to determine the cause. My vehicle had 61,000 miles and was in mint condition, at the time of the crash. I reported this incident to NHTSA on 6/1/09. There has been no mention of later model Lexus in any of the conversations. Id like for someone to address my issue as well. Thank you.
While driving came to a complete stop. Then, vehicle surged forward. Took the vehicle to the dealer.