Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Lexus RX300

1999 Lexus RX 300. Consumer writes in regards to brake failure and acceleration issues while driving vehicle at 60mph.

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Tl the contact owns a 1999 Lexus Rx300. While driving approximately 30 mph, the rpms suddenly increased and the vehicle accelerated to speeds above 85 mph. During the incident, flames were seen coming from the exhaust. The contact sustained a neck injury, which required medical attention. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who indicated that the flames created a hole in the catalytic converter and the oxygen sensor was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer (o'brien Lexus in bellevue wa) were notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 170,000.

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.

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The contact owns a 2001 Lexus Rx300. While driving at approximately 55 mph, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The brakes failed when the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle was shifted into neutral and merged to the side of the road where the vehicle was turned off. The failure recurred once. The vehicle was towed to the contact¿s resident. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000.

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While driving at a speed 40, I noticed lag in gear shift while trying to accelerate to 60 mph. I noticed no pick in speed rather 40 mph became 20 mph, the more I press on the gas petal the only acceleration was notice on the rpm. I had to put on the hazards and pull over to let other cars pass.

Had car in driveway unused for month or two. Car seemed to be idling at higher than usual speed after starting (@2300 rpm). Vehicle jerked a bit at each stop sign as if problem with transmission. Took vehicle on road at 35 to 40 mph, took foot off gas and vehicle kept accelerating at a modest pace to above 50. Glanced at floormat (not touching accelerator), put car in neutral. Engine revved to high rpm than came back to normal. Put back in gear and drove short distance home.

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While driving, the car jerks and then cuts off. This has happened at least half a dozen times within the last 2 months. Engine light is constantly on, even after servicing the car at local Lexus dealer. When car is parked, I noticed exhaust fume smells heavily with gas.

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With little/no warning, automatic transmission (2wd) failed. All gears (p,r,n,d,2,1) worked like neutral gear. If this would've occurred a few minutes earlier, my children and I (located at a sharp turn over a steep hill) could've been seriously injured or killed. Apparently, this is a common problem in Lexus Rx300's from year 1999-2002. How many early transmission failures does it take to have a recall?.

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.

My wife was driving her Lexus 300 RX to a grocery store when car stopped to react on the accelator pedal, then suddenly, the Lexus very strongly accelerated - this also happend before - and its very scary. Case # 480283.

The vehicle suddenly lost transmission on the road and was rolling freely. The gears does not work anymore and the vehicle rolls as if its in neutral. When search the internet I looked at lot of the customers complaining about exact same thing, about this vehicle having transmission issues especially for Rx300. No wonder Toyota has this many recalls and surprised that their premium brand has the same issues with safety. I am glad that this did not happen on a highway.

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!!.

2001 Lexus Rx300 sudden unexplained acceleration causing near accident. This was not due to carpet overlapping gas pedal.

The contact owns a 2003 Lexus Rx300. While driving 10 mph out of the parking lot the vehicle accelerated and he lost control. As he swerved the vehicle he hit three small trees, a wooden fence, and a brick wall before the vehicle stopped. The ambulance and police department came because he was trapped in the vehicle. He was taken to the hospital for injures to his lower back. The vehicle was destroyed. There is a police report if needed. The insurance company was notified. The dealer nor manufacturer have not been called. The failure mileage was 14,070. Updated 05/10/10 the vehicle was declared a loss. Updated 05/17/10.

My parents own a 2000 Lexus Rx300. On the way back from a wedding, the car started to accelerate and my dad could not stop the car. He had to go over through a gas station parking lot to avoid cars stopped at a light. He said the engine kept revving high and the car kept accelerating. He was able to stop the car by running the wheels along the curb. After my dad and my mom were safe, he called me. I rushed over to the car and checked it out. No check engine lights and no other known issues. I called aaa for a tow. I started the car and everything seemed to be okay so I moved it into the parking lot away from the street. I let the car sit for awhile and made sure there was nothing wrong with it. I also checked the floor mats just in case something was stuck but nothing was. They ended up driving home that night. We had to service the brakes because they were all worn from the ordeal.

I experienced and had an accident due to the revving engine issue with Toyota/Lexus. I have a 2000 (used) Lexus SUV and was pulling into a parking space in the lot of a business when the accident happened. I did not have my foot on the gas as I was allowing the car to "creep" into position but had it hovering and/or touching the brake pedal. All of a sudden the engine revved and starting speeding forward, again without my foot on the gas pedal. It happened suddenly and quickly and I immediately hit a sign at the front of the parking space. This set off the air bags, jamming me back in the seat and pulling the seat back. I could not longer reach the pedals but I was stunned by the seat belt explosion. The car went over the sign (flattened it), over a low cement barricade, and into the side of the business. I was not seriously injured due to the air bags but the front of the car was badly damaged. I've never received an type of recall notice and nothing has been done to repair the defect. I'm driving a very scary time bomb.

2001 Lexus Rx300. Consumer states sudden surge into reverse causing a crash into another vehicle.

The contact owns a 2001 Lexus Rx300. While the contact was backing into his parking spot the vehicle had suddenly surged in reverse causing the contact to crash into a nearby vehicle. No one was injured. A police report was filed for the incident. The vehicle had not been diagnosed by the dealership. The current and failure mileages were 78000.

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.

The contact owns a 2003 Lexus Rx300. While driving into a driveway at speeds of under 8 mph, she heard a loud revving noise and the vehicle accelerated. The vehicle crashed into the garage door and pushed two other vehicles in the driveway through a cement wall and through her home. Neither the manufacturer nor dealer were contacted. The repairs were covered through her insurance company. The failure mileage was 38,000 and the current mileage was 70,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Lexus Rx300. While driving into a driveway at speeds of fewer than 8 mph, she heard a loud revving noise and the vehicle accelerated without intent. The vehicle crashed into the garage door and pushed the two vehicles into the driveway through a cement wall and into her home. There were no injuries. Neither the manufacturer nor dealer was contacted. The repairs were covered through her insurance company. The failure mileage was 38,000 and the current mileage was 70,000.

I was slowly backing up through a narrow exit, and then I put the car in drive, slowly pressed the accelerator and the car just took off like a bullet, I hit the wall of a house, I was about 10 or 15 feet from the wall, it was so unexpected, fast and scary that I froze, I was with three other people in the car, we were lucky that nobody got hurt. The car was a total loss. This is the only time this happened.

The gas pedal on my 2001 Lexus RX 300 sometimes sticks. I was not too concerned until the recall of other Toyota products for the same problem. For the most part, the pedal sticks in the idle position so it has not been a problem. The frequency of sticking can be described as infrequent, occurring on 10 to 20 occasions over a two year period.

The contact owns a 2001 Lexus Rx300. While driving 67 mph the vehicle's variable skid control light illuminated and the beeper activated. The contact lost control of the vehicle and began to swerve before automatically shutting off. The vehicle restarted three times without the key in the ignition. The variable skid control beeper deactivated and the light dimmed. The weather was clear with dry road conditions. The current and failure mileages were 103,675.

The contact owns a 1999 Lexus Rx300. Whenever the contact would attempt to stop the vehicle at a low speed the contact noticed that the vehicle would suddenly surge forward before the brakes would engage. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the vehicle was working properly. The contact has noticed the failure since the day the vehicle was purchased. The current and failure mileages were 91000.

While driving came to a complete stop. Then, vehicle surged forward. Took the vehicle to the dealer.

When driving at low speeds, the vehicle surged forward without warning. This caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle and hit a building head on. Upon impact, both frontal air bags did not deploy.

Foot solely on brake as vehicle coming to a stop in parking spot suddenly with no reason accelerated over-riding the pressure on the brake--jumping the concrete stop-knocking over parking post and sign and coming to a stop just hitting the opposing vehicle's left front wheel well doing damage to it and to my car.

Consumer was involved in a frontal collision in which vehicle rolled over and landed on the roof. Upon impact, driver's and passenger's air bags did not deploy. Also the engine would not cut off. Please give any further details.