Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2004 Lexus RX330

The contact owns a 2004 Lexus Rx330. While backing up the vehicle in the driveway at a low rate of speed, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration and crashed into the garage and house. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. During the incident, the vehicle failed to immediately stop while depressing the brake pedal. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 119,000.

Vehicle periodically (approx. Weekly) surges between 2nd and 3rd gear (automatic transmission). Has been doing this since purchase in oct. 2003, as a brand new vehicle, up through the present date. For years I complained verbally, and wrote letters and e-mails to Lexus. They first denied there was a problem, then changed tactics and blamed it on me, then said they didn't know what the problem was or if there was a problem, then Lexus finally admitted there was a problem--"off the record," but didn't know how to fix it. Every time I brought the car in for routine service, they would install computer updates to see if that would fix the problem--which it did not. Years ago, I researched through government records and found numerous complaints of the same kind with 2004 Lexus RX 330s. In light of recent recalls of Toyota vehicles, I am concerned that this may someday turn into the same unintended acceleration problem that is happening with other toyotas. I do not feel safe in my car!.

The contact owns a 2004 Lexus Rx330. The vehicle suddenly accelerated into the rear of the contacts garage. The vehicle was traveling 2 mph when the vehicle started to surge forward. The failure has only occurred one time. The mechanic that inspected the vehicle was unable to find any mechanical failure. The failure mileage was 100,000. The current mileage was 105,000.

Vehicle has experienced unintended acceleration three times during the two years that I have owned it. . This happened on occasions when I had slowed down and then slightly depressed the gas pedal to resume speed. With the gas pedal slightly depressed, I felt the pedal go further down by itself, leaving my foot and the car going faster. I said, "whoa! what was that?, and then assumed that the car had some sort of overdrive that caused it to do that. On two of the occasions this occurred when I had slowed to exit a freeway, and then slightly depressed the gas pedal to resume speed and get onto an access road. I have called the Lexus dealer and am taking it in to be checked.

I was turning into a parking space at work and my 2004 Lexus Rx330 suddenly made a revving noise and accelerated into a tree in the median and then smashed head on into the car in the opposite space. The BMW that my car hit was completely totaled. My forward momentum was stopped by the BMW because my car climbed on the tree and ended up on top of the BMW. I was not on the phone and had no alcohol or drugs in my system and there was no passenger in the car to distract me. I am a 58 year old healthy woman who has been driving for 42 years. I took the car into my Lexus dealer and they checked the computer and claimed there were no defects. They told me I had probably stepped on the gas instead of the brake or the floor mat had gotten stuck on top of the accelerator pedal. I checked the pedal (as did a CO-worker) right after the accident and the mat was not on or near the pedal. In addition, I do not believe I hit the gas instead of the brake as the parking spot had an uphill grade and I most likely was not yet ready to brake when the acceleration occurred. The weather was clear and sunny. My brother, who is an airline pilot, suggested that it could have been the drive-by-wire electronics malfunctioning but the Lexus dealer assured me that could not possibly have been the case. Now, hearing about all of the other acceleration problems I believe my complaint should be added to the list of Lexus/Toyota unexplained unintended acceleration problems. If someone had been in front of me or in the car I hit they would have been badly injured or killed. I have pictures of the damage if you would like to seem them.

The contact owns a 2004 Lexus Rx330. While driving 65 mph the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 100 mph. The vehicle accelerated off of the road, over the median and crashed head on into another vehicle. The driver was killed during the crash. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact does not have any information on what caused the vehicle to crash. The contact feels the crash was caused by a faulty computer in the vehicle. The failure mileage was 23,000. Updated 11/16/10.