Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2010 Lexus RX350

The contact owns a 2010 Lexus Rx350. While driving 55 mph, the vehicle accelerated rapidly. The contact lost control and crashed into another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The other driver was injured, but did not require medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was excluded from NHTSA campaign number: 12v305000 (vehicle speed control). The failure mileage was approximately 110,000.

Driver was pulling into a parking spot, just rolling to a stop with her foot on the brake. The car suddenly accelerated into a brick wall and a tree. The front bumper of the car was smashed and the frame was bent. Air bag did not deploy as it should have. Owner contacted Lexus legal department the next day and filed a claim. 16 days later a third party investigator recovered the data from the event data recorder. It has been 50 days since the claim was filed and we got a letter today from Toyota stating "no defects were identified!" this is totally unacceptable. Toyota settled a 1. 1 billion dollar class action law suit regarding "unintended acceleration" cases. Obviously there is a big problem. We will be following up with legal representation. In the mean time the car sits in the garage, while we make payments on a car that is totally unsafe to drive!.

The contact owns a 2010 Lexus Rx350. While driving at approximately 60 mph, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a truck. The vehicle sustained significant damage to the front end. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 43,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Lexus Rx350. The contact stated that the engine rpms increased excessively as the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact crashed into another vehicle as a result. A police report was filed but there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be replicated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 38,000.

Tl the contact owns a 2010 Lexus Rx350. The contact stated that while riving approximately 15 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated at a rapid pace. The vehicle continued to accelerate as the brakes were applied. The driver was able to shift into neutral and turned the engine off. The vehicle returned to normal function after several moments and was driven to the contact's home. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The failure and current mileage was 38,000. Kmj.

On oct 5, 2011 at 7:45 am , I was traveling on a one lane road each way in rural connecticut ( 35 mph zone). I decided to pass a car that was traveling well below the speed limit when my Lexus Rx350 lurched forward suddenly and then had a huge burst of accelerating speed. I applied my foot to the brakes and the car slowed very slightly, but started to buck a little and then once again felt like it kicked into a higher gear. My dashboard was flashing " brake failure" as I looked down and saw that my foot was firmly planted down on the brakes. Fortunately, there were few cars on the road and only once did I have to pass a car on a blind curve hoping no one was approaching from the other way, so as to avoid ramming a car in front of me. I had resolved in my mind that I was going to crash, and was trying to find a place to take the car off the road while trying to minimize injury to me. I stopped looking at my speed, but it was clearly in excess of 60 mph in a 35 mph zone. I was lucky that day, since there were few cars on the road and the stretch of road I was on was fairly straight. I drove this way for about 1. 5 miles when it then occurred to me to shift the car into neutral. Once I did this the car eventually reduced speed to about 5-10 mph. I threw the car into park and jumped out of the vehicle, which at this point was engulfed in smoke from the failed brakes. Lexus blamed the incident on a stuck accelerator pad, although they admitted when the car came to their shop the pad was not stuck. I know factually that the pad was not stuck, since I looked down at my feet during the episode and saw my foot on the brake, and the accelerator pad in its normal position. This was clearly an incident of sudden acceleration. Lexus allowed me to break my lease and lease a 2012, which now has a brake override system (as of 2011 models) .

On 7/1/2011 at 10. 45pm. I was driving my Lexus 2010 Rx350 eastbound on the lie service road in glen cove NY. I was travelling at 35 to 45 mph,when suddenly my "brake malfunction light" started flashing on my dashboard. I instinctively tapped the brake, and the brakes did not respond. Then the car had unintended acceleration,I then pressed on the brakes with all my might, to stop this vehicle careering off the road. With gods grace I was able to stop the car by downshifting gears. This is the first time I have experienced this life threatening problem. So far Lexus have discredited this experience, by claiming the mat was stuck under the accelerator and or brake. I strongly and vehemently disagree with their evaluation and analysis. I intend to take this matter further with Lexus.

In a 2010 Lexus RX 350 my grandmother was a passenger in which the vehicle was at a stop waiting for an apartment complex secuirty gate to open. The car suddenly accelerated to speeds above 60 mph. The vehicle crashed through two apartment complex security gates, went airborne over a busy street and came to rest against the side of a building. To our horror, my grandmother perished in the accident. We are awaiting the information from the black box. I hesitate so say too much because we are still in the decision making process of how/if to proceed regarding litigation. Do not purchase, drive or ride in one of these vehicles.

The contact owns a 2010 Lexus Rx350. While driving 5 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into two other vehicle which caused a chain reaction. There were no injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer for body repairs. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that they would send an investigator to inspect the vehicle. The vehicle had not been inspected. The failure mileage was approximately 7,000.

On 7/29/2010 my 2010 Lexus RX 350 experienced unintended exhilaration causing a collision with a parking lot collision safety post (metal pipe filled with concrete) causing extensive frontal damage of the vehicle. The incident occurred at approximately 1245 on a clear day dry pavement with no other vehicles in the parking lot near the scene of the collision. The incident occurred when I was pulling into the a parking spot making right hand turn. As I was entering the parking spot at approximately 1/2 way I tapped the accelerator pedal to complete the parking maneuver and that is when the car lunged forward with a speed indicative of hard acceleration colliding with the post before I could take any action to slow or stop the vehicle. The acceleration detailed above has happened once before when my husband was driving the vehicle and experienced sudden acceleration. We were both puzzled by the event but decided to dismiss it since it occurred during the nation wide media blitz about Toyota vehicles unintended acceleration, and really did not want to buy in into mass hysteria. Hind sight being 20/20 maybe we should have.

Model year 2010 Lexus RX 350 had a sudden acceleration problem while trying to park in a parking lot parking place in edmond oklahoma. The car surged forward running over the curb and required swerving to the right onto a grass median between the parking lot and busy fast moving street. The car then traveled approximately 100 feet at an uncontrollable speed before swerving back into the parking lot where the vehicle then stopped. The car is only three months old and has 2040 miles. The Lexus dealer says there is no history of sudden acceleration issues with this year and model car. The car is now at the dealership awaiting 7- 14 days for a Lexus factory specialist to examine the car. This sudden acceleration issue is not mere parts or inconvenience issue. This was a near death experience and a possible life or death issue for other 2010 Lexus RX 350 owners.

The contact owns a 2010 Lexus Rx350. The contact stated that when accelerating from a stopped or slowed position, the vehicle would change gears at random. This failure occurred numerous times. On the latest occasion, upon accelerating from a slowed position, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact applied pressure to the brakes to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where it was located at the time of the complaint; the dealer had been unable to diagnose the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 7,000. The current mileage was approximately 11,000.

My car suddenly accelerated as I was parking and hit a concrete wall. I was almost in the space and going 1mph aprox. 3 or 4 feet from the wall. They said I stepped on the wrong pedal to cause it. I did not, but lost my confidence and trust in my driving. The model car is a 2010 Lexus model Rx350. Not on the list of recalls. The damage was in excess of $14,000. My insurance paid all but the deductible. I still do not believe that I did what they say and do not trust Lexus to tell me the truth of the matter at this time. The car went straight to the dealership for repairs.