Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2008 Lexus Rx400h

It was Friday morning about 10am. I had a pulled slowly into quest diagnostic laboratory parking space. I had my foot on the brake. I was stopped I was putting the car into the park position when the car suddenly accelerated forward at the high rate of speed. The car went over the cement block and pavement and thru the double doors and inside the building finally stopping when I hit the receptionist counter.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Lexus Rx400h. The contact stated that while traveling approxmately 20 mph to make a right turn, the vehicle jerked forward and accelerated with no warning. The contact had to apply force to the brake pedal to slow the vehicle down. The sudden unintended acceleration increased to an unknown rate of speed as the contact had to quickly get the vehicle to stop. The vehicle was not inspected nor diagnosed. The VIN was not available. The dealer and the manufacturer were notified of the intermittent failure. The approxmate failure mileage was 79,000. Dyd.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Lexus Rx400h. The contact stated that while attempting to park, the vehicle suddenly experienced an unintended acceleration and crashed into a tree. The contact mentioned that the driver was depressing the brake pedal when the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 16 mph. A police report was not filed. The driver sustained a back injury that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000. Djr.

2008 Lexus Rx400h. Consumer states unintended acceleration the consumer stated as he pulled into the driveway behind another vehicle, suddenly, the vehicle accelerated even though his foot was on the brake and consequently, he hit the other vehicle on the right rear side. During the accident, the consumer felt a significant power surge and it happened when the power was switching from battery to gasoline. Prior to the accident, the consumer noticed power surges on numerous occasions, specifically when the vehicle switched from battery to gasoline.

I drove the vehicle (VIN-jtjhw31u482853535) about 25 miles from home to a doctor’s office, at typical northern virginia highway speeds on I-66 & I-495. I arrived at the doctor’s office, I entered the parking lot at about 5 mph, I approached a parking space and at about 2 mph made a right-turn into the space. Without warning, the vehicle started accelerating. I could not stop it even with both feet on the brake pedal. The vehicle jumped over a concrete parking strip, then the concrete curb, up a slight embankment and through a wooden fence. The vehicle eventually came to rest with 3 of the 4 tires on the embankment over the curb. The right-rear tire was resting against the parking curb strip. The vehicle continued to lurch forward trying to pull the last wheel up out of its resting spot. I looked down at the brake/accelerator pedals and though both of my feet were on the brake pedal, the vehicle was still trying to move forward. I shifted the vehicle into park and the vehicle continued to try to lurch forward, so I turned off the engine. After departing the vehicle, I checked the driver’s side floor mat and noted that the floor mat was properly positioned, hooked to hooks on the floor of the vehicle. The car was towed to a Lexus dealership where it was inspected by a Toyota-authorized engineer. Since the event could not be reproduced, we were told that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle and that it was safe to drive. Though we were told that we would be provided with the analysis of test results, Lexus has not responded to our repeated requests for this information. The vehicle had been properly maintained by owner for all required services and had just been serviced in September 2010. To date, there has been no determination as to what actually cause this sudden uncontrolled acceleration event which resulted in $7600 damage to the vehicle.

The contact owns a 2008 Lexus Rx400h. The contact stated that on April 16, 2010, the vehicle suddenly accelerated when the driver depressed the brake pedal at 2 mph. The vehicle crashed into a curb and then a tree. The driver sustained a hip injury and a police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were approximately 12,000.