Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of 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.

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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.

The contact owns a 2006 Lexus Rx400h. The contact stated that while parked with the engine in operation, the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated, crashing into a residential garage door. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to a collision center for repairs to the body damage. The vehicle was not inspected for the cause of the acceleration failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.

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This is a sudden acceleration/unintended acceleration incident. I turned off of a major road into a small, crowded parking lot. As I slowly pulled into an available space (with a car parked on each side of me), the car suddenly accelerated. Although I kept jamming on the brakes as hard as I could, they did not stop the car--it kept going forward. The car went over the wooden railroad tie at the end of the parking spot and crashed through a wood fence. The only reason the car finally stopped is due to the railroad tie, which slowed the car at the rear axle as the front of the car hung in the air.

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.

2007 Lexus Rx400h. Consumer states unintended acceleration which caused a collision the consumer stated he applied the brake, but the vehicle continued to accelerate and to avoid injuring other people and property, he decided to crash crashed into a tree. After striking the tree, he hit a parked vehicle that was occupied and it in turn struck a parked vehicle in front of it. The collision caused the consumers vehicle to flip onto its side. The consumer was injured.

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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.

As I was pulling into my parking space at work the car suddenly accelerated as I was braking. The car would not stop no matter how hard I pressed on the brake pedal. The acceleration caused me to slam into the wall of my office building and bounced the car back 3-4 feet. At the time of the incident I was in total shock and had hit my leg against the panel during the crash. As the day progressed I started feeling more and more pain and discomfort throughout my neck, shoulders and chest area. This was the first time I have ever felt a sudden acceleration of the car without pressing on the gas pedal. Now that this has happened I have realized occasionally when I press on the brake pedal the car doesn't slow down immediately. Whether this has anything to do with the incident is beyond me. The car was later towed to longo Lexus in el monte, CA for I no longer feel safe driving it. Nothing has been done to correct this failure.

Following are the series of events on November 11, 2009: 1. I was looking for a parking space in the parking garage of university of maryland. 2. I found one open space on my left. 3. I applied the brakes and slowed down my car to almost zero speed. 4. I turned the steering wheel to left towards the parking space. 5. I slowly released the brakes to let the car slowly roll into the parking space. 6. Suddenly my car experienced sudden acceleration. 7. I did not understand what happened. I tried my best to apply the brakes. 8. Before, I could realize what happened, the car banged into the parking garage wall around 3 meters ahead of me and stopped after the impact. 9. The impact was so bad that the airbags popped out. 10. Smoke started coming out of the hood. 11. I suffered severe whiplash injury in my neck. 12. Not only this, the place where it all happened was almost 4 stories high in parking garage. Had the wall in-front of me given away, I would have fallen almost 4 stories down with the car. 13. I was fortunate enough to survive the crash without any severe injury. 14. For a few seconds, I was totally blank, then I tried opening the driver side door, but it was stuck. 15. I pushed it hard, and door opened slightly. 16. I turned off the engine, took the keys out. 17. I rushed out of the car and called my insurance company. 18. The insurance company (geico) sent someone to tow away the car. 19. The car was towed away to collision center. 20. After spending more than a month and around usd 18,000. 00, I got my car back on December 16th 2009 from the collision center.

Lexus RX 400h accelerated suddenly as I was pulling into a parking space, and crashed into a brick building. Incurred $10,000 damage to vehicle as a result of unexplained acceleration. Never has happened again-took to Lexus dealer to have it checked after damages repaired at body shop. The consumer and her daughter suffered minor injuries. Updated 05/04/10.

2006 Lexus Rx400h revved and raced into another vehicle without warning. The consumer contacted the manufacturer about the sudden acceleration. The manufacturer agreed to have a rep inspect the vehicle but mentioned that it would take six weeks to two months before it could be inspected. Nm.