2003 Lexus ES300: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Jan 30, 2018 · Acceleration · 30,000 miles · CA

Sudden acceleration, in motion in reverse

Filed Apr 11, 2010 · Engine · 41,237 miles · MI · crash

On march 26, 2010 my husband and I were stopped at a traffic signal, (with my foot on the brake as you would expect), when the car suddenly accelerated at full throttle. In the brief but terrifying moments that the car was out of control I unfortunately collided with another vehicle as I threw the gear selector into neutral.

Filed Mar 15, 2010 · Acceleration · 54,000 miles · IL · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 lexus es300. The contact was driving approximately 2-3 MPH. The vehicle lunged forward and rear ended another vehicle. The vehicle continued to accelerate even after the crash occurred. There were no injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was inspected at the dealer, who was unable to diagnose the failure. A complaint was filed with the manufacturer. The vehicle has not been repaired at this time. The current mileage was 55,972. The failure mileage was 54,000.

Filed Mar 9, 2010 · Acceleration · 38,000 miles · NY · crash · 1 injury

Tl* contact owns a 2003 lexus es300. While coasting toward an intersection at speeds of at least 10 MPH, the vehicle abnormally accelerated at a rapid rate of speed. She was unable to maintain control of the unintended acceleration and the vehicle proceeded to veer toward a nearby wooded area. The vehicle crashed into approximately 3 trees before the vehicle came to a stop. As a result, she suffered unknown injuries. The vehicle had since been repaired. The failure mileage was 38,000 and the current was 39,000.

Filed Mar 9, 2010 · Acceleration · 50,835 miles · GA · crash

Place of accident - st. Joseph church parking lotmacon, ga 31201. I was turning to get into the available parking space and the car suddenly accelerated without no reason at all. The car flew and hit the electric post in front of me. This all happened in a split of a second. Luckily, the car side swept the electric post otherwise, I would have crashed into car(s) and the building in front of me. There was major damage to the entire passenger side of the car.

Filed Feb 24, 2010 · Acceleration · 78,000 miles · TX

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 lexus es300 purchased april 2004. She immediately began experiencing failures when the vehicle surged and violently lunged forward while it was idle. The dealer stated that the vehicle was a "smart car" and was aware when there was a driver, other than herself behind the wheel, which would "confuse" the vehicle. No diagnostic test were performed. The failure progressed and the vehicle was taken back to dealer a second time. Although the dealer became familiar with the failure; they stated that she needed to wait a year until the "new programming" was available. One year later, the vehicle was taken back to the dealer for the software reprogramming and the failure became progressively worse. The vehicle continued to lunge violently while sitting idle, driving at speeds of under 35 MPH or while coasting. When the vehicle lunged it felt as if she was being struck from the rear by another vehicle. There were no additional repairs made to the vehicle. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileages were approximately 78,000.

Filed Feb 24, 2010 · Acceleration · AK

Odi 10126111 filed 6-21-2005 sudden acceleration 2003 lexus es300.

Filed Feb 23, 2010 · Acceleration · 44,916 miles · FL · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 lexus es300. The contact stated that when the driver was shifting into reverse gear, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and he lost control of it. The driver crashed into another vehicle and a tree. There were no injuries. A police report was filed. There were no previous acceleration failures. She took the vehicle to the dealership and the dealer told her that they could see nothing mechanically wrong. She called the manufacturer and the representative told her that they could not assist her because they had no related reports. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The current mileage was 49,094. The failure mileage was 44,916. Updated 04/19/10.

Filed Feb 1, 2010 · Fuel system · 37,547 miles · CA · crash

On june 12 my wife was entering a parking spot with her foot on the brake pedal when the 2003 lexus es 300 suddenly with a roar surged forward jumped a parking bumper and a high sidewalk curb went forward about 6 feet and hit a concrete and steel girder stair case. The crash did over 5000.00 dollars damage to the car and over 5000.00 dollars tothe stairs.my wife was wearing her seat belt and had a sore collar bone.

Filed Feb 6, 2008 · Acceleration · 78,800 miles · MD · crash

I was in the drive through at the dunkin donuts in germantown, md giving my order in the speaker. I remember hearing a roaring sound like a train and the next thing I know all of a sudden my car shot forward and hit the back of the car at the service window. It was quite strange. I am convinced I had my foot on the brake. The ems and police said I must have hit the accelerator by mistake. I am not convinced in my own mind that this is what happened.

Filed Feb 6, 2008 · Acceleration · 46,000 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

The 2003 lexus es300 suddenly accelerated without warning, causing the vehicle to come out of a driveway, go completely across the street, up onto the sidewalk, and hit poles/fence, causing severe injuries. The gas pedal was not pressed down hard at the time, and there was no explanation for the rapid acceleration.

Filed Jun 21, 2005 · Acceleration · AL

As I was pulling into a parking space, my 2003 lexus es suddenly accelerated and went over the curb and a small grass embankment. I immediately applied brakes and it did start slowing down. I finally got the car stopped. Thankfully no one was in that parking lot. Don't know what damage has been done to the car. This is frightening because there was absolutely no control over the car.