My wife was driving the car to pick-up our granddaughter from school on 10-22-2018. She made a full stop at the corner and took her foot off the brake and started to make a right turn. When she started to press on the gas pedal lightly, the engine revved up to full throttle and the car accelerated and lunged uncontrollably forward. Her steering wheel was locked. Because of this acceleration, she hit the car in front with great force and severely damaging our front end and the car bumper in front of her. She was getting get in line to wait for the school children to let out. Had her the car accelerated out of control when children were crossing the street, it would have been a great catastrophe and dead children. Something must be done to alert the public. Another sudden acceleration occurred when I was driving the car about 2 years ago. But the dealer said they couldn't find anything wrong. Our car has a little over 60,000. Each time I take my car to the dealer for an oil change, they removed the floor mat. They say the floor mat can get in the way of the accelerator pedal. I don't think so, but we keep the floor mat in the trunk. I have reported this issue to a lexus headquarter in texas, (800) 255-3987. The representative said a case manager will be contacting me. I'm not sure what they will do. Something must be done to prevent running over people. There will be deaths if nothing is done!
2006 Lexus ES330: sudden unintended acceleration
9 of the 64 complaints about the 2006 Lexus ES330 describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 9
- of this car's complaints
- 14%
- typical mileage
- 26,286
- recalls
- 0
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
The car was reversed and driven forward, suddenly accelerated forward. Applying brakes were not helping as acceleration still continued. There is no floor mat on the driver seat side to blame it on for gas pedal getting stuck to the mat.. The gas and brake pedals were adjusted to the highest level from the floor. Happened a week ago and happened again on 17/02/2018. First time the vehicle was on four lane city street. Second time on two lane city street. It can happen any time any where. I asked the dealer. No recall yet I see lot of people having this problem on this site. Https://www.vehiclehistory.com/lexus/es-330/2006
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 lexus es330. The contact was attempting to park when the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a building. The air bags did not deploy and the contact sustained whiplash. The vehicle was towed to a local body shop which was provided by the insurance company where the vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer sent an engineer to examine the vehicle yet the engineer was unable to diagnose a failure. The contact believed the vehicle was unsafe to drive and feared that the failure would recur without warning. The failure mileage was 60,366.
2006 lexus es330. Experiencing unintended acceleration
On 9/27/2007, my car (lexus es330) went out of control due to sudden acceleration in a parking lot of a shopping center in glenview, il, and crashed with cars parked nearby. This car incident was reported to the car dealer, but I was told there was no problem with the car. The cost of repair was very high.
2006 lexus es 330. Completely stopped at traffic light with right foot on brake. Car suddenly lurched forward and smashed into truck in front of car. $3,000 damage to front bumper and hood of lexus. Car repaired. Unintended acceleration. Now have insurance penalty to pay monthly.
My lexus es 330 2006 suddenly accelerated while pulling slowly into a driveway. It traveled about 80 feet, crashed over a 2.5 ft cement wall, through an iron rail fence and came to rest on the collapsed fence with the front wheels partially submerged in a swimming pool. There was no physical injury. The cause of the acceleration is unexplained.
Unintended acceleration with lexus vehicle. *nj the consumer stated he sent a report of the vehicle accident to the federal safety agency. The accident was due to unexpected acceleration. The consumer stated toyota is attributing most of the accidents to floor mat problems while avoiding further investigation into other possible causes. The consumers wife was driving the vehicle, when suddenly, the engine roared and the vehicle shot ahead, crashing over a low cement wall, knocking down a metal rail fence, coming to rest on top of the collapsed fence with her right front wheel partially submerged in a backyard pool. By then the engine had stalled. *jb updated 01/12/10 *bf the consumer also stated the air bag did not deploy. Updated 01/15/10.*jb updated 03/10/10 the consumer stated he owns a 1994 mercedes benz, in reviewing the mercedes benz owners manual, he came across a warning that stated never to use a portable phone in the car while the engine is running because that could cause a malfunction of the engine's electrical system, possibly causing an accident and personal injury. Apparently, mercedes knew something in 1994 that toyota does not or won't seriously consider. Updated 03/24/10 updated 003/30/10 *bf updated 04/14/10. *jb the consumer wanted to know which toyota vehicles are equipped with black boxes. Updated 04/15/10.*jb updated 05/10/10
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 lexus es330. While merging into the right lane at approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact was unable to brake and struck a pedestrian. The pedestrian died due to injuries. The contact also rear ended two other vehicles and drove through a fence. The vehicle came to a stop when it crashed into a guard rail. The manufacturer stated that the cause of the failure could have been the floormat. The insurance company claimed that the vehicle was destroyed. The contact received injuries to her back, neck, and leg. Two others were also injured. State police report number 5271887 was filed. The failure and current mileages were 26,286. Updated 10/01/08. *lj the manufacturer stated the floor mats may have become stuck under the accelerator which caused the vehicle to accelerate out of control. Updated 10/08/08. *jb updated 03/08/10 *bf updated 9/21/2011*cw updated 10/12/11
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Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2006 Lexus ES330?
9 of 64 owner complaints about the 2006 Lexus ES330 (14%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 2004.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2006 Lexus ES330?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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