In 2007, I purchased a new 2007 model lexus es 350 4 door sedan. Shortly after I purchased the vehicle, I noticed that when the accelerator was lifted and the car was downshifting and braking by the engine (the brake not being depressed), at one point the car continued forward for a time rather than continue to being braked by the engine. This condition has continued in spite my calling it to the attention of the lexus dealer in new orleans on several occasions, the first being shortly after I purchased the car, and the latest being on june 16th of this year. In each instance, I was told by the dealer that the car had no problems. The problem is not a rapid surge, but rather a sudden and unexpected moving forward in gear instead of a continuous downshifting and resulting braking when the car has been driven at about 30 to 40 MPH and the accelerator is lifted. This problem does not occur in every instance when the accelerator is lifted, but in traffic when the driver expects the car to slow itself the sudden forward movement, instead of a continuous slowing, is dangerous. The acceleration problem appears to be a fault of the car's electronic control system. I also called to the attention of the dealer the fact that when the car is braked, the car does stop but if pressure is continued to be placed on the brake pedal, the pedal goes all the way to the floor. This has not caused an accident to date, but it does require the driver to pump the brake pedal to make certain that the car will stop. Each time this is done, the brake pedal catches midway to the floor. Again, I was told that this was not a problem. I register these two issues as potential causes of accidents and as complaints on my part.
2007 Lexus ES350 electrical complaints
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Unintended acceleration on my 2007 es350 lexus. Damage to my entire right side of car, wheels. Happened on 7/09/08, no winter mats in car. It was towed to the dealer, where they kept it for 5 months,& refused to talk to me, because it was a legal matter. They found no problem. Tw*
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 lexus es350. While driving approximately 25 MPH on normal road conditions, the contact depressed the brake pedal and the engine began to rev, followed by unintended acceleration. The brake pedal required greater force to stop the vehicle. There were no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel at the time of the failure. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for diagnostic testing and they stated that the failure was contributed to the computerized system in the transmission. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The vehicle is in the process of being repaired. The failure mileage was 18,000 and current mileage was 25,200. Updated 05/26/09 *bf updated 05/28/09.
I do not own the 2007 lexus es 350 or the toyota camry but in the course of test driving both of the vehicles, I was shocked to discover that the "start/stop" button defeats the older ignition key interlock system. In the older keyed ignition system the car must be in park to turn off the engine and remove the key from the ignition. In the 2007 models of lexus and camry the engine can be turned off with the vehicle in drive simply by touching the brake--there is no ignition key to place in the steering column.. Please read the following which I sent to your site this morning and was asked to file a formal complaint: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 toyota camry and lexus es 350 do not use an ignition key. They use a "remote" which must be in close proximity to the vehicle when the "start/stop" button is pressed. Other manufacturers (bmw, volvo) use both a "key" in the steering column and the "start/stop" button. While this second option at first seems redundant, it is a safety feature and toyota/lexus products may be prone to "rolling when stopped" in the following scenario: toyota/lexus: driver touches brake and hits the "start/stop" button to turn off the engine, but driver forgets to move the transmission from "drive" to "park". Upon releasing the brake the vehicle will move, if not on level ground. Bmw/volvo: as above, but driver is unable to pull "key" from steering column because vehicle is not in "park". Therefore, driver places transmission in "park" before exiting the car, otherwise he will not have the vehicle "key" with him on leaving the car, thereby avoiding the problem of vehicle moving because it is mistakenly left in "drive" on exiting the car. In summary: redundancy (key/start-stop) button serves a useful safety purpose and should be incorporated into the toyota/lexus products.
Tl* - the contact states that his 2007 lexus 250 dash lights turn off without warning. The lights will flicker on and off and then go out. The lights will come back on for short periods of time afterwards. The vehicle does not lose power. The dash lights have failed a total of three times. The failure occurred 45 minutes into the drive twice. The last failure occurred 2 miles into the drive. The external temperature is usually between 31-39 degrees when this happen. During one of the incidents, the temperature flashed at 39 degrees before going out. The speedometer reading is approximately 60-65 MPH when the failures occur. The dealer stated they can not find anything wrong with the vehicle, and for this reason they will not look at the vehicle anymore per manufacturer. The contact was told this is an failure which cannot be duplicated; the problem seems to happen early in the morning approximately 5:30-6:30 am. The dealer has performed a chassis electrical diagnosis (twice), window & door diagnosis and body diagnosis and can not find anything wrong. The vehicle has been in and out of the shop a total of 42 days.
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