Petition for a defect investigation under 49 u.s.c. 30162 by interested person for standards and enforcement (2 cd' s enclosed). *smd according to the consumer's wife, the accident was caused by sudden acceleration. As she was slowly turning right into a parking spot, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a brick building. The force of the crash caused the air bags to deploy. There was so much damage to the vehicle, it was declared a total loss. According to the edr recording, the last five seconds before the crash, it showed she was applying light pressure to the gas pedal up until the last .8 seconds. For the last .8 seconds the edr showed her foot was on the brake and the throttle was a t nearly maximum value. During the last .8 seconds the vehicle went from 5 MPH to 9.9 MPH and the engine RPM went from 1200 to 2800.
2010 Lexus HS 250 Hybrid: sudden unintended acceleration
6 of the 76 complaints about the 2010 Lexus HS 250 Hybrid describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 8%
- typical mileage
- 75,000
- recalls
- 0
What owners say
My accident was caused by unintended acceleration. As I was slowly turning right into a parking place, the car suddenly accelerated and crashed into a brick building. The force of the crash caused the air bags to deploy. There was so much damage to the car that it was a total loss. After the crash I obtained the event data recorder (edr) reading from a contractor hired by toyota. It showed that for the last 5 seconds before the crash, I was applying very light pressure to the gas pedal up until the last .8 seconds. For the last .8 seconds the edr shows that my foot was on the break and the throttle was at nearly maximum value. During the last .8 seconds the car went from 5 MPH to 9.9 MPH and the engine RPM went from 1200 to 2800. I did not apply pressure to the gas pedal at this time. I was applying pressure to the break pedal. This is a case of unintended acceleration caused by faulty electronic throttle control (etc) software. Since the edr gets it data from the etc software and not the gas pedal itself, it is most likely that the software was a fault, as I was not applying the gas during the last second before the accident. It would be impossible for me to apply full pressure to the gas pedal while applying the breaks at the same time on this car. First of all my shoe width is smaller than the space between break and gas pedals. Furthermore the break pedal is above the gas pedal making it nearly impossible for anyone to apply the breaks and floor the gas at the same time. This is a case of failed electronic control software, which has been identified in several lawsuits that toyota has lost recently. In spite of all these lost cases, a lost class-action lawsuit, and numerous documented accidents with the federal safety agency, toyota has done nothing to fix the problem, which is faulty electronic throttle control software.
I was turning to the right into a parking slot. All of the sudden, the car shot forward and slammed into a brick building. The airbags deployed because of the force of the crash. Please note this is an edited version of an earlier report I sent. The change is in the affected parts. The part that caused the accident was a faulty accelerator (probably the throttle control software).
I was slowly turning to the right into a parking slot. All of a sudden, the car shot forward and slammed into a brick building. The airbags deployed deployed because of the force of the crash.
I had parked the car in a grocery store parking spot between two cars and had my foot on the brake. I was about to shut off the ignition when the car suddenly moved forward. Intuitively, I pressed harder on the brake, but the car speeded up, jumped over two parking barriers, travelled about 50 feet at high speed, hit the back of another car, a honda odyssey van with sufficient force that the honda itself jumped over a parking barrier and a curve and hit a pillar in a building's veranda. My car then stopped and then I turned off the ignition. My car thus experinced unintended acceleration and, in spite of jumping over parking barriers and hitting another car with substantial force, the air bags were not deployed. I have bruises from the seat belt tightening over my body and the owner of the honda odyssey, who was about to get in his car and was thrown back to the ground, has a fracture in the tail bone area of his back.
Tl-the contact owns a 2010 lexus hs250. The contact stated that while driving down hill with the brake pedal depressed and bump was hit that caused the brake system to release and the vehicle to surge forward the failure was experienced several times and the dealer had previously replaced the brake software system due to the brake failure however the failure was not corrected. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 1,200 and the current 141,000. Li
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6 of 76 owner complaints about the 2010 Lexus HS 250 Hybrid (8%) mention sudden unintended acceleration.
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