Tl* the contact owns a 2006 lexus is250. While driving the vehicle it rapidly increased its speed up to 90 MPH . He attempted to remove the floor- mat from under the accelerator pedal. However, the vehicle veered off of the road and then into a ditch. When the vehicle rolled over, one occupant was ejected from the front seat; since he was not wearing a seat belt. The other three passengers had bruises lacerations, and were hospitalized. The vehicle was completely destroyed. A police report was available. The failure mileage was 24,000. Updated 05/10/10 *bf updated 05/13/10.*jb updated 9/29/2011
2006 Lexus IS 250 acceleration complaints
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Tl* the contact has a 2006 lexus is250. While attempting to stop at a stop light, the vehicle accelerated up to 65 MPH. Even after brake application the vehicle continued to accelerate. Consequently she struck a curb, and then the vehicle flipped over. A police report was available. The toyota manufacturer was contacted, and an investigation will be conducted. The failure mileage was 63,000. Updated 01/05/10. *lj the consumer did not believed the problem was due to the floor mats. The floor mats in the vehicle has 3 inches of space between the accelerator. The consumer believed the problem was the accelerator. Updated 01/05/10.*jb updated 03/08/10
In light of the recently announced safety recall for this vehicle, we felt compelled to inform you of the following incidents involving the referenced automobile: 'on or about april 2008 we had just left our house and traveled about two miles when we stopped at a red light. With the vehicle in gear and my foot on the brake, I felt the car attempting to surge forward. I applied greater pressure on the brake pedal and was able to keep the car from moving. This surging did not repeat itself at any other stops that day. 'on or about february 27, 2009, my wife had just left costco in our city and traveled about mile where she stopped at a red light prior to making a left turn. While waiting for the green light, the car suddenly stopped dead; the engine had unexpectedly shut itself off with the car in gear. She attempted to re-start the car several times to no avail. The police was called who in turn called aaa. While waiting for aaa to arrive, she attempted to re-start the vehicle one last time and was surprised to find that it did start successfully. The approximate time between the car's engine dying and being restarted was about 15 minutes. This has never repeated; however, my wife has noticed the engine idling fast while the car was stopped on several occasions. We brought the car into putnam lexus for inspection on march 6, 2009, where they were unable to duplicate the problem. 'on september 2, 2009, we had just exited the freeway when we stopped at the first stop light. The car's engine began idling fast and then began idling rough. With my foot on the brake pedal, I glanced at the tachometer and noticed that the needle was not steady as it normally is but the rpms were fluctuating between a bit higher than normal and a bit lower than normal. This behavior has repeated sporadically on a number of occasions. We do not believe the floor mat caused the above incidents. We have only used the lexus floor mats that came with the vehicle and the anchor.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 lexus is250. While the contact was approaching a stop sign with his foot on the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward which caused the contact to rear ended the vehicle in front of him. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who informed him to remove the mats from the vehicle. There were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 70000. Updated 1/5/10 *cn updated 01/06/10.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 lexus is 250. While driving 50 MPH the accelerator pedal was stuck under the floor mat. As a consequence, he had to shift the vehicle into park to decelerate which caused a truck to crash into the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was extensively damaged. There were no injuries. An authorized technician stated that the failure was not caused by a defect. The vehicle identification number was unavailable. The failure and current mileages were 35000. Updated 10/13/09. *lj updated 10/14/09
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 lexus is250. While driving 50 MPH, the vehicle began accelerating on its own to 80 MPH. The vehicle failed to completely slow down when the brake pedal was depressed. The contact was able to keep the speed at approximately 50 MPH; however, the vehicle was continuously accelerating to higher speeds. She was unable to slow the vehicle down and crashed into a curve. The contact noticed that the rotors were orange and the rear brake pads were melted into the rotors. The axle failed and fractured. The contact was not injured. A police report was filed and the vehicle has not been repaired. The manufacturer stated that they would send a field inspector to inspect the vehicle. The failure and current mileages were 31,200.
Wife was driving on the interstate with the cruise on doing about 65 MPH, and she decided to pass a truck. She accellerated slightly, and the car suddenly "floored" to over 90 MPH and the RPM's went all the way up. She truned off the cruise, but it wouldn't slow down. She tried to brake, but the engine was still reving at the highest speed. She forced herself off into the grassy median and sat on the brake until she could jam the transmission into park and turn off the engine. Veh towed to lexus dealer. Tech couldn't figure out what was causing this, but after talking to lexus headquarters, they found that the rubber car mat and the back of the accellerator somehow connected and forced the car to be "floored". You could not tell by looking at the mat that it was connected to the accellerator. My wife would of died if there had been another vehicle close to her. No accident or injury. I have no complaint with the dealer. They did everything they could to help.
Accelerator pedal stuck down going at a speed of less than 5 miles an hour while turning out of a parking lot. Foot brake and emergency brake were applied but the car would not stop which resulted in an accident. When my car hit the other car, the accelerator popped back up.
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