2007 Lexus IS 250: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Aug 15, 2017 · 149,963 miles · CA

On july 6th 2017 at about 4:15 pm I was heading to work. After about 500 feet. Before entering a three way intersection, I released the gas pedal to stop accelerating and cruise to prepare to brake in order to make the left turn. But suddenly the gas pedal accelerated by itself and caused my car to keep accelerating straight towards the side walk intersecting with my direction. I turned my wheel left and braked hard even activating the anti braking system. I also had to use the emergency brake to assist in stopping the car. It took about 150 feet after the left turn before I fully stopped. Even after stopping I was was not able to turn off the engine immediately. I kept pressing on the push start button for a few minutes before the engine finally turned off. The incident reminded me about the gas pedal lock up situation years ago with toyota. After calming down from the fear and shaking I tried to turn on the engine to see if it would operate normally. After verifying that everything was back to normally. I cautiously and carefully drove it back to my house. I did not use the car for a week and then had it towed to lexus dealership for inspection. The inspection took one week. They said that they could not find anything wrong with the car. They also test drove the car for less than 10 miles. I was not satisfied with the answer so I contacted lexus headquarters again to request a third party inspection. They refused because the car was not involved in an accident with another car. They also advised me to keep driving the car because they said they put a lot of trust in their auto-mechanics. However after all this I still have a lot of fear to drive the car but I don't have any other choice. Now I only use this car to go to work and have to always be extremely cautious when driving it due to fear of this incident repeating itself.

Filed Apr 6, 2010 · Acceleration · 43,342 miles · FL

I have a lexus is 250 which experienced unintended acceleration. I have brought it to my dealer who found no defects and had no repairs for the known problem.

Filed Feb 25, 2010 · Acceleration · 18,778 miles · GA · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 lexus is250. She stated that while driving 5 MPH when the accelerator pedal was engaged, it became stuck to the floor, accelerated on its own and crashed into her garage wall. The vehicle bounced off of the wall and moved in reverse 3 feet she then turned the vehicle off. There were front end damages and no injuries. The dealer was contacted and they stated to call the corporate office and file a report. The vehicle will be inspected to determine what caused the failure. The failure and current mileages were 18,778. Updated 04/01/10. *lj the dealer concluded that nothing was wrong with the vehicle. Updated 05/13/10

Filed Feb 24, 2010 · Acceleration · 18,778 miles · GA · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 lexus is 250. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 MPH, the accelerator pedal depressed on its own, stuck to the floor board, and the vehicle crashed into her house through the garage wall. The engine was revving excessively when the incident occurred. The vehicle lunged forward and the bottom of the vehicle went into the house first. There were no injuries reported and no police report was taken. The vehicle had not been inspected to find out why the failure occurred. She called the dealer and the manufacturer but received no assistance. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were 18,778.

Filed Feb 12, 2010 · Engine · 55,000 miles · NH

Sudden acceleration with 2007 lexus is 250.

Filed Dec 26, 2009 · Engine · 24,800 miles · IN

Unintended sudden acceleration while braking for a stop sign in a residential area. This was the only time of the occurrence, was able to stop it by turning off the engine. Upon restart, problem resolved itself. It was taken to the dealer with description of the problem, they noted idle was up from 750 RPM to 1100 RPM, decided to keep it overnight for further investigation. We where contacted the next day and told that the problem was resolved. They advised us the found a loose battery connection. No parts replaced but resolution and problem don't make sense. We did not experience any other electrical problems before the issue. We have the factory oem standard floor mats, secured by the hook and it was not touching the accelerator pedal.

Filed Sep 21, 2009 · Acceleration · 26,000 miles · CA

Wife's 2007 lexus is 250 experienced sudden acceleration on the northbound 405 freeway in long beach california. After she accelerated onto the freeway she entered the fast lane and eased up on the gas pedal but the car continued to accelerate out of control with her foot completely off the gas pedal. She began pressing on the brake pedal in an effort to stop the vehicle, all the while the car was trying to accelerate. Luckily she was able to maintain control and moved over to the right lane, then onto the shoulder of the highway. She threw the auto transmission lever into neutral. She was then able to bring the car to a stop, even while the engine was racing at high RPM. She turned off the ignition and the engine stopped. We had the car flat-bedded to south bay lexus in torrance, california where they gave her a loaner for the weekend and promised to have one of their mechanics drive the car over the weekend to see if they could 'repeat' the problem. On monday they called me and told me that they could not find anything wrong with it, telling me that more than likely the floor mat had gotten pushed up into the gas pedal mechanism. This is impossible if you look at the angle of the floor above the mats where the gas pedal is. My wife insists the mat was nowhere near the gas pedal. The dealer put a grand total of only 24 miles on the vehicle in the three days that they had it. Over the weekend my wife and I did some online research and surprisingly found a number of other people who have experienced the same problem. We traded the vehicle in on monday, the same day we got it back from lexus. My wife refused to drive it again. Now, we just found out that on august 28th, three weeks after our experience, california highway patrol officer mark saylor and three of his family members were killed when the lexus es 350 they were driving suddenly accelerated. Lexus is again blaming it on the floor mat.

Filed Jul 22, 2009 · Acceleration · IN

2007 lexus is250. Traveling at 55 MPH on hwy, hit cruise, car suddenly accelerated to nearly 105 MPH by itself. Brakes unresponsive. Did not respond to putting in neutral. Had to place in park. Lexus blames on floormat interference. Driver disagrees. Cruise would not turn off. 911 called, advised to drive into field. 2nd time this happened since purchasing car in mar 2009. Although car under warranty, lexus refuses to pay. Insurance adjuster sent to dealership to inspect. Waiting on results. *tr consumer is adding photos. 7/29/09 *nj received phote. Updated 08/05/09.