While slowly making a turn with my foot on the brake my car surged forward. I tried to control the car by pushing my foot on the brake as hard as I could without success. I was able to stop the car from moving only by putting it on park. The surge was very sudden and uncontrollable. This is second time it happened. Please investigate.
Lexus LS sudden acceleration problems
10 of the 220 owner complaints about the Lexus LS describe sudden unintended acceleration, most of them for the 2006 model year.
- owner complaints
- 10
- worst model year
- 2006
- typical mileage
- 75,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20071
- 20065
- 20041
- 19992
- 19981
Often reported together
What owners say
At approximately 2:00 pm on jan. 5, 2020, I was driving my 2006 lexus ls 430 in a residential area in bethesda, md. I decided to turn around. I turned right into a driveway (at a low speed) with the brake pedal applied. Suddenly, and without warning, the car accelerated wildly, making a great deal of engine noise, as the throttle appeared to be wide open. Thankfully I hit a near-by tree and two front air bags deployed. A homeowner called the police, and an ambulance took me to the emergency room at a nearby hospital. If this sudden acceleration had occurred on a highway, I am certain that lives would have been lost.
Letter from senator murray on behalf of constituents, concerning problems with their 2006 lexus ls430 vehicle (photographs not imaged) *tgw the consumer experienced sudden acceleration while driving. The consumer stated he began experiencing electrical problems when all of the icons on the dashboard illuminated. The trunk opened and the flashers came on, and the alarm started going off. The consumer stated the second time, the sudden acceleration occurred, he crashed into a building. The vehicle was totaled.
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 lexus ls. The contact stated that while the brakes were depressed the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into the proceeding vehicle. The driver was inured. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic test that was unable to locate a failure code. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 125,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 lexus ls460 . The contact stated that when she attempted to park, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a cement wall. The contact was injured. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer but the failure could not be diagnosed. The VIN was unavailable. The current and failure mileages were approximately 75,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 lexus ls430. While driving at 10 MPH, the contact applied the brakes but the vehicle failed to respond. Seconds later, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning causing the contact to crash into a nearby vehicle. There were no injuries but a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the dealership but had not been inspected at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were approximately 75,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 lexus ls 430. While parking the vehicle in reverse and switching to drive the vehicle accelerated on its own and hit a cement pillar, benches and then a building. He sustained major injuries to his chest and fractured his neck. The passenger sustained injuries to her chest and both were hospitalized. There is a police report available. The vehicle was destroyed. The dealer had not been contacted at the time of the complaint. The failure and current mileage was 8000. Updated 4/26/10 *cn updated 06/28/10.
Lexus ls 430 brakes failed moving into a parking space. Pressed on the breaks the surged forward went over a bump, curb, handicap sign and into the building. Was pressing on the brakes and the car just took off.
Unintended acceleration. As I was parking the vehicle suddenly accelerated and jumped the curb and ran into the building. I tried to back off the building and could not stop the racing engine. The vehicle shot backwards even though I was on the brake. It went through some hedges over a rise and crossed the street where the rear hit a palm tree and collapsed the trunk. Both the front and rear were severely damaged. No air bags deployed.
When trying to stop my 1998 lexus ls 400 in my garage this morning, the car surged forward. I slammed the brakes on even harder and the car surged even more forward. The wheels were spinning and I finally got the car totally stopped. I took it to the dealer after the incident and they were unable to find anything wrong.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Lexus LS sudden acceleration
Which Lexus LS years have sudden unintended acceleration problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2006 (5 complaints), 1999 (2 complaints) and 1998 (1 complaints).
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