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1999 Lexus LS400: sudden unintended acceleration

5 of the 22 complaints about the 1999 Lexus LS400 describe sudden unintended acceleration.

owner complaints
5
of this car's complaints
23%
recalls
0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.

Sudden unintended acceleration by model year

  • 2000
    4
  • 1999
    5
  • 1998
    6
  • 1996
    1
  • 1995
    1
  • 1993
    1
  • 1992
    1
  • 1991
    1
  • 1990
    3

What owners say

Filed Feb 3, 2010 · Acceleration · 50,000 miles · NY · crash

1999 lexus ls 400. Sudden acceleration.

Filed Aug 16, 2005 · Transmission · 39,121 miles · CA · crash

While slowly pulling into a shoppping center parking place that was perpendicular to the street, I had my foot on the brake when my vehicle suddenly accelerated and lunged over the curb and across the sidewalk into a building. Lexus has been notified and intimated they would investigate.

Filed Aug 16, 2004 · Acceleration · 65,869 miles · CA · crash

While driving 2 MPH, the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. The consumer was unable to maintain control of the vehicle and crashed into a building. Upon impact, both frontal air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection. *ak the consumer was pulling into a parking space, slowly, with his foot on the brake when the vehicle suddenly accelerated, went over the curb and into the side of the building. *sc

Filed May 30, 2003 · Acceleration · MA · crash

Petition seeking the federal safety agency to investigate the lexus vehicles model years 1997 to 2000 which have experienced problems with speed control linkages resulting in sudden acceleration. *mr the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning which caused the vehicle to rear end the vehicle ahead of his. As a result the consumer received a police citation. The dealer was unable to duplicate the problem (odi# 760680). *scc

Filed Mar 23, 1999 · Acceleration, Brakes · NY · crash

While making a u-turn the vehicle suddenly accelerated. Driver put the brakes on, and the brakes squealed and did not stop vehicle. It lost control and hit the side of the wall. Dealer have been contacted, but cannot determine the problem. *ak please provide further information and VIN#.

Related recalls

No recalls on record for this model year.

Questions about the 1999 Lexus LS400 sudden acceleration

Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 1999 Lexus LS400?

5 of 22 owner complaints about the 1999 Lexus LS400 (23%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 1998.

Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1999 Lexus LS400?

There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.

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