Tl* the contact owned a 1993 lexus ls400. While driving at a low rate of speed, the vehicle accelerated at a high rate of speed when the brake pedal was depressed. As a result, the vehicle drove over a curb and crashed up a slope near a wooded area. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. In addition, there was an abnormal noise heard near the engine compartment and front end of the vehicle as the vehicle surged at an extremely high rate of speed. The failure was reported to the insurance company and the manufacturer. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a collision center. The contact was waiting on a response from the manufacturer regarding the unintended acceleration failure. The approximate failure mileage was 201,600.
Lexus LS400 sudden acceleration problems
23 of the 338 owner complaints about the Lexus LS400 describe sudden unintended acceleration, most of them for the 1998 model year.
- owner complaints
- 23
- worst model year
- 1998
- typical mileage
- 75,000
By model year
Often reported together
Jerking 2No deployment 2Stalling 1Fuel pump 1Grinding brakes 1Brake failure 1
What owners say
My car, made by toyota, has all the same problems, faulty parts, as the cars that were recalled for sudden acceleration. I have had the sudden acceleration problem happen twice and I am currently unable to drive the car because of a faulty resistor that controls the fuel feed tot the fuel pump keeps causing the car to act like it is running out of gas. Very dangerous. Lexus has refused to fix it even though I am willing to pay. They want nothing to do with cars with the same parts as sudden acceleration.
In approximately 1995, I experienced the "sudden acceleration" problem twice with my lexus ls. At the time, no one had ever heard of it and the dealer said he could not reproduce it and could do nothing. After that I was more careful with the floor mats and thought I had solved the problem. For the last 7 to 8 years, the car suddenly slows and stalls. I have repeatedly complained to new country lexus but they just say that they cannot reproduce the problem and don't know what it is. In june, it happened again and I had to be towed by aaa. At this time I researched "lexus ls stalling problem" and got hundreds of hits. One lexus site perfectly explained the problem, how to reproduce it and how to fix it. The posting on the lexus site was dated 2005, ten years ago. The tow truck driver reproduced the problem within an hour but new country lexus would not sell him the required resistor to fix it. I took the car to new country lexus, just north of albany ny, and they have had it since june. They keep saying that they cannot reproduce the problem. They keep telling me that they cannot reproduce the problem but I keep giving them the print-out from the lexus site and the bill from the towing company explaining exactly how to reproduce and fix the problem. Finally yesterday joe moran said that he could fix it but "as soon as anyone brings up anything to do with sudden acceleration" I am told to stop and do nothing." he said "it is not in the best interest of the company to fix it." they clearly seemed to be telling me that this resistor (or sensor) is part of the rapid acceleration problem with toyota vehicles and, although my vehicle is not on the list of vehicles indicated for a "special protocol," this particular part is traced to the rapid acceleration and they want nothing to do with it.
Tl* the contact owns a 1998 lexus ls400. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The vehicle traveled into a residential garage and crashed into a wall. A police report was not filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The shop technician diagnosed the wrong problem. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 153,000 and the current mileage was 160,000. Updated 07/22/14 ma
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 lexus ls400. The contact stated that while slowly pulling into a parking lot, the vehicle suddenly accelerated abnormally. The vehicle crashed into a wall and the air bags deployed. The vehicle was destroyed. The dealer was notified and advised that they would investigate the failure. The failure and current mileages were 100,000.
1999 lexus ls 400. Sudden acceleration.
Tl*the contact owns a 1992 lexus ls400. When the contact was at a stop sign attempting to accelerate; the accelerator pedal became stuck to the floor. The vehicle accelerated on its own into traffic before crashing into a hedge. The vehicle continued to accelerate after the vehicle was in the park position. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. There were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 75000. Updated 3/16/10 *cn the consumer also stated he experienced sudden acceleration 5-7 years and crashed into his garage. Updated 06/01/10
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.
After starting the vehicle, it suddenly accelerated at a high speed. The condition caused the vehicle to hit three parked vehicles and one vehicle in motion. The consumer received minor injuries to her face due to air bag deployment. The other driver and passenger of the other vehicles appeared to show no injury.
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
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Which Lexus LS400 years have sudden unintended acceleration problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1998 (6 complaints), 1999 (5 complaints) and 2000 (4 complaints).
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