Lexus RX Hybrid sudden acceleration problems

Filed Sep 11, 2017 · Acceleration, Airbags · 28,000 miles · IL · crash

Upon entering my garage, the car surged forward when I slightly applied a little pressure to the gas pedal. I turned the wheel to avoid a straight on collision, but still sustained much damage to both car and home. This was not the first time it surged, but was certainly the most severe since there was nowhere to go. The surge occurred after applying pressure to the gas pedal after a stop in front of the garage to open the door. In the past, the surge has always occurred (when it does happen) after a stop in trying to proceed forward. The car would 'jump'. No airbag deployed.

Filed Oct 11, 2016 · Acceleration · 120,000 miles · NM · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 lexus rx400h. While parking the vehicle at approximately 2 MPH, it accelerated on its own without warning. The front driver side of the vehicle crashed into a concrete pole. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 11v112000 (vehicle speed control). The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

Filed Jun 22, 2016 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 3,000 miles · CA · crash

Collision details: ' unintended acceleration and loss of control started on I-5 south in santa ana. Managed to exit on 17th street to avoid any accident on I-5. Just ahead of fairmont was trying to park the car but the vehicle unintendedly accelerated again. Could not slow down, swerved on to pavement/walkway. Collided onto iron wrought fence of a senior living complex head on. ' complete damage and loss of front and passenger side of the car. None of the air bags came on. No injury to the driver or not to any pedestrians. ' santa ana police arrived at site and checked driver and the car. Dui not reported by santa ana police. Lexus correspondence: ' several telephone calls made without any response except for case no. 1604192441 assigned above. ' lexus assigned engineering analysis associates (eaa) for investigation. ' letter written and mailed (registered) to lexus on may 5, 2016. Response received only after one month on june 2, 2016. ' response concluded that the brake system was operating as designed and without issue. No investigative report provided. ' inspection and read out of event data recorder completed on april 28, 2016. ' requested lexus by phone to forward the event data recorder (edr) report. Lexus forwarded edr but no conclusions arrived at except for elaborate findings towards air bags deployment. No mention of unintended acceleration due to faulty electronic throttle control (etc) associated with the braking system. Probable causes: (1)sudden unintended acceleration due to malfunctioning of electronic throttle control system (etcs) and associated sensors which has no 'fail safe' mechanical link between gas pedal and engine. (2) malfunctioning of ABS actuator resulting in improper traction control, stability control activation and reducing the directional control assistance.

Filed Mar 8, 2016 · Acceleration · 99,000 miles · CA · crash · 3 injuries

It was friday morning about 10am. I had a pulled slowly into quest diagnostic laboratory parking space. I had my foot on the brake. I was stopped I was putting the car into the park position when the car suddenly accelerated forward at the high rate of speed. The car went over the cement block and pavement and thru the double doors and inside the building finally stopping when I hit the receptionist counter.

Filed Dec 29, 2014 · Acceleration · 60,000 miles · VA · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 lexus rx400h. The contact stated that while attempting to park, the vehicle suddenly experienced an unintended acceleration and crashed into a tree. The contact mentioned that the driver was depressing the brake pedal when the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 16 MPH. A police report was not filed. The driver sustained a back injury that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000. Updated 04/14/15*lj updated 6/29/2015

Filed Nov 24, 2014 · Acceleration · 79,000 miles · MA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 lexus rx400h. The contact stated that while traveling approximately 20 MPH attempting to make a right turn, the vehicle jerked forward and accelerated without any warning. The contact had to engage the brakes in order to slow the vehicle down. The vehicle was not inspected or diagnosed. The dealer and the manufacturer were notified of the intermittent failure. The approximate failure mileage was 79,000. Updated 01/20/15*lj the vehicle crashed into a fence. Damaging the fence and the front driver's side of the vehicle. Updated 06/9/2015

Filed Oct 3, 2014 · Acceleration, Body · 65,000 miles · VA · crash

Car was being pulled into space in restaurant parking lot -- space was on grass up a slight incline (approximately 12 inches) -- as car was moving up the incline a small bump was felt under the car and the car suddenly accelerated and continued to accelerate -- brakes were applied immediately but were unable to stop the car -- the car swerved and hit a tree approximately 20 feet from the parking spot -- believe the "bump" felt under the car caused the sudden acceleration -- above account can be verified by the other person in the car who had the same description of events.

Filed Jun 6, 2014 · Acceleration, Body · 144,693 miles · CA · crash

While slowly pulling into a parking space in a parking structure, the car suddenly accelerated and crashed into the cement block wall in front of me. Since the distance from half-way into the parking space to the wall was small (probably three to four feet), I had no time to slam on the brakes before impact. The car was towed to a lexus dealer. I was immediately referred to their legal department who handled all transactions after that. An independent evaluator inspected the car, retrieved the crash data retrieval recorder and issued a report. The cdr indicated that the accelerator and the brakes were not pushed until after the crash, and that the speed in the few seconds before the crash went from 3.7 to 60.9 MPH. Lexus refused to admit there was a problem, stating only that the brakes, accelerator and floor mats seemed to be in good working order. I refused to drive the car again or have only the body fixed and sold to an unsuspecting third party. It was eventually declared a total loss by our insurance company. There was no help or admission of a problem from lexus, except to try to charge us for car storage at the dealership during the process.

Filed Jul 2, 2013 · Acceleration · 80,000 miles · MD · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 lexus rx400h. The contact stated that while entering a parking space with the brakes being depressed, the vehicle surged forward, accelerated, jumped a curb and crashed into a building. There were no injuries. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not inspected to determine the cause of the failure. There were no repairs. The failure and current mileage was 80,000.

Filed Oct 19, 2012 · Acceleration · 97,500 miles · TX

This is a sudden acceleration/unintended acceleration incident. I turned off of a major road into a small, crowded parking lot. As I slowly pulled into an available space (with a car parked on each side of me), the car suddenly accelerated. Although I kept jamming on the brakes as hard as I could, they did not stop the car--it kept going forward. The car went over the wooden railroad tie at the end of the parking spot and crashed through a wood fence. The only reason the car finally stopped is due to the railroad tie, which slowed the car at the rear axle as the front of the car hung in the air.