My 2000 lexus rx300 had an unexplained sudden unintended acceleration where the vehicle almost killed me and my son. I was driving residential backroads by my house, accelerated slightly to get up a hill and that's when it took off. The brake pedal was unresponsive, the emergency break was unresponsive, I pulled the floor mat out for good measure, nothing worked, it kept accelerating at a high rate until I finally slammed it through gears to "park" to get it to a stop. I had it towed to the lexus dealership, where the tow truck driver even told me when it started the car to get it up on the truck, after being turned off for over 12 hours, it was still red lining the engine, and even lurched forward but because the car was in park, it didn't crash into the back of the tow truck. Lexus investigated the car and did absolutely nothing. They wouldn't tell me why it happened. I demand an explanation and a replacement vehicle - one that doesn't have a history of having sua problems. I fear for my life everytime I have to drive this vehicle.
2000 Lexus RX300: sudden unintended acceleration
6 of the 216 complaints about the 2000 Lexus RX300 describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
Incident because of sudden unintended acceleration when my foot on the brake.
S10 appropriate handling-letter to the secretary from regarding her letter to toyota the unintended acceleration of toyotas. *kb the consumer stated as she applied the accelerator gently, the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward, jumping the curb, knocking down and running over a steel post on the sidewalk that was anchored in concrete all the while the consumer was frantically stomping on the brake trying to stop the vehicle. The vehicle finally stopped about six feet from the wall of a department store. The second incident happened on jan 31, 2011. As the consumer pulled into a parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward, over the curb and hit the post in front of the curb. The impact knocked the vehicle back about three feet and bashed in the front fender and grill. *jb updated 05/19/11
Problems with unintended acceleration in 2000 lexus 300.*mr within three month of the consumer taking delivery of the vehicle the consumer experienced three incidents of sudden acceleration. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but they were unable to duplicate the problem. The consumer traded the vehicle in for a 2002 rx 300 and hasn't had any problems.
While pulling into a parking slot in a garage, my lexus rx300 suddenly accelerated and slammed into a concrete wall. Both front seat passenger air bags were deployed.
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration in reverse and hit a pole, gear shift was stuck in reverse and could not shift into drive, the engine torqued up and accelerated forward, causing vehicle to crash into a brick wall, consumer sustained whiplash due to the accident.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2000 Lexus RX300 sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2000 Lexus RX300?
6 of 216 owner complaints about the 2000 Lexus RX300 (3%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 2001.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2000 Lexus RX300?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2000 Lexus RX300
Transmission failure 65Check engine light 13Slipping 12Won't shift 10Engine failure 8Stalling 8Jerking 7
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