2001 Lexus RX300 acceleration problems

Filed Jun 15, 2015 · Acceleration · 200,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 lexus rx300. While driving at approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The brakes failed when the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle was shifted into neutral and merged to the side of the road where the vehicle was turned off. The failure recurred once. The vehicle was towed to the contact's resident. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000.

Filed May 31, 2015 · Acceleration · 142,100 miles · NY

While driving at a speed 40, I noticed lag in gear shift while trying to accelerate to 60 MPH. I noticed no pick in speed rather 40 MPH became 20 MPH, the more I press on the gas petal the only acceleration was notice on the RPM. I had to put on the hazards and pull over to let other cars pass.

Filed Dec 26, 2013 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 205,000 miles · CA · crash · 6 injuries

When parking the vehicle, the vehicle suddenly accelerated while the driver was not pressing the accelerator. Despite the driver's efforts to stop the vehicle, the vehicle jumped over a curb and headed toward a head-on collision with traffic. In an attempt to avoid a possibly fatal collision, the driver swerved hard to the left intending to hit a pole to stop the vehicle. The vehicle missed the pole and hit a starbucks with the vehicle ending up completely inside the starbucks. Six people who were inside the starbucks were injured. The driver never pressed the accelerator during the entire incident.

Filed Aug 29, 2011 · Acceleration, Airbags · 73,000 miles · NY · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 lexus rx300. The contact stated that while attempting to park, the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward and crashed into a brick wall. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle sustained front end damage and the contact suffered minor injuries as her breast hit the steering wheel. The insurance company was not notified. Neither the dealer, nor the manufacturer, were made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 73,000.

Filed May 13, 2010 · Acceleration, Brakes · 59,422 miles · CA

I was driving a lexus rx 300 and had exited the freeway. I pressed the brake lightly to decrease my speed but instead, the car unexpectedly accelerated. I then stepped on the brake fully but the car continued to accelerate by itself. I tried to slow the car by shifting the gears...tried neutral, l1, l2, and even reverse but failed to slow down. I was going at high speeds, unable to stop, and very scared as I was on a street with many lights. After passing through a red light, I turned the car into the curb and dragged the wheels against the curb until the car came to a stop. I was very fortunate not to hit another car or people through two intersections. This occurrence happened at 3:55pm, may 12, 2010. The vehicle was towed to the nearest lexus dealership for inspection and at this time, it is still under evaluation. This is the first time this car has demonstrated any unintended acceleration or failure of brakes to stop acceleration.

Filed Apr 1, 2010 · Acceleration · NJ · crash

2001 lexus rx300. Consumer states sudden surge into reverse causing a crash into another vehicle.

Filed Mar 16, 2010 · Acceleration · 78,000 miles · NJ · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 lexus rx300. While the contact was backing into his parking spot the vehicle had suddenly surged in reverse causing the contact to crash into a nearby vehicle. No one was injured. A police report was filed for the incident. The vehicle had not been diagnosed by the dealership. The current and failure mileages were 78000.

Filed Mar 9, 2010 · Acceleration · 100,000 miles · CA

When driving on an almost flat freeway with cruise control on 70-75, all of a sudden the RPM goes very very high even though the speed does not go high. At the time the event is happening, I push the brake to take it of the cruise, the RPM come down immediately to normal. I initially thought it was a problem with my cruise and decided not to use it anymore but after the toyota's events with acceleration I figured that this may also be a related electronic defect in lexus. My car is a 2001 lexus rx300.

Filed Mar 4, 2010 · Acceleration, Transmission · 48,000 miles · MA

2000 lexus rx 300 (this is a toyota camry engine in a lexus body) car transmission would not change into high gears 3 & 4 for highway driving, preventing acceleration. Lexus of norwood, ma replaced the entire transmission under warranty. 5,000 miles later the new transmission was doing the same thing, after a week they finally gave it back to and said it was repaired but not what they had to fix and were very sketchy, it was still under warranty. Finally the repair technician told in low tones so not to be heard that it was computer software problem and that;s why they would not tell me. So they replaced an entire transmission at 48000 miles incorrectly when all they had to do was do a software bug fix. I think this is significant because the computer prevented acceleration but could probably also cause unintended acceleration. They do not have control of their software running these engines and don't want to admit because they don't know how to fix it.

Filed Feb 25, 2010 · Acceleration · 60,000 miles · CO

The gas pedal on my 2001 lexus rx 300 sometimes sticks. I was not too concerned until the recall of other toyota products for the same problem. For the most part, the pedal sticks in the idle position so it has not been a problem. The frequency of sticking can be described as infrequent, occurring on 10 to 20 occasions over a two year period.