2001 Lexus RX300: sudden unintended acceleration

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 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 14, 2010 · Transmission · 95,577 miles · CO

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 lexus rx300. The contact stated as she accelerated from a traffic stop at speeds of 40 MPH, the vehicle lunged forward without warning. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where she was advised the transmission would need to be replaced. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 95577. The current mileage was 95780.

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 Dec 16, 2004 · Acceleration · 65,000 miles · MD · crash · 1 injury

Vehicle was experiencing a sudden acceleration problem. Consumer was parking the vehicle when the acceleration began. Vehicle hit a brick pillar.

Filed Jul 28, 2004 · Acceleration · 59,000 miles · TX

Two (2) incidents of sudden acceleration by the vehicle - the dealer was not aware of any similar issues. I was not aware that the federal safety agency was conducting an investigation into similar occurrences with other toyota/lexus vehicles.

Filed Apr 1, 2004 · Acceleration, Airbags · CO · crash

When driving at low speeds, the vehicle surged forward without warning. This caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle and hit a building head on. Upon impact, both frontal air bags did not deploy. *ak

Filed Jan 16, 2003 · Acceleration · 20,400 miles · MA

2001 lexus rx300, 30degree outside temp, vehicle warmed up until heated seats worked, drove vehicle about 80 yards forward, vehicle put into reverse, sudden acceleration occured at full throttle, brakes did not function, unable to shift into drive position with vehicle in motion, RPM needle at redline 8000rpm, vehicle finally brought to screeching and shaking stop when shifted into park. Engine was shut off, when started again, rmp needle jumped up to redline again and stayed there. This repeated about 5 times. Acceleration was stuck at full throttle. No collision. Vehicle malfunction reported to dealership, vehicle towed for diagnosis and repairs. Noticed ticking sound coming from drivers side.