2012 Lexus Ct

DRIVING UPHILL ON A DIRT ROAD @ ~ 20MPH. GAS ENGINE RUNNING AT THE TIME. FAIRLY STEEP GRADE. ~6% GRADE UPHILL. CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE AT A RATE I WOULD COMPARE TO MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY. WAS UNSURE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AT FIRST SO I DIDN'T ACTUALLY HIT THE BRAKES FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS AT WHICH POINT I WAS ALREADY AT 45MPH. THE FOUR PASSENGERS IN MY CAR WERE VERY CONFUSED. WE CHECKED THE FLOOR MAT FOR ANY OBSTRUCTIONS AND THAT IT WAS OPERATING CORRECTLY AND IT WAS. I SHUT THE CAR OFF, WAITED A MONTH NITE THEN TURNED IT BACK ON. IMMEDIATELY AS I LET OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR ACCELERATED UP THE HILL. THIS TIME I ONLY ALLOWED IT TO GET UP TO 15MPH BEFORE STOPPING THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE WAS ACTING AGAINST THE ENGINE PROPELLING THE CAR. BRAKE APPLICATION DID NOT DISENGAGE THE ENGINE FROM TRYING TO MOVE THE CAR FORWARD. I EVEN PUT MY TOES UNDER THE PEDAL TO TRY AND LIFT THE ACCELERATOR MAKING SURE IT WASN'T MECHANICAL ERROR. ZERO MOVEMENT, THE PEDAL WAS IN PLACE. AFTER HAVING LEXUS "ANALYZE" MY VEHICLE THEY CALL ME BACK AND TELL ME "WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT" AND THAT ALSO THEY DID NOT UPDATE ANY COMPUTERS OR RESET ANYTHING OR SWAP OUT MY BATTERY. THEY EXPECTED ME TO COME PICK UP MY CAR WITHIN THE WEEK OR THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPORT THEIR LOANER CAR STOLEN AND I WOULD BE CHARGED FOR IT. MY ONLY OPTION GIVEN WAS TO GET BACK INTO MY VEHICLE. MY SUSPICION IS MY BATTER ALLOWED ITSELF TO OVERCHARGE WHILE DRIVING DOWN LONG STRETCHES OF MOUNTAIN ROADS AND THEN WAS NOT BEING DRAINED ON THE STRENUOUS UPHILL SECTIONS. THIS OVERCHARGE APPEARED IN THE FORM OF ULTRA ENGINE ASSIST WHICH I EXPERIENCED WITHIN 1 MILE OF STARTING MY CAR AFTER A 4 HOUR HIKE.

ANOTHER CT200H DRIVER REPORTED A PROBLEM WITH THE CENTER CONSOLE LID NOT CLOSING PROPERLY DUE TO THE LATCH STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. SAME ISSUE ON MY 2012 CT200H. WOULD BE NICE ON A LEXUS TO HAVE THAT PROBLEM RESEARCHED AND FIXED... AND LET LEXUS PAY FOR THE REPAIR, NOT THE OWNER. PROBLEMS OF THIS TYPE ARE MORE CHARACTERISTIC OF ECONOMY VEHICLES... IS LEXUS AN ECONOMY CAR?????

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 LEXUS CT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL AREA. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND REQUIRED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AND THERE WAS NO RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,100.

BEFORE THE BACKUP CAMERA IS DISPLAYED, THE SCREEN RISES FROM THE DASH BOARD AND SAYS "LEXUS' FOR 5 SECONDS AND "ENFORM" FOR 5 SECONDS. IN MARCH, I BACKED INTO A MAINTENANCE VEHICLE WHICH CAME UP AFTER I GOT IN MY CAR AND WAS NOT VISIBLE WITH MY MIRRORS. THIS WOULD NOT HAPPENED WITH ANY OTHER BRAND. THE DEALER SAYS IT CANNOT BE CHANGED AND GAVE ME A REPAIR ESTIMATE FOR $927. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE CAMERA. THE DISPLAY SERVES NO PURPOSE, AND THE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *JS

WHILE DRIVING INTO WORK ON HIGHWAY 98 BETWEEN NEW AUGUSTA, MS, AND HATTIESBURG, MS, THIS MORNING, MY BACK SIDE WINDOW EXPLODED. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GUNSHOT BECAUSE OF THE SOUND, BUT NO BULLET WAS FOUND. THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC. THERE WERE TWO MEN WAITING FOR ME TO PASS SO THEY COULD PULL ACROSS THE INTERSTATE AND THEY STOPPED TO HELP ME. THEY WERE A WITNESS THAT THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC, NO WAY FOR A ROCK TO HAVE BEEN THROWN FROM A PASSING VEHICLE. THE WINDOW SIMPLY EXPLODED. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A WINDOW DEFECT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS. HAD MY GRANDSON BEEN IN THE BACKSEAT, I CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT HOW IT WOULD HAVE HURT HIM. *TR

THERE IS A WELL KNOWN FLAW WITH TOYOTA HYBRIDS THAT TOYOTA NEEDS TO ADDRESS AND FIX. WHEN YOU BRAKE TO COME TO A STOP, IF THEY CAR ENCOUNTERS BUMPS OR POTHOLES, THE BRAKE PRESSURE WILL MOMENTARILY DECREASE AND THE CAR WILL SURGE FORWARD. IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO AFFECT CERTAIN VEHICLES, BUT RATHER ALL HYBRIDS. IT CAN LEAD TO A PEDESTRIAN BEING HIT OR OTHER ACCIDENT. IT IS MOST DISCONCERTING TO FEEL THE CAR LURCH FORWARD WHILE BRAKING TO A STOP. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND PUT PRESSURE ON TOYOTA TO ISSUE A RECALL AND REPAIR. *TR