1995 Lexus ES300

THE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT KNOW HOW THE FIRE BEGAN OR WHY THERE WAS A FIRE AFTER I HAD TO PAY FOR THE TEARDOWN. THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN THE FACT THAT I COULD HAVE BURNED UP WHILE RIDING IN THE MOVING VEHICLE ALONG WITH MY SISTER. THERE WAS NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. NO LIGHTS WERE SHOWN ON THE DASHBOARD, NO KNOCKING SOUND BEFORE THE ROD BLEW, NO OVERHEATING INDICATGOR SHOWED, PLENTY OF OIL IN THE ENGINE. THE CAR WAS VERY WELL SERVICED AND ONLY BY A LEXUS CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN. THE REPORT SHOWED THAT IN 6/99 AN OIL LEAK WAS CHECKED BY TWO DEALERSHIPS IN DALLAS. THEY FOUND NOTHING, YET, A YEAR LATER, THERE WAS SMUDGE IN THE ENGINE CAUSING THE EXHAUST TO GET TOO HOT AND START THE FIRE. THE DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT EXAMINED THE CAR AND SAW NO OIL SPLATTERED OR CLOGGED IN THE ENGINE AND NEITHER DID I OR MY SISTER (ELMERINE BURTON). IN FACT, THE TOP OF THE ENGINE WAS VERY CLEAN. ONLY THE BOTTOM WAS BURNED AND A HOLE WAS IN THE ENGINE. THE GRASS CAUGHT FIRE FROM THE OIL LEAKAGE, FIRE TRAILED UNDERNEATH THE ENTIRE CAR BURNING LIKE THE STEM FROM DYNAMITE. I JUST KNEW THE CAR WAS TO BLOW FROM THE GAS TANK , FOR THE ENTIRE CAR WAS ON FIRE UNDERNEATH. TRAFFIC WAS A STEADY STREAM FROM THE TIME WE LEFT TULSA ON NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND LANES WITH BOTH LANES PACKED. IT WAS AS IF HOLIDAY TRAFFIC WAS TRAVELING. IT WAS 6PM WHEN THE ENGINE BLUE AND THE RUSH HOUR WAS ALSO ON THE HIGHWAY. THE SAFETY OF MANY VEHICLES ALONG WITH PASSENGERS WERE AT STAKE IF THE CAR WOULD HAVE EXOLODED FOR WE DID NOT MOVE OVER VERY FAR INTO THE CENTER GRASSY MEDIAN. LEXUS HEADQUARTERS SAYS THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO "ANY" OF THEIR AUTOS BEFORE. PAY THE DEALERSHIP TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY I-35 SOUTH TO DALLAS , ENTERING DENTON, 45 MI. FROM DALLAS, TRAVELING FROM TULSA, OK.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON MAY 6 2000, AT LUSKIN, ON 5/17/2000 VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY POHANKA LEXUS, FAIRFAX, VA, FOLLOWING DEFENCIES WAS NOTED: BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, NEEED FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT, MISMATCH TIRES AND CAR HAS BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT IN RIGHT FRONT END. THIS WAS INSPECTED BY A VA LICENSE STATION (494) ON 5/2/2000, ACCORDING TO THIS INSPECTION THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE BUT IT PASS ALL VIRGINIA SAFETY CRITERIA. BUT THIS DEALER SHIP LUSTINE PUT AN UNSAFE VEHICLE ON THE ROADWAY ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS WIFE AND THREE YOUNG CHILDREN. THROUGH PURE NEGLECT OWN THE DEALERSHIP PART. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED BY THE USED CAR MANAGER, MADE COMMENT OF THIS NATURE "I WILL NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK NOT UNLESS THE FRAME WAS BENT. IT IS NOT HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY ON THE VEHICLE BUT JUST TO SELL THE VEHICLES ON HIS LOT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MECHANICS AND TECHNICIAN. HE WAS NOT A MECHANIC AND HE DOES NOT DO MECHANIC WORK. ( MR. GEORGE ROSSER) " *AK