2006 Lexus ES330

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS ES330. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH, AN UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN ACCELERATION OCCURRED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL OVER THE CURBSIDE AND CRASH INTO A HOUSE. THE DAMAGED EXTERIOR SIDING OF THE HOUSE EXPOSED AN ENORMOUS HOLE THE WIDTH OF THE VEHICLE WHICH EXTENDED THROUGH THE INTERIOR WALL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT WITH NO PERSONAL INJURY. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGES. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A COLLISION CENTER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

IN CITY TRAFFIC, ACCELERATION WITH MY 2006 ES330 IS NOT PREDICTABLE AND IT HESITATES RATHER THAN RESPONDING APPROPRIATELY AS THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED. HAS ALSO HAPPENED AS I AM TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. OCCURS SPORADICALLY AND IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE. CAN GO WEEKS WITHOUT IT HAPPENING. NO ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS - YET. I HAVE TAKEN CAR BACK INTO LEXUS DEALERSHIP AND GOT A CANNED RESPONSE OF IT ADAPTING TO THE DRIVER PATTERNS AND IT IS RESPONDING THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO - BASICALLY TELLING ME THAT MY PROBLEM IS NOT A PROBLEM. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER LEXUS AND WILL PROBABLY GET RID OF THIS ONE MUCH SOONER THAN HOW I NORMALLY KEEP VEHICLES. *TR

I HAVE NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH MY LEXUS CAR SINCE I PURCHASED ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. I COULD NEVER REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM HENCE DID NOT REPORT TO THE DEALER. LAST WEEKEND I CAME TO KNOW VIA NEWSPAPERS AND TV THAT SOME OF THE LEXUS CARS ARE HAVING A PROBLEM RELATED TO ENGINE STALLING. MY PROBLEM WAS EXACTLY THE SAME WITH THE LEXUS AND I HAVE NOTICE MORE THAN 35/40 TIMES BUT COULD NOT REPRODUCE WHEN I WANTED. I FELT AT TIMES THAT THE ENGINE STALLING MAY BE DUE TO IMPURITIES IN THE GAS BUT WAS NOT QUITE SURE ABOUT IT. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT EVENTHOUGH LEXUS HAS NOT RECALLED MY MODEL, I HAVE NOTICED ENGINE STALLING (WHILE IN MOTION) NUMEROUS TIMES. AT TIMES, I HAVE FELT THE CONDITION TO BE UNSAFE. I HAVE NOTICED ENGINE STALLING AT LOWER SPEEDS. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I HAVE NOT NOTICED SUCH AN OCCURRENCE WHILE DRIVING CONTINUOUSLY AT HIGH SPEEDS ON HIGHWAYS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS ES330. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OF 10 MPH DURING A RAIN STORM, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD, UNUSUAL POP AND NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR HAD SHATTERED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MIRROR AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH THE EXACT SAME AREA AS THE INITIAL FAILURE, THE FAILURE OCCURRED A SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,200.

I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT AN INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MAY 14, 2010. AT AROUND 2:30PM, I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 LEXUS ES 330 TO A SHOPPING CENTER. THE CENTER IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF 75 AND LEGACY DRIVE, IN PLANO, TEXAS. WHEN I ARRIVED TO THE CENTER, I FOUND THE NEAR-BY PARKING SPACES WERE ALL PACKED. SO I DECIDED TO PARK MY CAR AT FAR WEST CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT. I FOUND A SPOT THAT WAS NOT VERY OCCUPIED. WHEN I SLOWLY APPROACHED TO A PARKING SPACE, I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND PREPARED FOR THE FULL STOP. BUT INSTEAD OF EXPERIENCING A FULL STOP, I WAS PULLED FORWARD AT FULL SPEED AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS ON FULL ACCELERATION. THE CAR WENT UP THE CURB FOR A PLANT-BED/MEDIUM AND CLEARED A COUPLE OF BIG PLANTS. I TURNED THE WHEEL AS I STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. FINALLY IT STOPPED AFTER WENT THROUGH THE PLANT-BED/MEDIUM. AFTER IT MADE A FULL STOP, FIRST THING I DID WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. AND IT WAS. AFTER I CALMED MYSELF DOWN, I MENTALLY REVISITED THE INCIDENT. ONE FEELING STANDING OUT WAS THAT THE ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE I EXPERIENCED WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM MY STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL. IN NORMAL DRIVING, THE ACCELERATING IS GRADUAL AS THERE IS A LAG BETWEEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE GAINING OF THE SPEED. IN THIS CASE, THE VEHICLE SIMPLY GARNERED SPEED AND 'RUNNING' THROUGH THE BUMP AND PLANT-BED/MEDIUM. I CALLED PARK PLACE LEXUS WHERE I DO ALL THE MAINTENANCE SERVICES. THEY ASKED ME TO BRING THE CAR IN. AN ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER AT THE LEXUS RECORDED THE INCIDENT AND TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINEERS WOULD LOOK INTO THAT ON FOLLOWING MONDAY. ON MONDAY, I WAS ADVISED TO CALL 1-800-255-3987. I DESCRIBED THE INCIDENT TO A TOYOTA SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE AND EXPRESSED MY WORRY AND CONCERN OF THE SAFETY OF DRIVING MY LEXUS. HE TOLD ME THEY WILL ESTABLISH A CASE FOR THE INCIDENT AND IT WILL TAKE ABOUT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS TO FINISH THE INVESTIGATION. *TR

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE IN MY 2006 LEXUS ES 330. THE CAR WAS IDLING AT ABOUT 1400 RPM, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, RELEASED THE HAND BRAKE AND STARTED TO SLOWLY BACK UP. SUDDENLY, THE CAR SHOT OUT OF MY GARAGE, DOWN MY DRIVEWAY, ACROSS THE STREET, JUMPED THE FAR SIDE CURB TURNING RIGHT AND STRUCK A LIGHT POLE WHICH WAS BROKEN OFF. THE CAR WAS TRAVELING ON ITS OWN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. AT THIS TIME, IN A STATE OF CONFUSION AND EXTREME AGITATION I ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL BUT INSTEAD I ACCIDENTALLY SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. I WENT FORWARD CONTINUING IN A HIGH RATE OF SPEED BACK ACROSS THE STREET AND INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I FINALLY MANAGED TO GET THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT AT NO TIME DID I EVER TOUCH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL! THIS APPEARS TO ELIMINATE STICKING ACCELERATOR PEDALS AS A CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON MAY 14, 2010, ALSO BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, ALTHOUGH AT THAT TIME I HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS TOYOTA PROBLEM AND DID NOT REALIZE EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING. MY LEXUS DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THIS PROBLEM HAPPENING TO THIS LEXUS MODEL PRIOR TO THIS. *TR UPDATED IVOQ 09/22/10

I PURCHASED A USED 2006 LEXUS ES330 IN FEBRUARY, 2009. UPON THE FIRST LONG RANGE HIGHWAY TRIP, JANUARY, 2010, I EXPERIENCED THE VEHICLE "DRIFTING" EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. I DO NOT NOTICE THE DRIFTING IN CITY DRIVING, BUT IT IS VERY EXAGGERATED AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAVE CHECKED FOR RECALLS, BUT FOUND NONE. *TR

I OWN A 2006 LEXUS ES330. I PURCHASED THE CAR LAST YEAR AND ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO LATER I NOTICED WHILE DRIVING THERE SEEMS TO BE A JERK OR SHIFT AROUND 30 MPH. IT SHIFTS HARD WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE TO KEEP UP WITH OTHER DRIVERS OR IT SEEMS THE CAR WANTS TO ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN. I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR IN TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR ON BOTH OCCASIONS. ALSO, I HAVE CONTACTED THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP INQUIRING ABOUT OTHER LEXUS OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER LEXUS OWNERS WITH THE SAME MODEL AND THERE CAR DOES THIS AS WELL. THEY ALSO HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. I WAS EVEN TOLD MY A MECHANIC SINCE I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR MAYBE THE CAR HAD TO ADJUST TO MY DRIVING. I HAVE OWNED MANY CARS AND NONE HAVE HAD TO ADJUST TO MY DRIVING. THIS IS THE FIRST CAR I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN AND I FEEL IT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. I HAVE GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM AND NOTICED MANY MORE LEXUS ES330 VEHICLE OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR