2001 Lexus LS430

I OWNED A 2001 LEXUS LS430 FROM 2001 TO 2004. DURING THAT TIME, THE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE BY ITSELF WHEN GOING SLOWLY - DOWN MY DRIVEWAY, INTO MY GARAGE, OUT OF MY GARAGE, PULLING UP THE DRIVEWAY. IT ONLY HAPPENED WHEN GOING VERY SLOWLY - SAY FIVE MILES AN HOUR OR LESS - BUT IT CONSISTENTLY HAPPENED. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEY SAID, "WE DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING." I WASN'T REALLY CONCERNED SINCE I WAS USUALLY ONLY GOING AROUND FIVE MILES AN HOUR, AND I WOULD DEPRESS THE BRAKE FIRMLY TO NOT GO FASTER, BUT IT HAPPENED OFTEN. I EVENTUALLY SOLD THE CAR. I WONDER IF THAT CAR HAD PROBLEMS LIKE THE RECALLED ONES? DON'T KNOW IF THE GAS PEDAL WAS STICKING OR IF THE SOFTWARE RUNNING THE ENGINE WAS REVVING IT UP. IT SEEMED LIKE THE GAS PEDAL WOULD ACTUALLY DEPRESS ON ITS OWN WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION WITH A RED LIGHT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. WHEN I PRESSED MY BRAKES FROM ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY, MY 2001 LEXUS LS430 SUDDENLY SURGED. I HAD TWO FEET ON THE BRAKE AND ALSO TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, THEN PARK. THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN. WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 50MPH WHEN I REAR-ENDED SOMEONE BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD NOT STOP. MY CAR WAS TOTALED, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I WAS USING THE FLOOR MAT THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS FASTENED. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA THE DAY AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND RECEIVED A RESPONSE ON JAN. 21, 2010. TOYOTA STATED IN THE LETTER THAT THEY FOUND NO STICKING OF THE ACCELERATOR AND THAT IT WAS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR BOTH THE BRAKES AND THE THROTTLE TO FAIL AT THE SAME TIME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 LEXUS LS430. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR SUDDENLY OPENED. HE PULLED OVER AND CLOSED IT. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE DOOR LATCH SYSTEM FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH A REPRESENTATIVE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED TO-DATE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 133,000.

LIFT SUPPORTS UNABLE TO SUPPORT TRUNK. IN 2006 LEXUS LAS VEGAS, NV QUOTED US $750.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. FOUND THE COST PROHIBITIVE AND DECIDED TO MAKE DO WITH PROPPING-UP TRUNK WITH WOODEN STICK EACH TIME WE OPEN. WE ARE A RETIRED COUPLE IN OUR LATE SIXTIES, WE FIND THE PROPPING-UP PHYSICALLY TAXING AND CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. YESTERDAY, WERE IT NOT FOR MY WIFE'S FAST REFLEX, HER HEAD WOULD HAVE SERIOUSLY SMASHED WHEN A GUST OF WIND SLAMMED THE PROPPED-UP TRUNK. *TR