NHTSA Complaint #10196509 — 2007 LEXUS ES350

WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO AN INTERSTATE, THE LEXUS ES350 PURCHASED EARLIER IN THE MONTH CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I HAD TO BRAKE WITH MY LEFT FOOT WHILE PUMPING THE ACCELERATOR WITH MY RIGHT FOOT TO FREE THE STUCK ACCELERATOR. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME, THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF WAS THAT THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK ON THE FLOOR MAT. I HAD THE ALL-WEATHER FLOOR MAT ON TOP OF THE CARPET MAT. I SLID THE ALL WEATHER CAR MAT AS FAR BACK AS POSSIBLE. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT RECURRED. DESPITE HAVING THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AT LEAST 3 TIMES SINCE THIS INCIDENT, NO ONE AT THE DEALERSHIP DID ANYTHING TO CORRECTLY INSTALL THE ALL-WEATHER MATS NOR DID ANYONE AT THE DEALERSHIP ASK ME IF I EVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A PROBLEM. *TR