NHTSA Complaint #10232948 — 2007 LEXUS ES350

I WAS GETTING ON HWY 101 RAMP ON A SATURDAY MORNING AROUND 10:45 AM WHERE TRAFFIC WAS MODERATE, SUDDENLY FELT THE CAR BEGAN ACCELERATING BY ITSELF SO I EASED UP ON THE ACCELERATOR. CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY ON ITS OWN. I THEN STEPPED HARD ON THE BRAKE BUT THE CAR DIDN'T SLOW DOWN. SAW THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WAS ON BY ITSELF, TURNED IT OFF BUT THE CAR WAS STILL ACCELERATING. MEANWHILE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 105 MPH .MIRACULOUSLY MANAGED TO MOVE OVER TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT HITTING ANY CARS BUT THE VEHICLE WAS STILL MOVING AT 100+ MPH. FINALLY MY HUSBAND HAD TO FORCE THE GEAR BOX TO PARK AND I APPLIED THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE BEFORE THE VEHICLE FINALLY STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED NEAR EXIT #389. IT WAS A 3.5 MILES JOURNEY AT OVER 100 MPH WITH MANY CLOSE CALLS OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS .VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LEXUS DEALERSHIP. DEALER LATER INFORMED US THAT THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION WAS CAUSED BY THE ALL WEATHER FLOOR MAT AND THEIR EXPLANATION ON WHY THE BRAKE DID NOT WORK WAS WHEN THE GAS THROTTLE WAS OPEN, THE HORSEPOWER OF THE CAR WAS SO GREAT THAT THE BRAKE WASN'T ABLE TO STOP IT. WE WERE NOT CONVINCED AND DEMAND TO HAVE LEXUS CORPORATION SEND A MASTER TECHNICIAN OR HAVE AN INDEPENDENT AND QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN FOR A FULL AND COMPLETE DIAGNOSIS. REQUEST WAS REFUSED BY THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT MANAGER. BASED ON THEIR COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS, THERE WAS NO ERROR CODE CAME UP AND THEREFORE WE HAVE TO TRUST THEM THAT THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN RESOLVED BY THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FLOOR MAT OUR RESEARCH FOUND THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT MODELS OF VEHICLES OF TOYOTA AND LEXUS. SUSPICION IS THAT THERE IS SOME OTHER BIGGER SAFETY ISSUES BEHIND AND TOYOTA IS USING THE FLOOR MAT ISSUE AS AN EXCUSE TO COVER UP MORE SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR