NHTSA Complaint #10305152 — 2007 LEXUS ES350

REFERENCE: MY 2007 LEXUS ES 350 ON THE RECALL FOR FLOOR MATS AND PEDAL OF THE ACCELERATOR. INCIDENT HAPPENED 2/1/10 12 PM EST PLACE: ASHLAND, OH 44805 BILL HARRIS GM DEALERSHIP I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE GM DEALERSHIP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY LEXUS ES350 (2007)ACCELERATED SO HIGH THAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE PLATE GLASS WINDOW OF THE DEALERSHIP. I STOOD ON THE BRAKES AND GOT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL. IT ROCKED BACK AND FORTH AFTER I PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL WITH PEOPLE WATCHING THIS HAPPEN. THEY THOUGHT THAT I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PLATE GLASS WINDOW INTO THE SHOWROOM. THE WITNESSES AT BILL HARRIS DEALERSHIP, AND OTHER PEOPLE SAW ME AND THE MESS I WAS IN WITH THE LEXUS. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO GERMAIN LEXUS OF EASTON IN COLUMBUS, OH BY LEXUS ,PER SUPERVISOR OF SERVICE SPECIALISTS. SHE TOLD ME TO RENT A VEHICLE AND PAY FOR IT MYSELF UP TO 50.00 PER DAY. IT WILL BE 2 WEEKS UNTIL I GET MY MONEY BACK FOR THE RENTAL,IF I FURNISHED A PROOF OF RENTAL AND SEND IT TO FAX TO HER ATTENTION. I TALKED WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE REP IN SERVICE AT THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP IN COLUMBUS. SHE TOLD ME TO "GET IN LINE SINCE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE MATS." I DID NOT HAVE THE MATS IN THE CAR. MY HUSBAND, AN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEER, TOOK THE MATS OUT OF THE CAR WHEN WE GOT THE LETTER FROM LEXUS ABOUT THE MATS AND THE PEDAL ON OUR LEXUS IN WHICH THEY WOULD SEND US ANOTHER LETTER WHEN THE TIME CAME FOR THE FIX IN APRIL 2010!!!! HOW COULD IT BE THE MATS OR THE PEDAL SINCE THERE WERE NOT ANY MATS IN THE CAR. I DID NOT HAVE MY FOOT ON THE PEDAL SINCE I WAS COASTING TO THE PARKING SPOT WHEN THE ENGINE WENT "CRAZY". *TR