NHTSA Complaint #10308706 — 2006 LEXUS IS 250

BACK ON MAY 21, 2009, I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY IN MY 2006 LEXUS IS250 AND THE ACCELERATOR IMMEDIATELY BECAME STUCK DOWN FORCING MY CAR TO GO ALMOST 55 MPH DOWN A WINDING HILL. AT THIS POINT THE BRAKES ALSO DID NOT WORK AND I SIMPLY HAD TO WAIT FOR EVERYTHING TO BEGIN WORKING AGAIN. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY THIS HAPPENED AT NIGHT AND NOBODY WAS IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE THIS IS A MAIN ROAD. I CONTACTED LEXUS THE NEXT DAY WHO INFORMED IT WAS JUST MY FLOOR MAT AND TO REMOVE THE EXTRA MAT IMMEDIATELY. WHILE I DID NOT AGREE DUE TO THE WAY BOTH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND BRAKES FELT COMPLETELY LOCKED IN PLACE, I DID AS THEY SAID. NOW WITH THE RECENT RECALL ON TOYOTA MODELS, I CALLED LEXUS AGAIN WHO INFORMED ME THAT IN ABOUT 3 MONTHS I WILL RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE AND THAT IN THE MEAN TIME I CAN COME IN AND HAVE A TECH TEST DRIVE IT WITH ME FOR "PEACE OF MIND". I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED AND PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED IN THE RECALL WHEN THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE DANGERS! BEING TOLD THE "PART" NEEDED TO TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM (BOTH THE ACCELERATOR AND THE BRAKE SYSTEM) IS NOT YET BEING MANUFACTURED FOR MY MODEL IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IN THE MEANTIME I AM TRYING TO NOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE AND HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE AGAIN. *TR