NHTSA Complaint #10313412 — 2004 LEXUS RX330

I WAS TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT WORK AND MY 2004 LEXUS RX330 SUDDENLY MADE A REVVING NOISE AND ACCELERATED INTO A TREE IN THE MEDIAN AND THEN SMASHED HEAD ON INTO THE CAR IN THE OPPOSITE SPACE. THE BMW THAT MY CAR HIT WAS COMPLETELY TOTALED. MY FORWARD MOMENTUM WAS STOPPED BY THE BMW BECAUSE MY CAR CLIMBED ON THE TREE AND ENDED UP ON TOP OF THE BMW. I WAS NOT ON THE PHONE AND HAD NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS IN MY SYSTEM AND THERE WAS NO PASSENGER IN THE CAR TO DISTRACT ME. I AM A 58 YEAR OLD HEALTHY WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN DRIVING FOR 42 YEARS. I TOOK THE CAR INTO MY LEXUS DEALER AND THEY CHECKED THE COMPUTER AND CLAIMED THERE WERE NO DEFECTS. THEY TOLD ME I HAD PROBABLY STEPPED ON THE GAS INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE OR THE FLOOR MAT HAD GOTTEN STUCK ON TOP OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I CHECKED THE PEDAL (AS DID A CO-WORKER) RIGHT AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND THE MAT WAS NOT ON OR NEAR THE PEDAL. IN ADDITION, I DO NOT BELIEVE I HIT THE GAS INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE AS THE PARKING SPOT HAD AN UPHILL GRADE AND I MOST LIKELY WAS NOT YET READY TO BRAKE WHEN THE ACCELERATION OCCURRED. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND SUNNY. MY BROTHER, WHO IS AN AIRLINE PILOT, SUGGESTED THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE DRIVE-BY-WIRE ELECTRONICS MALFUNCTIONING BUT THE LEXUS DEALER ASSURED ME THAT COULD NOT POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN THE CASE. NOW, HEARING ABOUT ALL OF THE OTHER ACCELERATION PROBLEMS I BELIEVE MY COMPLAINT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF LEXUS/TOYOTA UNEXPLAINED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN IN FRONT OF ME OR IN THE CAR I HIT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BADLY INJURED OR KILLED. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEEM THEM. *TR