NHTSA Complaint #10313877 — 2000 LEXUS RX300

MY PARENTS OWN A 2000 LEXUS RX300. ON THE WAY BACK FROM A WEDDING, THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND MY DAD COULD NOT STOP THE CAR. HE HAD TO GO OVER THROUGH A GAS STATION PARKING LOT TO AVOID CARS STOPPED AT A LIGHT. HE SAID THE ENGINE KEPT REVVING HIGH AND THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING. HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR BY RUNNING THE WHEELS ALONG THE CURB. AFTER MY DAD AND MY MOM WERE SAFE, HE CALLED ME. I RUSHED OVER TO THE CAR AND CHECKED IT OUT. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS AND NO OTHER KNOWN ISSUES. I CALLED AAA FOR A TOW. I STARTED THE CAR AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE OKAY SO I MOVED IT INTO THE PARKING LOT AWAY FROM THE STREET. I LET THE CAR SIT FOR AWHILE AND MADE SURE THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I ALSO CHECKED THE FLOOR MATS JUST IN CASE SOMETHING WAS STUCK BUT NOTHING WAS. THEY ENDED UP DRIVING HOME THAT NIGHT. WE HAD TO SERVICE THE BRAKES BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL WORN FROM THE ORDEAL. *TR