NHTSA Complaint #10329196 — 2008 LEXUS LS460

I DRIVE LEXUS 460 LS. IT HAS 30,000 MILES WITH A RECENT SERVICE. ON THE DAY OF ACCIDENT , I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AT 7AM. I HAD GAS TANK FILLED UP THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE CAR STARTED JERKING WHEN I LEFT THE HOUSE. A WARNING LIGHT CAME TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR CHECK UP. SINCE THE DEALERSHIP WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK, THEREFORE I DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND DRIVE.AFTER 10 MILES THE CAR STARTED TO STOP AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO TAKE AN EXIT AND STOPPED AT THE CURB TO AVOID SOME ONE HITTING ME FROM BEHIND. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO LEXUS SERVICE STATION AND I WAS TOLD BY THEM THAT GAS WAS EITHER DIESEL OR HAD HIGH CONTENTS OF ETHANOL. I CALLED FLORIDA BETTER BUREAU. THEY ANALYZED THE GAS FROM THE GAS STATION AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH GAS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REFUSED TO TAKE THE BLAME THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE. I WANTED TO BRING THIS INCIDENT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND WANTED TO KNOW IF SOME ONE ELSE HAS REPORTED A SIMILAR MISHAP. I WANT YOUR DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE THIS ACCIDENT SO THAT IT DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANY ONE ELSE. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO ESCAPE A LIFE THREATENING ACCIDENT BUT SOME ONE ELSE MAY NOT BE THAT LUCKY. LEXUS SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENGINE FAILURE. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. *TR