NHTSA Complaint #10360505 — 2010 LEXUS HS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 LEXUS HS250 HYBRID. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE CONTACT HAD HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES WITH EXTREME FORCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. WHENEVER IT RAINED, THE VEHICLE SLID WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT AN ENGINEER WOULD INSPECT THE VEHICLE MID-OCTOBER 2010. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FIALURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,316.