NHTSA Complaint #10461521 — 2007 LEXUS LS460

SUBMISSION FROM RE 2007 LEXUS LS460, HAS A DEFECT WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH OR COULD CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HIS LOCAL DEALER HAS TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO CORRECT AN INTERMITTENT AND UNPREDICTABLE HESITATION ON ACCELERATION AND THEN A SUDDEN LURCHING FORWARD. RECENTLY, WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, AS THE CONSUMER ACCELERATED, THE VEHICLE STALLED FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, THE TACHOMETER REVVED TO 5000-6000 RPMS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN NEUTRAL AND THEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY LURCHED FORWARD, AS IF THE GEARS RE-ENGAGED TO ABOUT 65 MPH. THE SAME THING OCCURRED MANY TIMES BEFORE, BUT AT LOWER SPEEDS. *JB