NHTSA Complaint #10875445 — 2000 LEXUS LX470

THE ABOVE VIN IS FOR A VEHICLE THAT I OWN BUT HAVE OWNED FOR ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY SAFETY ISSUES OVER THE SHORT PERIOD THAT I HAVE OWNED IT. SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR I HAVE BECOME AWARE THAT SIMILAR 2000 AND 2001 MODEL YEARS LX470S HAVE EXPERIENCED VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL (VSC) PROBLEMS THAT SEEM TO REPRESENT A SAFETY CONCERN. I HAVE SUBMITTED A COPY OF A THREAD ON A LEXUS OWNER FORUM THAT DESCRIBES THE ISSUE - WHICH IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS TERRIFYING, OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT, BY THOSE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED IT. THIS LX470 PROBLEM DESCRIBED SEEMS TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED ON THE 2001 AND 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA - FOR WHICH I UNDERSTAND THE NHTSA HAS OPENED AN INVESTIGATION. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TWO TOYOTA STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE VERY SIMILAR, AND OF COURSE THE TIMEFRAMES ARE VERY SIMILAR. (THE 2000 MODEL YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF VSC ON THE LX470. 2001 WAS THE FIRST MODEL YEAR FOR THE SEQUOIA.) I AM MAKING THIS SUBMISSION ONLY TO MAKE THE NHTSA AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF INTERRELATION BETWEEN THE SEQUOIA AND LX470 PROBLEMS.