NHTSA Complaint #11324794 — 2019 LEXUS NX

ON SIX OCCASIONS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP AT STOP LIGHTS ON CITY STREETS, WHEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL, THE CAR DOESN'T ACCELERATE. IT ROLLS VERY SLOWLY AT 3/4 MPH FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS. I KEEP THE GAS PEDAL PRESSED AND EVENTUALLY THE CAR ACCELERATES. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR AND SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS TWICE IN A ROW AND SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS ONCE WHILE I AM OUT DRIVING. ON MAY 15, I TOOK IT TO THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND WAS TOLD THEY CAN ONLY FIX IT IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DUPLICATE IT AND THEY WHERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE IT.. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO BRING THE CAR BACK WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED WAS IN MARCH BUT I DID NOT WRITE DOWN THE DAY. I THOUGHT THAT IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED. IT ALSO OCCURRED ON APRIL 23, MAY 7 AND MAY 12. I CALLED LEXUS ON MAY 7 AND WAS TOLD THAT I AM NOT DRIVING THE CAR ENOUGH AND THAT A LOT OF CUSTOMERS ARE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE NATIONWIDE STAY AT HOME ORDERS. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO DRIVE IT AT LEAST 20 MILES A WEEK ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY. ON MAY 11, I DROVE IT 60 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY ALONG WITH SOME STREET DRIVING AND IT DID NOT HAPPEN. ON MAY 12, I DROVE 60 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY ALONG WITH GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE AND IT HAPPENED TWICE AT TWO STOP LIGHTS ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE. FURTHERMORE, I RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION THAT MY CAR WAS INITIALLY PART OF THE TOYOTA/LEXUS FUEL PUMP RECALL BUT SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED A LETTER LAST WEEK (WEEK OF MAY 11 2020) THAT AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, IT IS NO LONGER PART OF THE RECALL. *TR