1995 LEXUS ES300 — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1995 LEXUS ES300. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED FRACTURED BONES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

ACCELERATED AROUND A VEHICLE THAT HAD PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. MY VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED ITSELF. I PUMPED BREAKS. TRIED TO DEACTIVATE CRUISE CONTROL UNSUCCESSFULLY. WHILE HEAVILY PUMPING BREAKS, VEHICLE RETURNED TO NORMAL AND CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WENT OUT.

TWO GAUGES HAVE STOPPED ILLUMINATING. A THIRD IS ABOUT TO GO. I AM UNABLE TO SEE THE SPEED AT NIGHT WHICH LIMITS USE OF THE VEHICLE THE CAR IS 18 YEARS OLD WITH 118,000 MILES AND RIDES BEAUTIFULLY BUT IT SEEMS THAT IS TOO SOON FOR A LUXURY CAR TO LOSE USE OF SUCH VITAL FUNCTIONS. FROM RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE,IT APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE YEAR AND MODEL. I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT LATER MODEL CLUSTERS CAN BE REPAIRED BUT THE 1995'S HAVE TO BE REPLACED EXCLUSIVELY BY LEXUS AT AN EXORBITANT COST. *TR

TL* LEXUS SUDDEN ACCELERATION COMMENTS: MY 1995 LEXUS ES300 HAD SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM ON NOVEMBER 1, 2010. AFTER THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED BY CHANGING A PART THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE OK, HOWEVER, ON FEBRUARY 28, 2011, WHEN THE ENGINE WAS STARTED NORMALLY WITH TRANSMISSION IN PARK, THE ENGINE ROARED SUDDENLY FOR A SECOND AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL IDLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,825. THE CONTACT WANTS TO USE THE COMPLAINT THAT WAS SENT VIA EMAIL. UPDATED 06/24/11 *BF UPDATED 3/01/2012 *LN *TR

IN APRIL 2008, DRIVER WAS DRIVING HOME IN A 95 LEXUS ES300 AND WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THE GARAGE. AS SHE PULLED UP TOWARDS THE GARAGE WHILE WAITING FOR THE GARAGE TO OPEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR. IT CONTINUED RACING FORWARD AND HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE. DRIVER TRIED TO BRAKE BUT THAT SEEMED TO HAVE NO EFFECT AND THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL RPM. DRIVER THEN TRIED TO GET THE GEAR FROM DRIVE INTO PARK, UNFORTUNATELY, IT ENGAGED IN REVERSE AND THE CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL BACKWARDS AND INTO THE STREET. AS IT REVERSING OUT OF CONTROL AFTER HITTING THE FIRST PARKED VEHICLE IT SEVERELY DAMAGED A MAIN COLUMN OF THE HOUSE ON ITS WAY OUT AND HIT ANOTHER CAR THAT WAS PARKED IN THE STREET. AFTER WHICH IT CAME TO A STOP. THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED THIS TO THE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY (GEICO) AND HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY (RESIDENTIAL MUTUAL). GEICO RULED THAT BOTH OF THE VEHICLES WE OWNED AT THE TIME THE LEXUS ES300 AND THE PARKED VAN IN THE GARAGE THAT WAS HIT WERE A TOTAL LOSS. IN ADDITION, THE NEIGHBOR'S CAR WAS ALSO BADLY DAMAGED BUT THE EXACT DISPOSITION OF THAT VEHICLE IS NOT KNOWN. THE POLICE WAS CALLED BUT THEY DID NOT CREATE A REPORT BECAUSE THE WAY THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED A POLICE MATTER. *TR