2006 LEXUS ES330 Steering Problems

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR TO PICK-UP OUR GRANDDAUGHTER FROM SCHOOL ON 10-22-2018. SHE MADE A FULL STOP AT THE CORNER AND TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND STARTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. WHEN SHE STARTED TO PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL LIGHTLY, THE ENGINE REVVED UP TO FULL THROTTLE AND THE CAR ACCELERATED AND LUNGED UNCONTROLLABLY FORWARD. HER STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. BECAUSE OF THIS ACCELERATION, SHE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT WITH GREAT FORCE AND SEVERELY DAMAGING OUR FRONT END AND THE CAR BUMPER IN FRONT OF HER. SHE WAS GETTING GET IN LINE TO WAIT FOR THE SCHOOL CHILDREN TO LET OUT. HAD HER THE CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL WHEN CHILDREN WERE CROSSING THE STREET, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT CATASTROPHE AND DEAD CHILDREN. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO ALERT THE PUBLIC. ANOTHER SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE CAR...

DURING OIL CHANGE, MECHANIC NOTICES POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING. WORRIED THAT THIS IS SAFETY PROBLEM AND COULD LOSE STEERING IF SEALS BREAK. HAD RACK AND PINION REPLACED. COST OVER $1000. FEEL THAT TOYOTA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS COST. *TR

UPON ROUTINE INSPECTION AT DEALER, SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT THE STEERING RACK WAS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF FAILING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SOON. FAILURE COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2006 LEXUS ES330 IN FEBRUARY, 2009. UPON THE FIRST LONG RANGE HIGHWAY TRIP, JANUARY, 2010, I EXPERIENCED THE VEHICLE "DRIFTING" EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. I DO NOT NOTICE THE DRIFTING IN CITY DRIVING, BUT IT IS VERY EXAGGERATED AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAVE CHECKED FOR RECALLS, BUT FOUND NONE. *TR

VEHICLE PULLING TO ONE SIDE LEXUS 2006 STEERING WHEEL NHTSA 10017720; ALSO INDICATOR LIGHT ON ENGINE NHTSA ITEM NUMBER 10017720 SERVICE BULLETIN 00401 ES330 MODEL YEAR 2006 MFG COMPONENT CODE 010000 STEERING DATE OF BULLETIN 12/21/2001. *TR