2007 LEXUS ES350 Vehicle Speed Controlaccelerator Pedal Problems

LETTER FROM SENATOR DURBIN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE A PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA AND HIS 2007 LEXUS ES350 4 DR SDN SUDDEN ACCELERATION (DOT/I#2010-1239) THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DECELERATE AS HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE DIDN'T REGISTER ANY WARNING LIGHTS.

2007 LEXUS ES350, WHILE PARKING VEHICLE CONSUMER STATED FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD HITTING INTO A BLOCK WALL. *BF ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. *JB

2007 LEXUS ES 350. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS HE HAS EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30- 40 MPH. THE FIRST EXPERIENCE OCCURRED WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE FLOOR MATS WERE REMOVED, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. EACH TIME THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER TO VOICE HIS CONCERN, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. *JB

2ND REQUEST RE FAX FWD ON BEHALF OF (NJ) WHO WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT ON 11/18/08 IN HER 2007 TOYOTA LEXUS THAT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, WOULD LIKE HER TOYOTA INCIDENT RECORDED. *KB WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO HER DRIVEWAY AND APPROACHED THE OPEN GARAGE DOOR, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. SHE STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE DOOR OPENING AND SENT BRICKS FLYING AND CONTINUED UNTIL IT RAMMED THE REAR WALL OF THE GARAGE WITH GREAT FORCE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GARAGE, WAS A SMALL HALL BATHROOM. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH KNOCKED TILE FROM THE STALL SHOWER OFF THE WALL AND BENT PART OF THE SHOWER DOOR FRAME. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE WALLS AS WELL AS TO THE DOOR ENTERING THE HOUSE...

FAX FWD ON BEHALF OF (NJ) WHO WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT IN ON 11/18/08 IN HER 2007 LEXUS ES350 THAT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, WOULD LIKE HER TOYOTA INCIDENT RECORDED *TGW WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO HER DRIVEWAY AND APPROACHED THE OPEN GARAGE DOOR, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. SHE STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE DOOR OPENING AND SENT BRICKS FLYING AND CONTINUED UNTIL IT RAMMED THE REAR WALL OF THE GARAGE WITH GREAT FORCE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GARAGE, WAS A SMALL HALL BATHROOM. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH KNOCKED TILE FROM THE STALL SHOWER OFF THE WALL AND BENT PART OF THE SHOWER DOOR FRAME. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE WALLS AS WELL AS TO THE DOOR ENTERING THE HOUSE FROM THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SERVICED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL). AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT THEN SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL GEAR AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. HE WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE FROM THE ROAD AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF. WHEN RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED UNUSUALLY HIGH ENGINE RPMS AND BEGAN IDLING. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF A SECOND TIME AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION WHEN IT WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,174 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,189.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY ACCORDING TO RECALL 09V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL) BUT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

2007 LEXUS ES350 WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED OVER THE LAST YEAR, HE EXPERIENCED TWO INCIDENTS OF UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION. BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED ONLY BRIEFLY AND UNDER SIMILAR DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN EACH CASE, THE CONSUMER ACCELERATED RAPIDLY TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE. IN EACH CASE, AFTER HE REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE ENGINE REMAINED IN A HIGH RPM AND HIGH ACCELERATION CONDITION FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF ABOUT 1-2 SECONDS PRIOR TO DECELERATING. IN NEITHER CASE, WAS THE FLOOR MAT AN ISSUE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL, REGARDING THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. ON MARCH 11, 2010, WHILE DRIVING FROM ONE PARKING LOT TO ANOTHER, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED LIKE A ROCKET. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POST AND KNOCKED IT FROM ITS FOUNDATION, WHICH THEN LANDED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY NHTSA ON MARCH 31, 2010. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL 09V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL) AND THE REPAIRS WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PERFORMED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 67,063.

CONSUMER HAS ADHERED TO ALL THE RECALL PRECAUTIONS PERTAINING TO THE ES MODEL LEXUS AND THE PROBLEMS STILL PERSIST. THE CONSUMER STATED HE STILL EXPERIENCED MINOR SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *JB

2007 LEXUS ES350. SUSPECTED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION CAUSING FATAL CRASH. *TGW THE DECEDENT WAS DRIVING, WHEN APPARENTLY HIS VEHICLE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO A VAN. A PASSENGER IN THE VAN WAS ALSO KILLED. (ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF DECEDENT)

LTR FWD RE SUDDEN ACCELERATION INCIDENT INVOLVING HIS 2007 LEXUS ES350. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PASS AN 18-WHEELER TRUCK, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. ANOTHER TRUCK WAS IN FRONT OF HIM AND THE TRUCK THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PASS WAS ON HIS RIGHT. A STEEP CLIFF WAS ON THE LEFT AND WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. HE TURNED OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THERE WAS STILL NO RESPONSE. THE CONSUMER TIRED TAPPING THE ACCELERATOR AND FORTUNATELY THAT WORKED AND THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. LATER THAT DAY, AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION, THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK AGAIN. *JB

2007 LEXUS ES350 SUDDEN ACCELERATED*CW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON THE INTERSTATE, HE PULLED OUT TO PASS AN 18-WHEELER TRUCK, WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. ANOTHER TRUCK WAS IN FRONT OF HIM AND THE ONE THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS WAS ON THE RIGHT. A STEEL CLIFF WAS ON THE LEFT AND AS THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. HE TURNED OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THERE WAS STILL NO RESPONSE. HE TRIED TAPPING THE ACCELERATOR AND FORTUNATELY THAT WORKED AND THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO NORMAL AND UNDER CONTROL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A FOREGOING VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES; HOWEVER A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED ON SCENE. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 34,500. UPDATED 06/17/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE INCIDENT HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER HE PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT FROM THE DEALERSHIP AFTER HAVING THE RECALL PERFORMED. UPDATED 07/14/10.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN SHE ENGAGED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SURGED AND CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF A VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS CAUSED MILD INJURIES TO THE DRIVER WHEN THEY DEPLOYED. THE POLICE WAS CALLED AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE CONTACTS INSURANCE COMPANY PAID FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND IT IS IN THE CONTACTS POSSESSION BUT SHE DOESN'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT. THE CONTACT DID RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE IN OCTOBER CONCERNING THE FLOOR MATS. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE DEALER THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY FLOOR MATS IN HER VEHICLE AND HE STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,010. UPDATED 3/30/2010 UPDATED 05/04/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/07/10*JB UPDATED 10/08/10*JB

2007 LEXUS ES350 UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *NJ THE CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. CONSEQUENTLY, THE CONSUMER HIT A BUSH AND A TREE. THE CONSUMER THEN PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND AGAIN, IT ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AND WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE GARAGE AND STOPPED AFTER IT HIT A CHEST. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ACCELERATION FOR THE SECOND TIME ONE NOVEMBER 14, 2009 WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO HIS HOUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND THEY STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE SAME DAY, AFTER THE CONSUMER LEFT THE DEALER, HE ONCE AGAIN EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ACCELERATION CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH SHE ENGAGED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND NOTICED THAT THE PEDAL WAS STUCK WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE BRAKES BRIEFLY FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE FLOOR MATS. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

I WAS DRIVING A 07 LEXUS 350 WHEN THE GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK UNDER THE FLOOR MAT. I AM SORRY THAT I DID NOT REPORT THIS PRIOR TO THE DEADLY CRASH IN SAN DIEGO. I FIRST THOUGHT THAT I POSSIBLY DID NOT PUT THE MAT BACK CORRECTLY AFTER VACUUMING THE CAR. I REMEMBER SECURING THE TABS WHEN I REPLACED THE MAT. I WAS MERGING ONTO INTERSTATE 480W AT THE TIME. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC. I WAS TALKING ON THE CELL PHONE AT THE TIME TO MY HUSBAND ON THE WAY TO WORK. I REALIZED THAT I WAS GOING FASTER AND FASTER AND STARTED TO PANIC. I YELLED "THE CAR IS OUT OF CONTROL I AM GOING FASTER I CANT STOP, RYAN ,RYAN OH MY GOD". I THREW THE PHONE DOWN AND I COULD HEAR HIM YELLING PUT IT IN NEUTRAL SO I DID. THE CAR WAS...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S SPEED SUDDENLY INCREASED TO 70 MPH. THE CONTACT QUICKLY PULLED OVER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE COMPUTER DID NOT SHOW ANY FAILURES. THE FAILURE WOULD HAVE TO RECUR IN ORDER FOR A REPAIR TO BE PERFORMED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. UPDATED 03/23/09.*LJ UPDATED 03/23/09. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED SHE COULD SEE HOW THE FLOOR MAP COULD CATCH THE EDGE OF THE PEDAL, BUT DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT WAS THE CASE FOR HER. UPDATED 11/17/09

WHILE COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT,ACCELERATOR PETAL GOT STUCK,CAR ACCELERATED FROM 0-70 IN SECONDS AND COULD NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN, LEXUS RECENTLY SERVICED CAR FOR MAT RECALL AND DID NOT INSTALL CLIPS ON ALL WEATHER FLOOR MAT, MY INSURANCE IS INVESTIGATING BOTH ACCELERATOR THROTTLE AND ALSO THE REASON WY MAT DID NOT HAVE CLIPS INSTALLED AFTER LEXUS STATED THEY CORRECTED THE MAT RECALL,I AM ALSO HIRING A INDEPENDENT AUTO FORENSIC SPECIALIST,I COULD OF KILLED MYSELF AND OTHERS TOO,T HIS SO CALLED MYSTERIOUS ACCELERATION MUST BE CORRECTED. *TR

ACCELERATION OF VEHICLE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS ON INTERSTATE NEARLY CAUSING DEATH OR INJURY. COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. BY THE GRACE OF GOD ONLY MY CAR SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE TERROR EXPERIENCED SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME, LET ALONE TWICE! FIRST TIME AUGUST 2007, CLAIMED IT WAS THE FLOOR MATS. I FELT THE "LURCH" AFTER THAT AND THOUGHT MAYBE I WAS JUST BEING PARANOID. UNTIL IT HAPPENED THE SECOND TIME. IT HAPPENED NINE DAYS AGO. THE DEALER HAS HAD MY CAR SINCE THE INCIDENT. I HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM THEM. I WILL NOT TAKE THE CAR BACK. *TR UPDATED 11/13/09

2007 LEXUS ES350 WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ALL WEATHER FLOOR MATS WERE THE CAUSE OF THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. HE ALSO STATES THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL AFTER HE WAS IN THE ACCIDENT. *NJ RECALL# 07E082000 THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION TWICE. BOTH TIMES HIS FOOT WAS STILL ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND ALSO DAMAGE TO A PARKED VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE WAS ABOUT TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK, IT SUDDENLY JUMPED SIX INCHES. UPDATED 03/16/11*JB THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 05/19/11

ON TWO PRIOR OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FROM SPEEDS BETWEEN 20-30 MPH, TO SPEEDS UP TO 50-60 MPH. ON 9/11/07, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT SPEEDS UP TO 80-90 MPH. WE ARE AWARE OF THE LEXUS NOTIFICATION OF FLOOR MAT INTERFERENCE, SO WE REMOVED THE MATS AFTER THE FIRST TWO TIMES, BUT THE LAST AND MOST FRIGHTENING, OCCURRENCE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE MAT IN THE VEHICLE. THE CAR HAD TO BE FORCED INTO PARK IN ORDER TO SLOW IT DOWN TO A HALT. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME AND SHE STATES SHE ALMOST HAD SEVERAL MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENTS WHILE TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT'S THE FLOOR MAT, BEFORE EVEN DRIVING THE CAR. WE WON'T DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN UNTIL SOMEONE OTHER THAN LEXUS DETERMINES WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. *TR

DRIVING ON A PRIMARY SURFACE STREET, I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. I WAS THE FIRST CAR IN THE LANE. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I ACCELERATED TO CHANGE LANES, THE CAR PICKED UP SPEED AND THE BRAKES COULD NOT STOP IT. THE CAR GROWLED AND JERKED FOR A COUPLE OF BLOCKS UNTIL I FORCED THE GEAR OUT OF "DRIVE". IT FINALLY STOPPED BEFORE THE NEXT INTERSECTION. I DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND DID NOT HIT ANYONE. THE CAR WAS AT THE LEXUS REPAIRS DEPT. FOR 5 DAYS. I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD NOT KEEP THE TWO FLOOR MATS. THEY REMOVED THE FACTORY INSTALLED CARPETED MAT, PLACED IT IN THE TRUNK AND LEFT THE THIN, CLEAR, PROTECTIVE PLASTIC FLOOR MAT FROM LEXUS. I NEVER HAD ALL-WEATHER FLOOR MATS. I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE IS ANY DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION, ENGINE OR BRAKES. PRIOR TO THE...

WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO AN INTERSTATE, THE LEXUS ES350 PURCHASED EARLIER IN THE MONTH CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I HAD TO BRAKE WITH MY LEFT FOOT WHILE PUMPING THE ACCELERATOR WITH MY RIGHT FOOT TO FREE THE STUCK ACCELERATOR. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME, THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF WAS THAT THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK ON THE FLOOR MAT. I HAD THE ALL-WEATHER FLOOR MAT ON TOP OF THE CARPET MAT. I SLID THE ALL WEATHER CAR MAT AS FAR BACK AS POSSIBLE. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT RECURRED. DESPITE HAVING THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AT LEAST 3 TIMES SINCE THIS INCIDENT, NO ONE AT THE DEALERSHIP DID ANYTHING TO CORRECTLY INSTALL THE ALL-WEATHER MATS NOR DID ANYONE AT THE DEALERSHIP ASK ME IF I EVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A PROBLEM. *TR

ON MAY 20, 2007 WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN A HIGH TRAFFIC PRIVATE PARKWAY THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND HIT THREE OTHER CARS. THE ROAD HAD A VERY GENTLE UP SLOPE AND A SMALL CURVE. THE ENGINE WAS ROARING VERY LOUD AS I TRIED VERY HARD TO BRAKE, BUT THE BRAKE WAS NOT EFFECTIVE. I HIT THREE CARS: RIGHT, FRONT AND FRONT RIGHT. ONE OF THE BY STANDER TOLD ME THAT HER PARENTS HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WITH THE SAME MODEL CAR LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE THAT ON A HIGHWAY. ALSO, THE FRONT CAR PASSENGER REPORTED THAT SHE HEARD AN UNUSUAL LOUD ENGINE NOISE FROM MY CAR IN THE POLICE REPORT. LATER, THE INSURANCE COMPANY'S ASSESSOR INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A MEMORANDUM FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO INSURANCE COMPANIES ABOUT THE ALL WEATHER FLOOR MAT FOR THIS MODEL COULD CAUSE SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON THE THROTTLE. I REPORTED THE ACCIDENT...

VEHICLE ACCELERATED RAPIDLY AND WOULD NOT STOP, EVEN AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPS TO BRAK CREATING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. I EVENTUALLY WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL, AND THE ENGINE RACED VIOLENTLY, AND TURN OFF THE IGNITION. AFTER CALLING LEXUS ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, WHILE WAITING FOR THE ASSISTANCE TO ARRIVE, I NOTICED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD BEEN WEDGED IN THE RUBBER FLOOR MAT. I HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED IF THE INCIDENT DAMAGED THE ENGINE OR BRAKES. *AK

THE GAS PADDLE ON MY LEXUS ES350 WAS LOCKED AND NOT RELEASED AFTER I DEPRESSED THE GAS PADDLE TO ITS FULL STROKE AND REMOVED MY FOOT DURING DRIVING AND ON PARK. THIS WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY FAULT THAT CAUSED THE CAR TO CONTINUE ACCELERATING EVEN AFTER REMOVING FOOT FROM THE GAS PADDLE. *AK