# 2000 LEXUS LS400 — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `556461` · 2005-09-29 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** LEXUS
- **Model:** LS400
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Miles at failure:** 63,000
## Narrative
DT:  THE CALLER SAID  WHILE DRIVING  50 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO A FASTER SPEED VERY QUICKLY. THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT. THE CALLER SUSTAINED  INJURIES.   A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE CALLER SAID THE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING WITHOUT WARNING FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE CALLER CALLED THE MANUFACTURER THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. DEALER SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO HIM. HE WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND THEY SAID THEY WILL SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE  PROBLEM. ON SEPTEMBER 26,  2005 AT 8:00 AM, MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WOULD CALL IN TWO DAYS.  THIS WAS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THEY SAID THEY WOULD COME AND LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. THE  CALLER SAID SHE CALLED MANUFACTURER AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2005  AT  9:00 AM TO TELL THEM OF THE ACCIDENT, THEY SAID SOMEONE WOULD CALL BACK. ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 MANUFACTURER SAID IT WOULD TAKE SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. THE CALLER TOLD THEM THEY WERE GOING TO SUE, AND THE  MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WILL NOT COME TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. *AK
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