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2007 LEXUS ES350 — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

crash · 650755 · 2007-12-22

Vehicle

Make
LEXUS
Model
ES350
Year
2007
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Miles at failure
4,763
Speed
5 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SLOT IN A PARKING LOT WITH CARS ON BOTH SIDES AND IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE, MY VEHICLE INCREASED ACCELERATION AND RACED FORWARD UNCONTROLLABLY. THE BRAKE WAS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR BOARD OF THE VEHICLE AND HAD NO EFFECT ON SLOWING DOWN THE CAR. THE LARGE TRUCK IN THE SLOT IN FRONT OF ME WAS THE ONLY THING THAT STOPPED THE VEHICLE. $87,43 DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY VEHICLE. NONE TO THE TRUCK THAT STOPPED MY VEHICLE. LEXUS REVIEWED THE ELECTRONIC DATA RECORDER AND RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. LEXUS ALLOWED NO ONE TO TOUCH THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT WAS INSPECTED BY THERE TECHNICIAN. NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT OR PREVENT A FUTURE REPEAT OF THE LIFE THREATENING ACCELERATION SURGE EXPERIENCED WITH THIS VEHICLE. WE HAVE REQUESTED FROM THE LEXUS LEGAL DEPARTMENT THAT THE DATA RECOVERED BY THE LEXUS TECHNICIAN BE PROVIDED TO US SO THAT WE CAN ASSESS FOR OURSELVES WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10212574
Machine
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