# 2008 LEXUS GS 350 — POWER TRAIN
> NHTSA complaint `713107` · 2009-03-22 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** LEXUS
- **Model:** GS 350
- **Year:** 2008
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** POWER TRAIN
- **Miles at failure:** 4,800
- **Speed:** 1 mph
## Narrative
2008 ES 350 SURGE --AS I WAS GLIDING (NO ACCELERATION) INTO MY PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF MY TOWN HOME, MY CAR SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD, JUMPED THE CURB AND CRASHED INTO MY BRICK TOWN HOME.  I APPLIED MY TO THE BRAKES, AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO SURGE FORWARD.  I CALLED MY LEXUS DEALER WHO SAID "THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE AND COULD NEVER HAPPEN AND YOU JUST ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE GAS PEDAL" .  I DID NOT HIT THE GAS PEDAL.  I HAD PICTURES TAKEN OF THE CRASH, WROTE A LETTER TO LEXUS OF NORTH AMERCIA STATING AND REQUESTING A DIFFERENT ES 350 (IT IS A LEASED CAR).  I RECEIVED A GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT LETTER BACK FROM LEXUS THAT WAS THERE NO REASON FOR THE PROBLEM AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WAS MY FAULT.  I HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER..  THE LEXUS GM OF SALES IN ALEXANDRIA DENIED THAT A SURGE COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND CLEARLY IS WAS MY FAULT.  *TR
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