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2003 Lexus GS430 Acceleration problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 2003 Lexus GS430's acceleration & cruise control with NHTSA - 20% of all its complaints, most recently on March 18, 2010. They describe 1 crash, 0 fires and 0 injuries. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.

Complaints
1
Recalls
0
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Acceleration complaints

Acceleration & cruise controlCrash

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 lexus gs430. While driving 2 mph attempting to apply the brakes, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning causing the vehicle to crash into a cement pole. The front fender and hood of the vehicle were damaged. The contact stated that due to the impact her neck and body lunged forward during the crash; however, she was not bruised. The police was notified; however, the contact did not indicate whether a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a body shop to be inspected by the insurance company. The manufacturer will be notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 54,000.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10320691

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