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2001 Lexus LS430 Fuel System problems

Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2001 Lexus LS430's fuel system with NHTSA - 4% of all its complaints, most recently on March 28, 2015. They describe 1 crash, 0 fires and 0 injuries. Fuel pumps, leaks, injectors, fuel smells, gauges and stalling caused by fuel delivery.

Complaints
2
Recalls
0
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Fuel System complaints

Body, doors & structureAcceleration & cruise controlFuel systemCrash

The driver/owner of the lexus ls 430 was pulling in to a parking spot behind another car at a private club. It was straight in parking behind a gmc yukon. In pulling into the spot, the right rear tire went over a curb, and suddenly the car accelerated like a rocket. The driver stepped on the brake and nothing would stop it. Since the car was only about one foot away from the parked yukon, the lexus was stopped by the impact. The car was put in park and the engine turned off. Air bag did not deploy. Damage...

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was done to rear bumper of the yukon and the front bumper of the lexus as well as an a/m reinforcement beam and other external damage. As of this date, damage to the engine of the lexus is undetermined. *Tr

Filed Incident Structure · Vehicle speed control · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 10702307
Fuel system

I owned a 2001 lexus ls430 from 2001 to 2004. During that time, the car would accelerate by itself when going slowly - down my driveway, into my garage, out of my garage, pulling up the driveway. It only happened when going very slowly - say five miles an hour or less - but it consistently happened. I took it to the local dealer a couple of times and they said, "we did not notice anything." I wasn't really concerned since I was usually only going around five miles an hour, and I would depress the brake...

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firmly to not go faster, but it happened often. I eventually sold the car. I wonder if that car had problems like the recalled ones? Don't know if the gas pedal was sticking or if the software running the engine was revving it up. It seemed like the gas pedal would actually depress on its own when this happened. *Tr

Filed Incident Fuel system, gasolineNHTSA 10311102

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