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2002 Lexus LS430 Acceleration problems

Owners have filed 4 complaints about the 2002 Lexus LS430's acceleration & cruise control with NHTSA - 10% of all its complaints, most recently on April 19, 2013. They describe 3 crashes, 0 fires and 0 injuries. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.

Complaints
4
Recalls
0
Crashes
3
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Acceleration complaints

Body, doors & structureAcceleration & cruise controlCrash

As I was turning onto a road from a private driveway the car suddenly accelerated causing the car to cross over both lanes of the road and crash into a mailbox. The result was damage to the front of my car and a broken mailbax post. *Tr

Filed Incident Structure · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10508825
Acceleration & cruise controlCrash

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 lexus ls430. When attempting to enter a parking space, the vehicle accelerated without intention. Even after repeated brake application the vehicle would not stop. Consequently she crashed into several vehicles and a building. The vehicle was in the process of being inspected to determine the cause of the failure. There were no injuries. The failure and current mileages were 72,000.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10293212
Acceleration & cruise controlCrash

Dt*: the contact stated while applying brake pressure at 2 mph in a driveway, the engine revved at a high rate, and the vehicle lurched forward into the garage without warning. There were no injuries sustained. There was minor damage sustained to the front of vehicle. The police were not alerted. The dealer and manufacturer were notified.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10174520
Acceleration & cruise control

While driving at 50 mph accelerator pedal got stuck, as a result vehicle was totalled. Dealer notified. *Ak

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10024353

Lexus LS430 acceleration complaints by year

LS430 acceleration problems, every year

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