At approximately 2:00 pm on jan. 5, 2020, I was driving my 2006 lexus ls 430 in a residential area in bethesda, md. I decided to turn around. I turned right into a driveway (at a low speed) with the brake pedal applied. Suddenly, and without warning, the car accelerated wildly, making a great deal of engine noise, as the throttle appeared to be wide open. Thankfully I hit a near-by tree and two front air bags deployed. A homeowner called the police, and an ambulance took me to the emergency room at a nearby hospital. If this sudden acceleration had occurred on a highway, I am certain that lives would have been lost.
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Lexus LS430 Body problems by year
54 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Lexus LS430's body, doors & structure. Doors, hoods and latches, frame rust, sunroofs, leaks, trim and structural failures.
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Pneumatic cylinders designed to hold trunk open failed causing trunk to close when in use endangering person using trunk
The car is equipped with the automatic door closing system, which malfunctioned, causing rear side passenger door to be incapable of securely being closed. When the doors are softly partially shut, this system grabs the door and finishes completely shutting the door flush to the outer body of the car. When the system fails, the door cannot be shut even manually. If this were to happen while on a trip, the door would flop open and closed and be a serious hazard and danger to passengers, other traffic and the...
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possibility that the door might come completely off the body of the car. Fortunately, in my incident, I was in town and got to a store to purchase rope to tie the door closed by strapping it to the opposite side rear door and taking it to the dealer for very costly repair.
Lifters that hold trunk open failed & trunk struck operator in the head twice. Engine hood was opened to its apex & the hood slammed closed. Will not stay open; can only be held open with a cane while trying to check oil. Car was stationary & ignition was off in all cases. Car gave no previous warning of fatigue or failure.
Supports to keep trunk mlid open failed and lid came down striking head. This has occurred several times. Dealer from whom I purchased car did not offer to replace defective parts.William
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
My 2006 lexus ls 460 has a dashboard that is sticky and hard to see out of at times when driving. I have also noticed my interior door panels are starting to haze with a white film on them. I have taken extreme care with this vehicle as it receives all the normal maintenance and every 3 weeks a full detail inside and out. I thought it was the chemicals being utilized by the detailers, and I asked they stop using chemicals and only use soap and water. I later found after speaking with them that it is common in a...
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lot of lexus sedans. I looked it up on the internet and found that there was a defect in many lexus' from 2006 to 2008. So I am inquiring here to see if anything can be done about it. *Tr
In the course of opening the closed car trunk lid in order to retrieve the groceries that were inside the trunk, , I pulled it up by its lower edge using the ring finger of my right hand. Without warning or reason for it to do so, the electric automatic power trunk lid closer mechanism operated and shut the lid, crushing and mangling my finger bone and finger nail, and causing excruciating pain and permanent disfigurement. I am told by the doctor who has been treating my finger that the finger soreness and pain is also a permanent condition. *Tr
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
The wheels on this car accumlate corrosion and cause the tires to go flat while driving. Lexus doesn't seem concerned with this defect. *Tr
I own a 2002 lexus ls in dec. 2010, While I was taking the groceries out of my trunk, the trunk fell on my head and created an injury to my eyes, I had two surgeries, the trunk unexpectedly just crash on my head, it was very painful, I almost passed out,apparently the springs wore out, there was no warning, I am still hurting and get severe headaches, I wrote to lexus, they just ignored me completely, in my opinion, this is a safety issue and should be dealt with accordingly. I am asking for your immediate attention I saved the old springs for review. [[redacted]] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.S.C. 552(B)(6). *Tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 lexus ls 430. The contact stated that she was placing items in the trunk when the trunk lid unexpectedly slammed shut. The contact suffered injuries to her finger as a result of the failure. An authorized dealer was notified, but offered no assistance. The manufacturer was also notified via email and the contact was awaiting a response. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 74,000 and the current mileage was 75,000. The vin was unavailable.
Failed component: 2 hydraulic supporters on trunk lid. Complaints: the 2 hydraulic supporters on trunk lid were completely failed. I was injured on october 29, 2011 when the lid felled down (closed) on its own weight and hit my head and then my right arm. The supporters are very weak as compared to the trunk lid heavy duty steel structure. I hardly drive the car which registers only 30k miles. The weak hydraulic supporters started to show fatigue about 5 years ago. Eventually, it caught me after several years...
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later. I am pretty sure that this type defects are common for many vehicles of similar years and model. It can cause serious injury if one is not careful, particularly when parking on a sloped driveway. There is no excuse for lexus to use such cheap parts of which reputation emphasizing safety and quality. *Tr
Trunk struts failed to hold the trunk in an open position, causing the trunk to fall and injure a person. Multiple times. Trunk was properly opened and raised to a full open position. *Tr
The piston-like air struts that are supposed to hold the rear trunk lid open on my 2003 lexus ls 430 (bought new in december 2002) slowly stopped functioning starting around 4 years ago. Now they do not work at all. While this is an inconvenience to have to open the trunk manually, the real danger is that are no provisions to hold the trunk lid in the open position. Thus, even a light wind or vibration caused by passing vehicles will cause the trunk to teeter off the open position and slam shut. The downward motion of the sharp and heavy edges of the trunk can (and have) caused serious injury to head, fingers, and other body parts - not mention damaging cargo. *Tr
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