I have a 2004 gx470 suv. today i was in a parking lot, trying to back out and leave. with one foot on the accelerator, i found it stuck, which was odd, as i had not experienced it before. so i pressed on it again, i thought, lightly. i was taken completely by surprise, as i seemed to have flown backwards, as i have a v8 engine, my acceleration was quick and my car immediately rammed into 2 parked cars behind me. i was in a state of shock and very scared, since it was so fast and sudden. has anyone else experienced anything like this before? thank you. *tr
Speedometer and tachometer gauges do not work properly. when the vehicle is turned on, will either activate right away or flicker or do nothing. this is an intermittent problem and is hard to diagnose or even fix. have seen on lexus forums this is a common problem and seems many of us are driving "speed blind". i have already had the cluster sent out and "repaired", only to have problem come back. i feel this problem is dangerous and the manufacturer needs to be held accountable.
My wife was driving our suv and was attempting to park it in a bank parking lot in niles, il. the suv accelerated suddenly without my wife pressing the gas pedal causing her to drive over a green space, hit a sign on bank's property, drive over a large bush and a wire fence at an adjacent park and finally stop after repeatedly pressing the brake pedal. we towed the car to the lexus dealership and from there to a body shop. we had the car for 8 years and this is the first time that this issue occurred. a police report was filed and the damage was assessed by our insurance company.
My lexus gx 470 has accelerated uncontrollably since jan7, 2010 (first occurrence) and last occurrence march 12, 2010 . it generally occurs at light throttle from a stop and turning left at intersections and is compounded by a loss of electronic stability control also on wet pavement. thus far, i have been able to react quickly enough to keep speeds under 60 mph. my wife and daughter have not been so fortunate and will not drive in and /or be a passenger in the vehicle. i'm handicapped and had a service dog who was killed in one of the crashes. if a neck can be broken then we are dealing with a very dangerous situation. i am a former toyota executive engineer/ chief engineer for 8 years and have a huge amount of knowledge in this subject , such as program retention of ecm and denso throttle. toyota knew of these electronic problems beginning in 2002 how many deaths in a lexus gx 470 , before a recall occurs????????? *tr
Sudden acceleration problem occurred when a 2004 gx-470 decelerated from 30 mph to approximately 2 mph to turn left into a driveway when the vehicle accelerated full throttle and collided with a parked car in the driveway. there were two passengers in the vehicle, one in the front next to the driver the second an infant in a car seat in the back center position of the vehicle. the sudden acceleration was coincident as the driver initiated the turn into the driveway, the front car tires where fully turned to the left and the passenger in the front seat opened the front left car door to exit the vehicle before it was fully stopped. the sudden acceleration pushed the passenger exiting the vehicle back into his seat and he never was able to exit the vehicle. it should be noted that this problem occurred in southern california and there were no additional mats in the vehicle other than the original lexus car mats. in addition a possible related symptom occurred twice over the four year history of the vehicle. the vehicle has been sent back to lexus in which it was reported that when the vehicle was in palm springs and the temperature was over 110 degrees that there were acceleration problems with the vehicle. lexus returned the vehicle indicating that they could not repeat the problem but did not investigate the problem under the heat conditions. even after the accident lexus refuses to test the vehicle under the heat conditions. the day of the accident the temperature was about 75 degrees. the passenger in the front seat is an electronic engineering that runs a company that is know in the industry as resolving intermittent problems in the most complex systems of department of defense (dod) (e.g. f-14, ea-6b). his observation during the accident is that there was extremely low probability that the driver could of moved their foot from brake that was used to decelerate the vehicle to the point when the sudden acceleration started. *tr
Sudden acceleration problem occurred when a 2004 gx-470 decelerated from 30 mph to approximately 2 mph to turn left into a driveway when the vehicle accelerated full throttle and collided with a parked car in the driveway. there were two passengers in the vehicle, one in the front next to the driver the second an infant in a car seat in the back center position of the vehicle. the sudden acceleration was coincident as the driver initiated the turn into the driveway, the front car tires where fully turned to the left and the passenger in the front seat opened the front left car door to exit the vehicle before it was fully stopped. the sudden acceleration pushed the passenger exiting the vehicle back into his seat and he never was able to exit the vehicle. it should be noted that this problem occurred in southern california and there were no additional mats in the vehicle other than the original lexus car mats. in addition a possible related symptom occurred twice over the four year history of the vehicle. the vehicle has been sent back to lexus in which it was reported that when the vehicle was in palm springs and the temperature was over 110 degrees that there were acceleration problems with the vehicle. lexus returned the vehicle indicating that they could not repeat the problem but did not investigate the problem under the heat conditions. even after the accident lexus refuses to test the vehicle under the heat conditions. the day of the accident the temperature was about 75 degrees. the passenger in the front seat is an electronic engineering that runs a company that is know in the industry as resolving intermittent problems in the most complex systems of department of defense (dod) (e.g. f-14, ea-6b). his observation during the accident is that there was extremely low probability that the driver could of moved their foot from break that was used to decelerate the vehicle to the point when the sudden acceleration started. *jb