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TOYOTA/LEXUS SUDDEN
ACCELERATION
INCIDENTS
- August
28th
2009:
Model
Year
2009
Lexus
ES350:
4
DEAD.
According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), a loaner 2009
Lexus ES 350 driven by CHP Officer Mark Saylor, and three family
members experienced a serious malfunction, which caused the accelerator
to stick. Someone reportedly dialed 911 around 6:30 p.m. to report the
cars accelerator was stuck, and the car could not be stopped while
traveling nearly 100 miles per hour. The out-of-control car careened
through the intersection of Route 125 and Mission Gorge Road and
collided with a Ford Explorer. The Lexus then jumped a curb, plowed
through a fence, and then slammed into an embankment before going
airborne. The luxury car reportedly overturned several times before it
came to a stop and burst into flames in the San Diego River basin. The
CHP officer Mark Saylor, 45; his wife, Cleofe, 45; Saylor’s daughter,
Mahala, 13; and his brother-in-law, Chris Lastrella were all tragically
killed at the scene of the horrific crash.
http://www.newyorkinjurynews.com/2009/09/02/California-automobile-accident-attorneys-news-Runaway-Lexus-kills-4_20090902877.html
See
also
NBC
Video
- April
30th
2008 Final Report 2007 Lexus 350E Unintended Acceleration VRTC
Memorandum Report EA07-010 VRTC-DCD-7113 http://i.usatoday.net/money/_pdfs/09-1006-nhtsa-memo.pdf
- August 15,
2007 LEXUS
SAFETY PROBE
WIDENS: 40 report unintended acceleration : BY
JUSTIN HYDE FREE
PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF Federal
regulators
have
stepped
up
an
investigation
into
98,454
Lexus
ES
350
sedans
after
amassing
40
reports
of
unintended acceleration, including eight crashes and 12 injuries, along
with
cases in which drivers said their cars stopped only after an accident.
Toyota
Motor Co. told safety officials that the problem appeared to be caused
by loose
floor mats and contends that it dealt with the flaw through a mailing
to
customers earlier this year. But the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration decided to continue its investigation last week to
verify
whether Toyota's efforts were sufficient. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070815/BUSINESS01/708150373/1014
- May 4th 2004 : Drivers Blame Sudden
Acceleration For Crashes
HOUSTON -- Last December, a car crashed
into a
strip center soccer store in Kingwood. As it plowed inside, 45-year-old
Debbie MacAfee was killed. Another woman survived, but is still
recovering from her injuries. Carol Parish was the driver that day. She
still cries about the crash, five months later. "It's a horrible hole
that is shot through your spirit," Parish said. She said that she was
backing out of a parking space, and then started to pull away. That's
when she said her car took on a mind of its own. ....Houston area
Congressman Nick Lampson asks for Government to re-open Sudden
Acceleration investigation. http://www.click2houston.com/automotive/3268351/detail.html
See
also
http://www.autosafety.org/article.php?scid=125&did=887
- April 13th 2004 : Technology puts
unintended acceleration back in spotlight. By Jayne O'Donnell
and David Kiley / USA TODAY. Carol Mathews, 60,
has been driving since she was 12 years old on a South
Dakota farm. So when her 2002 Lexus ES 300 ran into a tree as she
pulled into a restaurant parking space last fall, she was pretty sure
she wasn't the problem. She says it was the third time the car lurched
forward without her help. http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2004-04-13-unintended-acceleration_x.htm
- HOUSTON, Texas Dec 5th 2003 --
One woman was killed
and
another was seriously injured Friday when a car slammed through a
Kingwood-area store,. Police said the driver of a Lexus lost control of
her vehicle around noon and it rammed through the front of Soccer 4
All, 4423 Kingwood Drive. News2Houston report: http://www.click2houston.com/news/2686211/detail.html#
- Federal Register / Vol.
68, No.
183 / Monday, September 22, 2003 / Notices 55076-79: Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, DP03–003 :
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
See
under
NHTSA Notice describing the
reasons for denying a petition by Mr. Peter Boddaert requesting
that the agency conduct a Petition Analysis ‘‘covering Lexus cars,
model years 1997 to 2000, model series 300 & 400.’’
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