2006 LEXUS GS300

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006 AND 2007 LEXUS GS300 AND GS350 ALL WHEEL DRIVE (AWD) VEHICLES. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE PLASTIC PAD EMBEDDED INTO THE FLOOR CARPET MAY INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 Lexus LS vehicles manufactured May 9, 2006, to July 20, 2010, 2006-2011 Lexus GS vehicles manufactured January 6, 2005, to September 10, 2010, and 2006-2011 Lexus IS vehicles manufactured August 30, 2005, to

FAULTY ECU COMPUTER RESULTING IN HARD JERK WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. THE ENGINE REPAIR UNIT GOES BAD AFTER 100,000 MILES. MULTIPLE VEHICLES REPORTED THE ISSUE AFTER EXPERIENCING FUEL INDUCTION PROBLEMS AND OIL LOSS RELATED TO BAD .GASKETS. CAR STARTED JERKING ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSE A REAR END BUMPER COLLISION WHILE INTRAFFIC.

Mileage: 138,000

FAULTY ECU COMPUTER RESULTING IN HARD JERK WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. THE ENGINE REPAIR UNIT GOES BAD AFTER 100,000 MILES. MULTIPLE VEHICLES REPORTED THE ISSUE AFTER EXPERIENCING FUEL INDUCTION PROBLEMS AND OIL LOSS RELATED TO BAD .GASKETS. CAR STARTED JERKING ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSE A REAR END BUMPER COLLISION WHILE INTRAFFIC.

Mileage: 138,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 LEXUS GS300. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, A SMOKE ODOR EMITTED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SLOWED DOWN THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SPARKS ON THE GROUND. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND EXITED THE VEHICLE WITHOUT INJURIES. THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V64

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 LEXUS GS300. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE DRIFTED OFF THE ROAD, CRASHED INTO A CEMENT STONE, AND FLIPPED OVER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED AWAY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. UPDATED 5/12/15*CN UPDATED 9/16/2015 *JS

Mileage: 160,000

2006 LEXUS GS300. CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO AN ACCIDENT WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS SHE WAS SLOWLY DRIVING OUT OF HER DRIVEWAY, SHE STARTED TO TURN A CORNER WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING. SHE BOUNCED OFF THE CURBS ON THE STREET, TWO OR THREE TIME AND THE TIRES AND RIMS WERE DAMAGED, THERE WAS A GOUGE IN THE FRONT BUMPER AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AFTER FINALLY COMING TO RES

2006 LEXUS GS300. CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO AN ACCIDENT WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS SHE WAS SLOWLY DRIVING OUT OF HER DRIVEWAY, SHE STARTED TO TURN A CORNER WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING. SHE BOUNCED OFF THE CURBS ON THE STREET, TWO OR THREE TIME AND THE TIRES AND RIMS WERE DAMAGED, THERE WAS A GOUGE IN THE FRONT BUMPER AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AFTER FINALLY COMING TO RES

I SLOWED DOWN TO PARK THE CAR AND WAS STEERING MY CAR INTO THE PARKING OPENING. AND AS THE CAR SLOWED DOWN TO ALMOST A STOP POSITION, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST BEFORE IT STOPPED, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UNINTENTIONALLY WITH HIGH SPEED AND RAN OVER THE PARKING BLOCKS AND THEN OVER THE RAISED ISLAND IN FRONT OF ME. THEN IT CRASHED INTO THE CARS PARKED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RAISED ISLAND AND THEN IT STOPPED. IN 2009 I EXPERIENCED MY VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE OFTEN WHEN IT WAS IDLING WH

Mileage: 35,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS GS300. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES AS SHE APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE DID INTO RESPOND AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONTAL DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSIS ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND AIR BAGS BUT DID NOT LOCATE A FAILURE WITH EITHER. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS GS300. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES AS SHE APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE DID INTO RESPOND AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONTAL DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSIS ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND AIR BAGS BUT DID NOT LOCATE A FAILURE WITH EITHER. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS GS300. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES AS SHE APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE DID INTO RESPOND AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONTAL DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSIS ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND AIR BAGS BUT DID NOT LOCATE A FAILURE WITH EITHER. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 LEXUS GS300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH. THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING AND A WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE HAD MINOR BODY DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE BODY DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CURRENT AND

Mileage: 2,761

I DRIVE A 2006 LEXUS GS300. LAST FALL,AS I BACKED OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE - IN A BUILDING - MY CAR "TOOK OFF" AND HIT A CEMENT WALL. ( AT FIRST, I THOUGHT I HIT THE GAS PEDAL IN ERROR HOWEVER, AFTER WHAT HAPPENED NEXT, I KNEW THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO PEDESTRIANS IN THE PARKING LOT. ) I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT "TOOK OFF" AGAIN. LUCKILY, I HIT A CEMENT PARKING BUMPER THAT STOPPED ME. ALL THIS TOOK PLACE IN MAYBE 15 SECONDS OR SO. NOT REALIZING THERE WAS ANYTHING T

Mileage: 17,000

IN WINTER OF 2008 I WAS EXITING A DRIVEWAY AT THE END OF WHICH THERE IS A STOP LIGHT ON A NIGHT WHEN SNOW HAD JUST BEGUN. I WAS TRAVELING AT A SLOW SPEED BECAUSE THE LIGHT WAS RED MY CAR BRAKES LOCKED UP AND I SLID INTO A STONE PILLAR AT THE EXIT. ALTHOUGH I HAD SUFFICIENT TIME, I HAD NO WAY TO EFFECTIVELY STEER THE CAR BECAUSE THE WHEELS WERE LOCKED UP. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE CAR. WHILE MY OVERRIDING CONCERN IS THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN, I WAS ALSO UNHAPPY ABOUT THE VERY SIGN

Mileage: 20,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS GS300. WHILE BACKING UP OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND IT EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR AND BECAME STUCK. HE THEN DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE BECAUSE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK. THE CONTACT CRASHED THROUGH THE FRONT GLASS WINDOW OF A STORE. THE CONTACT AND POSSIBLY ONE OCCUPANT IN THE STORE WERE INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO VIE

Mileage: 30,000