2008 Lexus IS 250 Vehicle speed control Problems

“I was pulling into a parking space with my foot on the brake, almost to a complete stop when the car suddenly accelerated & I went up over a curb & hit a transformer. The distance was only about 8 feet. I do not know how fast I was going probably about 15 - 30 MPH. I moved the transformer about 3 feet. (the transformer weighed about 1/2 - 1 ton)9i I do not know how the car accelerated.”

“September 20, 2012 I experienced my first misfire issue with my 2008 Lexus IS 250. As I accelerated to approx 65 MPH to entire a busy highway on ramp, I lost all acceleration in my vehicle. As this happened, I had the check engine light flashing, my check vsc indicator displaying, and my traction control light illuminating. I called Lexus, they advised that the car needed be towed in and the began to run the codes that were tripped. It was determined that I had extreme carbon build up in the engine, which was causing my engine to misfire. …”

“I like to report an incident of a possible manufacture malfunction on my 2008 Lexus is250. The incident happened on 4/29/2010. I was first stopped for red light in the neutral gear. As I was ready to move forward on green light, I switched the automatic transmission to drive, however the car just accelerated uncontrollable forward. I immediately stepped the brake pedal repeatedly (~3 times), but the brake didn't work until my car hit the car in front of me. After colliding with the car in front of me, my Lexus engine shut down by itself. …”

“I was driving my wife's Lexus 2008 IS 250 out of a parking lot when applying my foot on the brake the car accelerated. I now slammed my foot on the brakes and the car continued to accelerate. The only thing that stopped my car was the car in front of it with very little damage. If the car was not in front of me I was accelerating faster into on coming traffic. My floor mat is not on the floor as after the san diego incident that was toyota's reasoning. We were told roughly a month and half ago to take the mat out, which I did right away. …”

“I was driving my 2008 is250 at about 40 MPH on a two lane roadway when I felt the car accelerate suddenly. I took my foot off the gas pedal but it continued to accelerate to 85 MPH. I immediately hit the brake but the vehicle did not stop or even slow down. I had pressed the brake pedal as far as it would go but the vehicle did not respond. The third time I pressed the brake pedal the vehicle began to slow down but would not stop. The speed slowly decreased to about 20 MPH but still did not stop. Luckily there was little traffic volume but I was approaching an intersection. …”