2009 Lexus IS Vehicle speed control Problems

“At approximately 85k total miles, is250 automatic began dropping from 5-6k RPM to 2-3k RPM whenever changing road grade to an incline or decline, usually above 50 MPH, dropping to 35 MPH on the highway. To maintain proper speed, I would have to downshift from d to s and floor the accelerator. Traction control, parking brake, and ABS lights would sometimes coincide with this problem. This continued until I sold the is250 at 88k miles.”

“This was a loaner car. The gas pedal stuck on the floor. The heavy rubber mat caught the edge of the gas pedal and held it down on the floor. I was able to shift to neutral (don't know how the engine didn't blow up), brake the car to a stop, shift to park and shut engine off. I saw this morning on tv that there have been fatalities reported on toyota vehicles related to this issue.”

“Four incidents of unintended acceleration. On four occasions the 2000 Lexus is250 I purchased on september 3, 2009 had unintended acceleration of up to 5000 RPM.. Three times this occurred when starting the car in park; the fourth time was when the car was stopped and idling. Twice I had the dealer, thousand oaks, ca Lexus, examine the problem and was told no defect could be found. On the fourth occurrence I noticed my foot was on the edge of the brake pedal and depressing the accelerator simultaneously. …”

“Mar. 3/4/10 - as I was pulling into a parking space, my 2009 is250 accelerated and lunged with a high pitched screaming noise. I stepped hard on the brakes but it wouldn't stop it. A large pickup truck was parked with his rear bumper in front of me and it stopped the car. Shaken up, I drove home slowly, called Lexus to tow my car in to check it out. Next day Lexus said they couldn't find anything wrong. I was offered phone # of Lexus corp. Office to file my complaint. I called and they took my statement and said we'd hear from them. On 3/25/10, corp. …”

“Rapid acceleration, 2009, IS 250, Lexus. Pulling into a parking space with the foot on the brake. Car accelerated, jumped a curb, over a 6 foot wide grass separation and totaled a parked car in front of the parking space. Car was serviced that very day for it's 5,000 mile check. First time we drove the car after being serviced. Had our car repaired for front end damage. Contacted Lexus on their hot line, reported the incident, was instructed to write them with all the details. Have not heard one thing from Lexus corporate since we sent the letter on 12/30/09 no one has checked the car. …”