2007 Lexus RX350 Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 22about this part
- Share
- 13%of 167 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 56,000miles
- Trend
- StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 22 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2007 Lexus RX350, 13% of the 167 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 56,000 miles. 11 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“My 2007 Lexus rx 350 will occasionally slow down and feel as if it is going to shut off when I press the gas. It will then suddenly accelerate and jolt causing me to depress the brakes in order to slow down. I have advised Lexus of the problem and must bring it in for service. This has been happening since I purchased the car in 2008.”
NHTSA complaint #10319648, filed 2010-03, 1,400 miles“2007lexus 350 rx -at least 3 times it has engaged in sudden acceleration. The dealer told me they could find nothing wrong. Now I find that it is a common occurrence. Please register my name to those having had safety problems. There has been no accident (yet)!”
NHTSA complaint #10289197, filed 2009-10, 65,000 miles“I was driving on hwy I-south and I had my car cruise at about 68 MPH. Due to downhill road ahead I took it out of cruise as sometime car goes few miles above cruise limit. Now there was uphill road so I put it no cruise again about 65 by pushing cruise arrow up direction. This time suddenly it accelerate and engine RPM shoot up very high and speed kept going up. In mater of 2-3 seconds it was 80 MPH. My break did not work and I took it out of cruise and it stop going up. I was really scared that this may go out of control. …”
NHTSA complaint #10626068, filed 2014-08, 120,000 miles“I parked my car in a parking spot to do some errands and, before I could put the car in park and turn the car off, the car shot forward and went through some shrubs, across a walkway, and finally ran straight into a brick wall of one of the stores I was going to. Several bricks fell off the building and , needless to say, I was as shaken up as the building. Since there is a wide walkway between the shrubs and the building, if anyone had been going to or from the store, that person or persons would,in all likelihood, have been killed. …”
NHTSA complaint #10470445, filed 2012-08, 68,877 miles“Random acceleration! My rx 350 Lexus was returned to the dealer for repair less than a month after I purchased it for random acceleration. I explained that although I am not accelerating my vehicle accelerates rapidly and lunges forward. I have to take my foot of the gas immediately and apply the brake. Sometimes it happens 3/4 times a day and sometimes not for a week, thus the term random. I have brought it in to park place Lexus and called numerous times. They drive it a few miles and tell me nothing is wrong. …”
NHTSA complaint #10317351, filed 2010-03, 1,000 milesRelated recalls
- 11V112000Feb 24, 2011Toyota is recalling certain model year 2004-2006 highlander, highlander hybrid, and model year 2004-2007 lexus rx330, rx350, and rx400h vehicles. If the…Covers: Lexus RX350 2004–2007, RX330 2004–2007, RX Hybrid 2004–2007 +2 more
Related service bulletins
- 10132855Oct 11, 2016TSB: REVISION NOTICE October 11, 2016 Rev1: ? Applicability has been updated to include 2011 ? 2015 model year RX 330 and RX 350 vehicles. Any previous printed versions of this…
- 10045639Jul 10, 2012Lexus: precaution information on removal, inspection, installation of accelerator pedal sensor assembly, which requires no lubrication. Models 2001-13 ct200h, es300, 300h, 330…
Vehicle speed control: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 13% |
| 2018 | 3 | 17% |
| 2017 | 6 | 13% |
| 2016 | 5 | 9% |
| 2015 | 7 | 17% |
| 2013 | 9 | 15% |
| 2012 | 10 | 30% |
| 2011 | 8 | 27% |
| 2010 | 38 | 40% |
| 2009 | 6 | 6% |
| 2008 | 15 | 12% |
| 2007 | 22 | 13% |
Other parts of the 2007 Lexus RX350
36 complaintsSteering
25 complaintsAir bags
22 complaintsBody and structure
21 complaintsOther or unknown
13 complaintsEngine cooling
12 complaintsElectrical system
11 complaintsExterior lighting
11 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
9 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
7 complaintsBrakes
4 complaintsFuel system
3 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2007 Lexus RX350
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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