Consumer Complaint Detail

LEXUS / ES300 / 2003

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004271574 Incident Date: May, 31 2004
Consumer's City: ERIE Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: ES300 Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JTHBF30G330 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 13 2004 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Vehicle hesitated from a standing start position. the rpms went up but the vehicle did not move until it got into another gear. it will drive for a while and then vehicle will stop. consumer did not feel safe. *ak the technicians claim that the cable from the gas peddle to the engine was removed and replaced by a computer in the 2003 models. on the highway, if the vehicle was slowed down, a hesitation would be present while pressing on the gas peddle to resume speed. the engine light would come on along with the hesitation, also when the engine light would come on the vehicle would lose power along with blue smoke blowing out of the exhaust, and the rear seat contained a flaw. *sc *jb