Consumer Complaint Detail

LEXUS / ES300 / 2002

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004272262 Incident Date: Apr, 19 2004
Consumer's City: SILVER SPRING Consumer's State: MD
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: ES300 Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JTHBF30G125 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 22 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 18 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I have a 2002 lexus es300. if you stomp on the gas while driving in order to merge or pass the engin reves but the car does not pick up speed i.e there is a big dead spot. i took it to the dealor and was told that was how the care was designed to work. i feel that the hesitation is a big safty problem that could lead to a accident. what can be done to get lexus to fix this problem?*ak