Consumer Complaint Detail

LEXUS / ES300 / 2002

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004280225 Incident Date: Apr, 12 2004
Consumer's City: ROCKVILLE Consumer's State: MD
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: ES300 Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JTHBF30G720 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 16 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: There were two such incidents. upon coming back at lunch time to work, i turned to pull into a parking space. the angle of the car necessitated me to turn the steering wheel very tight to the right. with the pressure on the brake released but with foot in brake position the car surged almost hitting the parked car in front of me. it definitely a surge, a person can feel the sudden energy. in becoming more aware of the car after i had an accident doing this same type of maneveur, there seems to be a problem when trying to maneveur the car for parking and at the same type of the steering wheel turned very tight in one direction. *ak