| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004288323 | Incident Date: May, 04 2004 |
| Consumer's City: BETHESDA | Consumer's State: MD |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: ES300 | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JTHBF30G930 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 13 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 01 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Lexus es300 2003 - extremely dangerous situation when accelerating from 5-10 mph to full acceleration (passing/merging onto highway for example). transmission hesitates a very long time (1-2 seconds) before kicking in. dealer claims this is a known problem but nothing is being done about it. researching lexus forums indicates this is a wide spread problem for 2002, 2003 years at least. the hesitation is extremely unnerving in a high stress merging environment at least and potentially dangerous accident potential at worse. |
