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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006069463 | Incident Date: May, 07 2006 |
| Consumer's City: GLENDALE | Consumer's State: WI |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: ES300 | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JTHBF30G536 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 26 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Mar, 30 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The lexus es300 has had a serious hesitation problem since delivery in march 2003. i have had it in for service several times before the accident complaining about this problem. on may 8th,2006, my wife was trying to make a left turn at an intersection and upon accelerating through the turn the car hesitated/lagged and was struck by an oncoming auto. after contacting lexus direct, they came out to test drive the auto. i was contacted several days later and was told that my lexus has no problem. since this problem still exists, i took the car back in for service on may 26th, 2006 and again was told that my car had already received a transmission computer update and their final words were "vehicle is operating as designed at this time". this car still has the problem. *nm |
