2000 Lexus LS 400 Service and Repair Manual

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED. THE CONDITION CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT THREE PARKED VEHICLES AND ONE VEHICLE IN MOTION. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES TO HER FACE DUE TO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE OTHER DRIVER AND PASSENGER OF THE OTHER VEHICLES APPEARED TO SHOW NO INJURY. *JB

DT: THE CALLER SAID WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO A FASTER SPEED VERY QUICKLY. THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT. THE CALLER SUSTAINED INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE CALLER SAID THE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING WITHOUT WARNING FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE CALLER CALLED THE MANUFACTURER THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. DEALER SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO HIM. HE WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AFTER TH

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LEXUS LS400. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A WALL AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LEXUS LS400. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DIAL REMAINED ON ZERO AND NEVER REGISTERED THE SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SPEEDOMETER COULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNTIL THE ENTIRE CLUSTER FAILED. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $1,500. THE SPEEDOMETER IS CURRENTLY WORKING AGAIN WITHOUT BEING REPAIRED; HOWEVER, IT COULD FAIL AGAIN AT ANY MOMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NO

2000 LEXUS LS400 LURCHED FORWARD NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. *KB *NM

THE DOORS AUTOMATACALY LOCKED. I REPEATEDLY HIT THE UNLOCK BUTTON TO TRY TO UNLOCK THE DOORS. I THEN ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR MANUALLY WITH THE BUTTON ON THE DOOR. IT STILL WOULD NOT UNLOCK. I WENT THE THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR. STILL THE DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK. THEN THE ALARM WENT OFF. THE SALESMAN GOT THE KEY TO GET ME OUT.

OWNER WAS DRIVING AN A BUSY STREET AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND NOTICED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS NOT WORKING. OWNER DROVE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BEGAN TO FUNCTION AGAIN. OWNER DROVE THE VEHICLE FROM THE PARKING LOT, HIT A SMALL POTHOLE. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED AGAIN. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, CIRCUIT BOARD AND GAUGE KIT WERE REPLACE AT A COST OF $1335.02. *TR

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR MASTER KEY ADDITION . MASTER KEY WAS MADE BY DEALER AND WAS DEFECTIVE CAUSING DAMAGE TO IGNITION. (21 APRIL 2014) AT INTERVALS KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION. IGNITION WOULD LOCK. DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE KEY OR TO REFUND $186.00 PAID BY OWNER FOR ADDITIONAL MASTER KEY. TIRES 4-03-2014 AS APART OF THE VEHICLE INSPECTION TIRES WERE CHECKED BY TECHNICIAN, DEEMED TO BE SAFE. CRACKS BECAME NOTICEABLE IN THE SIDE WALLS OF THE TIRES ON 6-17-2014. NEW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LEXUS LS400. THE CONTACT HAD A NEW KEY MADE FOR HER VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED THE IGNITION TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE UNABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000. UPDATED 09/16/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE KEY OR REFUND THE COST OF THE BATTERIES. THE DEALER FAILED TO DETERMINE THAT THE TIRES WERE ROTTEN

THREE EVENTS OCCURRED WHERE MY 2000 LEXUS 400 ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN IN BEGINNING TO START MOVING BY RELEASING MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURED IN CANNON FALLS MN. WE HAD COME TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND WHEN THE TRAFFIC STARTED MOVING I LIFTED MY TOE FROM THE BRAKE AND THE CAR LEAPED FORWARD --- I IMMEDIATELY SLAMMED ON THE BRAKE AGAIN SINCE MY TOE WAS STILL ON THE BRAKE. IT LURCHED SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN QUITE. I BARELY STOPPED IT BEFORE HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS PARKING IN A PARKING SPACE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. *AK *NM