10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
1,500 miles

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problem #2

Oct 292018

ES 300h

  • miles
The car had a mind of it's own when I was backing out a parking spot it wouldn't allow me to press down the brake(like the ABS was fighting me) to stop before it shortly crashed into a concrete pillar and then when I put it in drive it took off on me and crashed/stopped into a fence again wouldn't press down the brake to allow me to stop it before it crashed into a guard railing/fence. I quickly turned it off and back on before trying to back out of the crash and it acted fine after that. My deductible some how was $2,500 so I've yet to fix it because of the outrageous price since the accident the end of October of 2018(today's date 7-9-2019) since Lexus wouldn't follow up on this when I tried to contact them when this accident happened. I'm going to have to default on this car since it's just dead weight and I can't use it as I attended it to be my ride share car(lyft, uber, turo) to help make ends meet with my single income single parenthood household.

- Anchorage, AK, USA

problem #1

Jun 022014

ES 300h

  • 3,000 miles
The button to start and start the vehicle is right next to the radio button. Both buttons are pushed to turn them on and off. I accidentally hit the engine start button instead of the radio button, all power to the vehicle was turned off, complete loss of power steering, brakes and engine. In order to restart I had to come to a complete stop, put the vehicle in park and then restart the vehicle, had this occurred at any speed other than the very low speed I was going, it would have likely caused a major accident. I strongly feel that this is a major safety issue and at a minimum need to have the vehicle reprogrammed to prevent it from being turned off while the vehicle is moving.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA