EXACTLY! Got BRAKES??? seriously people, cars do not drive themselves! Oh wow I never thought that would be a controversial statement..."autonomous" vehicles on the other hand, DO have the ability to drive themselves...but the cars we are speaking about here do NOT.

 

" All of my unintended accelerations"

LOL. You must have the worst luck on the planet. I've been driving for 35 years (including tons of patrol).....prob 2 million miles and 30different vehicles. Never had "unintended acceleration."

 

Not me...I've had a few unintended accelerations. Mostly in the younger years when my foot seemed to be heavier than it is now and most notably one where my right hand definitely had that issue. Gotta feather the throttle better when you are learning to ride a sport bike, or it tosses you off.

Never an un-commanded acceleration though. Bike and car always did what it was told to do, problem existed in the accelerator to steering wheel interconnect biological unit.

 

I appreciate your take on the brakes vs engine. However, you must take into account that: 1. This vehicle is fly by wire. and 2. There are anomalies that occur with electronic component, particularly with software controlled operations. There are too many unaccounted interfering signals that are non continuous so the intermittent nature of my experiences. I am also sure, that if my right foot had not been on the brake in each of my experiences the car would have not held in place and accelerated and crashed either into the car in front or the garage wall!!

I have also noticed that in intermittent instances, when slowing down (below 10mph), and not braking the engine will rev and the car will accelerate slightly. What is the explanation for this?

 

Your car is downshifting as you decelerate. This causes your engine revs to rise as the gearing changes. Its not abnormal and is pretty much the way automatic transmissions work for the last 50 years.

 

Yes, thats everybody's argument. However, these reports have been investigated ad nauseam by government agencies and they have NEVER found there to be a vehicle flaw.

You likely had the same foot on the brake and the gas without realizing it, or if you're describing "acceleration" as an increase in RPMs as you described when slowing down its possible there was no acceleration at all.

 

You sir - are AMAZING!

 

Do the physics!!!

Impossible to have foot on brake and accelerator at the same time.

Do not jump to conclusions....

I have had this also and now have been able to duplicate the incident. Just a little more time and I will expose what Lexus HAS BEEN HIDING!

 

Hi userflw, I believe heel-and-toeing is a technique to cover both the brake and gas simultaneously. As an engineer, I can understand the possibility of spurious electrical spikes in any electronic system, or maybe a faulty pedal position sensor. I am open to the possibility, for sure. However, I have not seem any conclusive video to document unintended acceleration. If you're able to duplicate this dangerous phenomenon then please find an empty parking lot and share the video of it happening.

 

Have more driving experience than you and how come it is only the LS that the unintended acceleration occurs? And how come is only the LS460 and not the prior LS430 and the original LS???

Any wise crackers out there. My MBs never had this or any of the 15 or so American manufactured cars?

 

How about when this occurs when at a full stop with foot firmly on the brake? Explain that?

 

All that fly by wire means, is that electrical connections and devices take the place of direct mechanical and hydraulic connections. More cause for error and anomalies.

Need a real ENGINEER to look into this, or for Lexus to open up to the problem, but I guess the financial exposure is too much. Not to mention the bad publicity.

 

 

HERE! HERE! I second that motion!

 

It's called heel and toe. Depending on one's foot size (or when I'm wearing my patrol boots), I can EASILY do this.

LOL. This has not only been reported by you and the LS is NOT the only vehicle that it's been reported on. Have you been living under a rock? This has (ad nauseum) been investigated by the NHTSA in may other vehicles....usually a blue hair driving a Camry........https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...-scare-feature