2009 Lexus ES350 cruise control problems
24 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2009 Lexus ES350, which is 16% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 24 16% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 14,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 4
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When cruise control problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 18 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 14,000 miles, and 94% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 11 crashes, 1 fire, 9 injuries, 4 deaths.
What owners wrote
My wife and I experienced an uncontrollable runaway of our new (3 weeks old and less than 200 miles) lexus es-350 car on 09/27/2009. The car was totaled. At time, both police and ambulance were called. And we were sent to the nearby shady grove hospital for checkup and treatments. Initially, I thought it could be because I mistakenly pressed the gas pedal, instead of the brake, when I tried to slow down the car preparing to make a left-hand turn onto rt. 28.
My vehicle lexus es350 (2009) is under recall for safety as it gas pedal is getting stuck in some cases. I had difficult time for lexus to take care and to fix this problem. But I want to report that lexus does still not own its responsibility. I had called lexus on feb 19, 2010, to check on the status of the recall repair.
Other problems reported for the 2009 Lexus ES350
- Air bags 101 complaints