2019 LEXUS ES — Complaint #1756380
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:PARKING ASSIST:SENSORS filed July 9, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1756380 (ODI reference 11424038) concerns a 2019 LEXUS ES and was filed on July 9, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 7, 2021. The vehicle had 18,400 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:adas:parking assist:sensors, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same LEXUS ES cohort independently describe similar electrical system:adas:parking assist:sensors failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2019 LEXUS ES shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact's wife owns a 2019 Lexus ES350. The contact stated that while attempting to park in between two vehicles with his foot on the brake pedal, the vehicle independently accelerated without warning. The vehicle jumped the parking barrier and hit stanchion which caused the vehicle to stop. The airbags did not deploy and the vehicle's electrical warning sensors also failed to operate as needed. No injuries were reported at the scene. Both fire and police reported immediately to the scene and a police report was filed. Due to the failure, the vehicle was towed to a dealer and the contact was given a loaner vehicle. The manufacturer was also notified of the failure and the contact agreed to have the black box inspected for an investigation. The contact was informed that an investigator would be sent to the dealer and that the investigation would last approximately two months. The vehicle remained in the possession of the dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 18,400.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1756380 |
| ODI Number | 11424038 |
| Date Filed | July 9, 2021 |
| Failure Date | July 7, 2021 |
| VIN | 58ABZ1B19KU |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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