1998 Lexus LS400 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1998 Lexus LS400. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• UNINTENDED ENGINE SPEED INCREASE/SA
  Defect Petition DP03003 · opened Jul 17, 2003 · closed Sep 23, 2003

  On may 13, 2003 the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) received an april 25, 2003 letter from mr. Peter boddaert petitioning the agency to conduct a petition analysis of certain 1997 through 2000 model year lexus 300 and 400 series vehicles for problems of vehicle speed control linkages which result…