My wife was just involved in an accident in her 470 a few weeks back. She was backing out of our garage, then put in in drive to move forward. At that point, she said that the car hesitated a few times and then just took off. She demolished the car accross the street and hit my neighbor's mailbox. There were some kids playing close by, by thankfully nobody was hurt.
We reported this incident to NHTSA and called the lexus rep as well. The car is still in the garage waiting to be inspected by lexus. Even if they examine and find nothing, I completely believe my wife that she did not accidentally hit the accelerator.
I was thinking about having an independent (i.e., non Lexus) mechanic inspect the vehical, but I don't know how to get in touch with people with expertise in this area. Any suggestion?
