Toyota’s Lexus SUV called a “Saftey Risk”

2010 Lexus GX460

Toyota Motor Corp's new Lexus GX SUV was labled a "safety risk" by a magazine, complicating efforts by the world's largest automaker to repair it's image after record recalls.

The 2010 GX 460 received the designation because of handling in emergency driving tests, Consumer Reports said today in a statement. The magazine, published by Yonker, New York based consumer union, said it hadn't deemed any vehicle a potential safety risk since 2001.

The GX's rear end "slid out until the vehicle was almost sideways before the electronic stability control system was able to regain control" at a Connecticut test track, the magazine said ." In real world driving, that situation could lead to a rollover accident which could cause serious injury or death.

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