2003 Toyota Avalon

2003 TOYOTA AVALON WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED HE SOLD THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT WANTED TO DETAIL THE EVENTS OF THE ACCIDENT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, IT SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OVER A CURB, THROUGH THE BUSHES AND INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. A TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS BOTH PEDALS WERE DEPRESSED SIMULTANEOUSLY OR THAT PERHAPS THE FLOOR MAT WAS PRESSED AGAINST THE GAS PEDAL. THE CONSUMER STATED NEITHER HAPPENED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE WAS THE THIRD INCIDENT OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION THAT HAD SHE HAD EXPERIENCED IN THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FIRST TWO WERE NOT SEVERE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A POLICE REPORT. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE IN REVERSE OUT OF A PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. THE CONTACT THEN SHIFTED FROM NEUTRAL GEAR THEN TO DRIVE AND ALTHOUGH HIS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INTO A BRICK WALL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER WERE BOTH INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND REQUESTED THAT THE VEHICLE BE INSPECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 53,809.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND CONTINUED ACCELERATING, PUSHING THAT VEHICLE ONTO SOMEONE'S LAWN. THE INCIDENT CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND PROPERTY. A PASSERBY WAS INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED ACCORDINGLY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH HER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED AND THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS INCIDENTS OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 93,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

THERE ARE TWO INCIDENTS WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 TOYOTA AVALON & THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED & I WAS UNABLE TO GET IT TO STOP. I HAVE DETAILED THE INCIDENTS BELOW: 12/3/2009- I, [XXX] , WAS DRIVING MY AVALON ON PORTAGE RD WHEN I HIT ANOTHER CAR IN THE RE & WAS PUSHED INTO ANOTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC & OVER AN EMBANKMENT & HIT ANOTHER CAR WHICH WAS PUSHED INTO 2 OTHER CARS. I WAS CITED FOR THE INCIDENT. I HAD TRIED TO PUT ON THE BRAKE BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THEREFORE & THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD WHICH CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. 2/23/10- ON THIS DATE I WAS LEAVING TO TAKE MY HUSBAND TO THE DOCTORS. I WAS AGAIN DRIVING MY 2004 TOYOTA AVALON, WE HAD BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE & WERE AT END OF THE DRIVEWAY, I WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE SNOW BANK ON RIGHT HAND SIDE SO I HAD TO PULL UP, AT THAT TIME I PUT THE CAR BACK INTO DRIVE TO PULL UP SOME & THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF & I COULD NOT STOP IT. MY HUSBAND WAS YELLING FOR ME TO HIT THE BRAKE BUT I COULDN'T GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP & WE RAN INTO OUR GARAGE DOOR & THE VEHICLE ENDED UP IN THE HOUSE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) WAS BRAKING TO PARK 2003 TOYOTA AVALON 4 DR SEDAN (VIN [XXX] ). IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND WENT THROUGH A FENCE AND LANDED IN CANAL #E4 IN LANTANA, FLORIDA ON DECEMBER 19, 2009. CAR HAD 63,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. NOTHING LIKE THIS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE. PARK LOT IS LOCATED AT 2810 HYPOLUXO RD. LANTANA FLORIDA. CAR WAS "TOTALED" BY GEICO INSURANCE CO. *TR

PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY OF MY SINGLE FAMILY, CAR, 2003 AVALON, LURCHED FORWARD, JUMPED CURB AT END OF DRIVEWAY, AND HIT NEIGHBOR'S FENCE. I CANNOT EXPLAIN WHY THIS OCCURRED. FROM HABIT, I PULL INTO DRIVEWAY AT A SLOW SPEED, APPLY BRAKES AND PUT CAR INTO PARK. HOWEVER, FOR WHATEVER THE CAUSE OR REASON, CAR DID NOT COME TO A STOP. *TR

I OWN A 2003 TOYOTA AVALON . IN AUG 2008 I WAS DRIVING AND INVOLVED IN A REARENDING ACCIDENT WHERE I HAD MY FOOT ON BRAKE AND FELT AS IF MY CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE . I HAD BRAKES TOTALLY CHECK AND DAMAGE TO MY CAR REPAIRED BUT AM WONDERING WHETHER MY CAN SUFFERED AN ACCELERATION ISSUE AS OTHER TOYOTA CARS HAVE. THE BRAKES WERE INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE FINE I HAD OVER 1,000 DAMAGE DONE TO MY CAR AND UNKNOWN AMOUNT TO CAR I HIT . THE WOMAN IN CAR I HIT TOOK AMBULANCE IN TO HOSPITAL WITH NECK PAIN. *TR

2003 TOYOTA AVALON. CONSUMER HAS SEVERAL TOYOTA VEHICLES AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THEY ARE INCLUDED IN RECENT RECALLS. CONSUMER STATES IN THE OLDER TOYOTA SHE OWNED SHE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. *KB THE CONSUMER WENT THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION AND WENT THROUGH A FENCE AND LANDED IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD. *JB

OUR 2003 TOYOTA AVALON HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION. MY WIFE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR TOYOTA DEALER AND BOTH TIMES THEY SAID THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE FLOORMAT STICKING UNDER THE GAS PEDAL. THE MAT WAS REMOVED AND IT STILL HAS THE PROBLEM. WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT DOWN THE HIGHWAY, I LET OFF THE GAS TO SLOW DOWN AND IT STARTED TO SPEED UP. I PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO REV UP AND DOWN FROM 1000 RPM TO 2500 RPM. THIS CONTINUED FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES UNTIL I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART IT. (THIS IS ALWAYS THE FIX...TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART IT. IT SEEMS TO RESET THE COMPUTER). THIS PROBLEM STARTED OVER A YEAR AGO AND CONTINUES TO OCCUR ALMOST MONTHLY. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND EVEN IF IT WAS, I DON'T FEEL THAT THE PROBLEM HAS A FIX, YET. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER ONE AND THE RESALE VALUE HAS PLUMMETED. JUST LAST WEEK MY WIFE WAS STOPPED BY A DPS OFFICER FOR SPEEDING FROM A STOP LIGHT. SHE DID NOT EVEN HAVE HER FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. SHE EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WAS NOT TICKETED. *TR