2007 Toyota Tacoma

ACCELERATOR MOVING TO WIDE OPEN POSITION AND STICKING. INTERMITTENTLY OCCURS. TOYOTA MOTORS SENT RECALL NOTICE FOR MATS ONLY AND THE MATS AREN'T WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. I HAD AND STILL HAVE DEALER INSTALLED MATS IN MY VEHICLE. THE NOTICE FOR THE MATS WAS SENT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND I HAVE YET HEARD FROM TOYOTA BUT IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE NOT INCLUDING TACOMA'S IN THE RECALL AND MY TACOMA DID NOT ACCELERATE ON IT OWN BECAUSE OF THE MAT. IT MOVED WITHOUT ANY OUTSIDE FORCE AND IT HAS ALSO STUCK IN THE WIDE OPEN POSITION WHEN I HAVE TRIED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. *TR

ON 1 DEC 2009 I WAS DRIVING BEHIND A LEBANON RIII DISTRICT SCHOOL BUS AT APPROXIMATELY 3PM ON WASHINGTON AVE IN LEBANON MO. I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH WHEN THE SCHOOL BUS BEGAN TO SLOW TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET BEHIND THE BUS AND LIFTED MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO COAST MY TRUCK AND THEN BEGAN TO BRAKE WHEN THE BUS STOPPED TO MAKE ITS TURN. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE TRUCK DID NOT SLOW, INSTEAD IT KEPT AT ABOUT THE SAME SPEED DESPITE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I HAD BRAKE FAILURE AND PUSHED HARDER ON THE PEDAL AND WAS PRACTICALLY STANDING ON THE PEDAL WHEN I IMPACTED THE REAR OF THE BUS. THE CRASH RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BUS, BUT MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE TACOMA ($8K). THERE WERE NO INJURED CHILDREN ON THE BUS, HOWEVER, SOME PARENTS TOOK THEIR CHILD TO A DOCTOR FOR A CHECK-UP. EYE WITNESSES OF THE ACCIDENT VERIFIED THAT I TRIED TO STOP THE TACOMA AND COULD NOT. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OF FRESH TIRE SKID MARK BEHIND THE TRUCK WHICH INDICATED THE BRAKES WORKED AS INTENDED. THE CRASH OCCURRED AFTER BOTH VEHICLES HAD CROSSED A SERIES OF RAILROAD TRACKS AT A TRAIN CROSSING. I CALLED TOYOTA LATER ON IN THE DAY TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT AND FOLLOWED UP BY MAILING A NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCIDENT, POLICE REPORT AND INSURANCE ADJUSTER'S ESTIMATE OF DAMAGES TO THE TRUCK ON 15 DEC 09. TOYOTA ALSO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO INVESTIGATE THE TRUCK WHO INTURN FILED A REPORT WITH TOYOTA HQ. I RECEIVED RESPONSE FROM TOYOTA ON 20 JAN 10 AND THEIR REPORT SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY MANUFACTURER DEFECT WITH THE TACOMA WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. I BELIEVE THEY ARE IN ERROR AND BELIEVE THERE MAY BE A SOFTWARE PROBLEM WITH THE ECU OR ACCELERATOR CONTROL MODULE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY RADIO SIGNALS OR ELECTRON SIGNALS BY THE TRAIN CROSSING.*TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA WHICH WAS PURCHASED BRANK NEW IN 2007. SHE STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS UNDER 25 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP HER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER HOME, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT OPERATE AND DID NOT RESPOND TO HER DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO CRASH INTO A PARKED A VEHICLE. LATER IN THE WEEK, THE CONTACT RECEIVED AN INTERIM RECALL LETTER FROM TOYOTA PERTAINING TO UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF HER VEHICLE. SHE BELIEVED THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE TO DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 35,000.

ON NOVEMBER 27, 2009, MY BOYFRIEND AND I WERE DRIVING MY 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA HOME AFTER ATTENDING A FOOTBALL GAME AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY. MY BOYFRIEND WAS DRIVING AND AS HE WAS ACCELERATING TO PASS A SEMI, MY TACOMA'S ACCELERATOR SUCKED TO THE FLOOR, PUSHING MY VEHICLE TO DANGEROUS SPEEDS NEARLY CAUSING US TO REAR-END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US. HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP USING THE BRAKE AND WAS UNABLE TO PRY THE ACCELERATOR UP WITH THE TOE OF HIS SHOE. HE RESORTED TO PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND TURNING IT OFF. WE WERE TERRIFIED, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND IN A VEHICLE WE NO LONGER FELT SAFE DRIVING. APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AGAIN. AS WE WERE SPEEDING UP AFTER BEING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE SURGED PULLING THE ACCELERATOR AWAY FROM MY BOYFRIEND'S FOOT TO THE FLOOR. HE RESORTED, AGAIN, TO PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP IT. WE TOOK THE TACOMA TO TOYOTA OF DOTHAN THE NEXT MORNING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT THE VEHICLE NEARLY A WEEK TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THEY REPORTED THAT THE FLOOR MAT MUST HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UNDER THE GAS PEDAL. I KNOW FOR A FACT THE MAT WAS NOT UNDER THE ACCELERATOR. I HAD READ REPORTS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT WHERE MISPLACED FLOOR MATS WERE CAUSING THE ACCELERATOR TO HANG AND I HAD PULLED THE MAT IN MY VEHICLE BACK INTO A SECURE LOCATION. I TALKED TO MY BOYFRIEND; HE REPORTED THAT THE MAT WAS IN ITS PROPER PLACE WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT INTENTION. AFTER REPEATED BRAKE APPLICATION THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. CONSEQUENTLY SHE CRASHED INTO AN EMBANKMENT, AND THEN INTO A TREE. THE FRONT FENDER AND SIDES OF THE VEHICLE WERE DAMAGED BADLY. THE POLICE CAME BUT THERE WAS NO REPORT BECAUSE NO-ONE WAS INJURED. A TOW TRUCK CAME AND TOWED THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE DITCH .THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME BECAUSE IT WOULD COST TOO MUCH TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO THEIR HOME. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000.

SUDDEN ACCELERATION OF MY 2007 TACOMA, MORE THEN ONCE WHEN I CAME TO A STOP, THE TRUCK WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE, IT HAPPENED AT A STOP JUST BEFORE MY ACCIDENT AND A SCHOOL BUS WAS GOING THOUGH THE INTERSECTION. WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK AT A PUBLIC STORAGE GATE A MINUTE LATTER AND GOT BACK IN AND WAITED FOR THE GATE TO OPEN I SUDDENLY HAD A UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF MY 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA, WHEN I HIT THE BREAK IT WENT FASTER, I HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK TO STOP THE BACK WHEELS FROM SPINNING, THE GATE WAS TOTALED FROM MY TRUCK. I WAS NOT EVEN DRIVING AND IT TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN! I HAD TOYOTA INSPECT IT AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS FOR 20 YEARS, NOW MY INSURANCE RATES ARE HIGH, PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS, IT IS NOT A WRONG PEDDLE PROBLEM. IT ALSO HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE AND I HAD LESS THEN 5000 MILES ON THE TACOMA, BUT THE ROAD WAS WET SO I WAS NOT SURE IF IT WAS THE ROAD. IT WAS LESS THEN A YEAR OLD WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND I WAS GONE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AFTER I ALMOST HIT THE SCHOOL BUS, BUT DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE. I HAD TO STOP AT THE STORAGE PLACE AND THAT WAS WHERE I RAN INTO THE GATE. I SINCE HAD A VOLUNTARY REPO AND GAVE IT BACK, I WOULD NOT DRIVE IT AND FEEL SAFE AGAIN. *TR

TWO INCIDENTS: 7/9/09 HEADING DOWN TO THE KEYS ON US 27 ABOUT 6PM. CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 60 FOR SEVERAL MILES (HAD BEEN RAINING. SPEED LIMIT IS 65MPH). BACK END STARTS TO PASS ME ON RIGHT. I AM NOW SLIDING SOUTH BOUND FACING EAST. I CUT WHEELS TO RIGHT. THIS WORKS GREAT. IN NO TIME AT ALL, I AM SKIDDING SOUTHBOUND FACING WEST. I NOTICE I AM NOT SLOWING DOWN EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT WAS NOT ON GAS (CRUISE CONTROL). I CUT MY WHEELS TO THE LEFT AND SPUN BACK AROUND AGAIN SLIDING SOUTHBOUND FACING EAST. I WENT OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER. I COULD SEE MUD AND GRASS IN PASSENGER WINDOW UNTIL I HIT THE GUARDRAIL WITH R SIDE OF BUMPER. THIS IMPACT APPARENTLY DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL (?) AND LAUNCHED ME ACROSS BOTH SOUTH BOUND LANES OF US 27 WHERE I BEGAN TO COME TO A STOP. I STOMPED THE GAS TO GET OUT OF ON COMING TRAFFIC AND AGAIN SPUN TO THE RIGHT COMING TO REST IN THE MEDIAN AS 2 CARS PASSED ME. AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT IT STRANGE THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE WHEN THE WHEELS STARTED SPINNING ON THE WET ROAD. NONE THE LESS, I WROTE THIS OFF AS ME BEING A '!@#$% FOR USING THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE ROAD WAS TOO WET. NOW, IN LIGHT OF THE 7-22-09 ACCIDENT, I AM NOT SO SURE IT WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL, OR THAT I AM SUCH A '!@#$%. 7/22/09 ABOUT 7:15AM AS I COMPLETED THE TURN, THE TRUCK (I NOW CALL MY TRUCK CHRISTINE) ACCELERATED. WHEN I REACHED THE DESIRED SPEED, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF GAS BUT CONTINUED TO SPEED UP. I TRIED APPLYING THE BRAKES, BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT SO I STOMPED ON THE BRAKES CAUSING ME TO FISHTAIL TO THE RIGHT SO I LET UP ON THE BRAKES TO REGAIN CONTROL AND I WAS STILL ACCELERATING! AS I CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, I HIT (PULLED THE KNOB TOWARD ME) THE CRUISE CONTROL (WHICH I HAD NOT ENGAGED PREVIOUSLY) THINKING I MIGHT BE HAVING A REPEAT OF 2 WEEKS AGO, BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER AND I CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I PUT GEAR SELECTOR INTO NEUTRAL (I THOUGHT) BUT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I OVERTURNED IN A ... *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT PRESSED THE RESUME CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON. SUDDENLY, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE TO 90 MPH. HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS 'PEGGED' TO THE FLOOR; HOWEVER, NOTHING WAS OBSTRUCTING THE PEDAL. THE CONTACT DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL SO THAT HE COULD COAST TO A STOP. HE HAD TO PLACE THE VEHICLE BACK INTO GEAR IN ORDER TO FINALLY STOP THE VEHICLE. HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BUT DID NOT SEE ANYTHING JAMMED UNDER THE HOOD NOR DID HE SEE ANY LEAKS. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, IT PERFORMED NORMALLY. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY FOUND NO FAILURES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FLOOR MAT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,603 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,453. SEE ALSO 10276445. *DSY

I WAS DRIVING FROM TUCSON TO QUEEN CREEK ON HIGHWAY 79. I SET MY CRUISE CONTROL TO 65 AND ENJOYED THE RIDE. I CAME AROUND A BEND IN THE ROAD, AND THERE WAS A PICKUP PULLING A TRAILER A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AHEAD GOING MUCH SLOWER THAN 65. I TAPPED ON THE BRAKE TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, AND SLOWED DOWN TO ~ 50 BEFORE I COULD PASS DUE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ONCE THE ROAD WAS CLEAR, I ACCELERATED BY PUSHING THE RESUME FEATURE OF THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE TRUCK ACCELERATED, AND I WAS WAITING TO FEEL THE OVERDRIVE GEAR KICK IN BUT IT DID NOT. THE TRUCK KEPT ACCELERATING PAST 90 MPH. I LOOKED DOWN TO THE GAS PEDAL TO SEE IF IT WAS BLOCKED OR OBSTRUCTED AND IT WAS NOT BUT I COULD FEEL GAS PEDAL WAS FLAT AGAINST THE FLOOR. I FIRST TAPPED ON THE BREAK AGAIN BUT THE TRUCK KEPT SPEEDING UP. I TURNED OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL, BUT THE TRUCK KEPT SPEEDING UP. AT CLOSE TO 100 MPH I PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO GET THE TRUCK OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT IT FELT AS THOUGH THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. I GOT THE TRUCK STOPPED BY PLACING BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT ~6000 RPM SO I LOOKED AT THINGS I THOUGHT MIGHT BE OBVIOUS SUCH AS AN OBSTRUCTION OF THE GAS PEDAL, BUT THE PEDAL WAS CLEAR AND UN OBSTRUCTED. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO LOOK FOR ANYTHING LEAKING OR BROKEN AND EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, LET THE TRUCK SIT A MINUTE, THEN STARTED IT AGAIN. I DROVE MY WIFE HOME, AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER. THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT SAID THE FLOOR MAT WAS OBSTRUCTING THE GAS PEDAL. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS THE FIRST THING I CHECKED WHEN I REALIZED THE CRUISE CONTROL WASN'T DISENGAGING THE ENGINE. I CHECKED IT AGAIN ONCE I GOT THE TRUCK TO STOP. IF I HAD SEEN THE PEDAL WAS OBSTRUCTED, I WOULDN'T BE FILLING OUT THE COMPLAINT FORM AND CHALKED IT UP TO CHECKING THE FLOOR MAT BEFORE DRIVING. THIS WAS THE SCARIEST SITUATION I HAVE EVER HAD BEHIND THE WHEEL OF ANY VEHICLE. *TR