2006 Toyota 4RUNNER: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Apr 29, 2016 · Acceleration · NJ · crash · 1 injury

Driver was maneuvering around a vehicle in a parking lot, when vehicle suddenly accelerated, leading to the incident.

Filed Apr 9, 2014 · Transmission · 160,979 miles · CA · crash · 2 injuries

I was driving my wife 2006 toyota 4runner sr5 approximately 55-60 miles per hours on 88 west in california and the SUV experience sudden acceleration pass 70 miles per hours. I then step on the brakes as hard as I could but the SUV continues to accelerate faster than 70 miles per hour. While my foot is on the brake pedal at all time but the SUV could not slow down. The SUV then struck the rear of a pick up truck in front. After the impact, my SUV continued approximately a half mile and then I was able to slow down and bring to a stop in the right lane. Toyota down load the data on the SUV black box on 3/18/2014 and sent a letter to me and my wife this week stating that the gas pedal is normal.

Filed Mar 10, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 198,000 miles · HI · crash · 1 injury

Driving in office parking structure, traveled two floor levels and down two parking structure ramps. At second down ramp, made a right turn to next floor level, and within 21+ feet (with the driver's foot still on the brakes), the SUV suddenly accelerated at a high rate of speed which caused the driver to lose control, sideswipe one concrete column, fishtail within three parking stalls, and collide with a second concrete column, which stopped the vehicle's acceleration. The SUV is a total loss. Injuries are from deployment of the air bag and seat belt.

Filed May 4, 2010 · Acceleration · 130,000 miles · VA · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota 4runner. The contact stated that while driving 2 MPH in reverse, the vehicle suddenly accelerated causing the contact to lose control it and crashed into a garage. The check engine light was illuminated when the failure occurred. The vehicle was towed to a local repair shop; however, the mechanic advised the contact to take the vehicle to an authorized dealer. The dealer offered a ten percent discount and the vehicle was repaired. The current and failure mileages were approximately 130,000.

Filed Mar 10, 2010 · Acceleration · 75,708 miles · LA · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota 4runner. While traveling approximately 10 MPH the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact placed the vehicle into neutral and applied the brakes in order to slow down the vehicle before crashing into the contacts residence.there were no prior warnings. No one was injured in the crash. A police report was filed for the incident. The vehicle had not been diagnosed by the dealership at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were 75708.

Filed Feb 10, 2010 · Acceleration · 200 miles · KS

Random unintended acceleration on my 2006 toyota 4runner after coming to a stop. This has happened since it was new and since it didn't occur all the time I thought it was just a breaking in problem and would go away. This is not a floor mat or sticky gas pedal problem - the car brakes okay and my foot is off the gas pedal and on the brake pedal when it happens. The engine goes to a normal stop idle and then surges to a higher RPM on its own. Normal engine RPM at stop is about 550, but during a surge it jumps to 1300 RPM and doesn't go back to the 550 RPM until after I leave the stop condition or turn the car off and I restart it. I've learned to be cautious and always prepared to press harder on the brake pedal if it happens. I've just recently reported this to toyota on their website after learning of all the other unintended engine accelerations. This seems to be an engine computer control problem, not floor mats or sticky accelerators, and seems to be what other people are experiencing. I'm concerned because the 4runners have not been mentioned in the recalls, and neither has this problem been recalled as it is related to the engine computer. The last time this happened, nov. 2009, I was pulling into my garage with the engine at idle (550 RPM) and it suddenly surged and I had to stomp on the brake harder to keep from running into my lawn mower/back garage wall. My foot was over the brake pedal and I was coasting into the garage at the time.

Filed Feb 4, 2010 · Brakes · MA · crash

Abs system failure: 2006 toyota 4-runner limited. In feb. 2009, I was driving on slippery road conditions, the ABS system failed, my brakes locked, and the car sped up instead of slowing. I couldn't get the car to stop. Instead of hitting the line of cars in front of me I veered off the road through a snow bank. The car eventually stopped after traveling another ~100ft through 8" of snow. There were no injuries and no damage to the vehicle (car was drivable afterwards). The police did respond and a tow truck was needed to tow my car back onto the road. My original travel speed was ~ 40mph (before braking). I sped up after braking, but I am not certain of the speed when I hit the bank. Toyota ran a diagnostic and received several errors. The ABS was not working properly. They said the problem may have related to a low battery I had 6-12 months earlier. The low battery somehow deactivated components of the ABS. I had no idea this was even possible. If I would have known that a low or dead battery could result in ABS failure I would have had the system checked immediately after the low battery incident. Toyota fixed the ABS; however, I still continue to have occasional problems. For example, when the car is at rest, but not in park, it will sometimes lunge forward (nothing like you hear about on tv, but there is definitely some type of power surge), there is also an occasional buzzing noise from the master cylinder area when the brakes are depressed (even in park). Finally, I have driven several suvs and small trucks. I have never had a vehicle that will loose traction as easily as this vehicle looses traction. Something is definitely wrong. I plan to contact toyota to have them look at the ABS once again. I didn't realize that I was supposed to report these issues to the federal safety agency or I would have reported the problem a year ago. Thanks for your time.

Filed Jan 12, 2010 · 41,250 miles · AR · crash

I was coming into dewitt arkansas on highway165 on 12/13/09 at about 12:30pm with my cruise control on at about 60 MPH. I tapped the brake to disengage the cruise control and slowed down to make a right hand turn into an exxon mini mart. My 2006 toyota 4runner suddenly accelerated as I attempted to stop near the front door. As I applied pressure to the brakes I heard the anti lock brakes clicking and suddenly the 4runner lunged forward striking a large pole that was in front of me. The rear wheels were spinning wildly and the back end was bouncing up and down. The 4runner was bouncing to the side and I slammed the shift lever into park. The power to the back wheels stopped. I sat back and took my foot off the brake pedal, then I noticed that the engine was still running wide open throttle. I reached up and turned the key off. I looked at the floor mat and it was in its normal location with no contact with the gas pedal. The two hooks were attached holding the floor mat in place. There was no way it could have been involved. Two employees came out and asked if I was okay. I told them I was okay, but scared to death. I told them I had heard about toyotas having a sudden acceleration problem, but I never thought I would be involved in one. I had to walk around a while to calm down. I got the employees names and phone numbers in case I needed them. I went back outside and started the 4runner up again and it ran normal. I drove it to my dad's and left it there. I called the toyota dealer the next day and had them come pick it up. The dealer had a local technician check it out. They said they could find nothing wrong and said I should come and get it. I told them that was unacceptable. They had a regional specialized field technician evaluate it. He said that there was no safety hazard with my 4runner. The dealer wants me to come and get the vehicle. Nothing has been fixed or repaired.

Filed Oct 20, 2009 · Transmission · 100 miles · FL

Soon after purchasing my 2006 4runner v8 4wd I was pulling my boat and noticed when I was coming to a traffic light and braking that the engine was increasing in RPM and it became very difficult to stop. Had the traffic in front of me not been clear there would have been an accident. This happened several more times over the next few months, often when pulling the boat but not always. I later realized that the root cause of the problem was the proximity of the gas and break petals. When I pull the boat, and sometime other times, I wear flip-flops which are fairly wide and flat. The flip-flops are wide enough to accidentally bridge the two petals while driving. My 2001 4runner never had this problem. I have not had this issue recur since I stopped wearing flip-flops when driving the 4runner. The only reason I am reporting this is that I have read of sudden acceleration issues with toyota's and thought this information might help the investigation. This problem appeared to be a sudden acceleration issue since the RPM's went up and the brakes could not stop the vehicle. I don't know if other toyota's have the same proximity issue between the brake petal and gas petal. We have not seen this same issue on our 2004 sienna.