While driving to an appointment, I had unintended acceleration. Luckily, I was able to pull over to side of road after using two feet to slow vehicle, and shut vehicle off. After trying to restart vehicle several times, it was still revving. After a half hour, I was able to start it and bring it home. Very scary! It has happened several times since then, when my husband was driving, and we were able to pull off to safety. We took it to our mechanic, and since it was not doing it while they had it, they couldn't find what was causing the problem, and fix it. While trying to find the cause of this problem on the internet, we discovered that this was a common problem to this vehicle year, and most were on camry's. We do not have replacement floor mats, and the pedal was not stuck. We called toyota to check on recall information. Said there were no recalls on our VIN#, and told it was out of warranty, due to the mileage, but they documented my report in their corporate records, and to take it to a toyota dealership to have it evaluated and repaired, which would no doubt be at our expense since it was not under warranty. We are senior citizens, and are afraid to even drive this car now, much less drive it all the way to a dealer out of town.
1996 Toyota Avalon: sudden unintended acceleration
6 of the 109 complaints about the 1996 Toyota Avalon describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 6%
- recalls
- 0
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
Consumer states while driving 30 MPH and without warning there has been sudden acceleration resulting in the RPM increasing without acceleration causing the transmission to make a loud noise, dealer was notified but was unable to duplicate the problem.
While bringing the car to a stop the car suddenly accelerated, and car jumped the wall and hit a buliding. Then the engine slowed downed, and consumer proceded to park. Consumer felt this car could have hit someone if they were crossing.
Sudden acceleration.
Sudden acceleration, causing an accident.
Car suddenly accelerated from a stopped position.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Toyota Avalon sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 1996 Toyota Avalon?
6 of 109 owner complaints about the 1996 Toyota Avalon (6%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 2006.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Toyota Avalon?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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