Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. The contact was driving approximately 35 MPH on normal road conditions. The contact experienced an increase of unintended acceleration. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for inspection. The contact stated the technician modified the accelerator pedal. The failure mileage was 19,200.
2009 Toyota Avalon acceleration complaints
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Accelleration of vehicle.
When braking to a stop, just as the car finally comes to a stop, the engine revs kick up by a few hundred RPM. This is not on every occasion, but many of them ( 50% or more). Given the recent concerns raised regarding toyota throttle control and brake software, I am becoming concerned.
My 2009 toyota avalon has two recalls. Floor mat interference & sticky accelerator pedal. I received a recall letter 4 months ago from toyota but have never received a follow-up letter for repair. I have contacted toyota several times by mail but they never responded. Toyota is installing brake override software on new avalons, however is not available at my dealership for my car. My complaint is toyota is installing the software on new cars but is not making it available for my car. That is a serious mishandling of safety. Toyota needs to be forced to take care of cars on the road before new production avalons.
I was backing up into a driveway and the car started going real fast and when I tried to brake, it wouldn't stop and then my shoe got caught. I ran into a bld., I tried to miss it so I hit the corner of the bld. It was a very hard hit. It knocked me silly for a while. The car I was driving was a rental car which was a 2009 toyota avalon. I do not have the VIN # for this was a rental.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. During brake application the vehicle lurched forward. As a consequence she rear-ended the proceeding vehicle. The vehicle has not been taken to the dealership. The current and failure mileages were 18000. Updated 1/28/10 *cn the consumer stated she was driving slowly and when she looked to her left a vehicle in front of her stopped to turn and they failed to signal. When she tried to stop, the vehicle accelerated. The consumer also stated the air bags did not deploy. Updated 02/03/10.
Going very slowly and heading into a curb in a parking lot, I stepped on the brake, and instead the car accelerated and stopped only when it hit a limb of a large bush. It left a dent in my front bumper. This has happened only one time.
After passing a car and speeding up from 90km per hour to 120 km I took my foot off the brake. The car continued on it's own, 120,130, 140 and topping out at 155km where at this time I had one foot on the brake and could only slow the car to 120, with both feet on the brake ( literally "standing" on the brakes) the car slowed from 120 to about 30 whereupon mu wife shut the car off. The tires were pouring smoke out of them and it took us about a mile to stop the car. It is a 2009 toyota avalon brand new. Have you had any other uncontrolled acceleration problems reported?
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