1996 Toyota Camry acceleration problems

Filed Jan 15, 2017 · Acceleration · 222,198 miles · AL

I am the owner of the 96 toyota camry identified by the VIN number provided. I have experienced an abnormal speeding of my car as explained below: this past friday, jan 13th about 6:30 pm central time, I was traveling on I-65 south (from birmingham, alabama to hoover, alabama). About 15 to 20 minutes on the road, when I was just about to reach my destination, my vehicle started accelerating abruptly even when the foot was off the pedal. I stepped on the brakes but the engine kept revving upwards of 3000 RPM. In great distress, praying to jesus, I kept hardly pressing the brakes and was able to shift gear to neutral. It started reviving up higher in neutral. Shifted to park and stopped the engine. It seems, there is something wrong with the design of throttle or the parts involved in the vehicle's speed control system. I towed the vehicle to my place. Please investigate this issue and advice me if I have to reach out to the manufacturer for a car repair or replacement.

Filed Nov 22, 2016 · Acceleration · 100,000 miles · MI · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owned a 1996 toyota camry. While driving 65 MPH, the contact heard an abnormal clicking noise coming from the vehicle. The vehicle began to speed up in excess of 100 MPH and crashed head on into a guardrail. The air bags deployed. A police report was filed. The contact sustained brain injuries that required medical attention. The vehicle was towed and deemed destroyed. The contact stated that this was the second time the vehicle accelerated independently. The manufacturer was contacted after the first occurrence and advised to have the vehicle diagnosed at a toyota dealer. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the specific details of the diagnosis and repair could not be provided. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. ..updated 05/09/17 *bf consumer replaced the part causing unintended acceleration with new part on july 26,2013. Consumer had a car accident on november 25,2013. Updated 9/5/18

Filed Jul 29, 2016 · Acceleration · 165,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 1996 toyota camry. While driving the vehicle, it independently accelerated. The contact engaged the brake pedal and shifted into neutral to bring the vehicle to a stop. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The VIN was not available. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 165,000. Updated 10/06/16*lj

Filed Sep 22, 2014 · Acceleration · 190,000 miles · VA

On september 19, 2014, when my wife was driving a 96 toyota camry car home, all of the sudden, the vehicle automatically accelerated, she hit the brake hard but the vehicle still went 40 MPH. She almost hit several vehicles before she managed to shift it to the parking mode and stop the vehicle in the up-slope driveway. At this time, the vehicle was still roaring and smoke came out and she turned off the engine. We felt this is a very serious safety issue and is similar to accident happened several years ago. We would like to report it to the federal safety agency and wish you start a swift investigation. Thank you.

Filed Jul 21, 2014 · Acceleration · 185 miles · IN · crash

96 toyota camry with 185k miles accelerated to a high speed for unknown reasons. Trying to halt the car, a landscaping tree was hit, the wheel blew out, eventually stopping the car. Vehicle did not respond to gear, pedal or shut off of vehicle from commands given. Instead, after hitting landscaping tree runover, near miss pedestrians, tire blowout, then halted. Police tested (on police report verified) turn on of vehicle in which car resumed high speed revving.

Filed Oct 2, 2013 · Acceleration · 135,060 miles · FL

Stuck accelerator pedal entered I-75 s on-ramp at ellenton fl and was accelerating. At about 60 MPH, rapid acceleration occurred. I was quickly approaching a tractor trailer about mid-river ( manatee river), checked the cruise control light (not on) and hit the brakes. The brakes slowed the vehicle from 70mph but the engine continued to race. I had the brake petal fully engaged, which decreased speed to about 40 MPH. I pulled onto the berm about one-half mile past bridge and while keeping foot on brake pulled gear shift into neutral. Engine was fully engaged producing a loud screeching sound. I brought the car to a stop. The car was towed by aaa to a local transmission repair shop.. Wording on repair estimate is as follows: work requested: accelerator pedal stuck. Work performed: diagnose to air intake boot deteriorated, found small piece fell off and jammed into throttle plate, install new air intake boot. (air mass meter boot). (the defective deteriorating boot is in my possession.)

Filed Jun 19, 2013 · Acceleration · 149,000 miles · NC

This event occurred twice: I was driving at approximately 30-40 MPH w/out the cruise control engaged. When I took my foot of the gas pedal to apply the brakes the vehicle accelerated. I had to depress the brake pedal as hard as I could to stop the vehicle. In the second incident I had to take the car out of gear which caused the RPM to jump significantly. Once the car was turned off and restarted the car functioned normally. I took the vehicle to the dealer who could not find any open recalls nor could the dealer identify any problems with the vehicle. I also took the vehicle to a mechanic who was unable to identify any problems.

Filed Sep 11, 2012 · Acceleration · 85,000 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 1996 toyota camry. The contact stated that while driving 65 MPH with the cruise control activated, the contact was unable to disengage the cruise control function. In addition, the vehicle would increase acceleration speeds independently. The contact notified the dealer and they advised that there was a recall for the failure under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 96e001000(vehicle speed control) but the contact's vehicle was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact notified the manufacturer but did not get a response. The failure mileage was 85,000.

Filed Oct 28, 2011 · Acceleration · 122,000 miles · FL · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 1996 toyota camry. The contact stated that the vehicle would frequently exhibit an abnormal increase in engine rpms. In addition, the emergency brake was inoperable. While driving and attempting to avoid a crash, the brakes were depressed but there was no response. The contacted had to steer abruptly to avoid the crash but the vehicle then abnormally accelerated. The contact was unable to stop the acceleration until crashing into the rear of another vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was not inspected for the failures. The failure mileage was 122,000.

Filed Oct 20, 2011 · Acceleration · 185,257 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 1996 toyota camry. The contact was driving 45 MPH when the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The brake was depressed and the gear was placed in neutral but the engine rpms increased to 5000. The contact noticed that the accelerator pedal did not return to idle position and remains stuck in open throttle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 185,257.