Gas pedal sticks. One day driving down the road coming from a complete stop from a red to green light the vehicle would not accelerate, so I had to push down hard on the gas pedal to make the car go. This is a known issue for 98 camry's. This is very dangerous coming from 0 MPH going to an unknown speed trying to get the vehicle to move and consumes a lot of gas when this happens. Toyota needs to look into this for a recall.
1998 Toyota Camry acceleration complaints
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Pulling 1998 toyota camry into parking space. Foot on brake. Put into park. Car suddenly began accelerating. Tried reverse, didn't stop. Tried park again standing on brakes. Didn't stop. Went over curb down hill into creek. Air bags did not deploy when front of car hit bank of creek. Saw puff of smoke after hitting bank come from under car. Turned car off immediately.
Engine starts and stalls. Rpm's won't stay up. Have to use gas and brake together until idle stays up enough to keep car running. Idle speed control valve replaced @ 38,315 mi on 6/20/02. Replaced again @ 45,703 mi on 8/22/03. Service mgr said they have "changed manufacturers, so should be ok now". Problem recurred @ 56,000 miles in mid-june. It's a progressive failure, so will return to dealer in the very near future. This amounts to 3 replaced idle speed control valves in 20,000 miles. Service will replace part, but I must pay labor.
Accelerator pedal frequently sticks causing car to surge when driver depresses pedal. Rear seat belts do not retrack. Toyota advised that they do not warranty their seat belts after 36,00 miles. I believe the problem was contributed by frequently using child seats.
Vehicle speed control: opened garage door with remote. Stepped lightly on gas pedal to enter garage. Car unexpectedly accelerated rapidly. Stepped on brakes but car did not stop. Car crashed through interior garage wall and through closet in adjoining bedroom. Couse of problem is being investigated. Repair not completed.
When the cruise control was engaged and the brake pedal was pressed to disengage it there was no throttle response. When the vehicle stopped and the pedal was pressed to accelerate there was no throttle response. The consumer had to push the gas pedal forward and back to obtain acceleration. The dealer recommended a throttle body cleaning and idle speed control replacement. *ak
Recall 01v012000 concerning accelerator cable failure. While driving in cruise controlled when the brakes were pressed the cruise control cruise would be suspended. After the vehicle completely stopped, the cruise could be used again. *ak VIN was not included. *sc
Consumer was pulling in a parking space with foot on the brakes and vehicle suddenly accelerated, hitting a curb. It continued to speed, and hit a tree, and vehicle stopped by hitting a wall. Upon impact, both air bags did not deploy. Driver and passenger were not hurt. Insurance company had vehicle towed.
Consumer had two accidents in the past two months due to sudden acceleration. Dealer not notified.
The vehicle suddenly accelerated when started and was difficult to stop.
Simply put. The gas pedal sticks. My wife has found the gas pedal to stick while she is driving. In the past, the gas pedal would come up in a second or so. She did not realize what was happening. She thought her shoe was getting in the way or something. But on the evening of march 12th the pedal was sticking down for about 5-10 seconds as she was trying to slow down for an intersection. It finally came up and she could come to a stop. She called me immediately and I indicated that the car needs to go in immediately. The earliest the dealer would take the car was the morning of march 14th. When I explained it to the service guy, he knew exactly what was wrong. He explained to me that the air intake for the engine is connected to the throttle body. The air intake flap has a build up around 15,000 and it will not close properly. This will cause the gas pedal to stick. He told me that I need to have this serviced every 15,000 miles from here on in. He wrote on the service slip "engine minor". I called toyota consumer service and they indicated that this is an usual incident. However, he said in the same conversation that this problem has occurred with the same year model on other cars. The general emphasis on his part was I was over reacting and indicated this problem will not happen again. This car has only 50,000 miles. Toyota's stance was that this problem has happened on other cars besides toyota. I am pleading with this organization to investigate this matter. I feel my wife's car is not completely safe unless toyota replaces the part in a specified amount of time or redesigns the assembly and does a recall.
Accelerator cable broke while driving. Consumer was not able to move car at all. Recall 01v0120000 did not apply to this vehicle due to VIN.
Consumers 23 year old daughter was involved in an incident along with her friend. Where they were attempting to take an exit, when the vehicle would not allow her to slow down. Vehicle accelerated on its own, causing them a life threatening experience. The two ran of of the road in order to block from hitting 0ther vehicles, and in order to not hit a tree when they ran of the road, they had gotten back onto the road after the passenger had informed the driver that the road was clear enough to get back on. They did so, luckily not hitting anyone, they ended up in a vacant parking lot where the driver had taking the keys out of the ignition. During the accident the driver tried to brake and even pull the emergency brake and the vehicle rejected that. Vehicle was towed back to the service center, where three weeks prior, the consumer had an oil change, lubrications, and the tires rotated. They tested the vehicle, and reported that they found nothing. The service center suggested that they could clean the throttle linkage and lubricate a specific cable (name not available). Vehicle was then inspected at a toyota dealer who did not see a problem either and even allowed one of the employees to take the vehicle home for further inspection and he found no problem as well. Consumer stated that the dealer had been able to clear the airbag sign that was displayed on the dashboard.
While slightly applying accelerator pedal it continued to accelerate, resulting in vehicle accelerating into a building.
Accelerater pedal became stuck and consumer hit a building. Please provide any further information.
Sudden accelleration of car. Brakes would not stop vehicle. Had to put car in "park" to stop vehicle. Engine continued to rev as if gas pedal pushed to floor. Dealer can't find anything wrong.
Consumer stated on 2 occasions the throttle engaged by itself, causing the vehicle to lurch foward and crash.
When consumer made a turn the vehicle assumed normal acceleration in "drive", when suddenly the accelrator pedal became loose, dealer said the accelerator cable was broken. *jg
Accelerator pedal will stick at first start, not after vehicle was warmed up. Has to press hard to get pedal to unstick. Dealer was not concerned when told about it.
While in reverse vehicle accelerated into a gas station. Two weeks prior to this incident consumer complained to dealer that accelerator pedal was sticking. Dealer stated there could be a carbon build up in fuel injection, but was not able to duplicate or correct the problem. Recall 01-v-012-000/ manufacturer's recall 10a has been issued on vehicle's make/model. However, this vehicle was not included due to VIN.*ak
Vehicle has a problem that causes hard starting and low idle rpms, consumer feels the idling air control valve could possible be a manufacturer defect.
Consumer was traveling on a main steeet to get to highway. He was was traveling slow, approaching a stop sign. Accelerator pedal went down to floor , pedal was stuck. Had no brakes. Vehicle was out of control, and hit a vehicle at intersection. Dealership was aware of problem.
Consumer was brakng at a stop sign engine started rivving, and vehicle started moving through intersection. This has happened 3 times since then, last time was on april 27, 2001. Toyota dealer believed consumer's foot was on gas pedal instead of brake.
Intermittently accelerator pedal will stick. Recall 01v012000 has been issued on vehicle's make and model; however, this vehicle was not included due to VIN. Dealer has inspected vehicle.
Accelerator pedal sticking intermittently, when applye. Vehicle at an independent repair shop for inspection. Feel free to provide any further details on this matter .
01 v 012 000/accelerator cable: vehicle experienced a sudden acceleration while parking, causing vehicle to take off into a field area, ran into various things before hitting a wall. Dealer notified and informed vehicle was not cover under manufacturer's recall. Feel free to provide any further details on this matter .
Consumer received recall notice 01v012000. Dealership would not cooperate in servicing vehicle. *ak the vehicle was repaired at another dealer.
While driving 30 MPH vehicle accelerated. Consumer applied brakes but did not slow vehicle down. Consumer then shifted to neutral, rpms finally went down and engine stopped revving.
Accelerator pedal gets stuck.
Consumer received recall 01v012000/ throttle cable, and tried to have service performed by dealership. Dealership informed her that they were unaware of said recall. Please provide any additional information.
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