I started the car, and I released the brake and started in reverse. After a few seconds, the car suddenly sped up to about 45 MPH in reverse. The car would not stop even as I pressed the brake, and it then hit two cars. That is when it stopped. I tried to put the car in drive to go back into the parking space, but it jolted forward and skipped two parking bumpers. At that time, I hit another car. At that point, I left the car alone seeing as there was something clearly wrong. In the end, my car sustained damaged to the front and to the back totaling $10,111.60. This does not include the damage to the three other cars, the totals of damage of which I am not aware of although they are claiming my insurance. I took the car to a local toyota dealer having conducted research on what happened to me. I found that there have been claims against toyota for problems with electronic throttle where there is a sudden, involuntary acceleration. I showed the service department all the research I had gathered from the internet. The dealer checked the car's computer, and they claimed they found nothing wrong with the electronic throttle or with the car's computer. They claimed that air pockets between the acceleration and the brake caused the problem. As a result, they fixed the structural damage to my car, but they maintained that nothing was wrong with the electronic components, specifically the throttle, of the car.
2002 Toyota Camry acceleration complaints
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Dt: contact states while his car was parked, he put his foot on the brake in order to shift it into drive and the car accelerated causing the vehicle to go across two sidewalks and a hospital lawn and into two trees. He reports having no problems with the car prior to this incident. *jb updated 12/7/2005 -
Dt contact stated the vehicle surged forward on two different occasions. When putting the foot on the brakes to slow the vehicle down and to come to a stop, the vehicle surged forward. The first time this happened it caused the contact's vehicle to rear end another vehicle. The vehicle is at the dealers now. At this point the dealer is not sure what is wrong with the vehicle.
Brakes were unable to bring car to a stop, instead the car accelerated. Car finally came to a stop after crashing into the house. Car was damaged and the body and fenders of the car were repaired but nothing was repaired which LED to this occurrence in regards to the mechanics of the car. In addition airbags did not deploy on impact.
I was driving with my family south bound on I-5 when we exited the freeway and pulled into the tillicum chevron station. The cruise control was on but disengaged. I turned right into a parking spot at a low rate of speed (3 to 5 MPH). I was almost at a complete stop and had just enough time to realize that I could not stop!!! I could hear the car's engine roar and a moment later found that I had driven over a concrete curb, up a two foot concrete retaining wall, and through a chain-link fence. I don't know how a car could do this!! The total space for this to happen was only about 3 linear feet!! I was not pushing the accelerator!! There was indeed an acceleration surge in my 2002 camry v6. The car stopped, straddling the concrete wall, the front drive wheels were off the ground. I got out of the car and asked the mechanic on-site if there were any recalls on the 2002 camry. I swear this is the very first thing I said because I knew that I did not cause the accident. The accident was caused by a defect in the toyota camry. A tow truck removed my vehicle form the retaining wall. I then drove the car directly to the titus-will toyota dealership. They could not duplicate the problem with the vehicle and indicated it was safe to drive. Damage to the car included the front bumper, several major scratches, and several small dents. I explained that we were very concerned about safety and asked about recalls. They indicated that there were none for my vehicle. They did admit after some questioning that they would not know how many times this has happened in the past due to the fact that the dealerships do not share information and toyota corporate does not share this information with the dealerships. The young lady (employee) at the payment desk volunteered that she had also had unexpected acceleration with her toyota camry. I request that a formal investigation be launched and a recall placed for 2002 toyota camry's.
Dt: the consumer stated that the vehicle accelerated while in reverse for the second time. The vehicle made j like turn and hit an electrical box which caused the power to go out in approximately three homes and damaged the vehicle. When the vehicle was first delivered in april 2002 this happened. But the consumer thought it was because it was a new vehicle. On july 5, 2005 a police report was filed, and the vehicle was towed and was taken to bell toyota . While the vehicle was in reverse it continued to accelerate. *ak
Dt: contact states the speedometer fluctuated while driving and the RPM gauge fluctuated on its own. The first three times this happened the car slowed down . Consumer felt the shift change while she was driving. This last time the speedometer gauge went up to 60 MPH while she stopped in traffic, and when she accelerated the speedometer shot up to 80 MPH. She took vehicle to a dealership 4 times, and they told her that nothing was wrong. She tried to contact the manufacturer, but has not been able to reach them. This happened since june 2004. They changed the transmission, and the speed sensor in june -2004 after the first 3 times this happened. Currently, they told her nothing was wrong with the car.
Our car is a 2002 toyota camry le with the 4-cylinder engine, automatic transmission, and cruise control but it does not have ABS. I purchased the car from the original owner in october 2003 and, at the time of the accident, had about 35,000 miles on it. Based on the original owner''s records and my own, no electrical work had ever been done on the car and the battery was the original. The accident occurred on july 22, 2004 in mission viejo, california in broad daylight and in clear weather. Colleen was alone in the car and was not hurt. The air bag did not deploy. There was about $3,500 in damage. The accident occurred as my wife was parking the car when she arrived at her doctor''s office for an appointment. As she made a left turn into a parking stall, she slowed to almost a stop half way into the parking space. The gear lever was in the normal drive position and her foot was on the brake. Suddenly, the car lurched forward jumping over the cement parking space bumper, over the curb at the end of the parking space, and squarely into a block wall just a foot beyond the curb. The surge in acceleration must have lasted less than a second since the total distance traveled was only about 6 to 8 feet and yet resulted in $3,500 damage. My wife was really shaken by the incident and has driven very little ever since. She swore her foot was on the brake all the time. Later, however, since there seemed to be no other possible cause, she convinced herself that her foot must have slipped off the brake and onto the accelerator. Eventually, she accepted blame for the accident and, as a result, our insurance company raised our rates considerably. After the car was repaired, I took it to a toyota dealer and told them about the accident. I asked them to check for any problems with the accelerator and they found everything operating ''normally''. No problems were ever identified with the transmission or the accelerator.
The consumer was involved in an accident after his vehicle suddenly accelerated and did not stop when the brakes were applied. *mr all computer pulses were tested and nothing was found wrong. When the shifter was placed in the drive position, the vehicle took off. The brakes were applied but did not stop the vehicle. The consumer steered to avoid the parked vehicles and crashed into a church. *sc
After the vehicle was pulled through the car wash while idling the attendant motioned the consumer to drive the vehicle out of the car wash. Consumer shifted vehicle into drive and it suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated and lurched forward at high speed and hit a tree before stopping. Consumer and passenger sustained minor injuries to the body, but they declined transportation to the local hospital. Manufacturer and the dealer were notified.
I was turining into the parking area at my complex I attempted to slow down and applied the brakes as I normall would to turn into my parking space. As I started to brake, the car started to accelerate. I made a conscious effort to lift my foot off both pedals to be sure I was not pressing the accelerator instead of the brake. The vehicle kept accelerating. I immediately started to apply the brake, which did not slow the vehicle. When I realized that I was not slowing down, I aborted the turn into the parking space and straightened out the vehicle to avoid hitting other park cars and to give more time and distance to safely brake. The vehcile would not slow, and kept accelerating, causing it to go up and over the concrete curb/sidewalk, and right into a set of stairs at the complex. No one was injured, myself included, but the staircase, needless to say, is demolished, as is the entire front end of my camry. Vehicle is at body shop as of now, no assessment has been done. I did, however, earlier this evening simply log onto google where I typed in "toyota camry accelerator sticking" and came up with the following link: http://subscript.bna.com/samples/pld.nsf/0/33a2947408d24d5185256e5300035cac?opendocument. *ak *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
Vehicle was running while the driver was sitting inside of the parking lot. Vehicle suddenly accelerated uncontrollably. Driver applied the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. Driver was unable to maintain control of the vehicle and it crashed into a brick wall. Upon impact, both air bags did not deploy. No injuries reported.
When braking intermittently the vehicle accelerated. This condition has occurred 8 times within two months. Vehicle had been to the dealer on several occasions. Dealer was unable to locate the cause or duplicate the problem. *ak this problem also occurred while the vehicle was in reverse.
Vehicle is experiencing a problem with sudden acceleration. Owner was driving down the road at approximately 45 MPH. When the owner applied the brakes , the vehicle began to accelerate without warning. The owner had to turn off the engine, in order to stop the vehicle. Provide further details.
The throttle stuck wide open on the car when put in reverse, from a parked position. This caused the car to go completely out of control striking several objects coming to rest in the middle of a road.
While pulling into a pet store parking lot, the vehicle suddenly accelerated uncontrollably causing me to crash into a retaining wall in front of the store. There were previous incidents involving the acceleration of the vehicle in the hour immediately before the crash occurred.
The consumer experienced sudden acceleration . The brakes failed to work causing an accident. *nm the consumer's vehicle collided with another vehicle at a stop sign. *sc the air bags did not deploy.
Vehicle suddenly experienced a surge in acceleration. Car crashed into a tree at the front parking space *bf on two separate occasions the consumer was entering a parking space and the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a tree at the front of the space. The second incident occured after the fuel tank was filled. The engine accelerated to high RPM's while the consumers foot was on the brake.
Consumer was driving about 65 MPH and the accelerator pedal became stuck. Driver had to turn off the ignition in order to get the vehicle to stop. *ak updated 03/29/10.
The consumer stated that while pulling into a parking space she suddenly found herself and child in the store. She pulled into a parking space, applied brakes, and then suddenly the vehicle accelerated and crashed into the store front. The consumer was sure that she did not put her foot on the accelerator instead of the brake pedal. The consumer went on line and found that dot was investigating the same type of problem. *ak
While driving 20 MPH vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. Consumer applied the brake pedal and vehicle continued to accelerate. Consumer was unable to maintain control of the vehicle, and it hit a lady, who sustained major injuries, and was transported to the hospital by ambulance. Vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic could not duplicate the problem. Consumer was involved in five different accidents due to sudden acceleration.
While parking the vehicle, the brakes failed and the vehicle proceeded forward until it hit a building. The frontal air bags did not deploy. *nm the sheriff stated by the position of the wheels he knew the brakes failed. *tc before the accident, the consumer complained to toyota about the brake going to the floor when it was applied. *jb the consumer stated she was sure that the high acceleration that occurred with her vehicle was the result of the gas pedal sticking. The consumer stated she knocked down a 4 foot metal parking light, proceeded and hit one wall, ran over numerous shrubbery, a tree and hit the entrance of a brick wall at a bank. Updated 04/19/10
Intermittently during braking, the vehicle commenced to accelerate. This condition occurred on three separate occasions. The vehicle has been to the dealer on three separate occasions and they were unable to duplicate the problem. *jb
While parking vehicle lunged forward. Then, vehicle hit two vehicles in parking lot. The dealership was informed. *ak see 10066756. *dsy *tc updated 7/5/12
The accelerator on the vehicle became stuck. The pedal left the foot and the brake was not responding. The consumer then tried to the accelerator became stuck leaving foot when lightly pressed going to the floor as driver approached busy intersection neither brake nor gearshift would respond. *jb
While applying the brake pedal vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and pulled over. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection twice. However, the mechanic could not duplicate the problem.
On saturday, july 7, 2004, I drove the 2002 toyota camry in bowie, maryland heading south on route 197, laurel-bowie road. While going up a hill, at approximately 65 MPH, I pressed on the accelerator pedal. Immediately, I lost control of the car, as it swerved first to the left. However, a car was to my left, and to avoid hitting it, I steered the car right, towards the curb. Fortunately I did not hit the car. As I steered towards the right, the car sped ahead of me, and I tried steering back towards the left to avoid the curb. To create friction to stop the car, I made a big arc and crossed four lanes to the left, with the car finally facing northbound. After making sure no cars were coming in either direction of the road, I made a u-turn and headed straight to my house (~2 miles away).
While parking the vehicle suddenly accelerated. When the vehicle was finally parked and the consumer's foot was off the accelerator and on the brake the vehicle jumped over parking bump and hit a post. The driver had no control on the vehicle. Dealership was notified. *ak the vehicle sustained front end damage.
While stopping at a traffic light the engine revved, followed by sudden acceleration. The consumer proceeded to slam on the brake pedal to stop the acceleration, but it failed to do so. Vehicle stopped accelerating by itself. Dealership was contacted, but provided no assistance because they weren't able to duplicate the failure. *ak
Ongoing problem with aplplication of brakes and car accelerating forward. Incidents on 7/9/04 & 8/13/04.incidents have been reported before to the federal safety agency on 4/23/04 reference#10071432.took car to dealer toyota rep and serviceman cound not find problem. Has offered o take car in for 1 week and have techs drive.this is 5 incident asked toyota to swap car for or trade for other car was informed my car had problem and was not possible at this time.this car has problem with ets and it is time for toyota to do something.iam not in this for gain just want the problem solved or car swapped for eqivalent.I have exhausted all means for a resolution and feel I need arbitraction from toyota.hearing that this car has no problem is old and would appreciate any assistance in this matter.
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