2008 Toyota Camry: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Aug 30, 2022 · Acceleration · WA · crash

There was unexpected and unintended acceleration that resulted in hitting a house and causing a lot of damage.

Filed Sep 9, 2014 · Brakes, Engine · 45,753 miles · MD · crash · fire · 1 injury

12/28/13 - elsrode ave. Baltimore, md 21214, side street next to our house. [xxx] , wife, was parallel parking this vehicle driving in reverse. Vehicle had unintended acceleration. Brakes did not work. Vehicle went up a set of cement steps and stopped for a second, but then accelerated in drive down steps into street. Again brakes did not work. [xxx] drove vehicle into an alley and hit a stone wall where it stopped. Engine was smoking. In reverse and in drive, [xxx] had her feet on the brakes. The brakes did not work. This was witnessed by her son, [xxx], who was the front seat passenger. [xxx]. Suffered fractured ribs and bruised legs. Passenger, [xxx] , was not injured. Vehicle was totaled by insurance company. Toyota inspected vehicle on 2/24/14 who said " based on our inspection of your vehicle it was determined that it was not the result of any type of manufacturing or design defect". Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed May 23, 2014 · Acceleration, Airbags · 157,000 miles · NH · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry. The contact stated while driving approximately 10 MPH into a parking lot the vehicle violently jerked forward and accelerated while the brake pedal was engaged. The contact had to apply force to the steering wheel due to the sudden acceleration to no avail. The vehicle surged on an incline, crashed into a fence, and also crashed into a rear sliding door of a house. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained minor injuries and was being treated. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 157,000.

Filed May 16, 2014 · Acceleration, Body · 70,000 miles · FL · crash

When pulling into a gravel parking space at less than 5mph. Car suddenly accelerated full throttle, jumped a concrete parking stop, became partially airborne on the right side , coming down in a depression after 25 ft. Brake was fully depressed through event. Visual inspection and manual check after incident showed nothing impeding either gas pedal or brake. Mats firmly attached. We have photos of the acceleration tracks and the ditch where it landed. Damage to fascia, bumper, air dam. Alignment, possible tire damage. Est. $800 - $1200. Our complaint is car sat at dealer for 2 months deemed unsafe to drive. The outcome was that nothing was recorded on the black box and vehicle passed inspections on a lift. Therefore even though this was an unintended acceleration issue toyota will do nothing. Recommendation from both consumer reports and edmunds is a brake override should be installed. When this was mentioned they said no the car doesn't need it. One of our complaints is toyota motor sales u.s.a. Took 2 months to resolve this. They didn't return phone calls or notify the dealer of any results. Dealer stated toyota wouldn't let them work on the car and it was listed unsafe to drive. During this 2 months we had to rent a car out of pocket (insurance paid 2 weeks). Over $1000. Both my wife and I feel very lucky this incident didn't happen on a busy highway or next to a solid wall. If it had there was a good chance we could have been injured and the damage much worse. Dealing with both the dealer and toyota u.s.a. Was frustrating and pointless. We have picked up the car and are considering trading it in but are shocked to find in 2 years it has deprecated by $8000! This has been a complete nightmare and a monetary loss as well. To at least get the brake override would be some satisfaction. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Jun 26, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 28,090 miles · IL

I was stopped in traffic and had my foot on the brake RPM shot up to 6 and the engine was racing and wanted to lunge forward. I hurried and shifted to neutral luckily I had a little space in front of me or else I may have hit the person in front of me. I had my wife in the car with me and she was scared thought that we were going too have a accident.

Filed Mar 11, 2013 · Acceleration · 25,000 miles · OH · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry. The contact stated that while attempting to park, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact mentioned that she was unable to stop the vehicle and crashed into another vehicle. A security mall report was filed and the driver sustained a knee injury. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that they would contact her back at a later date. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 25,000. *tr updated 05/08/13

Filed Sep 20, 2012 · Acceleration, Brakes · 65,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry. The contact stated that while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact stated that the brake calipers malfunctioned due to the sudden acceleration. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer to have the brake calipers repaired. After the brake calipers were repaired the vehicle continued to accelerate without warning. The contact took the vehicle back to the dealer for a diagnostic test. The dealer could not duplicate the acceleration issue. In addition, the engine completely failed due to a fracture in the water pump, also causing all of the electric components to malfunction. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 65,000.

Filed Feb 22, 2011 · Acceleration · 60,000 miles · WV

Tl*the contacts owns a 2008 toyota camry. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle accelerated suddenly. The contact stated the vehicle was taken to the dealer for recall 09v388000 (vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal) but the vehicle continued to experience sudden acceleration after the repairs were made. The contact stated the acceleration occurred intermittently at various speeds. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer after the repairs were made. The technicians stated they could not diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.

Filed Dec 29, 2010 · Acceleration · CA · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry. The contact stated that the repairs were recalls 09v3880000 & 10v017000 (vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal) were performed in 2010. While driving approximately 10 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a parked vehicle. The contact sustained injuries to the leg, face and arm. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer. The failure mileage was unknown. Updated 12/14/2011 *cn updated 04/25/11

Filed Aug 30, 2010 · Acceleration, Engine · 55,000 miles · IL

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for recall 09v388000 vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal on june 2010 with 55,000 miles. On august 27, 2010 while approaching the intersection 35 MPH the check engine light illuminated and she heard a noise underneath the hood the vehicle stalled after a few seconds the vehicle suddenly accelerated with her foot on the brake pedal. The vehicle will be taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The VIN was not available. The failure and the current mileage was 60,000.

Filed Aug 30, 2010 · Acceleration · 4,019 miles · WV · crash · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry. The vehicle suddenly accelerated while driving up hill. The driver lost control and the vehicle turned over. The engine also caught fire. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed. The insurance company investigated the failure; however, she didn't received the investigation report. The contact recently received recall 09v388000 vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal. The police report was available upon request. The vehicle was destroyed. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileages were 4,019. Updated 11/22/10 *bf updated 11/23/10

Filed Jun 16, 2010 · Brakes · 30,700 miles · CA

Car : 2008 toyota camry le, 30k miles still under factory warranty problem : unintended sudden braking after toyota's recall description: I am owner of 2008 toyota camry le. My car experienced an unintended acceleration problem once. Local toyota dealer applied recall to fix this issue. Now my car applies unintended brakes. This has happened 3 times in last 15 days, each of the symptoms described below 1) trying to coast to stop, car was going at 50mph, as soon as I step foot off pedal, car slowed drastically, brake light didn't come on but car reduce speed from 50mph to 35mph and kept on reducing. Note that I never pressed brake pedal but brakes were applied automatically to wheels. This happened twice. 2) trying to merge into freeway, speed between 45-50mph & trying to accelerate, suddenly lost speed from 50 to 40mph in matter of 2 seconds, my foot was on accelerator all the time. We were almost rear ended by vehicle following us, I request you to look into this cars stopping by themselves are equally as bad as cars accelerating by themselves. We have experienced first hand when we were almost rearended by a car. Kindly look into this.