2009 Toyota Corolla: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Jan 12, 2024 · Acceleration, Airbags · 103,000 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

The contact owned a 2009 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving at 5 mph and exiting a parking lot when the vehicle accelerated on its own, veered to the left, and crashed into a gate. No warning lights were illuminated and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injury to the right shoulder, right foot, and right hand, but did not seek medical attention. No police report was filed. The vehicle was totaled and towed to a towing company. Additionally, the contact stated in 2021 while reversing from a parking space, as the vehicle was driving forward, it veered to the left and crashed into a tree. The vehicle was towed to the to be diagnosed and repaired. Per the contact, the dealer offered no diagnosis or reason for the acceleration. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000.

Filed Jul 10, 2022 · Acceleration, Brakes · CA · crash · 1 injury

Vehicle speed control / sudden unintended acceleration. This was NOT a "misapplication of pedal" by driver! It was clearly a mechanical failure—apparently accelerator pedal (not floor mat, which was secured on its pegs). NO warning lamp, msg, symptom prior to crash. Afterward, saw the federal safety agency rpts others FIXED speed control issue & same prob STILL recurred! My VIN wasn't listed as unrepaired (likely the original owner repaired recall issue/s)—yet car was still dangerous! At slow speed, approx 1-2 mph, I was entering my garage in usual way, turning R. Car abruptly sped up uncontrollably (self-accelerated); couldn't stop it! Crashed thru garage doorpost & wall, then backyard fence. Lucky I'm alive & no one in yard. VERY traumatic! Physical injury (neck/back) helped by ibuprofen. FWIW air bag didn't deploy. AAA said they'd only tow for repair, not inspection. I wasn't going to repair; I'd NEVER trust driving that car again & wouldn't sell to ANYONE to drive, due to grave concern same issue'd recur! Available for inspection at PickNPull, Moss Landing, CA. PnP corp agreed they'd haul away ONLY for its OTHER parts—order taker understood it had UNTRUSTED accelerator pedal / vehicle speed control. They also promised me they wouldn't let anyone drive it! Of 2009 Corolla the federal safety agency's 1,523 rpts, "vehicle speed control" is 3rd highest, far > nearly all other rpts. Below, a few of MANY related examples. (Note: dates may be either report or incident dates.) 10/26/21 the federal safety agency #11438174; 5/31/17 #10992371; 7/16/16 #10885246 ("CAR WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL...STILL AN ISSUE WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION.); 6/3/16, #10872355; 10/2/14 #10640760 ("VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT FAILURE RECURRED"); 9/30/14 #10640098; 9/25/14 #10639073; 11/16/13 #10552563; 3/4/12 #10450183; 2/10/12 #10450183 ("ALREADY HAD ALL OF TOYOTA'S "RECALL" REMEDIES";) 1/29/12 #10447756; 6/22/10 #10343426 (recall work had been done); 6/23/10 #10340943 (work had been done); 6/6/10 #10339969; 5/18/10 #10330952.

Filed Apr 26, 2018 · Acceleration · TX

2009 toyota corolla. Consumer writes in regards to unintended acceleration while driving. *ld

Filed May 31, 2017 · Acceleration · 88,648 miles · OK

On 21 october 2016 at approximately 9:30 am, I experienced a sudden unintended acceleration with my 2009 corolla. I was parking the car in the parking lot at the embassy suites hotel in norman, ok when the incident occurred. I reversed the vehicle to straighten it up in in a parking space; then, I put the transmission in drive to pull forward. As the car started to roll forward, in an instant, the vehicle's engine self -accelerated to full throttle. With my left foot on the foot rest pedal (dead pedal) and right foot fully depressed on the brake pedal, the ABS braking system functioned properly making an audible clicking sound as the car continued darting forward at full throttle. With the vehicle at approximately a 30 degree angle to the curb in front of the parking space, the forward momentum of the vehicle with the ABS braking system fully engaged, the driver's side front wheel bounced over the curb, the passenger's side front wheel stopped against the curb and the engine self-decelerated. As the engine decelerated, an audible clicking sound could be heard coming from the engine compartment that stopped as the engine returned to an idle. I have no explanation as to what caused the vehicle's engine to self-accelerate to full throttle, nor can I explain why it self-decelerated back to an idle. Possibly, the vehicle hitting the curb with the driver's front wheel and bouncing over the curb could have caused the engine to self-decelerate. There was no personal injury or property damage involved in the incident. Had a person been walking in front of my car in the parking lot during the sudden unintended acceleration event, they would have been seriously injured if not killed. The fowler toyota dealership of norman, ok evaluated the vehicle and concluded the incident was caused by misapplication of pedal. An edr was downloaded, evaluated and inconclusive.

Filed Apr 24, 2017 · Airbags, Steering · 148,000 miles · FL

Takata recall - dealer was contacted but no parts available june/1/2015 unintended acceleration at a security gate when braking to approach gate arm. 04/24/2017

Filed Oct 18, 2016 · Acceleration · 54,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota corolla. The contact stated that while coming to a stop at a red light and slowing down to 10 MPH, the vehicle would suddenly surge forward and jerk. The contact indicated that the failure had occurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure was unable to be duplicated. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 54,000.

Filed Jul 16, 2016 · Acceleration · 50,000 miles · NC · crash

My wife was pulling into a parking space and when she hit her brakes the car took off just like been reported with unintended acceleration and witness even saw her brake lights on and the car was put in park and the engine was still revving very high like the accelerator was stuck wide open. This car was repaired under the recall and the pedal and floor mats were replaced. It appears there still an issue with the unintended acceleration. Now we have to fix the damage to our car and then one she hit. This needs to be investigated why cars are still having this issue someone could of died because of this flaw in the car.

Filed Jun 3, 2016 · Acceleration · 61,000 miles · MA

I was driving on highway with 2 children in back, when car hit 60 MPH... It accelerated on its own to 90 MPH and would not stop (had foot all way down on break). After prob 30 seconds, the accelerator went down and I pulled off the nearest exit. If there was more traffic on highway, there is no doubt that me and my children would have crashed and been killed.

Filed Feb 8, 2016 · Engine · 6 miles · CA

I was on my way to work drive on the surface street at a speed between 42-45mph when my car suddenly accelerated. I stepped on brakes but I was still accelerating so I had to turn off my engine to get the car to stop. This is the second time this has happened to my vehicle. The first time was about 6 months ago, at the time I took it to a toyota service center and they told my brakes and carpet was recalled. The replaced both items and told me my car should be good. The second time my car accelerated weeks ago. I called toyota and made a claim with them. They are saying there's no issue with my car even though I had accelerated two in the past 6 month. Both time I had to turn off my engine to get the car to stop. Both time I had to call a tow to tow my car. This is a very dangerous situation that needs to be addressed.

Filed Nov 9, 2014 · Electrical, Fuel system · 73,318 miles · CA

While traveling nw on hwy 99 through merced ca at 08:30 am nov. 9, 2014, I experienced a sudden acceleration of my car while in cruise mode going up the ramp just at the nw edge of merced. It continued to accelerate till the RPM gauge was into the red. At the same time, I was very tense, maneuvering in traffic while applying the brakes in an effort to slow down or stop, which heated up until they were barely working. I shut the motor off while in drive and turned it back on a few times and each time the engine went right into high rev mode again. I finally put the transmission into n and shut the engine off and coasted to the side of the road about a mile or so from where the problem started, regained my composure and allowed the car to sit a few minutes. I tried the engine starter and things seemed normal again so I cautiously exited the highway about a 1/4 mile from where I had stopped. Things continued to act normally so I came back home 18 miles and had no more problems. What do I do with this car? Keep driving it this way? Take it back to toyota? They did the recall repair for this problem already, yet now this!! Very troubling!

Filed Oct 30, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 61,955 miles · CA

Toyota sent me an undated notice of a limited service campaign to install smart stop technology. When I took my car in for the installation, toyota said I first had to have an inspection because I had actually experienced an unintended acceleration though there was no damage or injury. Despite my daily phone calls, they have yet to schedule that inspection and to install smart stop, leaving me without a car because they tell me not to drive mine until smart stop is installed.

Filed Oct 16, 2014 · Acceleration · 53,300 miles · CA · crash

My daughter was driving the corolla with a friend in the passenger seat. She entered the driveway at a local strip mall. She proceeded to turn left into a parking stall and was preparing to apply the brakes when the corolla suddenly accelerated and mounted a raised landscaped area in front of the stall. The corolla traveled about 15 feet before it struck a large, metal, electrical utility box and stopped. Both my daughter and her friend were seat belted and were not injured. Skid marks on the asphalt pavement appear to indicate that the right rear wheel was locked as the corolla accelerated. Investigators from toyota and the insurance company inspected the corolla and could not determine the cause of the unintended acceleration. I was the original owner and this was the only instance when this occurred. I no longer own the car..updated 11/03/14 *bf updated 8/5/2015