2010 Toyota Corolla: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed May 18, 2017 · Acceleration · 61,000 miles · AK

Cruise control active, I made a speed change using the steering column lever when the engine went to 6,000 RPM in full acceleration. My speed was about 65 on a rural road prior to this event. I tapped the accelerator with no change, then the brake which cancelled the uncommanded acceleration.

Filed Apr 22, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 56,500 miles · PA

While driving on route 30 east in pa, I experienced a scenario where I was on cruise control and pressed the brake. The car continued to accelerate at it's speed and subsequent pressings of the brakes did not slow the car. I shifted the car into neutral and the brakes still were not slowing the car enough. I had to drive into the left shoulder and grass beyond that in order to slow the car down enough to let other cars pass so I could go into the right lane. The next business I took my car to the dealer and after driving 7 miles and looking for error codes, reported that they "could not reproduce the issue". My car already had all the fixes for the unintended acceleration issue that toyota had a number of recalls for done in december 2013. This issue needs to be further investigated by toyota because if the reported fixes do not work, then there could be a significant number of accidents/fatalities yet to come. I never had experienced this issue before.

Filed Sep 9, 2013 · Acceleration, Brakes · 21,913 miles · IA

I was on the highway going about 70mph. My exit was coming up on the right side so I put my foot on the brake to slow down. However the brake stuck and the vehicle wouldn't slow down, it kept going. I had the cruise control on, and usually if I brake without first turning it off it slows down, but that didn't happen. So I turned the cruise control off but nothing happened. My car kept going. I pushed down on the brake, but that made the car accelerate even more. I checked to make sure the pedal wasn't stuck, it wasn't, but I knew that wasn't the problem because my car was accelerating when I was hitting the brake. Luckily there was no one in front of me because I was going over 110mph. I sped at this speed for quite a ways maybe 3/4 of a mile. I thought I was going to die and had my phone in my had to call 911. I kept pushing on the brake since I didn't know what else to do (this of course made me go faster and faster). The brake wouldn't go down though. I didn't understand what was happening. It was like stuck? Finally I heard my accelerate pop. And the car started to decelerate.

Filed Aug 12, 2013 · Acceleration, Brakes · 23,000 miles · IA · crash · 1 injury

On monday july 29,2013 while I was set on 70 MPH cruise control, my toyota corolla suddenly surged forward. I have no idea how fast it made the car go ,but I have never been in anything going that fast. I had to take the car into the grass median to avoid hitting another car when the brakes would not stop my car. We still flew down the grass median like a speed boat hitting waves, we were bouncing, the car was bouncing, I had severe cramps and stabbing across my lower kidney area when we finally came to a stop. I had to hold the brake pedal to the floor for what seemed like eternity. Before it finally stopped. I reported the incident in great detail to toyota corporate and my case was #1307291802.(this case # is no longer valid) I was told at that time if I felt safe, I could take it to my dealer in d.m.,iowa where I leased the car in 2010, or if I felt unsafe, I could take it to adams toyota in lee's summit, missouri. Then, my daughter-in-law called adams on my behalf and they gave her an entirely new case number because the first rep who took the report did not understand there was damage .my new case # is 1308011967. I felt I never want to be in that corolla again, so I did take it to adams and they provided me with a scion rental to get back to home and work in iowa. Toyota has inspected the car and has up to 30 days to give me their report. I am to receive a copy of the data imaging extracted from the black box also.

Filed Jul 6, 2013 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 44,095 miles · NC

The gas pedal suck to the floor when accelerating with the cruise control on. I pulled off road, put car in neutral and shut motor off. Gas pedal was still stuck to floor. Tried pulling pedal up to no avail. Turned ignition to the on position and pedal still stuck. After stomping it several times gas pedal unstuck. You could here something underneath the hood release it. Definitely not a floor mat problem!!

Filed Feb 8, 2011 · Acceleration, Electrical · 21,000 miles · CA

My 2010 toyota corolla continues to have acceleration issues. Now it accelerates with the cruise control on to speeds over 100/110 MPH. I had to drive my car from vermont to california, and used my cruise control for the first time. The speed limit was 75 to 80 MPH in areas and I set the cruise control to 72. The next thing I new, the car suddenly lurched forward on its own & went completely out of control. It went to speeds of 100- 120 MPH within 1-2 minutes and I could hardly control the car. I have been in 3-4 acceleration incidents with this vehicle already and been injured (the reports I have already filed with your agency this past year). This vehicle is going to kill someone. There is an electrical or engine problem with these toyotas, no matter what the federal safety agency, the feds, or toyota states. It is not the way americans are driving ! Don't insult our intelligence. How many more innocent victims have to get hurt. All we are asking is for toyota to take these cars back and replace them with a safe car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is what is fair to the consumer. That is what the lemon law is for. Yet why does no one listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Filed Oct 8, 2010 · Acceleration · NJ

2010 toyota corolla. Consumer writes regarding problems with cruise control *tgw the consumer stated during the first few months when the cruise control was activated and set at 60 and 70 MPH, the vehicle would surge . She immediately shut off the cruise control to stop the acceleration. The unexplained acceleration not only happened when gong up small hills, but it also happened once on a level highway. The consumer stated the speedometer rose above the cruise control speed setting.

Filed Aug 31, 2010 · Acceleration · 1,600 miles · VT

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact was driving with the cruise control set when the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact stated the failure had occurred twice prior to the most recent failure. The dealer advised that the ECM was defective and would need replacing. The vehicle was left with the dealer where the contact was awaiting repairs. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileage was approximately 1,600.

Filed Aug 4, 2010 · Acceleration, Transmission · 12,000 miles · WI

Driving 2010 toyota corolla manual trans on interstate on 8/2/10 at 2:30 p.m. Had cruise control on going 70 MPH. Engaged clutch, shifted to neutral and braked in preparation to stop for traffic jam ahead. Brake did not engage and vehicle continued at 70 MPH without touching accelerator. Continued attempts to brake, downshift, turn off cruise control with no decrease in speed. Initially unable to downshift but then did get into lower gear but with no resulting decrease in speed, nor did the engine make any noise indicating that I had downshifted. I was able to get onto shoulder where I continued to go 70 MPH.I then got off at an exit that had an incline. Part way up the hill felt something disengage and the car slowed- not just due to the incline I think. I was then able to put on emergency brake and the car stopped. After several minutes I tried the brakes again and they worked. I did not reengage the cruise control after this. Please note that this occurred after I had taken the car in for both toyota recommended recalls regarding the floor mats and putting a modification in the gas pedal. When I went in for recalls I asked about placement of a computer brake override system and was first told that fix was not yet available, then told it was not relevant to my car, and, after the above event told again that toyota did not yet have the technology available to do this fix on corollas. The dealership have thus far been unpleasant and suggesting that I might not be telling the truth.

Filed Jun 27, 2010 · Acceleration · 18,000 miles · TX

When set on cruise control and going uphill the car accelerates excessively to more than 5 MPH over set speed limit.

Filed Mar 24, 2010 · Acceleration · 11,850 miles · FL

Tl*the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. While driving at speeds of 70 MPH with the cruise control activated, the vehicle accelerated up to speeds of 86 MPH. She was able to decrease speed by deactivating the cruise control and applying the brakes. The failure occurred twice; however, the contact assumed it was caused by driver error. The contact confirmed that she had previously received recall repairs under the federal safety agency campaign id numbers 10v017000 and 10v023000 (vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal) and had never experienced incidents of unintended acceleration before the repairs were made. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure. The current and the failure mileages were 11,850.

Filed Mar 6, 2010 · Transmission · 7,010 miles · PA

Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) this is additional information . I filed a prior incident report and had another occurrence on feb 28 2010. Again my vehicle had a sudden acceleration and leaped forward. Again I was able to place it in neutral . This is a dangerous problem. I have taken it back to my local dealership only to be told, it was the floor mat. When it happened again (after I took out the mat I was told it may have been I hit the cruise control(even though I explained I hit the brake and the vehicle maintained its acceleration.) this dealership even has told other customers that have called in they have not had one complaint about this problem( I was standing by the service desk when this took place).toyota will not admit there is a problem and in fact has spent more effort to make me feel its my fault or I am mistaken. What is the government going to do to address this problem ? It appears toyota is in denial because the fix will cost to much. How many more people will die or get injured? I am requesting and hope others are requesting that the highway safety administration take a stronger action . This has gone on to long without something being done. Please help. [xxx]