I'm a 52 year old male driver and the car is a 2011 toyota corolla automatic drive. The temperature was 4 degrees fahrenheit. I accelerated from a stop turning left on to a rural route heading west. The accelerator dropped to the floor going far beyond where I pushed it with my foot. I had to stomp the brake so it would release the accelerator as it already accelerated beyond safe speeds. The accelerator wasn't stuck in a floor mat as it released when I stomped the brake. The 2011 corolla often exhibits an auto-pilot feeling on a flat stretch of road or going downhill at which you can remove your foot from the accelerator and it will maintain that speed for another mile or so rather than decelerating. During this time, the brake stiffens and there seems to be a strong upward force on your foot as you try to depress the brake pedal. Depressing the brake pedal doesn't decelerate the vehicle very much. It appears to try to continue the speed the auto-pilot chose. When the auto-pilot isn't experience, the brake pedal is normal and goes down when depressed as you would expect. I have tried to downshift to force deceleration as well but shifting into third does not reset the auto-pilot. Shifting into second might release the auto-pilot but I believe that is dangerous to the occupants and harmful to the transmission so I have not tried shifting into second. I'm quite concern that this will lead to an accident. Noticing on other internet sites that people have claimed this was an issue with their 2011 corolla, I thought I should add my experience in hopes to see a recall.
2011 Toyota Corolla acceleration complaints
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When I take my foot off the accelerator, it feels like I have the cruise control. The car decelerate very slowly for anywhere between .5 to 1 mile then the RPM drops suddenly as it should when you first take your foot of the pedal. The other related problem is that if I'm just trying to maintain a constant speed anywhere between 50 and 60 miles/hr it feels like the engine stalls for a very brief moment then shortly after comes back to the original RPM. When I drive car down hill try to apply break to maintain the speed of the car acceleration increases suddenly 3 to 4 thousand RPM and after 3 to 4 seconds cars come to normal engine RPM both problems describe above are easily reproducible and my local toyota dealer said its normal. Its very scary to drive this car and since 3 years I was complaining to local dealer and get same answer every time its normal. Please do some thing about this.
I purchased this car as a new vehicle. Ever since I have had it there has always been an acceleration issue to where it does not slow down for several seconds after releasing your foot from the gas. It accelerates often to where you have to apply the brakes firmly to where the anti lock then kicks in. During servicing it has been brought to the attention of the dealership but they have continued to say that there is not an issue. I have had other family members operate my vehicle to verify that this issue is in fact an issue and they experienced the same situation. This is very dangerous and will end up costing someone their life due to the manufacturers dragging their feet on addressing the issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota corolla. While stopped at a red light with the brakes engaged, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The vehicle continued to accelerate after the brake pedal was depressed and the lever was shifted into park. The transmission had to be shifted into neutral and the engine had to be turned off in order for the acceleration to stop. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 35,000. Updated 01/12/15
I was going to an atm at about 8 MPH when the car accelerated and I was not able to stop it by pressing the brake. The car jumped a curb, went through a hedge to a field, up a hill, heading at 90 degrees to a four lane highway. I managed to steer the car to go parallel to the highway when the car reached the highway curb. The car then stopped. Three tires were blown and the car incurred body damage.
I noticed that the driver side floor mat moved to the front and I am afraid that the floormat could jam the gas pedal like it happened before. To my knowledge there have been fatalities due to gas pedals jammed by the floormat on previous toyota models. Toyota claimed that the floor mat issue was addressed but the 2 clips which are supposed to secure the floormat are not strong enough. My vehicle was not even 3 years old when I first noticed that the floor mat can't be secured anymore. The two tiny plastic hooks are bent and don't hold the floor mat in place.
Once a month or so when I am at highway speeds the car does not decelerate as normal when I take my foot off the gas pedal. The car tend to stays at the speed it was at until I use the break. It is almost like the cruise control has been turned on without notice (it is never turned on during these cases). This sometimes includes the slight acceleration like some car get when they are going back on cruise control. Luckily I keep a good distance between me and the car ahead of me. I can see this issues causing accidents.
The first accident was in june 29 2012, while I was driving 10 miles an hour (for transit) the car in front of me stopped and I try to stop as well but my car didn't stop (increase its speed) and I crashed in the back of the car (I remain surprised, did not know what had happened). The second accident happened on december the 28th of 2012, around 2:00 pm, I was in my way to new jersey, 2 miles away from the washington bridge; there was a truck in front of me and I was not moving and pushing the brakes but all of a sudden my vehicle started going forward so I used the hand brake trying to stop it; but my car still crash the other car on the back. I bought this car zero miles from your dealer (hudson toyota) and I am very upset and disappointed! This shouldn't happen to me if the car would be in perfect conditions!!, I am always worry driving it, I don't know when this will happen again!! I take the car to toyota's december 29, 2012, revised it and said it did not find anything, was his reply in march 28 of 2013. Now I am in trouble because I used to pay $700 every six months for my car insurance and now they raise it to $ 1,300.00 every six months. -en espanol en junio 29 2012 estaba manejando hacia casa habia transito e iba a 10 millas de velocidad, de un momento a otro el auto acelero y choque al auto delente mio, no ntendi que habia pasado, quede sorprendido, tuve que usar mi seguro. El segundo accidente ocurrio en diciembre 28 del 2012 como a las 2pm, estabamos en transito pero todos los autos estabamos detenidos, nadie avanzaba y de un momento a otro mi auto comenzo a acelerarse y se estrello contra un trairler aun asi presionando el freno y asu vez usando el freno de mano, toyota lo reviso al dia siguiente y dijo que no encontro nada y envio una carta en marzo 28 del 2013. No es justo que este pagando el seguro y ellos no asuman su responsibilidad.
On april 19th, 2014, at about 1:30 pm, myself and my wife left our friend's home in los altos hills, ca. As we left the driveway at about 5 MPH on baker ln, the car went into a sudden, uncontrollable acceleration mode, reaching speeds 50 - 60 MPH. Within about 1000 - 1500 ft we approached a the intersection of baker ln and purissima rd., all the while desperately trying to press the brake, applying hand brake and shifting to neutral. Against this sudden burst of acceleration, the car went off the road at that intersection, and fell into a ditch and stopped by a tree trunk. Both of us were injured with multiple internal/ external fractures, but we were conscious; my wife in the passenger seat had more grievous injuries, including an open wound of broken bone in ankle and severe spinal cord injuries, and was screaming with pain. Once I collected myself, I called 911 and the fd/ paramedics responded and we were hauled from the ditch by cutting open the car doors. We were transported to stanford medical center in palo alto, after which we were shifted to our hmo, after about 10 days in icu. I am now discharged and rehabilitating/ getting physical therapy at home, while my wife is still at a rehab center, over 10 weeks after the accident. At the time of the accident, the weather, visibility and road conditions were excellent; both of us had our seat belts firmly in place; no cell phone was being used; I had my foot on the brake and off the accelerator all the time; air bags deployed as expected. Since both of us were critically injured, we could not initiate/ pursue any legal action against toyota and surrendered the vehicle (which was totaled) to my insurer, farmers. We strongly feel that toyota is fully responsible for the defective acceleration system and causing serious bodily injury and mental trauma for both of us. We should be compensated by toyota.
2011 toyota corolla. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle sudden acceleration. *smd the consumer stated when he removed his foot from the accelerator, the engine would sometimes continue running at the same RPM, not decreasing and coasting as he would expect. As time progressed, the issue became more frequent and the decrease in RPM sometimes came 30 seconds after pressure was lifted from the accelerator pedal.
I came to an intersection and stopped, then took my foot off the brake before noticing that the light was still red. The other vehicle was roughly 30 feet away when I pushed on the brakes. I should have easily been able to stop. Brakes did not engage and I had been pushing them so hard and for so long that I fractured my ankle. There were not even skid marks at the accident scene. My car had front end frame damage from the accident (totaled), and the airbags never deployed. Additionally, in the past I had noticed the rpms rising for no reason while car was idling, and the acceleration issue, where the vehicle seemed to ?hang? Between speeds of about 35 and 40 and 60 and 65mph. The rpms I only noticed once-so I did not report it, and the ?hanging? Was my own ignorance (I haven?t had a 4 cylinder in a long time and this was my first?and probably last?toyota). I also had prior braking concerns-- ABS only made a noise (did not vibrate against pedal--again, my ignorance of how this vehicle was supposed to respond) and it was a very icy winter, so I assumed that I had been trying to stop on ice. The brakes behaved fine if I physically pumped them, but sudden stops could not be made.
Well the accident hasn't happened yet, but it could be right around the corner if the dealership doesn't fix this. When I let off the gas at speeds between 40-60 MPH. It seems as thought the cruise is on. The car does not decelerate normally. If there is a slight slope down it even picks up speed, I have to slam the break really heard to slow down the car its really scary when I go down hill. It's still getting fuel even though you don't have your foot on the pedal. It can take a few min or several miles before it kicks off the gas and acts normally. I buy this car brand new in april 2011 since then every time I went for service I told the dealership about the problem I got reply its normal if this is normal then what is abnormal. Right now on my car I have 34000 miles. So please make it as recall and fix the problem as soon as possible.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated while driving in reverse and continued to accelerate while in drive gear. The dealer performed a diagnostic test which did not indicate a failure code and stated that the vehicle was operating as designed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 42,703 and the current mileage was 46,000. Updated 4/3/14*cn
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota corolla. The contact stated that after parking the vehicle, he heard a popping noise as the vehicle accelerated independently and crashed against a parked vehicle. The contact was able to stop the vehicle by engaging the emergency brake and removing the key from the ignition. There were no injuries were reported and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer however, the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 65,200.
Vehicle fails to start. Found codes p0606 (ECM/PCM processor error) and p0303 (random misfire) on obd 2 computer. Vehicle towed to toyota dealership where they cleaned spark plugs and cylinders due to engine flooding. Upon return of vehicle drove it home were it sputtered on the drive (afraid vehicle would shut down during drive). Ran obd 2 tester on it again and found a toyota code p1604 ECM error. Returned to dealership were they did test on fuel samples and had the car for a couple of days. Computer was deemed faulty and replaced by toyota. Toyota replaced original computer under manufactures warranty. Have had the car for two days after new computer and 5 new codes are on under readiness codes. P0606 (ECM/PCM processor error), p0303 (random misfire), p0171 (system too lean bank 1), p0172 (system too rich (bank 1), and p0125 (insufficient collanbd temp for closed loop fuel control). Car continues to idle and rev uncontrollably while driving. Concerned vehicle may shut off while driving and or not start.
Well the accident hasn't happened yet, but it could be right around the corner if the dealership doesn't fix this. When I let off the gas at speeds between 40-60 it seems as thought the cruise is on. The car does not decelerate normally. If there is a slight slope down it even picks up speed. It's still getting fuel even though you don't have your foot on the pedal. It can take a few min or several miles before it kicks off the gas and acts normally. I have an appointment with the dealership next saturday to get this fixed, but I'm reading that some dealerships are saying this is normal. I hope mine doesn't say that because this is dangerous!! I have been reading that this is an issue with many owners. I hope this helps us get a recall from toyota. Please help!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota corolla. The contact stated while driving approximately 5 MPH the rpms began to increase without warning. The vehicle unexpectedly accelerated and failed to slow down. The vehicle traveled uncontrollably through a fence, two deep ditches and up an embankment and came to a stop. The driver sustained a bruise to the chest, injury to the neck and head. The vehicle was completely destroyed and towed to a collision center. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 38,527. Updated 03/05/14*lj the consumer stated the vehicle stopped before going over the embankment. Also, the air bags did not deploy. Updated 03/07/14
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota corolla. The contact stated that while traveling 35 MPH, the vehicle erroneously accelerated. The contact also stated that while attempting to decelerate, the vehicle pulled to the right abnormally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was repaired. The contact was unsure of the exact was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage and VIN was unavailable.
While driving at speeds of 40 MPH and above at any cruise speed without cruise control not on, the vehicle tends to decelerate and accelerate back at the cruise/RPM speed as if the cruise control is on. Many people are have the same issue.
While traveling on highway at 65 miles per hour when I release the gas pedal the vehicle continues accelerated for about one minute and then I noticed that the RPM and the engine start to reduce speed.
Approx. A week after this vehicle was purchased it was involved in a crash on 08/29/2011. This vehicle was crashed due to an higher than usual rev which delays the time for a vehicle to come to a stop. The rev on this vehicle does not decline sometimes when releasing the accelerator. The vehicle came with toyota car so I have went to the toyota dealership many times to have a multi point inspection and they said everything was perfectly fine. They were unable to "duplicate" the issue. Feeling like there is nothing I could do I gave up and just continued to drive it with extra caution and make payments on my lease till the term was over. About a year later at 11,000 on my recent service visit the toyota mechanic told me I needed new brakes. He stated that this was unusual at this mileage and brakes should be fine, but on my car the brakes were completely gone. Now I have about 12,800 miles, and the engine revving is starting to interfere with my ability to control the speed of my vehicle. The excessive engine rev is the culprit that causes my brakes being used heavily. After I release the accelerator the car continues to accelerate and the brake has to work extra hard to stop the car. I have contacted south east toyota finance and they just empathized with my situation. When I went to the dealership the mechanic took three hours to look at the car and referred me to a sales representative who tried to sell me a new 2013 toyota corolla to resolve the issue. I refused to buy a new car and left the dealership. I am not an mechanic but I suspect it has something to do with the computer that controlling the speed, which is causing my speed to not decrease. This causes the brakes to take an extra load and causes first and second gear to conflict at times. This issue is getting worse as times goes by.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota corolla. The contact stated the vehicle failed to decelerate after releasing the accelerator pedal. The contact mentioned that he had to engage the brakes in order for the vehicle to decelerate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the wiring harness and speed sensors needed to be replaced. The remedy failed to repair the problem. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who sent an engineer to inspect the vehicle. The engineer was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the ignition failed. The failure mileage was 16 and the current mileage was 17,000. Updated 01/02/2013*lj updated1/9/2013
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota corolla. The contact was traveling 15 MPH when the vehicle decelerated independently as the accelerator pedal was being depressed. The contact also confirmed that the vehicle accelerated when the brakes were depressed and the key was hot while in the ignition. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 28 and the current mileage was 20,000.
More noticeable at highway speeds. Take foot off accelerator pedal, car maintains constant speed as if cruise control in engaged (cruise control was not activated). Unable to coast to reduce speed. Have to firmly press brake pedal to disengage. Taken to dealer for service. Toyota servicing dealer advised me that the care was operating properly and that this was a designed safety feature.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota corolla. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40-60 MPH and releasing, the accelerator pedal was release but the vehicle did not decrease in speed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where they advised him that the vehicle was performing in that manner for economical reasons. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 200.
This is a new car purchase (w/200 mi). At 60-75 MPH (and noticeable also at slower speeds on other roads) on the freeway the car's steering wanders all over the road, it cannot stay on a straight line even if the steering wheel is not moved. Trucks passing by do not appear to greatly effect steering. Wind was not an issue. This, not a looseness but rather inaccurate steering, causes a wandering which is very dangerous as the car will wander into another lane or off the road into a potential crash. The driver is 57, with 200-300k miles driving experience in mercedes to bmw to volvos to gm to other toyotas to ford cars - w/o an accident. This is a real and serious problem which may cause deaths. There appears to be little control between the steering wheel and the steering. The tires have the proper air pressure (goodyear). I repeat, this is the most dangerous new car I have driven since 1968. That's problem #1. Problem #2, a lesser problem but also ridiculous.. Is the accelerator pedal. You cannot keep the speed constant at 45-50 MPH. Holding the accelerator steady the engine speed, as shown in the tachometer ,wildly jumps up and down at will, intermittently, RPM going from 1600 to 2200. If you hold steady it drops to 1600, if you then depress the pedal the smallest possine about, it jumps to 2200, then back to 1600. Other times the same action works as you would expect a linear press on the accelerator would command a linear increase in speed. The engine/transmission speed control is all over the place with no feedback to the driver. Look... I have examined this on empty roads. It's the most ridiculous control system I have ever used. It's not acceptable and it's potentially dangerous. I cannot believe it would pass safety standards> please correct these 2 issues before deaths occur. I will swear to this.
Just leased a 2011 toyota corolla. When at a steady cruising speed, anywhere above 35, there is a scary intermittent dragging or resistance, and then surge in speed, along with crazy fluctuation in rpms, that is uncontrollable. In addition, when letting up on the accelerator to prepare to stop, the car locks in on the current speed, even at high speed and going uphill, and does not slow until the brake is firmly applied. It feels like the car is being controlled by a malfunctioning cruise control, except the cruise control is turned off. I a''m scared to drive this car!
I purchased my 2011 toyota s model on july 4th 2011. On the drive home I noticed a dragging feeling but thought maybe it was me at first getting used to the car. But on a daily basis the car would randomly pull back, so I started to pay attention and noticed that pretty randomly but mostly between 40 -60 MPH the car RPM's would drop anywhere between 200-600 RPM's (quick jump down) and then back up causing the car to drag as if the brake was applied. This is going on a level road at a constant speed - this is not normal an doesn't feel safe. I took it to the dealer and they couldn't find the problem (surprise, surprise)! I told them there was definitely a problem and I didn't feel comfortable driving my kids around in it. They asked me to come back and test drive with the technician which I did. The tech noticed and felt the problem- they kept the car for about 1 week and called me back and said toyota knows of this problem and is diligently working on it that it had something to do with a flash drive but that toyota was being evasive on their answers. I called the dealer back about 2 weeks later and they did not respond to me. This car is so annoying to drive and doesn't feel safe at all. I called toyota corporate and filed another claim and was told I would be contacted in 48 hours- this did not happen. I am very frustrated, there is obviously a problem here and I have never driven a car that does this. I owned a corolla dx before and I loved that car but I bought it in 1993. This problem has to get fixed, if they know about it what could be taking so long to come up with solution. Are they going to wait until someone is killed (I.e.the prius situation surging forward)? Not acceptable!
I picked up this new lease car march 8, 2011 & noticed this issue at the end of march with about 50 miles on the odometer; car now has 1000 miles on the odometer.. I noticed that always around 40 MPH the engine almost stops as if I were driving standard shift (which I am not) & someone downshifted into another gear, or if the speed control was on (never use it) & it came out of the set speed.. The first time it happened I kind of ignored it but then when it happened again. I stopped at the dealer gettel toyota where I picked up this lease car & the person in the service department told me "not to worry about it that the vehicle was getting used to my driving habits & that if something were wrong engine/dash lights would go on" (pp).. So I went my way keeping his words in mind.. This problem still exists with 1000 miles on the odometer & while I was concerned about it I didn't raise any red flags until now I see I am not the only toyota corolla owner having this issue which leads me to think its another "toyota design flaw".. I learned that term "design flaw" from toyota when I had my 2007 corolla & filed many lemon law complaints on it & toyota would repeat those words in their responses since toyota doesn't participate in lemon law negotiations they told me.. I have been leasing cars since 2002 & this is my second toyota lease which I wasn't going to do again since I had so many problems with my 2007 corolla but I liked the design of the newer model & couldn't beat the deal toyota kept giving me to take another car from them.. Now that I am reading about other owners having this same issue of the speed deceleration I am concerned that there may be a "design flaw" with the transmission or engine mechanics.. Although this doesn't happen all of the time it does consistently happen at 40 MPH & is quite noticeable since the car almost jerks forward when it occurs. The consumer was informed toyota is aware of the issue. Updated 10/18/11
When car hits bumps frame on car makes a noise . Also you can see it give or move. Car has a tough ride to it for a le model. Bottom of seat on car is to short. Brake pedal and accelerator pedal is to far to the right it needs to be alittle more to left also their to close together. Makes seat bottom to the right (needs to be straighter)to match pedals. I think dashboard is to low. The body noises happen more with one person in the car. Also on hot days and very cold days dash has a crack sound to it. The car is quieter on rainy days like a normal car.
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