The contact owns a 2014 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH the vehicle in front of the contact made a complete stop. The contact attempted to brake, but the Anti-lock Brake System was not engaged. The contact also stated there was a sudden unintended acceleration which caused the contact to rear-end the vehicle in front. No warning lights were illuminated. The Air Bags deployed. The contact sustained neck and lower back injury, facial burn, bloody nose, and a chest contusion which the contact to seek medical attention. The vehicle was towed and deemed destroyed. A police report was filed. The contact notified the manufacturer of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 86,000.
2014 Toyota Corolla: sudden unintended acceleration
12 of the 271 complaints about the 2014 Toyota Corolla describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 12
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- typical mileage
- 13,462
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
I was parked in the underground parking at the north west corner of amherst ave and santa monica blvd in los angeles. I was exiting driving up the very narrow exit ramp. 1.the one way exit to the lot curves and is very narrow. As I navigated the narrow exit, I felt that I was almost touching the wall on the right side. 2.I applied the brakes and put the car in reverse in order to get away from the wall. However, the brakes did not respond and the car rolled backwards around the bend, hitting the wall behind me. The car came to a complete stop. 3.applying the brakes had no impact on the car neither decelerating nor accelerating. This shows that the brakes definitely did not work. 4.with my foot on the brakes, I put the car in drive. At no time did I press the accelerator pedal. I would have heard the engine. The instant I shifted to drive, the car lunged forward at a very high rate of speed. Consequentially, my car zoomed up the driveway into the ground level parking facing west. Within a second or so, my car collided with another car, parked facing west in front of pizza hut. Due to the force of the impact at such a high rate of speed, the parked hyundai superseded the concrete parking barrier crashing into pizza hut, shattering the store front window. 5.my car was thankfully stopped due to impact with the hyundai on the right side of my vehicle and a low wall on the left side.
When I was driving at night with headlights on, with cruise control on, the car accelerated by itself upto the speed of 85 MPH even though I set cruise at 65 MPH. I tried this multiple times and all the time it went up to 85 MPH and stayed there even though I set it for lower speed. This seems to be happening while the headlights are on. I have drove with cruise on, in the daytime and it works fine. Since then, I have never drove this with cruise on at night.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota corolla. While driving 45 MPH, the vehicle accelerated without warning and crashed into another vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota corolla. While the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 24,900. Ma 10/14
Pulled left into parking area, car accelerated very fast, went over 4-6" berm. I hit the brake, car stopped. Backed down off berm, didn't do damage. Took car to toyota, report done and an analysis. Determined "unintended acceleration...pedal misapplication" . Not convinced that's what happened especially after reading other similar complaints. Feel there is a defect in car, further investigation is needed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration several times. The engine surged and the vehicle proceeded to accelerate with the brake pedal depressed, which LED to two crashes. During the first crash, the vehicle surged in reverse and accelerated with the brake pedal depressed and crashed into a tree. When the gear was placed into drive, the engine continued to surge and the vehicle crashed into the wall of a house. The second crash occurred while attempting to park. The engine surged and the vehicle proceeded to crash into the garage wall. The contact did not suffer any injuries. The dealer inspected the vehicle and advised that the vehicle was operating as normal. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 48.
I was making a right turn pulling into a parking space in a shopping mall. I was approximately 1/2 to 3/4 of the way in when the vehicle took off and went into a tree and then a wall. I would guess the vehicle traveled approximately 40 feet after the sudden and unintended acceleration. This definitely was sudden and unintended acceleration. The front end of the vehicle was damaged by the tree and the wall the air bag did not deploy.
In june 6, 2011 I had a crash because my toyota corolla suddenly accelerated as I was turning into a parking spot. Toyota had the car inspected in house and claimed there was no defect in the cars systems. I filed a report with the federal safety agency to no avail. Just recently on december 13th & december 14th, 2014 the same thing happened. The car suddenly accelerated as I was turning into parking spots. I am positive there is a defect in the car. I am afraid I may be killed or injured with this sudden unintended acceleration.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota corolla. While driving at low speeds, the brakes failed to stop the vehicle and it suddenly accelerated independently. The failure occurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 100.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota corolla. While attempting to park at 10 MPH, the vehicle surged forward independently and crashed into another vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 13,462...updated 12/03/14
I was pulling into a parking space & slowing down. I turned left into the space and, of course, had my foot on the brake and my car suddenly accelerated on it's own. I kept pushing on the brake but it kept going. The higher than usual curb at the shopping center, I suppose, is what stopped the car, though my foot repeatedly kept pushing the brake. I tried to drive it home but it was not working. We had it towed to toyota in rockwall. They had someone look at it. The person that looked at it called my home to get my story but asked my husband what took place. I didn't get the message till the next day. When I was getting ready to call him back, my husband told me that he called and said he did not need to talk to me. How can you legitimately tell me what I say happened did not happen when you haven't even talked to me. I was the only one in the car, not my husband. They checked out the "black box" I suppose and sent me a very nice letter basically telling me what I told my husband happened, did not happen. I do not lie. I was there and I know what happened. I was very disappointed in the way that this was handled. I felt like how could I even fight this, toyota is a big corporation. I am just one person who had an incident with one of their vehicles. It would be my word against theirs. I appreciate the federal safety agency taking the time to hear my side of what happened. My husband and I are fans of toyota vehicles. I have several camrys and my husband presently drives a prius and a tundra so again, we are very disappointed in the way that this was handled.
Related recalls
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Questions about the 2014 Toyota Corolla sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2014 Toyota Corolla?
12 of 271 owner complaints about the 2014 Toyota Corolla (4%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 2010.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2014 Toyota Corolla?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2014 Toyota Corolla
No deployment 30Headlights 11Check engine light 9CVT failure 7Door locks 7Screen failure 7Brake failure 6Stalling 6Airbag light 5Hesitation 5Seat belt 5
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