2011 Toyota Highlander: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Feb 20, 2017 · Acceleration · 59,000 miles · MO · crash

January 16, 2017 was slowly pulling into parking space when vehicle suddenly accelerated and jumped concrete stop and slammed into retaining wall. Seat belt held me and airbag did not deploy. Car was driveable and was taken immediately to toyota dealer to investigate. Vehicle sustained $10,000 in damage and is being repaired and then investigated by toyota. Vehicle has always been serviced by dealer and had 59,000 miles.

Filed Jan 11, 2017 · Acceleration, Brakes · 100,900 miles · CT

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota highlander. When the brake pedal was depressed at 20 MPH, the vehicle unintentionally accelerated without warning. The vehicle eventually stopped after the brake pedal was depressed with extreme force. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 100,900. The VIN was not available.

Filed May 3, 2012 · Acceleration, Transmission · 5,930 miles · AZ

The following email/report was sent to the toyota dealership from whom I had purchased this new vehicle: I am writing to report an abnormal incident, which may or may not be related to the stall problem I had encountered, and which you inspected during my last visit. In this incident, I was very gently trying to move the car into my garage from a stationary position (there is a small 10 to 15 degree grade over a 3 ft distance before the garage floor became level again). As I slowly pressed down on the accelerator, the car started to move slowly in a normal fashion, but after moving half way into the garage, it suddenly accelerated, almost at full throttle... I had to slam on the brake as hard as I could react, missing a crash by only a few inches. As I tried to analyze what happened, the only thing that I can think of is that as I was moving slowly enough where most likely only the electric motor was moving the car, but then very suddenly that electric motor sourced its absolute full power to accelerate the wheels ---almost as if the sw decided to ignore my very soft pressure on the gas pedal and source maximum power. Please advise when your toyota engineers will be visiting you again so that they may review this latest abnormality. I am also forwarding this message to the national auto safety department, since I am now quite concerned about safety.

Filed Apr 10, 2012 · Acceleration · 8,700 miles · CA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota highlander. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The failure occurred while attempting to park with the brake depressed. The vehicle crashed into the cement wall of a garage. The manufacturer took a complaint. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileages were 8,700.

Filed Dec 13, 2011 · Acceleration · 9,000 miles · FL · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota highlander. The contact stated that the vehicle abnormally accelerated without her depressing the accelerator pedal. The vehicle crashed into a barn. There were no injuries but the vehicle had extensive damages to the front bumper and sides. The police were contacted and called to the scene to assist. The vehicle was towed to an auto center for repairs. The manufacturer was notified who filed a claim on behalf of the contact. The failure mileage was 9,000.