2005 Toyota RAV4: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Jun 13, 2016 · Acceleration · DE · crash

2005 toyota rav 4. Consumer writes in regards to first unintended acceleration dealership examination reported no defects, second unintended acceleration caused accident with several vehicles. The vehicle was totaled. *smd the first incident occurred, when the consumers wife was driving. After she shifted to drive, after backing out of a parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward with incredible speed and spun out of control, went into circles and collided with a nearby unoccupied vehicle. A police report was not filed. The second incident occurred, while the consumer was driving, the vehicle suddenly surged forward with the engine racing. He tried to stop, but to no avail. The consumer collided with the rear of another vehicle. His vehicle bounced off and to the left, and then hit several other vehicle. *jb updated 01/25/17/17.

Filed Oct 7, 2014 · Acceleration, Body · 55,266 miles · OR · crash · 1 injury

I was parking, 10 minutes early, entering the spot at about 1 MPH, my foot on the brake. My car lurched over a large curb and launched itself into a building. As it was lurching into the building, I kept my foot on the brake, put the car into park and pulled on the parking brake with my right hand and arm. These actions stopped the car as it crashed into the glass and metal front windows. I had been driving without any accidents, not even a ticket, for 38 years. After the accident I had toyota inspect the car. Their finding was that the "accelerator pedal operated smoothly and returned to its idle position without any sticking or hesitation," and that the inspector "was not able to duplicate your concern." I do not believe this determines anything with regard to this accident. I do know that my experience as a driver and my ability to stop the car kept this accident from being far worse. As a result of my actions to stop the car, my right arm suffered severe nerve damage. I still believe to this day that this was an incident of sudden acceleration.

Filed Mar 5, 2010 · Acceleration · 99,200 miles · VA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota rav4. The contact stated that while pulling into the parking spot at approx 1-2 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated, jumped the curb and crashed into a building. There were no injuries. A police report was taken. She had not noticed any problems with sudden acceleration before that failure. She called the manufacturer and was told that they a representative would inspect the vehicle. The vehicle had not been inspected to date. The current and failure mileages were approximately 99,200. Updated 5/6/10 *cn updated 06/24/10.

Filed Jan 27, 2010 · Acceleration, Transmission · 30,000 miles · IN · crash

We were approaching our garage when all of the sudden our 2005 toyota rav4 accelerated without me pushing the gas petal. We drove through the front of our garage, causing substantial damage to our garage and the SUV. Both garage doors had to be replaced and the front of our garage had to be reframed and dry-walled inside. My husbands 1977 jeep-cj7 that has been totally restored was damaged and had to be repainted. The SUV suffered damage requiring a new passenger door, new passenger side trim, new side mirrors, new headlights, and repainting of the front half of the SUV. We contacted the police and they said since the damage was done to our property no report needed to be filed. We did take pictures for the insurance company which we still have, and we can obtain a copy of the report from the insurance company and or the body shops. We also contacted the toyota dealership and questioned whether there were any recalls or problems with any other rav4s and they said no. We have noticed on several occasions that there seems to be some times when the throttle seems to accelerate while we are driving down the road, but nothing as severe as the accident. With the recent recalls of toyotas we are very concerned about another incident occurring and for the safety of lives.

Filed Jan 10, 2009 · Engine · SC

Re: 2005 toyota rav4 unintended acceleration it is very difficult to control acceleration from a stop while driving my rav4 in stop and go traffic. This has been true since I purchased the car with about 40,000 miles on it. I have removed the floormat with no change. I have been told by 2 toyota dealerships (one had the car for evaluation for a day. I was charged an evaluation fee and for a rental car) that this is normal. This is a potentially dangerous condition and clearly a safety hazard. I hold a commercial drivers license and have had many years of experience driving a wide variety of vehicles and have never encountered this problem. It is only a matter of time before the car hits something. Toyota must address this issue. Until this problem is remedied there is the real risk of something or someone being damaged or hurt (or worse).