2006 Toyota RAV4: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Mar 10, 2018 · Brakes, Engine · 85,000 miles · TX

Twice in the last 24 hours there has been sudden acceleration when braking for a stop.

Filed Jul 13, 2017 · Acceleration · 76,000 miles · NJ · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota rav4. While the vehicle was at a traffic light, it accelerated on its own and crashed into another vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer (prestige toyota located at 1096 nj 17 ramsey, nj 07446 844‑838‑7075) where it was diagnosed, but the failure was unable to be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The contact called the manufacturer and provided case number: 1707072335. No further assistance was offered. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 76,000.

Filed Nov 6, 2015 · Electrical · 95,000 miles · MI

Sudden acceleration when the vehicle is started. When the vehicle is started after a humid night, the engine goes to full power without depress of the accelerator pedal. When the engine is shut down and restarted the situation is cleared. This a safety concern as the vehicle is out of control if put in gear. This condition has happened 5 times in the last 60 days. I contacted toyota and am not comfortable with their direction based on the safety concern.

Filed Jan 26, 2012 · Acceleration · 70,000 miles · IN

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota rav4. The contact was driving 30 MPH when the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact lost control of the vehicle and drove onto a dirt road. The vehicle continued to accelerate with the brake pedal depressed as the vehicle turned around several times. The contact was able to turn the vehicle off and the vehicle was towed to local body shop. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 70,000.

Filed Feb 18, 2011 · Acceleration, Electrical · 116,000 miles · NJ

2006 rav4 : speed control: sudden acceleration and sudden decrease in acceleration on highway. Starting in november 2010 our toyota rav4 would suddenly acceleration on highway,lunge forward while parking for no reason. In december 2010 all senor lights on the dashboard panel came on and the car actually decelerated while I while trying to change lanes on the highway. I quickly turned on my four ways and moved to the far left of highway for safety . All the dash board lights went off and car resumed normal driving functions. On february 16, 2011 I was on the highway again attempting to change lanes and the car decelerated and appeared to be stalling-out also all the dashboard lights when on:check engine ,ABS,vsh,and 4wd. I again put my four ways on and moved to shoulder of highway, my vehicle resumed normal driving functions and all dashboard lights went off. About 5 minutes later the same thing happened again. I took my car to my mechanic the next day and he states it appears to be a malfuction in the senory panel. He contacted the toyota dealer and is awaiting a response. My car in undrivable at the present time due to the fact it could stop running at any time for no apparent reason.

Filed Feb 9, 2011 · Acceleration · 55,000 miles · MO

2 unintended acceleration instances --- I have had two unintended acceleration instances in a 2006 toyota rav4. In both cases I was wearing boots and the boot hitting the brake overlapped and hit the accelerator at the same time. Neither case resulted in a collision. One of the problems here is that the brake pedal fully depressed position is well below the accelerator pedal position so overlap can apply the brake and accelerator at the same time.

Filed Nov 30, 2010 · Acceleration · 50,785 miles · MD

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota rav4. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated intermittently. The dealer stated that nothing was wrong with the vehicle and bolted down the floor mats. The engine continued to rev and the contact had to shift into park while in the idle position to get the rpms to decrease. The contact stated that the problem did not occur when the vehicle was being driven. The failure mileage was 50,785 and the current mileage was approximately 56,000. Updated 1/19/2010 *cn updated 03/31/11

Filed Oct 2, 2010 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 51,500 miles · DE

When trying accelerate my toyota 2006 rav 4, at any speed car will hesitate for second and suddenly accelerate to much faster speed that is intended. I have checked, ignition system, found nothing, my personal experience. In heavy rain fall have water inside the car at front passenger side coming from air blower area. Dealer says they don't know anything about both issues. These issues are not a onetime issue and happens all time.

Filed Apr 20, 2010 · Acceleration · 56,498 miles · UT · crash

2006 toyota rav4 suddenly accelerated uncontrollably in a residential district; driver applied standard brake which did nothing to slow acceleration, so the driver tried to break the vehicle's momentum by scaling a large chain-linked fence on the driver's side. The car was airborn a few seconds, driver pulled emergency brake, hit a stop sign, landed, the vehicle stopped, and smoke was coming from the left side of the front hood. The impact of landing broke the driver's back, caused several bulging lumbar discs, and broke the left foot. To correct the failure the owner of the vehicle has contacted toyota who is sending out their "smart team" to download information from the car's black box or event data recorder which contains a history of the driver's actions and the history of the car's actions. They should be doing this the week of april 26.

Filed Mar 17, 2010 · Acceleration · 84,650 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota rav4. While sitting idle with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. Within moments, the contact placed the vehicle into the neutral position and was able to stop the unintended acceleration. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. There were no repairs performed on the vehicle. The failure mileage was 84,650 and the current was 84,750. Updated 08/03/10

Filed Mar 10, 2010 · Acceleration · 32,000 miles · PA

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota rav4. The contact was decelerating approximately 35 MPH while braking when the vehicle began to surge forward unexpectedly. In order to stop the acceleration the contact shifted the vehicle into neutral. The identical failure has occurred on three occasions. The vehicle was taken to authorized dealer for inspection. The technician was unable to duplicate the failure and stated that the vehicle was down shifting. The vehicle has not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were 32000.

Filed Mar 9, 2010 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 38,000 miles · GA

I purchased a toyota 2006 rav 4 in january of 2006 and had the car serviced at the toyota dealer per the scheduled factory maintenance suggestions. In october of 2006, I was trying to avoid running a yellow light on peachtree street in atlanta, and accelerated hard to avoid the yellow light. The car lunged forward and was out of control. Even though I lifted my foot completely off the pedal. After getting through the initial shock I put the transmission in neutral, the engine revved up to the red line and I turned the ignition switch off. After waiting for a minute I restarted the car in park and the engine idled normally. I took the car to the toyota dealer for the scheduled maintenance and after inspecting it he told me there was nothing wrong with the car. After the recall of the toyota rav 4's I called the toyota dealer I bought the car from and talked to his service manager. He told me that the 2006 rav 4's have not been recalled as they have a different gas pedal and were made in japan. He could not explain the cause of the acceleration. The car has not done that since, however I am not driving the car anymore. My daughter is and this concerns me greatly. No fixes or repairs have been done on the car by the toyota dealer.