2016 Toyota RAV4: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Aug 13, 2023 · Acceleration, Brakes · OH

I was parking the car in a gravel parking lot. When I pressed the brakes and shifted into park it instead accelerated and went over the side of an enbankment. I could not stop it even though my foot was pressing hard on the brake. Luckily there was no other person or property affected by the error and my car did not suffer external damage. It damaged a sensor on the bottom side of the car which had to be replaced. There was no indication of any problems beforehand. My mechanic did an extensive review of the car and could not find anything that would have explained the unintended acceleration.

Filed Apr 20, 2022 · Engine · TN · crash

On the evening of February 5th, I drove to my friend's house to pick them up for dinner. They live on the same street and are about 1200' away. I made a left turn into their driveway which is concrete with a fairly steep decline. While my foot was on the brake the car suddenly accelerated and I was unable to stop it before it hit the rear bumper of my friend's pickup. There was no damage to the pickup and my car had damage to the passenger side bumper and fender. Erie insurance looked at the car on March 1st and provided an estimate and payment on the same day. ($2,716 minus the $1,000 deductible) After receiving the estimate, I drove the car to Nashville Toyota North where I agreed to pay for a scan of the computer. After returning home I received a call from them requesting me to pick up the car. Their tech told the service manager that they could not do the scan since the car had been involved in a crash. I was told I needed to contact corporate Toyota which I did on the same day. I didn't have a ride to get back to the dealership and they let me keep it there. It was at the dealership from March 1st through April 15th when I picked it up. The car is now at a body shop.

Filed Mar 30, 2019 · Brakes · 36,100 miles · FL

While stopped at a red light the vehicle accelerated and lunged forward. Brakes would not hold the vehicle from going forward. Had to turn the vehicle off.

Filed Mar 30, 2019 · Acceleration · 36,100 miles · FL

2016 toyota rav4 was stopped at red light and suddenly accelerated at high RPM causing the vehicle to lung forward. Holding the brake pedal hard did not keep the vehicle from going forward. There was no traffic at the time, was stopped at a red light with brake engaged, at intersection on us17, jacksonville, fl. Very serious safety discrepancy that has potential to cause severe accident and or fatality.

Filed Sep 8, 2017 · Brakes · 13,200 miles · MD

I bought the car about a year and half back from toyota deaer in rockville, md. When I applied brake to slow down and stop the car at the highway intersections, it accelerated uncontrollably. This happened three times on three different occasions. I have reported the brake system failure and sudden acceleration events to toyota company in texas. The assigned case manager, carey carter in toyota company furnished the case # 1708302943 on september 1, 2017. Corey's contact telephone # : 1‑800‑333‑4331, option 3, extension 73834. The car is now parked in my garage, and I dare not drive it, as it is very unsafe. I request that the federal safety agency initiate promptly investigation of possible defects in the design and /or manufacture of the toyota rav4 cars to avert jeopardy to traffic safety. Also, I request the federal safety agency 's advice to resolve my case favorably.

Filed Jun 23, 2016 · Brakes · 760 miles · MA · crash

While stopped at a red light the vehicle jumped forward and struck the vehicle in front of me. I never took my foot off the brake.