2003 Toyota Sienna: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Feb 9, 2011 · Acceleration · 112,000 miles · MD · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 toyota sienna. The contact was driving when the vehicle suddenly accelerated. It went through the contact's garage and into their living room. The vehicle was destroyed. There were no injuries. The VIN was unavailable. The current and failure mileages were 112,000.

Filed Jun 28, 2010 · Transmission · 92,797 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

While I was fully stopped, with my foot on the brake, my 2003 toyota sienna unexpectedly and suddenly accelerated.

Filed Apr 1, 2010 · Acceleration · 30,000 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 toyota sienna. While driving approximately 5 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated crashing into the front of the contacts home. There was no police report taken. The contact didn't say if there were any injuries. The contact did not report any injuries. The current and failure mileages were approximately 30,000. Updated 05/18/10.

Filed Feb 4, 2010 · Acceleration, Brakes · TX

2003 toyota sienna may also have sudden acceleration problem. Why isn't 2003 toyota sienna on toyota's recent recall list yet? This happened to me once, I am still very scared now, but I am puzzled why 2003 toyota sienna is not on toyota's recent recall list yet. Please see the following link first. Http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f105086 I believe my accident happened on saturday, january 17, 2009. Very fortunately, there was no injury, and that's one of the reasons why I did not report the accident then. I was driving my 2003 toyota sienna from houston to austin, tx. My oldest son was a freshman at that time and the spring semester was about to begin. My wife, my youngest son, were also in the car at the time. There were total of four in the car. I was driving on highway 71 using the cruise control. About 50 miles (I don't know exactly the location, but I can find that location if I drive on highway 71 again) from austin, there was a traffic light. When I was approaching to that traffic light, it already turned to red, and I immediately put my right foot on the brake to try to stop the car in front of the traffic light. At this moment, something scaring happened. The brake did not seem to work, and the car started to accelerate in stead. I could not control the car, and my car run through the traffic light, and everyone in the car was very very scared. We were very fortunate because the cars in the other direction were still waiting for their green light. Finally the car was stopped approximately 40 yards after the traffic light. I slowly drove my car into a gas station nearby and checked the car (but I could not find any problems because I am not a mechanic). After that, I slowly drove the car to austin to drop my son there, and I drove back to houston through highway 290 very slowly. After the accident, I told the story to my colleagues and my church group. I told them it was the god who stopped the cars in other direction.

Filed Dec 15, 2009 · Acceleration · 69,000 miles · OR · crash · 1 injury

Toyota sienna 2003 I was pulling into a parking space in a parking garage. I believe I had put the car in reverse to back up to straightened the car and I put my foot on the brake. The car suddenly shot forward full force and was stopped by a concrete and wire retaining wall. The engine died at impact. The car was not drivable and was towed. I was stunned. I went into the building and after a short time felt chest pain and shortness of breath. I went to the emergency room and was treated and released. I received a chest wall contusion, probably cracked rib(s), deep tissue contusion and a large bruise from the seat belt. I was given vicodin for pain. The car was towed to a toyota dealership but the damage has not been estimated yet. I am aware that the problem of uncontrolled acceleration in toyota siennas has been reported to both this agency and toyota before (the federal safety agency report #10265288). Why has this not been addressed or the vehicle recalled? Are you waiting for another tragedy like the one previously reported on by the media? I could have been killed.

Filed Sep 24, 2008 · Fuel system · 67,000 miles · CO

Unintended high speed acceleration I was accelerating to merge onto the highway and I briefly used the brakes to allow a large truck to go past before merging. I'm not sure if I then put my foot on the accelerator or the brake, but the 2003 toyota sienna began acceleration on its own as though the cruise control had been set at 100 MPH and it was trying to get there! I did not have the cruise control on at the time. I then put on the brakes to reduce my speed, and I was able to reduce the speed but the brakes were definitely fighting against the vehicle's desire to go 100 MPH. I pulled the car off at the next exit and was unsure of the best way to stop the vehicle. My 2 kids were in the back seat and my daughter was saying she was very scared. I continued to apply the brakes and pulled over. I turned the ignition off while the van was still moving just to get it to stop. After 5-10 seconds I turned the car on again and the engine was still revving at a high RPM. I turned it off again, waited a while longer, and when I turned it on again the van behaved normally. I fear that in a different situation this could have resulted in a serious accident or injury. If anyone had be in front of me and I had needed to stop quickly, I would have been unable to stop. My mechanic checked out the car yesterday and found nothing wrong. His guess is that the cruise control actuator did not function properly. I read about other similar incidents involving unintended acceleration with toyota siennas. This is a serious problem that needs immediate attention.