S10 appropriate handling re incident of sudden unintended acceleration fm owner of a 2010 toyota venza. *kb as the consumer was pulling into his driveway, he pushed the garage door opener button and suddenly the vehicle accelerated at a great speed, nearly crashing into the opening of the garage door. The vehicle was revving at 5,000 RPM's and he immediately put both feet on the brakes, jammed it into neutral, then reverse, then park. In park, the engine was still revving at a very high speed and so the consumer shut the engine off. He immediately looked down to see if the accelerator was stuck under the mat, and it was not. The gas pedal was no where near any floor mat and the vehicle was barely moving at the time. His foot was on the brake, not the accelerator and the vehicle was coasting into the garage.
2010 Toyota Venza acceleration complaints
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My foot was on the brake and not on the gas pedal; I was coasting at a very low speed with the natural forward movement of the car carrying me into the garage (my driveway is only about two-car-lengths long). As I neared the garage door, now halfway open, my car suddenly revved to a high speed and was headed straight toward smashing into the garage door. As I said, my foot was on the brake and so I then put the other foot on the brake as well. Then, I slammed the car into neutral and heard the engine just rev at a very high speed. The sua seeemed to happen as I pushed the button on the door opener updated 4/7/2010 *cn the consumer stated he experienced sudden acceleration. The dealer claimed the floor mat was the cause. Updated 06/04/10
I have a 2010 fwd venza with 2000 miles. This past weekend we had four separate instances of the unexpected engine revving. After taking foot off gas and applying brake lightly, preparing for a full brake. The engine 'revved' for approximately 1-2 seconds. Oddly, no acceleration occurred in the vehicle. This occurred in residential neighborhoods, typical speed 25-35. The happened once with me and three times with my wife. Plan to take vehicle to dealer and call toyota consumer experience hotline.
At 2 pm today, I had just returned from running errands and was pulling into my driveway and pushed the garage door opener. At that point, my foot was on the brake and not on the gas pedal; I was coasting at a very low speed with the natural forward movement of the car carrying me into the garage (my driveway is only about two-car-lengths long). As I neared the garage door, now halfway open, my car suddenly revved to a high speed and was headed straight toward smashing into the garage door. As I said, my foot was on the brake and so I then put the other foot on the brake as well. Then, I slammed the car into neutral and heard the engine just rev at a very high speed. I then slammed the car into reverse then park, again hearing the engine rev at a high speed. I then pushed the button to shut the car off. I immediately looked down and saw that the gas pedal was not stuck on any floor mat. And, as I said, my foot was on the brake and not on the gas pedal. I then sat there for a few minutes with my heart racing, thinking that if this had happened two minutes ago while on the road, I could have been killed. Or, if I hadn't been quick to act properly, my car would have ended up in my family room'what if I didn't have my foot already on the brake'surely I wouldn't have been able to stop the vehicle as quickly. I felt just like the woman at the congressional hearings, in tears, describing her experience with her lexus. The car suddenly revved to a high speed, and wouldn't slow down in neutral or reverse or park. Shutting off the engine was the only option to make the high-speed throttling to stop. These facts are clear: 'the gas pedal was not stuck on any floor mat 'the gas pedal was not depressed immediately prior to the sudden acceleration 'the brake pedal was depressed immediately prior to the sudden acceleration 'the sudden acceleration was at very high RPM's 'the high RPM's wouldn't stop until the engine was shut off.
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