Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2001 Toyota 4Runner

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota 4runner. While in park, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into the garage. The contact mentioned that the brake pedal was depressed, but failed to avoid the crash. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed. The contact sustained unknown injuries that required medical attention. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 197,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota 4runner. While driving 35 mph she attempted to brake, but the vehicle suddenly accelerated,went air born, and landed down a ravine. The driver frontal air bag did not deploy. She did not receive any injuries. After careful examination he noticed that the accelerator pedal was trapped by the floor mat. She received police report number 097267. She received a ticket for failure to reduce speed. The vehicle was towed to the body shop. The failure and current mileages were 90,000.

Consumer states attempted to back out of garage. When consumer shifted vehicle into reverse, it suddenly accelerated causing a collision. Consumer advised attempted to depress brakes, but they did not function.