Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2004 Toyota 4Runner

Three problems related to car accelerates on its own have been reported for the 2004 Toyota 4Runner. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Toyota 4Runner based on all problems reported for the 2004 4Runner.

1 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 01/21/2013

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota 4runner. The contact stated that while driving 15 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated to 25 mph and caused the contact to crash into a pole. The contact was not injured and a police report was not filed. The contact did not call the manufacturer regarding the incident. The contact later received notification of NHTSA campaign I. D. Number 11v113000 (vehicle speed control) however, the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 164,000.

2 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 12/21/2009

Sudden acceleration , where the brakes have to be applied to stop vehicle. This has happened numerous times since vehicle was purchased new in 2004.

3 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 08/18/2009

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota 4-runner. The contact was driving 2 mph uphill when the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a tree. There were no warnings prior to the failure. The contact was injured but there was no police report filed. The vehicle was inspected but no technician was able to explain what caused the crash. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The current mileage was approximately 110,000 and the failure mileage was 87,643.


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