Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2006 Toyota 4Runner

Driver was maneuvering around a vehicle in a parking lot, when vehicle suddenly accelerated, leading to the incident.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota 4runner. The contact stated that while driving 2 mph in reverse, the vehicle suddenly accelerated causing the contact to lose control it and crashed into a garage. The check engine light was illuminated when the failure occurred. The vehicle was towed to a local repair shop; however, the mechanic advised the contact to take the vehicle to an authorized dealer. The dealer offered a ten percent discount and the vehicle was repaired. The current and failure mileages were approximately 130,000.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota 4runner. While traveling approximately 10 mph the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact placed the vehicle into neutral and applied the brakes in order to slow down the vehicle before crashing into the contacts residence. There were no prior warnings. No one was injured in the crash. A police report was filed for the incident. The vehicle had not been diagnosed by the dealership at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were 75708.

Random unintended acceleration on my 2006 Toyota 4runner after coming to a stop. This has happened since it was new and since it didn't occur all the time I thought it was just a breaking in problem and would go away. This is not a floor mat or sticky gas pedal problem - the car brakes okay and my foot is off the gas pedal and on the brake pedal when it happens. The engine goes to a normal stop idle and then surges to a higher rpm on its own. Normal engine rpm at stop is about 550, but during a surge it jumps to 1300 rpm and doesn't go back to the 550 rpm until after I leave the stop condition or turn the car off and I restart it. I've learned to be cautious and always prepared to press harder on the brake pedal if it happens. I've just recently reported this to Toyota on their website after learning of all the other unintended engine accelerations. This seems to be an engine computer control problem, not floor mats or sticky accelerators, and seems to be what other people are experiencing. I'm concerned because the 4runners have not been mentioned in the recalls, and neither has this problem been recalled as it is related to the engine computer. The last time this happened, Nov. 2009, I was pulling into my garage with the engine at idle (550 rpm) and it suddenly surged and I had to stomp on the brake harder to keep from running into my lawn mower/back garage wall. My foot was over the brake pedal and I was coasting into the garage at the time.