Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2007 Toyota 4Runner

"I am requesting that dot NHTSA investigate the driver's contribution to unintended acceleration (ua) and Toyota's accelerator/brake pedal designs that make it possible. I was driving my Toyota 4 runner in the neighborhood street of my community. My speed was less than 30mph and it accelerated suddenly. I applied the brake and instead of slowing down the vehicle began to gain speed. I pressed harder on the brake and it accelerated. The harder I tried to stop the car, the faster it went. I took my foot off the brake for a moment and the vehicle stopped accelerating. My foot was on the brake. It accelerated and would not stop so I pulled the car from the street to the curb covered by grass. It slowed down to some extent and then I intentionally to a turn and hit the median curb & tree to stop the car. I have continued to investigate unintended acceleration and have collected partial information. . . . Please formally investigate. ".

This was the fourth occurrence of unintended acceleration. Each incident occurred upon shifting from park into either reverse or drive. The engine revved up to the red line upon shifting from a stopped position. This occurred with both a cold engine and a warmed up engine. I slammed on the brake and shifted into neutral. The accelerator pedal did not depress. Pressing the accelerator pedal in neutral brought the idle back to a normal levels.

I experienced a sudden acceleration on 10-5-10 in my 2007 Toyota 4runner, 4wd. As I was turning onto a busy street at an intersection with lights, I pushed on the brake at the stop sign as the oncoming traffic approached, but the car continued accelerating into the lane at the intersection, and I pushed as hard as possible on the brake. I pushed the gear lever forward as the oncoming car veered into the next lane to avoid me. Continuing to push on the brake, I shifted into reverse, but the acceleration was still active and my tires squealed in reverse, so I shifted down into neutral and stopped, and the traffic had stopped also. Since the acceleration stopped I was able to drive normally, and there was no collision, thankfully. Toyota inspected the vehicle as usual, finding nothing, and said they adjusted the mat and that was that. I emailed the general manager about my situation and he said he would look at it again. I said I am aware of the intermittent problem with the electrical accelerator and would like to have him buy my 2007 and sell a 2011 4runner with the "Smart pedal" technology. He agreed and now I own a new 2011 4runner.