Cruise Control Problems of Toyota 4Runner

Takata recall when cruise control is on and going up a hill, engine jolts and accelerates. Has been doing this since we bought it in 2012.

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This vehicle is junk. Has no power, excessive vibration, constant ticking, all over the road, cruise control speeds up uncontrollably, sits lopsided, extremely loud, brakes and steering lock up. ,lacks heat, poor visibility . All these and more occurr while starting and driving vehicle.

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I experienced a terrifying "acceleration problem" this past week as I was parking my car at a local store. I'd already slowed down to almost a halt, but as I put my foot on the brake to come to a complete stop, it suddenly lurched forward with shocking speed. I instinctively threw the gear into park; it stopped as it crashed into the steps leading to the store entrance. The cause had nothing to do with a floor mat (I don't have any) nor "sticking" gas pedal (the car had already come almost to a halt before it suddenly accelerated). The brakes were useless and felt like they were disengaged; acceleration may have occurred after depressing the brake pedal (this is still cloudy in my mind). I bought the car new, in 2004. This is the first time I've had any problem. I wondered what I might have done to cause the problem after so many years without any. I realized I'd never used the cruise control feature, until recently, only in the past few months. I was not using the cruise control feature when the incident occurred, but the sudden forward surge felt exactly like what happens when the car is on cruise control and drops beneath the speed at which it's set; it surges forward, on "its own. " I believe there's a causal relationship. My concern is two-fold: fixing a potentially deadly problem in my own Toyota, and helping identify the cause of the problem so it can be fixed by Toyota before another tragedy.

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The contact owns a 2011 Toyota 4runner. The contact stated that the cruise control was set to 70 mph, and when the vehicle began to travel downhill, it accelerated to speeds of 80 to 85 mph. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the vehicle was operating as intended and the vehicles speed would exceed whatever the cruise control was engaged to when traveling downhill. The contact was also informed that the speed was supposed to vary by 3 to 8 mph. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was operating as designed. The failure mileage and current mileages were 5,600.

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I was driving east on I-66 just a few miles from I-495 in fairly heavy traffic around 8:55am on March 11, 2010. I wastraveling approximately 15 mph in the right lane when my 2005 Toyota 4runner limited suddenly surged forward as if someone had stomped on the gas pedal. I immediately applied both feet to the brake and the antilock brakes began to shudder. The shuddering lasted 2 to 3 seconds and then the vehicle finally reduced throttle. There was no accident or traffic incident, but the experience was quite unnerving. My vehicle is not part of any recall. I called the dealer and scheduled an appointment for the next day. I continued on to work drivng with my hand on the shifter and I even practiced shifting into nuetral. When the problem had occurred, I did not remember to shift into nuetral. Everything had happened so fast and the acceleration was so violent, my only instinct was to apply the brake decisively. I drove home very carefully that evening and then to the dealership the next morning. My original appointment was for 1pm, but I thought it wiser to drive there first thing in the morning. My main concern is that the dealership is insisting that sudden acceleration is not possible on my vehicle. The service manager told me my vehicle could not have done what I described. This is very alarming to me because it happened, which means he either doesn't know the vehicle that well or he's lying. He was not rude and seemed very professional, but he was insisitent that my vehicle could not suddenlt accelerate on its own. The put the vehicel through dignostic testing and found no problems. He also actually drove the vehicle and tested the cruise control and found no problem. The vehicle has never done this before and it has 79k miles on it. I have never had another vehicle do this. My concern is that if it happened to me, it could happen to my wife or someone else in this vehicle or perhaps another. I feel I have an obligation to report it.

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I was in the smoky mountains in Dec 2009-Jan 2010 where the temperatures were very low and the vehicle was outdoors. Temps were mid 20s in the day time and mid teens at night. No icing was an issue. I was driving my 2008 Toyota 4-runner into a parking space slowly around 2 pm getting ready to apply the brakes. Before I could do so the vehicle took off. I immediately slammed on the brakes and the vehicle did stop, however it had traveled approx 10 ft before I could do so and it slammed into a tree. I owned a new 2003 4-runner and never had this happen. I bought this vehicle in Jan 2008 new. This is the only time this has happened. This crash resulted in $1768. 35 in damage. I took the vehicle to a Toyota dealer and they removed my all weather mats. (I inspected these immediately after the accident and they were in place as they should be locked down) Toyota set up an appointment and looked at the vehicle at the dealership and sent a letter that stated "no system failure was found in either the braking system or the accelerator system" they further stated that "the fact your vehicle is not included in the current safety service campaign involving floor mats/unintended acceleration would indicate that this incident was not the result of this issue. " ??? if not what is the issue. . Cruise control computer ? the dealership stated that the only vehicles affected were made in the USA and my vehicle was made in japan, therefore it was not having a problem. What happens next time and I go off a cliff. We need some answers. I don't know what to do. I spent alot of money on this vehicle and I am not sure it is safe and if I sell it I stand to lose enough money to keep me from buying a vehicle of equal value. We need to put our foot down and make them solve this. Thank you NHTSA.

I own a Toyota 4 runner. While driving across country last fall I noticed that the truck would accelerate rapidly when I had cruise control on. The cruise control would kick in as it should have but it would accelerate very rapidly and felt out of control. Once it began the acceleration, it would never stop and level out to the appropriate speed as it should have. It would continue to accelerate. Braking worked in slowing the vehicle down, but it frightened me while I was driving. I do not use the cruise control now as a result of this. I was driving r/t from CA to denver, CO and it happened several times during this trip.

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On a Sunday afternoon during last summer, I was driving my 2000 Toyota 4runner with my wife and 9-yr old daughter at the back seat. I had the car on cruise control at about 65/70 mph. Before moving over to my destination off ramp, I tried to cancel the cruise control but to my horror it was not canceling. The harder I pressed the brake, the faster the car tried to move forward/accelerating. I had to take and somehow managed a immediate left on a t junction with traffic light control. I was almost going to hit the car in front running at a speed appropriate for a busy city street. We all started praying to god. I was on a bridge/overpass. There was no way to drive off the roadway. I almost passed out in horror, but barely managed to move over to the lanes in the opposite direction (luckily there was no median and the oncoming traffic light was red). When nothing was working, I somehow managed to turn the engine switch off. And stop the car with the help of the break within a few hundred feet just barely avoiding head on collision with the oncoming traffic. After stopping, I tried to start the car. As soon as I turned the key on the rpm jumped to 6000/7000. As I push the brake hard to stop the car from moving, the car was jumping violently. We were scared, got out off the car and the road. I called the police. Before a police officer came, a kind driver stopped and helped me push the car to the shoulder. The officer left without even taking a report. I took and left the car to the nearby Toyota dealer. Next day, they told me the problem was due to the throttle valve getting stuck open. I had to pay to clean the valve. Updated 04/22/10 the water pump was leaking and had to be replaced. Updated 10/05/10.

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The contact owns a 2005 Toyota 4runner. While driving 65 mph with the cruise control activated, the accelerator became stuck. After repeated brake application, the vehicle would not stop. After deactivating the cruise control she was able to stop the vehicle. The dealer was notified, and a technician concluded that the floor-mat was the cause of the failure; however, she believed that the technicians have incorrectly identified the cause of the failure. The failure mileage was 48,675.

Highway merge ramp at almost full throttle twice, once passing another vehicle on highway at also high throttle usage, accelerator pedal was stuck open vehicle continued to accelerate felt like cruise control was engaged but wasn't. I stepped on brakes but that didn't help, I then hit the accelerator pedal with my right foot and the pedal went back to normal.

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The contact owns a 2005 Toyota 4runner. While driving with the cruise control switch activated at 65 mph she applied pressure to the brake pedal to deactivate the cruise control. The cruise control would not deactivate. As a consequence the vehicle continued to accelerate past the intended speed. Upon further inspection she noticed that the accelerator pedal was sticking. She noticed that there was not a floor-mat interference. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the technicians did not provide her with any assistance. No repairs have been made. The failure mileage was 48675.

I have a 2004 Toyota 4-runner. About 2 years ago as I was driving down a local highway at about 45 mph, my 4-runner suddenly took off as if the cruise control engaged. However, the cruise control was not on. This is the one & only time this happened. I feel like this incident should be noted since Toyota has not recalled any 4-runners. Maybe there have been other similar complaints on the same vehicle as mine.

: updated 10/25/2006 - the cruise control would not hold speed on uphill grades. The vehicle speed would drop 2-3 mph below the cruise control set speed then the passing gear engages abruptly until speed is 3-5 mph above the set speed. . The passing gear then decreases and the speed immediately begins to deteriorate.

I recently purchased a new 2006 Toyota 4 runner. I have had nothing but motor transmission, electrical failures. I have only had my vehicle for 1 month and anything and every thing has gone wrong. I even had to give my daughter cpr on the side of the road due to carbon monoxide inhalation. She went into respiratory failure do to this she has severe asthma.

Cruise control goes crazy on hills. It waits too long to accelerate and then it floors the gas and the auto transmission downshifts at least two gears and races the engine way past the speed you want and then it finally lets up and the speed drops too low and everything repeats. Dangerous and absolutely worthless! has been happening ever since I purchased the car new in 2005.

1n August of 2004 I owned a 1997 toytoa 4 runner. It accelerated on its own to 95 miles per hour. I had it towed to a toytoa dealership after 2months there they told me it was caused by amlfunction ib the cruise control even though the cruise control was not on the repair cost me over 15oo dollars. The same thing happened again 6 months latter I then brrought it to a local service station where the mechanic stated that it was again caused by a malfunction of the cruise control. It said the simple answer was to disengage the cruise control which cost me 40 dollars and I never had this problem again. I wrote to toytoa but there never answered me.

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Operating vehicle in wet road conditions with cruise control on at 55 mph. Traction control warning light illuminated and engine tachometer went from 2,200 rpm to excess of 5,000 rpm. Vehicle quickly accelerated to 70 mph and was continuing acceleration when operator depressed brake pedal and stopped acceleration. Only one occurance and no recurrence on remaining 6 miles to home. Very dangerous to have vehicle quickly accelerate without command from operator. Mr.

On several occasions, consumer states the cruise control will not disengage when brakes are applied, dealer notified. Nlm on other occasions, consumer states that the cruise control would disengage intermittently, causing the vehicle to decelerate without brake application.

At the time of the accident, I was driving 70mph on a major highway attempting to switch lanes when the car lost complete control. The car swerved severely left and there was no functioning of the brakes or steering. I was then hit driver side by a semi-tractor trailor who knocked me into a concrete wall. The car was demolished. The mechanical expert report showed that the throttle was open and it appeared that the cruise control had caused the car to accellerate although the cruise control was not turned on at the time. My concerns relate to the inability to steer the car or initiate the brakes if it was in fact a tire blow-out and also I am concerned at to why the throttle was open when the cruise control was not on. Immediately prior to the accident, I felt as though the car was accellerating independently of my utilizing the gas pedal. In conclusion, I am not certain as to what caused the car to go out of control, however, if it was a tire blow-out, I think that it was unbelievably unsafe to not be( dot number: ).

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While driving at 60-65 mph, using cruise control, when taking cruise control off, it wouldn't go off. Used brakes, brakes didn't work, vehicle wouldn't slow down. Vehicle immediately vibrated and rolled over down a 25 foot embankment. Dealer not aware.

The cruise control system malfunctioned, causing vehicle to kick into high gear, coming out of the overdrive and revs up to 3500 mph which almost caused an accident. Cause unknown.

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When driving uphill with cruise control engaged vehicle went into second gear and began to swerve. Dealer stated that this was how the vehicle was designed.

Cruise control refuses to re-engage after using the brakes to slow down, therefore disengageing the system. Resume function not working.