Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2001 Toyota Avalon

2001 Toyota Avalon. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle unintended acceleration. The consumer stated as he pulled into a parking space, at less than 5 mph, with his foot on the brake, the vehicle suddenly accelerated at a high rate of speed. The vehicle did not stop even with his foot on the brake at full force and eventually he crashed onto a large 12 by 10 window of a building some 50 feet away. The air bags did not deploy. The consumer suffered some bruising. The vehicle was totaled.

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated after the vehicle stopped moving and he released his foot off of the brake pedal, the rpms increased, the vehicle jerked forward and suddenly accelerated. The contact was forced to depress the brake pedal with excessive force in order to come to a stop. When the failure recurred the contact placed the vehicle in neutral. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was .

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Avalon. The contact started the ignition and as the accelerator pedal was engaged, the vehicle exhibited a sudden increase of acceleration without warning. The vehicle rapidly increased speed and could not be stopped even though the brakes were applied numerous times. The vehicle swerved off the road uncontrollably and crashed into three curbs before accelerating down a slight embankment. The rear driver's side, front driver and passenger side tires exploded. There was no personal injury and a police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was declared as destroyed and towed to a savage facility. The manufacturer was notified of the unintended acceleration. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Avalon. While driving 5 mph into the driveway the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The vehicle crashed into the garage. No one was injured during the crash. The vehicle suffered damage to the bumper. The contact stated that her foot was on the brake pedal while the vehicle was accelerating. The contact does not know what caused the vehicle to accelerate. The failure mileage was 34,700. Updated 4/13/10 updated 0/17/jb.

2001 Toyota Avalon. Consumer states unintended acceleration. The consumer stated his daughter was attempting to park the above referenced vehicle, when it accelerated out of control and hit a fence. The consumer drove to work the next day and she noticed she could not accelerate more than 45 mph. Updated 05/25/10.

Let me explain first, I can't substantiate the claim I am making about the possible cause of the accident that killed my wife when driving a 2001 Toyota Avalon. The reason the accident occurred is that she did not stop at an intersection controlled with a stop sign. The accident occurred in callahan county, texas at the intersection of fm 1750 and highway 36 on April 9, 2007 at approximately 8:30 pm. She drove under the trailer of an 18 wheeler, was killed instantly and dragged under the trailer for 800 to 900 fit. It took the abilene fire departments expertise to remove her body from the wreckage. The local volunteer fire departments did not want to attempt it. There were no skid marks. She had driven this route countless times and was aware of the stop sign. I checked cell phone records and there was no evidence that she could have been on the phone. Admittedly she was upset. She was driving from abilene to mexia, texas to be with her elderly mother who was in a diabetic coma when she last spoke to someone. However, she was a good driver. I can't believe that she was so distracted to allow this to happen. In light of the recent recall by Toyota, I believe that her Avalon suddenly accelerated out of control. No skid marks were at the scene only cutouts in the payment that were caused by her car as it went under the trailer. Why no skid marks? as shown on consumer report internet video, the brakes are not able to slow the car down as it is accelerating and skid marks would not have been possible. There is no other explanation in my mind as to how she could have missed the stop sign. The car was out of her control and it killed her. If you would like to have the VIN, please contact me. I will pull it out of the records I have. Thank you for your consideration and any response. This is such a tragedy that until the recall left me without any explanation that was believable. I now believe I know what happened. Updated 03/08/10 updated 07/06/10.

While driving, the vehicle suddenly accelerated, the consumer loss control of the vehicle and hit a pickup truck and crashed into a tree. The driver sustained minor injuries, and passenger in pickup truck sustained major injuries. Vehicle was badly damaged.

While driving at 35 mph vehicle suddenly accelerated out of control hit a pickup truck, and then hit a tree. The driver applied the brakes, but brakes failed to stop vehicle. The passenger in the pickup truck sustained injuries as well as the consumer.

On June 23, 2001 my father was driving a two-week-old 2001 Toyota Avalon on wv route 2 near huntington, wv. According to eye witness accounts, my father was driving north at an accelerating speed and quickly came upon another northbound car from the rear. He cut over in the oncoming lane, passed the car, returned to the northbound lane and continued out of sight. The driver of the car estimated my father was traveling probably 90 mph. At the intersection of three mile and wv route 2, my father's car left the right side of the roadway, continuing at a high rate of speed across a grassy yard and over a knoll, where the car became airborne and flipped multiple times according to a second witness. The car tore through some tree limbs, then sheared a telephone pole and came to rest in the ditch next to the highway. My father was killed instantly. After leaving the highway, the vehicle traveled 250' across the grassy area, then went airborne and traveled another 278' before landing in the ditch next to the highway. There was never any good explanation for why he was traveling that fast prior to the accident, but in light of the recent news about the Toyota sudden acceleration problems, we now believe my father's death was the result of a faulty vehicle. I have the etcs (electronic throttle control system) module from the car in my possession. Updated 04/05/10 updated 08/06/jb.