Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2002 Toyota Avalon

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Avalon. The contact was driving 30 mph during inclement weather when the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into an embankment. The air bags did not deploy and the vehicle was destroyed. The contact was not injured during the crash. The contact called the manufacturer and filed a complaint. The manufacturer also stated that an engineer would be sent to inspect the vehicle. The manufacturer inspected the vehicle but did not give any details of what caused the crash. The failure mileage was 101,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated that she experienced sudden acceleration while her foot was on the accelerator pedal. As she turned into a parking space, the vehicle lurched forward and crashed into another vehicle next to her. There were no injuries but a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealership where the dealer inspected the brake and ran a diagnostic test but could not find the cause for failure. The contact called the manufacturer and filed a complaint. The failure and current mileages were approximately 118,000.

Gas pedal stuck. While pulling into work space taking my foot off the accelerator I anticipated the gradual slowdown of my 2002 Avalon. The car did not, and actually seemed to accelerate over the cement stopper, and did not slow or stop until I jammed on the break. This happened approximately 2 months ago. At the time had no explanation for it. After hearing about this exact problem with the 2005-2010 models I began to feel there may be a connection. Toyota began using this "accelerator mechanism" in the 2002 Avalon. I would like to have my accelerator corrected by Toyota. Upon calling the local dealer (vero beach FL) I was told that it is not a recalled vehicle, therefore unless the "uncontrolled acceleration" or "stuck gas pedal incident" can be "reproduced, they can do nothing.

2002 Toyota Avalon experienced unintended acceleration as it was in the process of being parked in residential garage resulting in damage to the vehicle and garage. Stomping brake resulted in stopping against the concrete step up from the garage floor. Local Toyota service department was called. Responder indicated they had never heard of any kind of issue with the vehicle that could have caused this. Insurance company rep indicated no history of such an occurrence when claim was filed. Still paying surcharge on insurance coverage for accident. Three year old granddaughter in back seat at the time. Occasional surging feeling when stopped in traffic with foot on brake led to habit of keeping further back from vehicle in front as a precaution.

In 2007 my 2002 Toyota Avalon had a serious accident due to sudden acceleration. I was parallel parking, heading slowly forward at no more than 1 or 2 mph when the car suddenly took off. My car struck the car in front of me, careened across the road and sidewalk, and crashed into a truck parked in a driveway across the street. Fortunately no body was hurt but people could have been killed especially if there had been pedestrians in the way. As you might expect, I was very shaken. My car was "totaled" and my insurance company said it had to hold me at fault because Toyota refused to take responsibility. I am convinced this was a problem of sudden acceleration not having anything to do with a sticking gas pedal as I was barely going forward. I believe that the sudden acceleration problem in Toyota vehicles should be further investigated and not confined to the recalled models. I would appreciate a response to this email.