Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2007 Toyota Avalon

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Avalon. While making a u turn at approximately 10 mph, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration, jumped a curb, and traveled across the sidewalk. The vehicle then crashed into a brick retaining wall. The vehicle turned over and landed on the driver side. The driver suffered minor pain and lacerations from the seat belt. There was no medical attention required. A police and a fire report were filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for inspection. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 11,000. The VIN was unavailable.

2007 Toyota Avalon. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle acceleration issues. The consumer stated on two separate occasions, she experienced sudden acceleration, in which the first incident resulted in an accident. The consumer stated the first incident happened on December 23, 2013. As she was pulling into a parking space, the vehicle lost momentum and as she pressed the accelerator to finish parking, the vehicle shot forward. The vehicle jumped the curb of the sidewalk next to the wall of the building hitting the wall of a store, the air bags did not deploy. The consumer stated the vehicle was on the recalled list, and the vehicle was taken to the dealer, but she did not know what was done to the vehicle at the time. The consumer has since traded the vehicle.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated independently. As a result, the vehicle crashed into three other vehicles and the engine caught fire. The contact was taken to the hospital where she sustained both hand and neck injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was destroyed. The approximate current and failure mileage was 120,000.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated that when they tried to park the vehicle, it suddenly accelerated. The vehicle accelerated over the concrete speed bump and into the concrete wall just on the other side. The contact was not injured but the vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle had not been inspected. The failure and current mileages were 54,000.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated that while parking, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 78,000. Updated 03/05/lj updated 03/08/12.

While pulling into a parking place, as I lifted my foot from the accelerator to begin braking, my 2007 Toyota Avalon, which had already had the recall fix performed last year, suddenly accelerated and leapt forward running into the building wall that was about 5 feet in front of the parking slot. The car came to an abrupt stop, at which time my foot was clearly on the brake. I just sat still for a few minutes, sort of in a slight shock of wondering "what the h. . . Just happened?" my left knee, elbow and right shoulder immediately became painful, but nothing seemed too bad so I put the car in reverse and backed away from the wall into the proper position in the parking slot. The car appeared to run okay, I ran through all the gears with no problems, checked the brakes, then turned off the engine and got out. I was expecting to find serious front end damage, but the only thing besides paint scratches was a bent license plate frame. I checked for leaks under the hood, and finding nothing appearing damaged there I drove slowly home,(about 5 miles). Twice I felt a slight shutter when moving my foot from accelerator to brake when preparing to stop. My husband took the car to the dealership the next day; he felt the same "shutter" on the way to the dealership(20 miles). The mechanic was unable to find anything wrong, any evidence of an incident in the sensors and I was told by the service dept. Asst. Manager that nothing could be done until it happens again. So, basically, Toyota says I have to have a major accident before they can do anything about this. I am not apparently seriously injured at this time, but the past 3 days I've been very uncomfortable and I've gone through dangerous amounts of tylenol. We'll see what the next few days brings. I have a doctor's appointment next week for a regular checkup just in case. I do not want to drive this car again. My husband will probably be brave enough to do it, but I doubt that I will.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Avalon. The contact was involved in a crash. While driving approximately 5 mph, the contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning, causing her to crash into a building. The contact sustained multiple contusions and was being treated by a physician. The dealer was contacted and offered no assistance. The contact did not inform the manufacturer. The vehicle was destroyed. The current and failure mileages were approximately 63,138. A police report was filed.

Sudden acceleration incident. My 2007 Toyota Avalon had all recall work done in March 2010. The car has around 20,000 miles on it. On 9/5/2010 I was pulling into a parking space with my foot on the brake pedal when the car suddenly accelerated into the curb. I was pressing as hard as possible on the brake, but the car would not stop until I hit the curb and put the gear in park. In the past, I have had problems with the transmission "hanging" when turning into an alley or up a garage ramp, but this is the first instance of sudden acceleration I've had.

1a. Pulling into parking space and while braking, car accelerated forward, hitting cement block that stopped vehicle. Damage to area under license plate. 1b. Braking to stop for a red light in traffic car suddenly accelerated and ran into vehicle in front. My car sustained damage to front area near license plate. Other car--no damage. 2. Failure to stop when braking at 5 to 10 mph on two occasions. Damage to front lower car body. 3. Brought car into fred anderson Toyota in raleigh, nc and they completed Avalon recall procedure on sticking accelerator. After accident drove to same dealership and they performed two additional recall procedures. They were unable to identify cause of sudden acceleration.

In the past 6 months I have experienced 5 events where the car accelerated on its own prior to the final events leading up to this report. Several times I experienced the car accelerating without my foot on the gas pedal as I drove through town. The car would go back to its correct rpms after driving a few miles or after the car was stopped and put into park. After experiencing the sudden acceleration the third time I took my vehicle to be checked at my local auto shop. They could not find anything wrong with the vehicle. After 2 more incidents I brought my car to a Toyota dealership to be checked. After keeping my car for 2 days they found no unintended acceleration problems and confirmed that the factory mats were installed properly. On 12/28/09 I was driving to work on a major highway. The car began to accelerate without my foot on the gas pedal. As I pushed on the brake, the car continued to accelerate. At that time I was not able to stop my vehicle by pressing hard on the brake. The only way I was able to slow the car down was to put the car into neutral. I took the next exit which was the exit for the Toyota dealership. I called the dealership and told the service manager to meet me outside because I was experiencing acceleration problems. I drove approximately 5 miles by alternating from neutral to drive and pressing very firmly on the brakes. As I pulled into the front of the dealership I put the car into neutral and exited the car. With the brakes smoking from the excessive braking and the car's rpm's racing the mnger entered my car. He confirmed that the mats were properly in place and confirmed the rpm's were very high. They contacted a Toyota tech to look at my car, after 1 1/2 weeks with my car they were told by Toyota to replace the throttle body and accelerator assembly including both sensors. I no longer feel safe driving this car and I am not convinced that Toyota has found the root cause of this problem. Received bill invoice from customer. Updated 01/26/10.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Avalon. In December 2009, while driving 30 mph on a bridge the vehicle began to fishtail but she was able to control it. The vehicle began to accelerate suddenly and although she depressed the brakes, the vehicle would not slow down until she hit another vehicle while driving approximately 30 mph. The abs and skid assist lights were both illuminated on the dashboard. There were no injuries and a police report was taken. She also stated that the air bags did not deploy. She had not spoken with the manufacturer or the dealer to-date. The current and failure mileages were approximately 32,000.

We own a 2007 Toyota Avalon limited. We have received recall notices on the floor mats,accelerator pedal and an oil supply hose. All are to be corrected next week. This complaint is for the purpose of letting you know that neither the accelerator pedal nor the floor map is the cause of sudden acceleration. I say this because my wife drives with hand controls with a steel plate guarding and protecting the accelerator from being used by her. Therefore it is not these items causing the sudden acceleration. We have had it happen on 3 or 4 different occasions so it was not isolated nor were these recall items at fault. Please feel free to contact us for further info if needed. Thanks.

Driving about 25 mph and had to stop for a pedestrian cross walk. Sudden acceleration of my Toyota Avalon. Was able to stop by shifting to neutral and hitting brake hard. Stopped again a few blocks later and got out of the car to determine there was no floor mat involvement.

1) while driving approx 30 mph experienced unintended acceleration. I was able to take control and stop vehicle 2) upon entering highway felt like car shut off, then accelerated by itself. Service advisor tried to tell us it happened because there are two different drivers using the car. Finally a technician came in and told the service advisor that there was a service bulletin to correct such problems. The correction was "performed ecm recalibration to improve shifting". I didn't know to report it at the time, but I think our problem should be counted. The dealer downplayed our complaint saying it was how we were driving the car, and that the car couldn't tell which of us was driving. That is the most ridiculous thing I have heard. To date, we still have not received a recall notice on the gas pedal. We did receive one on the mats which we checked and were okay.