Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2008 Toyota Avalon

Nhtsa, I would like report an incident of ¿sudden unintended acceleration¿ when driving my 2008 Toyota Avalon. I was driving with my wife, tiffany stevens, on Sunday, 10/23/16 traveling west on walker road in beaverton, oregon at 11:05am (address: 11375 sw walker rd, portland, or 97225) . I was stopped behind (2) cars waiting at a traffic light with my right foot on the brake. The car was in drive. Suddenly the car engine quickly revved up. My car surged forward as I depressed my right foot on the brake further. Thankfully my car only surged forward a foot or two and then the engine returned to idle. No contact was made to the car in front of me. This incident was very scary for me and my wife and I am very concerned that this ¿sudden unintended acceleration¿ is a safety hazard and will cause harm to me, my family and others. Regards, tom stevens 14883 sw ashley dr. Portland, or 97224 cell: 503-929-3255.

I was coasting to a stop at a red light with my foot on the brake and as I applied the brake harder to come to a complete stop the engine began to uncontrollably race and the car began to accelerate. I applied the brake as hard as I could, flipped the transmission into park and turned off the engine, missing the car in front by inches. I waited approximately 10-15 seconds, restarted the car with my foot on the brake and the transmission in park and the engine began to uncontrollably race again. I turned off the engine and waited approximately 2 minutes re-started the car and it started somewhat roughly but the unintended acceleration stopped and I was able to move the car off the road. When I parked the car I checked that the floor mat was firmly anchored and nowhere near the accelerator pedal and it was. Prior to the incident I was braking and the car was slowing appropriately so it doesn't seem that the accelerator pedal itself became stuck. I was able to drive the car safely to the dealer and notified Toyota.

2008 Toyota Avalon. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle sudden acceleration. The consumer stated as his wife turned into a perpendicular parking space, all of a sudden, the vehicle suddenly accelerated on its own, only stopping when it hit a parking barricade. His wife did attempt to apply the brake, but to no avail. The consumer stated the air bag did not deploy.

Driver was pulling into a parking space when the car had unexpected, sudden acceleration and hit a concrete wall. Driver was wearing a seat belt; air bags deployed. The person was uninjured except for chest bruises. The car had been taken in when it was recalled and was " fixed" in response to 2 recall notices by the dealer on March 4, 2010. The front of the car is bashed in, hood is bent upward, radiator damaged and the front doors jammed. Men had to force the driver side door open to get the driver from the car. Toyota and the insurance company have been notified but neither have had time to examine the car.

My Toyota Avalon 2008 does accelerate after fixes mad by Toyota. Sudden acceleration happen again yesterday again.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced sudden acceleration. The vehicle sped off after being stopped at a traffic light. When the accelerator was pressed the vehicle rapidly moved forward about 2000 feet. The contact stated when he pressed the ignition button the engine shut off. The contact also stated that the dealer replaced acceleration system. The failure mileage was about 22,000. The current mileage was 23,000.

While pulling into a marked parking space vehicle suddenly accelerated. It jumped two wheel stoppers, went up a small hill and within a couple of feet of running into a cement building before I could stop it. Very very scary situation. I called germaim Toyota in naples, florida and had the vehicle taken there. At this point in time, I don't know how they are going to correct the problem.

While traveling down main street approaching an intersection without warning my car very suddenly accelerated at a very high speed and crashed into a car in front of me. Driver's side airbag inflated, blocking my vision while my car continued to race forward. I immediately jammed on the brakes, the car swerved forward to the left, crossed main street, and came to a stop in front of a utility pole. Front axel broke, on impact which caused the car to stop. Seat belt and airbag pulled me back against the drivers seat resulted in chest bruising and pain. I was knocked out for a few seconds and came to just as airbag was beginning to deflate. The dashboard slammed into my legs badly bruising both of them. Police and emt were on the scene, and I walked out of the car on my own. My vehicle and the one it crashed into were both total losses. At the time of the crash my car had been driven roughly 3,000 miles. I was taken to the hospital by ambulance, treated and released that same day. Vehicle speed before impact was 20, speed on impact is impossible to determine as car accelerated on its own so quickly and crashed so hard.