Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 1998 Toyota Camry

The contact owned a 1998 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration. The brakes did not function even when the brake pedal was depressed. As a result, the vehicle crashed between the contact's tree and a neighboring house. The vehicle was towed to a salvage yard where the vehicle was deemed destroyed. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 47,000.

The contact owned a 1998 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact stated that he was unable to stop the vehicle when the brakes were applied. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a fence and dropped into a ditch. A police report was filed and the driver was suffering from back pain. The passenger sustained bruises, a contusion, chest pain, a broken rib, and skin damage. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileages were 100,000.

The contact owns a 1998 Toyota Camry. The contact started the ignition when the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 20 mph. The contact was able to slow down when the brake pedal was engaged. The failure occurrence was intermittent. There was a recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number 01v012000 (vehicle speed control). The contact was in the process notifying the dealer to verify if the VIN was included in the recall defect. The failure mileage was 96,390.

The contact owns a 1998 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the vehicle does not respond when depressing the accelerator. The contact is concerned that if he needs to accelerate rapidly he can not because of the delay before the vehicle picks up speed. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and they could not duplicate failure. The contact feels that the failure is due to a computer defect, because sometimes the vehicle is unresponsive while depressing the accelerator. He wrote a letter to the manufacturer in reference to the acceleration failure and they had not responded. . The approximate failure mileage was 100 and the current mileage was 15000. Updated 11/16/10.

The contact owns a 1998 Toyota Camry. While the contact was coming to a complete stop at 10 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning causing the contact to crash into the rear of the vehicle in front of him. No one was injured during the crash and a police report was filed for the incident. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership and there were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 127000.

The contact owns a 1998 Toyota Camry le. While driving approximately 5 to 10 mph and making a right turn, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. When he applied the brakes, they did not respond until the vehicle crashed into a tree. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified when the complaint was filed. Contact the manufacturer. The failure and the current mileage were 102,378.

1998 Toyota Camry. Consumer states unintended acceleration causing a crash. The consumer stated in the seconds the vehicle left the street, it jumped the curb, ran over a small tree trunk, crossed two driveways and hit a 25 year old dogwood head-on. The vehicle was stopped by the tree being uprooted because the soil was saturated from the recent heavy rains. The tress and branches destroyed the front of the vehicle and its undercarriage. The vehicle came to rest after it hit the second dogwood tree. The windshield was intact, however, the air bags did not deploy. Updated 03/24/10.

1998 Toyota Camry. Consumer states sudden unintended acceleration the consumer was involved in an accident due to unwanted acceleration. The vehicle was totaled by the insurance company.

Over the last year or so, I have encountered an intermittent issue where the accelerator on my 98 Camry becomes hard to depress after sitting at a stop light/sign. Tapping the pedal multiple times finally allows the pedal to release. Have not been able to determine what circumstances cause the problem, but it is only after coming to a stop. I have not experienced issues with uncontrolled acceleration, but suspect that may be next.

The contact owns a 1998 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that in November 2008 while driving at approximately 30 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. She applied her foot to the brake pedal and the vehicle "spun outward". No warning lights were illuminated. The failure occurred several times. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that her vehicle was not part of any recalls. The oil pump was replaced and the pedal system was cleaned at the contacts expense. The failure had not occurred since the vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 116,000. The current mileage was approximately 117,000.

Undesired acceleration, not related with stick gas pedal. On February 16, 2008, I drove my Toyota Camry le 1998 home with all my family on board after shopping activities. I was driving at around 35 mph south on waltham street in lexington, MA. When we were passing an intersection of waltham/concord, I started to slow down the vehicle to around 20 mph as our home approaching. The car slowed down normally to around 20 mph and maintained at that speed for about 100 feet distance. At around 200-300 feet distance from the lexington drive (where our apartment located), the Toyota Camry suddenly accelerated by itself to around 50-60 mph, while my foot was still on the brake pedal. I was in a complete state of panic, as whole family was watching (and screaming) our car speeding toward the intersection of waltham st and lexington drive, where there was a truck almost right in front of us. I was almost standing on the brake pedal, and also very quickly pulled the parking brake, and moved the gear shifted to neutral. The car slowed down to around 40 mph. At this time, my car was already 30 feet from the intersection of waltham/lexington dr, where I supposed to turn right. With my Camry moving at around 40 mph, I did feel safe to make the right turn. And I couldn't?t move forward either with a truck now right in front of us (the truck was to make a left turn from lexington drive to waltham street). The only option for me was to crash my car into a street divide on lexington drive to avoid hitting the truck in front of us, or tip over by turning right at high speed. After crashed on the street divide, hit and destroyed a light pole on the street divide, my car came to a complete stop. No-one was injured physically (lots headache due to panic screaming). The car suffered quite damage under and at front. At this moment, my car was still drivable. Interestingly, the car was running normal again then. Conclusion: the undesired acceleration was not caused by sticking gas pedal.

The contact owns a 1998 Toyota Camry le which was purchased brand new in 1997. He stated that the accelerator pedal would intermittently remain stuck in position causing the vehicle to accelerate rapidly. The failure was exhibited most frequently while accelerating from a stop sign or red light. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where he was advised that the driver's side floor mats were causing the failure; however, the failure persisted when all mats were removed from the vehicle. The dealer investigated further but could not identify a problem. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The failure became progressively worse. The failure mileage was 80,000 and current was 110,000.

Vehicle speed control: opened garage door with remote. Stepped lightly on gas pedal to enter garage. Car unexpectedly accelerated rapidly. Stepped on brakes but car did not stop. Car crashed through interior garage wall and through closet in adjoining bedroom. Couse of problem is being investigated. Repair not completed.

Consumer had two accidents in the past two months due to sudden acceleration. Dealer not notified.

The vehicle suddenly accelerated when started and was difficult to stop.

While slowly exiting a drive through at 5mph the car suddenly accelerated, shot across a street, and did not stop until hitting a snow drift and fence. Braking had no effect. Damage to car and property. Driver had to crawl out passenger side window. The VIN began with a letter j.

Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration while approaching a stop light resulting in the driver hitting a cement barrier, injuring her back and breaking her wrist.

Sudden acceleration,resulting in loss of control/crash.

Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration.

Sudden acceleration resulted in loss of control/crash.