Cruise Control problems of the 2002 Toyota Camry

The metropolitan police department investigated an automobile accident that involved a 2002 Toyota Camry w/ a v6 and cruise control. The operator claims the vehicle accelerated without pedal application causing the crash. He struck several trees and rolled over. If you have any questions or need more information, please call me at [xxx] . Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

I was driving with my family south bound on I-5 when we exited the freeway and pulled into the tillicum chevron station. The cruise control was on but disengaged. I turned right into a parking spot at a low rate of speed (3 to 5 mph). I was almost at a complete stop and had just enough time to realize that I could not stop!!! I could hear the car's engine roar and a moment later found that I had driven over a concrete curb, up a two foot concrete retaining wall, and through a chain-link fence. I don't know how a car could do this!! the total space for this to happen was only about 3 linear feet!! I was not pushing the accelerator!! there was indeed an acceleration surge in my 2002 Camry v6. The car stopped, straddling the concrete wall, the front drive wheels were off the ground. I got out of the car and asked the mechanic on-site if there were any recalls on the 2002 Camry. I swear this is the very first thing I said because I knew that I did not cause the accident. The accident was caused by a defect in the Toyota Camry. A tow truck removed my vehicle form the retaining wall. I then drove the car directly to the titus-will Toyota dealership. They could not duplicate the problem with the vehicle and indicated it was safe to drive. Damage to the car included the front bumper, several major scratches, and several small dents. I explained that we were very concerned about safety and asked about recalls. They indicated that there were none for my vehicle. They did admit after some questioning that they would not know how many times this has happened in the past due to the fact that the dealerships do not share information and Toyota corporate does not share this information with the dealerships. The young lady (employee) at the payment desk volunteered that she had also had unexpected acceleration with her Toyota Camry. I request that a formal investigation be launched and a recall placed for 2002 Toyota Camry's.

I was using the cruise control, set at 70 mph, on an aprox 4 hour trip. At one point the car accelerated to a little over 90 mph then decreased it's speed back down to where it was. I turned the cruise control off and drove manually the rest of the way home. The next time I had it at the dealer for service I mentioned this and they shrugged it off saying they hadn't heard of anything like this happening. I have not had the problem again.

Our car is a 2002 Toyota Camry le with the 4-cylinder engine, automatic transmission, and cruise control but it does not have abs. I purchased the car from the original owner in October 2003 and, at the time of the accident, had about 35,000 miles on it. Based on the original ownerã‚s records and my own, no electrical work had ever been done on the car and the battery was the original. The accident occurred on July 22, 2004 in mission viejo, California in broad daylight and in clear weather. Colleen was alone in the car and was not hurt. The air bag did not deploy. There was about $3,500 in damage. The accident occurred as my wife was parking the car when she arrived at her doctorã‚s office for an appointment. As she made a left turn into a parking stall, she slowed to almost a stop half way into the parking space. The gear lever was in the normal drive position and her foot was on the brake. Suddenly, the car lurched forward jumping over the cement parking space bumper, over the curb at the end of the parking space, and squarely into a block wall just a foot beyond the curb. The surge in acceleration must have lasted less than a second since the total distance traveled was only about 6 to 8 feet and yet resulted in $3,500 damage. My wife was really shaken by the incident and has driven very little ever since. She swore her foot was on the brake all the time. Later, however, since there seemed to be no other possible cause, she convinced herself that her foot must have slipped off the brake and onto the accelerator. Eventually, she accepted blame for the accident and, as a result, our insurance company raised our rates considerably. After the car was repaired, I took it to a Toyota dealer and told them about the accident. I asked them to check for any problems with the accelerator and they found everything operating ã‚normallyã‚쳜. No problems were ever identified with the transmission or the accelerator.

1992 Toyota Camry would not go into gear. The consumer stated he had to push the shift lock override button to get the gears to work. While driving on a 4 lane road, with the cruise control activated, the consumer came upon a red light with cars stopped. He touched the brakes to deactivate the cruise, but instead the engine revved up. The harder he pushed the brakes the faster the engine ran. He finally pushed the cruise button on the stalk and the vehicle was under control. The dealer found the brake light switch had an open circuit.

I was in "reverse" and backed into a concrete pole in my office parking garage. I applied the brakes to stop the vehicle. The car jumped into "drive," and rapidly accelerated, and would not respond to my efforts to brake. I then hit a concrete pole head on, which totaled my vehicle. On a prior occasion that happened in February 2003, the consumer was driving for several minutes with the cruise control set to 60-65 mph. Without input, the vehicle speed increased rapidly to 80-85 mph. The consumer cancelled the cruise by applying the brakes, then turned off the cruise master switch.

Sometime in oct. While pulling off of I-74 onto 53rd st. In davenport, IA, was the first time that when the brake was applied the car sped up rather than slowed down. This happened again towards the end of November while traversing from us-6 onto I-80 in geneseo. Both times I had been using the cruse control, disengaged it by applying the brake and as the car slowed down reapplication of the brake caused the car to speed up. By taking my foot off the brake and then reapplying the brake car slowed normally about the middle of December I had a more serious incident while pulling into a convience store off of wolf road in geneseo. I diengaged the cruse and pulled into a parking place. The car slowed normally and was almost to a stop when it began to accelerate while the brake was applied. I turned the car to the right, and just missed the building, but took out a 4x4 support for the roof overhang. Damage was limited to dents on the car and the 4x4. No personal injuries were involved. After the first occurance I thought it was my mistake, I applied the accelerator when I meant to apply the brake. The second time I felt it was probably a problem with the car, and would bring it up with Toyota next time I brought the car in. The third time I was sure that it was a problem for Toyota and I took the car into the Toyota dealer. They could not duplicate the problem and said neither they or the district office had heard of a similar problem before. We then contacted the Toyota office in California, and they took down the information, informing us this problem had not occured before. Last week scott yon of the NHTSA contacted us and asked questions about the three occurances. After looking at the NHTSA web site and finding many similar instances I decided to add my complaint to the listing.

While driving in cruise control at 60 mph, cruise control would not disengage. Vehicle was turned off and restarted, but the cruise control would still be engaged. Vehicle was taken to the dealer, who could not find a problem.

Intermittenly cruise control become inoperable, when consumer applied the brake, the cruise control reamain activated. Dealer has been notified. Please provide further information. . . Ts.

Consumer states was driving on highway with cruise control engaged. Attempted to disengage by depressing brake pedal to no avail. Consumer had to swerve vehicle through traffic to avoid a collision. As a result the front passenger wheel came off slowing car down enough for consumer to downshift gears. Ts.

High idle speed on cold engine, first shift into drive is very harsh .