Accelerator Pedal problems of the 2004 Toyota Camry

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Camry solara. The contact stated that the vehicle would not operate in drive or reverse. He contacted the dealer and the dealer stated that they were aware of the problem and advised him to have the vehicle towed into the dealer. They stated that the vehicle had an electrical short going to the accelerator pedal. The dealer replaced the accelerator pedal to correct the problem. The failure mileage and current mileages were 103000.

2004 Toyota Camry. Consumer states throttle body and gas pedal malfunctioning. The consumer stated he started the vehicle and when he pressed on the accelerator pedal to leave his driveway, nothing happened. Meaning, the gas pedal did not work, but rather he simply coasted. He shut the vehicle off and restarted it, but received the same results. The check engine light illuminated and it stayed on for some time after the second effort. Later that day, the vehicle drove fine with no problems. The consumer went to the dealer and they diagnosed the problem as the throttle circuit.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Camry. The contact was driving approximately 40 mph on normal road conditions. There was pressure applied to the accelerator pedal, followed by no power response. Suddenly, there was an aggressive acceleration. The driver was able to slow the vehicle down and pulled over to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was repaired with replacement the gas pedal assembly. The contact had concern of the safety risk involved. The failure mileage was 79,000. Updated 03/24/10 updated 07/27/jb.

Ltr of thanks for the February 24th testimony before the house committee, which detailed NHTSA's supervision of several Toyota vehicle recalls; it is imperative that this issue be thoroughly assessed to determine the safety of all Toyota vehicles. When the consumer attempted to stop at a red light, the vehicle continued to accelerate. The consumer avoided a collision, by making a sharp right turn and within a few minutes the vehicle was back under her control. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer and they removed the driver's side floor mat and placed it on the passenger side. The inspected the vehicle, but couldn't find anything wrong. The consumer didn't experience another problem until January 15, 2010 she was leaving the service station, turned right onto the main street and the vehicle accelerated twice for a short period of time. The dealer checked the vehicle again, but to no avail.

2004 Toyota Camry. Consumer states unintended acceleration the consumer stated she was making a right turn to park the vehicle, when suddenly, the vehicle accelerated out of control, hit a pole, went over a small mound of grass and stopped hitting two cars that were parked perpendicular on the other side of the mound grass. When the consumer took the vehicle to the dealer, to have it inspected, it was discovered that the hooks were missing that held the floor mats in place.

Pulling into a parking slot, I hit the brake but it caught the gas pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate. Only the balcony wall of the parking stopped the car. The accident resulted in the sprain of my neck and a $3000 damage to the vehicle.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Camry. While leaving from a car wash, the vehicle surged uncontrollably. The contact attempted to apply the brakes and crashed into a fence. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was repaired by a mechanic. The entire passenger side of the vehicle and the front bumper had to be replaced and a wheel alignment was performed. The mechanic replaced a light body size molding. The powertrain, speed, valid VIN, and dealer information were unavailable. The current mileage was 9,980 and failure mileage was 7,346.

Consumer owns 2004 Toyota Camry with v6 engine. Consumer was pulling into a parking spot when the vehicle suddenly accelerated and shot through the parking spot, striking a metal post, and damaging the passenger's front of vehicle, the bumper , front fender, and both passenger doors. When the vehicle accelerated consumer felt that accelerator pedal left the bottom of foot and continued to the floorboard with no assistance. This happened on August 6, 2005 at about 7:30 pm in louisville, at town fair center on hurstbourn lane. Consumer went to dealer, and dealer refused to look at vehicle, they said that they were not familiar with any problem like this, and told consumer that the floor mat stuck to the pedal , causing the acceleration. There was no police report. Manufacturer was contacted and said they opened a case and dealer was suppose to contact consumer in about 3 days.

5/8/05 10:15 am at a stoplight vehicle was stopped. Then the car accelerated on its own and hit car in front. Car veered to left. Key had to be removed in order to stop the car. All brakes failed. Regularly serviced and records available. No previous problems with vehicle ever.

When attempting to leave parking space my 2004 camery v6 with brake depressed car car accelerated with very high rpm. Could not stop the car hitting a GMC truck. When car could not move the truck it stopped. Drove home with no problem. Called dealer they stated if the car was not having the problem now they couldn't fix it . After driving it my husband had the same problem, we took it to the dealer and didn't want the car back until the problem was corrected. Dealer could not duplicate problem. Returned car after stating they would start file .

Vehicle lurched forward and crashed into two parked vehicles before stopping when brakes were depressed, and upon pulling into a parking lot. This was the second time this failure occurred. However, the first time the vehicle stopped without hitting anything.

When applying the accelerator pedal vehicle hesitated then surged forward. Consumer was concerned that the vehicle will be rear ended. The vehicle may stall.

When applying the accelerator pedal vehicle hesitated.

Consumer complained about an acceleration problem. While driving at approximately 35 mph driver would step on the accelerator and the vehicle would began to hesitate. Then, the speed would continue to decrease even when the accelerator pedal was pushed down to the floor. This happened without warning. Owner contacted the manufacturer and the dealer. The dealer has had the vehicle for a month. However, they were unable to duplicate the problem.

Driver's door handle stuck while driver tried to open the door. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic could not duplicate the problem. Also, while applying the accelerator pedal vehicle hesitated and stalled. Consumer restarted the vehicle, and drove it to the dealer for inspection, but mechanic could not duplicate the problem.

Consumer was parking the vehicle when it suddenly accelerated. Consumer applied the brakes, but the vehicle just kept going ,causing property damage. Vehicle was towed to the dealers. Owner drove the vehicle home after the repairs were done. Again, the vehicle began to accelerate unexpectedly. 9/26/2005 - the vehicle's brake system failed when the consumer was returning home after the repairs (the vehicle did not accelerate again). The vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a brake system repair. The brake pedal still feels soft/low.

Sudden acceleration when pulling into parking space.

While applying the brakes vehicle surged forward without warning. As a result, consumer lost control and hit a tree. Driver sustained lower back injuries.

Difficulty shifting from park to reverse, then upon shifting into drive the car accelerated uncontrollably, would not stop, collided with a mobile home, air bags did not deploy, resulting in the death of one passenger and injury of driver see also voq 10171110. . Updated 03/05/10 updated ivoq 08/23/jb.

2004 Toyota Camry. Consumer states repeated gas pedal surge. The consumer stated the vehicle accelerated on three occasions. His wife was able to turn off the ignition, while he applied the emergency brake.

Upon applying the brakes consumer sometimes depressed the accelerator at the same time. This causesd the vehicle to surge forward. Both the manufacturer and the dealer were notified.