Speed Control Cable Problems of Toyota Celica

Never had a problem with anything not working but since I've noticed the front airbag lights on the cruise control and horn has stopped working don't know if it could have been a related issue to the airbag have checked the fuses and all of them was good but my horn and cruise control has stopped working. One other thing I have noticed and about my Celica is they car vibrations have made the door bolts come loose door stays shut but very noticable cause the door lights stay on and you could see where the interior lights is off but once your driving down the road and the interior lights start blinking and have to tighten them up ever so often so this insident don't happen.

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On may 3rd, 2008 I had an incident with my 2000 Celica gts. I was using cruise control at 65mph. I tapped my brakes to disengage the cruise control as I exited one highway onto another. When I clicked resume on my cruise control my car accelerated past 65mph and continued climbing. I tapped my brakes but my car continued to accelerate. I turned off the cruise control but the car continued to accelerate past 85mph. I pushed my clutch petal in and the engine revd near redline. I released the clutch and turned off the engine in the middle of the highway. Toyota told me that the throttle cable had rust and stuck open when the cruise control requested acceleration. In turn my clutch/transmission were blown. I believe this failure mode is a serious safety issue, the car continuously accelerating and the only way to remedy is to turn the car off at high speed on a highway.

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This incident occurred when my 1996 Toyota Celica malfunctioned while I was traveling on I-75 south near piqua, ohio. My lane of traffic (passing lane) was slowing down due to construction, so I attempted to slow down. To my surprise, my brake pedal would not respond (either due to a malfunction of either the cruise control or accelerator--or both), and I had to move to the median. Unfortunately, when I tried to brake again, the brakes would not engage and the median ended. My car traveled airborne off the median and plummeted to the road beneath I-75. My car took out a set of cable wires, jumped a fence, before landing on the busy road below and stopped when it hit a concrete bridge support. An ambulance was called as well as the ohio state highway patrol. Everyone involved was surprised that my passenger and I were not instantly killed! we did suffer some minor injuries and the car was totaled. I distinctly remember stepping on the brake pedal several times to no avail. I reported this to Toyota and they were initially very cooperative and understanding. They would not promise anything, but asked what I expected. I told them I thought that Toyota should at least replace my car. They did not see a problem with this. They later assumed no liability and refused to do anything. To follow up, I would have needed to come up with $25,000 to hire an accident reconstructionist. I did not have that amount of cash, so I dropped it. I recently have been amazed in reading several complaints very similar to mine and think that the time is right for Toyota to right what was obviously a wrong in the construction of my car. My passenger has swelling to her left eye that has healed, but I have had pain in my elbow and shoulder ever since. Thanks for listening. I would appreciate anything you can do to assist. I can not provide the VIN #, as the car was totaled several years ago. I left the number xxx0000 as the VIN number.

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