Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2004 Toyota Corolla

Tl - the contact owned a 2004 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated while reversing out of the driveway with the brakes engaged, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a house. The contact did not sustain any injuries. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The technician deemed the vehicle destroyed. The manufacturer was made aware of failure. The failure mileage was 50,000. The VIN was not available. Pam.

Tl- the contact owns a 2004 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact was unable to stop the vehicle until crashing into a parked vehicle at 30 mph. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries to the neck and the vehicle was towed to the dealer for repairs. The dealer inspected the vehicle and could not determine what caused the acceleration failure. The VIN was not available. The failure and the current mileages were 70,000. Kmj.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Corolla. While the contact was driving approximately 10 mph and attempted to make a left turn with her foot on the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a tree. The air bags did not deploy but there were no injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was repaired. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that they would send someone to inspect the vehicle which the contact was awaiting. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Corolla. While driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact was unable to maintain control of the vehicle and proceeded into heavy traffic. The contact was struck by two other vehicles and his vehicle came to a stop. The contact suffered injuries to his ribs. A police report was available. The vehicle was towed by the contact's insurance company where he was awaiting further investigation into the cause of the failure. The failure and current mileages were 61,000. Updated 8/2/10 the consumer also stated the air bags did not deploy. Updated 08/09/jb.

While in reverse and backing my 2004 Toyota Corolla into my garage the car suddenly accelerated and I hit the rear of the garage. I am positive I did not have my foot on the gas pedal. The engine was still racing when I put it in drive and drove out of the garage . I had to run into a snowpile on the front lawn to stop the vehicle. After the engine was turned off I looked at the floor mat and saw nothing wrong with it. This same problem while reversing into the garage happened in sept 2005. At the time I just thought the mistake was mine, now after the second incident I am convinced there is a mechanical problem with the car.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Corolla. While the contact was driving 30 mph the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 60 mph. In order to stop the vehicle from accelerating, the contact had pressed the accelerator and brake pedal simultaneously. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer and there were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 40000.

Regarding sudden acceleration in the Toyota Corolla: although this problem has recently been widely reported on the news in other models I have experienced dozens of events in the Toyota Corolla for an entirely different reason. The spacing between the brake pedal and the accelerator is so close that anyone who has big feet such as me ( I wear a men's 12 wide shoe) can easily hit the accelerator at the same time the brake is hit. This problem became such an issue for me since my elderly mother owns 2 different Toyota Corolla that I avoid using her cars whenever possible. However because she is so old and cannot easily get into cars that are low to the ground because of their small wheel diameters I do take her in her car at times. There is hardly a single instance in which I drive the car that I do not experience problems. I also tried about 5 years ago to buy my own Toyota Corolla but being aware of the problem I asked the dealer if he could move the brake pedal and he told me there was nothing that could be done. This car is very dangerous for anyone with feet larger than the normal. I expect that in japan they must have small feet for creating such a stupid blunder. This vehicle should be removed from the road. I experienced the problem in more than one model year. My mother owns two different model years. The car I test drove on the dealers lot was another model year. So at least 3 different model years after 2004 have the problem. It can easily be seen just by looking at the pedal spacing. This blunder in design is hard to believe since it is so stupid.

I was driving my 2004 Toyota Corolla last March 13, 2009 at noon in a crowded parking lot in mason , ohio, a suburb of cincinnati. I was stopping at a stop sign and after that, I pushed on my gas pedal when the car took off , going from a dead stop to 60 mph , crossing the lot so fast that I was lucky I did not kill anyone that day. I could not control the car at all. It was as if I was on a dragstrip trying to race! I was surrounded by minivans and there was a burger king restaurant on the one side of me with a busy kohl's next to my car. I was terrified because I could not stop the car! the brakes did not work for me ,at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to stop the car as I had only a few minutes to stop or I would have jumped over a 4 foot grassy partition before I went into a 4 lane intersection full of traffic!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would have caused a nice accident and killed someone or many!!!!!!!!!!! I threw the car into "park and turned off the ignition right then" the car did a 180 degree turn landing near the grassy partition!!!!!!!!! I was fine but so scared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I had no idea what to do to stop but it worked. I went to king's Toyota after that which was across the street. They checked the car and said it was a buildup of gases in the car!!!!!!! such a lie!!!!!!! why did they not know what was it was?? they have had complaints since 1999?????????? my question is why is my car not part of the recall since I have had a sudden acceleration problem?? king's will look at my car next week but they will make me pay for repairs when it's their fault and it's not on the list. Please have them expand the recall so that people like me can trust their cars again.

Date 10/20/2007 this Saturday morning at 9:05 am, after mass at the miami archdioceses, I had a most unpleasant experience with my 2004 Toyota Corolla. When I moved to reverse my car from my parking place, I experienced a sudden dramatic increase from the car's idle and a release of the acceleration, causing the vehicle to move backward very fast. I immediately put the car in neutral, but did not stop and then, in a few seconds to forward to avoid hitting any persons or vehicles in my back in the church parking lot. In total about 45 feet backward and forward, perhaps 30 seconds plus in total . I then crashed on the wall of st. Martha rectory. The car was uncontrollable and the front of my car's hood, front doors were badly damaged, (especially the right side, where my sick wife sat ) damages with a preliminary estimate of $ 5864. I have two concerns: a) sudden acceleration when car is started and inability to stop it . B) no air bag system deployment in spite of the strength of the impact and having the entire front bumper of the car destroyed. 2) I have lost my trust in my present Toyota Corolla car (I have had one before and a camry, and their performance was satisfactory). I would like to have a very careful inspection of our vehicle, its capacity for sudden uncontrollable acceleration, lack of air bag protection, and the like.

I had a rapid acceleration problem with my 2005 Toyota Corolla yesterday. The engine rpm went to about 50,00rpm. Before any damage occurred I shut the vehicle off. When starting up again there seemed to be no problem. I immediately called the dealer and after checking out the vehicle they could not find a problem.

2004 Toyota Corolla--driving on right most lane at speed about 25 miles because snowing had started . Date 02-12-2008 on I 96 east near inkster , exit. Suddenly car turned into left lane and accelerated to very high speed. Crossed 3 left lanes and crashed on to concrete barrier between east and west lanes. Due to start of snowing ,all traffic was moving very slow. So all cars in other lanes stopped. My Corolla did not hit any other vehicle. Police gave ticket for speeding. (-police dept-livonia, mi-police. Car was total wreck with front damage and chasis bending outward on right side. Car was taken to troy collision , troy , mi. Citizen insurance declared " total ". Though I was not injured , it is close to worst crash and I had to buy new car spending $10,000 extra. I had no answer for sudden acceleration and vehicle turning and crashing. Now I know this was exactly what is reported now-sudden acceleration and car going out of control -a defect in the car.

: the contact stated while placing the engine into drive, the engine revved high and the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The brake pedal was depressed when the vehicle crashed into a brick garage with no prior warning. The vehicle sustained damage to the front with additional damage to the garage. The police were not contacted since this happened on private property. The vehicle remains at the scene of the incident and has not been inspected.

Intermittently while driving at low speed vehicle suddenly accelerated.

2004 Toyota Corolla suddenly accelerates against the will and conduct of the operator of the vehicle on several occasions - Toyota motor company ignores issue repeatedly. Odi cases 1431208 and 10051102 are invited to contact me (sean) at 646-263-4970 to discuss similar experience.