Cruise Control problems of the 2006 Toyota Corolla

Sudden acceleration at highway speeds in 2006 Toyota Corolla - on 11-24-09 traveling south on highway 5 in California near buttonwilow at approximately 70-75 miles per hour in the fast lane, probably while on cruise control, car began to accelerate, hit the brake which had no effect, and if it had been on cruise control, it did not override the acceleration. I began to get closer to the car in front of me. I do not believe I initially tried to put the car into neutral. I turned off the car engine, the acceleration stopped, I hit the brake somewhat to get it down to a regular speed, put the car into neutral, started it while coasting, put it back into gear (manual transmission), and the crisis was over. Then, about an hour later, while on the grapevine portion of hwy 5 after the summit, it did the same thing with lesser traffic. I put it into neutral this time, hit the brake, slowed a little, put it back into gear and since then it has not occurred. See next paragraph. Over the past 3 years, their have been a number of additional occasions with a different issue where: 1) my foot has slipped off the brake onto the accelerator causing the engine to rev when in neutral in the driveway or a stoplight (I think because the pedals are small and very close to one another), and; 2) occasions when the accelerator has got stuck under the floormat when the floormat had slid forward causing the car to accelerate. Regarding the highway acceleration problem, this was not the case.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla. While driving 55 mph with the cruise control activated, the vehicle began to accelerate without intention. Months after the failure he noticed the check engine warning light illuminated on the instrument control panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealership and the engine control module was replaced. The current and failure mileages were 50000.

My mother was driving a 2006 Toyota Corolla and was pulling into her parking place at her apartment (estimated moving only several mph). When she took her foot off of the accelerator to brake, the car suddenly lurched forward accelerating very fast, jumped the curb, and crashed through the building wall and into a neighbors apartment. The car struck the tenant inside, causing extensive injuries. The police surmised her foot hit the accelerator, but she kept repeating the car suddenly jumped forward on its own. Lacking evidence to the contrary, we had no way to question the polices report; however, in my mothers recounting the experience, it didn't seem to make any sense. Then, as we have seen others recently recounting similar experiences and watching videos acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles, we realized that this seemed to be exactly what our mother experienced. Furthermore, both my sister and my niece both recently drove my mothers car on the expressway and both experienced sudden rapid acceleration while driving with the cruise control engaged. The problem they experienced was so unsettling, that they warned my mother to keep the cruise control turned off. These experiences combined with reports that problems with earlier models of Toyota vehicles than the 2009-2010 recalled models led us to believe that our mothers accident was caused by this sudden acceleration problem that has been uncovered with Toyota vehicles.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that a vehicle crashed into the rear of his vehicle at 50 mph while he was stopped at a traffic stop. The force from the crash caused the contact to crash into a preceding vehicle. The contact stated that the force caused the headrests to be thrown backward but the air bags did not deploy. The contact was able to drive the vehicle away from the scene. There were no injuries and no police report filed. The vehicle was repaired. In addition, the contact stated that the cruise control would not activate when needed and when he was bale to utilize the cruise control, the component would deactivate independently. The failure recurred sporadically. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the cruise control was replaced yet the failure persisted after repairs. The vehicle was not further repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000.