Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2009 Toyota Corolla - part 2

The 2009 Toyota Corolla that was purchased in 2009 accelerated, on it's on accord while pulling out of the garage. This caused the car to increase in speed so quickly that the car hit the natural gas meter located next to the house. The force of this impact combined with the acceleration caused major damage. The gas meter began to leak and the force of impact and continuing acceleration of the vehicle, literally ripped a gash in the side of the car, approx 5 feet long. This gash was caused by the regular on the gas meter. (the meter is well out of the way of the path and has never been a problem. It has been in this location for decades. The vehicle only stopped because it was forced to, as the small section of the gas meter which impacted the car was unable to continue ripping into the car. As it finally came to a point where the door ended and the passenger side front quarter panel began. This was not reported to the police, as this happened on our private property. In addition,we saw no point in reporting it to NHTSA as we could not fathom that it was even the cars fault. As perplexed as we were that this happened, until recently, we have never been able to explain why such damage would be caused by pulling out of the driveway at such a slow speed, or even how we managed to hit the gas meter. With the given news of the sudden acceleration recall, we now have a very clear picture as to what happened. The vehicle was never repaired as the cost of this repair is going to be more than we can afford at the moment. Additionally, the gas meter began to leak and had to immediately be turned off and an emergency repair call to the gas company was made. The regulator on the meter was replaced, but we were without gas in the house for a short period. Thankfully, the house did not explode. We are very concerned about this as this car is driven 80 miles a day to go to work and return daily.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Corolla. The contact noticed a grinding noise most of the time when she depressed the brake pedal. She took the vehicle to the dealer who stated that they could not find anything wrong with it. The failure continued to occur and the dealer turned the rotors to remedy the problem; however, she continued hearing the grinding noise. In September 2009, she took the vehicle to the dealer who replaced the brake pads and rotors. She no longer noticed the noise; yet, the brake pedal extended to the floor with a sudden pulling and grabbing motion. The dealer told her that the abs activated which caused that feeling. She also stated that the vehicle would suddenly accelerate on an intermittent basis. In December 2009, the driver crashed into a brick wall when the vehicle suddenly accelerated. There were no injuries. The dealer took pictures and told her that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. Furthermore, the gear shift broke and the dealer did not repair the vehicle for six months. She called the manufacturer and was unable to speak with a representative. The current mileage was approximately 17,000. The failure mileage was approximately 1,000.

This complaint is being filed on by me as a result of the terrible safety problems I have encountered since purchasing my 2009 Toyota Corolla new from performance Toyota dealership in fairfield, ohio. On 3/27/2009 my Corolla sped up on its own causing me to strike a parked vehicle, and injuring myself. I called the walton, kentucky plant about this the following day. Their advise to me was to take my vehicle to the dealership where I had bought it for an inspection. On April 1, 2009 I did this very thing and I was told by their mechanics that everything on my car was fine and that it was probably just operator of the vehicles fault. Leaving the dealership worried, and concerned I put my Toyota Corolla in the body shop for repairs. Ten days later after having my vehicle inspected by their mechanics and having my body repairs made the same thing occurred to me again when on 4/11/2009 my Toyota Corolla accelerated upon its own again striking a parked vehicle causing additional injuries to myself as well as this time I was cited by the police, my insurance carrier raised my rates to nearly double the usual amount, and I am paying for a car that I am terrified at this point to be driving. When I requested print outs from the dealership of the mechanical inspection that was made between auto accidents they became very agitated with me, and my son to the point of complete rudeness. On 22/4/2010 they made a correction on my Toyota Corolla to make an attempt to fix the sudden acceleration problem, and told me to remove my drivers side floor mat that I would be receiving a new one for safety reasons. I did this but still as of yet have not received any such floor mat for my car. On 5/19/2010 my son and I took my Corolla in for an oil change and tire rotation when we were told of a brake recall that my car needed which would only take 40 minutes to accomplish. I told them to fix it please. I have complied in every way.

2009 Toyota Corolla car suddenly lurched the consumer stated while pulling into a vacant parking space, the vehicle suddenly lurched forward at full throttle pushing him back into the seat from the sudden acceleration. Even though, he tried to react quickly, the vehicle hit a curb then went over the curb and traveled 3 feet beyond before he was able to stop the vehicle by putting the gear into neutral and hard braking. The consumer exited the vehicle to check for damage, but there wasn't any. He noticed that the revved engine was idling at a normal speed. The consumer didn't believe what he experienced was an accelerator issue, rather a problem with the mpu and control circuit for the fuel and air mixture.