Cruise Control problems of the 2010 Toyota Corolla

Cruise control active, I made a speed change using the steering column lever when the engine went to 6,000 rpm in full acceleration. My speed was about 65 on a rural road prior to this event. I tapped the accelerator with no change, then the brake which cancelled the uncommanded acceleration.

While driving on route 30 east in PA, I experienced a scenario where I was on cruise control and pressed the brake. The car continued to accelerate at it's speed and subsequent pressings of the brakes did not slow the car. I shifted the car into neutral and the brakes still were not slowing the car enough. I had to drive into the left shoulder and grass beyond that in order to slow the car down enough to let other cars pass so I could go into the right lane. The next business I took my car to the dealer and after driving 7 miles and looking for error codes, reported that they "could not reproduce the issue". My car already had all the fixes for the unintended acceleration issue that Toyota had a number of recalls for done in December 2013. This issue needs to be further investigated by Toyota because if the reported fixes do not work, then there could be a significant number of accidents/fatalities yet to come. I never had experienced this issue before.

I was on the highway going about 70mph. My exit was coming up on the right side so I put my foot on the brake to slow down. However the brake stuck and the vehicle wouldn't slow down, it kept going. I had the cruise control on, and usually if I brake without first turning it off it slows down, but that didn't happen. So I turned the cruise control off but nothing happened. My car kept going. I pushed down on the brake, but that made the car accelerate even more. I checked to make sure the pedal wasn't stuck, it wasn't, but I knew that wasn't the problem because my car was accelerating when I was hitting the brake. Luckily there was no one in front of me because I was going over 110mph. I sped at this speed for quite a ways maybe 3/4 of a mile. I thought I was going to die and had my phone in my had to call 911. I kept pushing on the brake since I didn't know what else to do (this of course made me go faster and faster). The brake wouldn't go down though. I didn't understand what was happening. It was like stuck? finally I heard my accelerate pop. And the car started to decelerate.

2010 Toyota Corolla. Consumer writes regarding problems with cruise control the consumer stated during the first few months when the cruise control was activated and set at 60 and 70 mph, the vehicle would surge . She immediately shut off the cruise control to stop the acceleration. The unexplained acceleration not only happened when gong up small hills, but it also happened once on a level highway. The consumer stated the speedometer rose above the cruise control speed setting.

The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. The contact was driving with the cruise control set when the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact stated the failure had occurred twice prior to the most recent failure. The dealer advised that the ecm was defective and would need replacing. The vehicle was left with the dealer where the contact was awaiting repairs. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileage was approximately 1,600.

Driving 2010 Toyota Corolla manual trans on interstate on 8/2/10 at 2:30 p. M. Had cruise control on going 70 mph. Engaged clutch, shifted to neutral and braked in preparation to stop for traffic jam ahead. Brake did not engage and vehicle continued at 70 mph without touching accelerator. Continued attempts to brake, downshift, turn off cruise control with no decrease in speed. Initially unable to downshift but then did get into lower gear but with no resulting decrease in speed, nor did the engine make any noise indicating that I had downshifted. I was able to get onto shoulder where I continued to go 70 mph. I then got off at an exit that had an incline. Part way up the hill felt something disengage and the car slowed- not just due to the incline I think. I was then able to put on emergency brake and the car stopped. After several minutes I tried the brakes again and they worked. I did not reengage the cruise control after this. Please note that this occurred after I had taken the car in for both Toyota recommended recalls regarding the floor mats and putting a modification in the gas pedal. When I went in for recalls I asked about placement of a computer brake override system and was first told that fix was not yet available, then told it was not relevant to my car, and, after the above event told again that Toyota did not yet have the technology available to do this fix on Corollas. The dealership have thus far been unpleasant and suggesting that I might not be telling the truth.

When set on cruise control and going uphill the car accelerates excessively to more than 5 mph over set speed limit.

The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. While driving at speeds of 70 mph with the cruise control activated, the vehicle accelerated up to speeds of 86 mph. She was able to decrease speed by deactivating the cruise control and applying the brakes. The failure occurred twice; however, the contact assumed it was caused by driver error. The contact confirmed that she had previously received recall repairs under NHTSA campaign id numbers 10v017000 and 10v023000 (vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal) and had never experienced incidents of unintended acceleration before the repairs were made. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure. The current and the failure mileages were 11,850.

The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. While the contact was driving 60 mph using the cruise control the vehicle suddenly accelerated from 60 mph to 70 mph without warning, in order to stop the acceleration the contact had to deactivate the cruise control. The contact also noticed that whenever she applied the brakes they hesitate to engage increasing the stopping distance. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership and there were no prior warnings, the current and failure mileages were 2000. Updated 4/5/10.

Our 2010 Corolla had a sudden acceleration problem while driving on the highway. The car was put on cruise control and shortly there after, suddenly accelerated to a frightening speed. The brake thankfully worked. We haven't used cruise control since. This was terrifying. The date is an approximation. We reported it to our dealer and they just dismissed it.