Cruise Control problems of the 2006 Toyota Highlander

Today, another Lexus /Toyota has an acceleration problem which finally caused 4 deaths. Many of us have had similar experiences. You have 3 at least already listed in your complaints. 2006 Toyota Highlanders (3) just took off and drivers couldn't stop them (I am one) until the car hit something. Lexus too, made by Toyota. Please check into this. I wrote Toyota to explain that I did not put my foot on accelerator. I got a generic letter back, without help or explanation. We have a problem with these cars , someone needs to address these unexplained accelerations. . My car flew through the air with me screaming , trying to stop it. I hit headon into a cement side of an irrigation ditch. Passenger is still in rehab since March of this year. Is it just the mats, as the san diego press is suggesting with the death of the chp and his 3 family members? I think not. Something in one of the systems, codes, cruise control, computer or ??? please check these out. Toyota has kept quiet long enough. Farmers insurance is coding my accident as my fault, yet I have never had an accident and did not cause this one.

I accelerated to avoid a collision at low speed in an intersection. The car hesitated about 2 seconds after I pressed the gas pedal, then lurched forward, spinning the drive wheels. The length of delay or hesitation in response to accelerator input is frequently there, but is somewhat unpredictable, making stop-and-go traffic performance dangerous. Poor performance of the cruise control function is probably related to this defect. The car was returned to the dealer for service at 1500 miles. The dealer did a thorough check of the equipment and found no defective parts. Dealer states that there are no service bulletins for this problem, in spite of the fact that Toyota has acknowledged this problem and promised to fix it since December 2004. This is a serious problem. Had the pavement been wet, I could have lost control of the vehicle. Fortunately, in the incident described, the other driver was able to avoid a collision. Next time, I might not be so lucky.

Cruise control. If cruise is set at 70 mpg and you release it by the brake then try to resume the cruise after the vehicle has gone to 65 it will accelerate to 72 or 74 then drop to 70. I will not let this happen now by letting the speed get to whatever I had before, then resume to the original speed. I can duplicate this any time. The dealer said this was the way it now worked. My 1998 avalon does not do this when cruise is turned on.