Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2015 Toyota Highlander

Two problems related to car accelerates on its own have been reported for the 2015 Toyota Highlander. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2015 Toyota Highlander based on all problems reported for the 2015 Highlander.

1 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 04/16/2019

As I was pulling into a parking space and applying the brakes, the car unexpectedly accelerated and hit the building wall. Since I was puzzled by what happened, I read several articles about Toyota automobiles doing just this same thing. Most of the articles covered Toyota automobiles older than mine, I did find several recent reports, including two that involved 2015 Highlander models just like mine. I plan to also notify the manufacturer, Toyota.

2 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 04/04/2018

I was involved in an accident that I believe was caused by sudden unintended acceleration (sua). I was pulling into a diagonal parking space on a city street, proceeding at a very slow speed, when there was a sudden surge in acceleration accompanied by a grinding sound. I hit the brake to no effect, and the vehicle jumped the curb and hit a pole (not connected to anything). The air bags did not deploy, and we were shaken up but not injured. The car was not drivable and was towed to a body shop.


Other Vehicle Speed Control related problems of the 2015 Toyota Highlander

Cruise Control problems
3
Vehicle Speed Control problems
3
Car Accelerates On Its Own problems
2


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