Speed Control Cable Problems of Toyota Highlander

The spiral cable in the steering wheel has caused the airbag light to come on, which means the airbags will not operate in the event of a crash. Also the horn and cruse control will not operate. These items are all associated with the spiral cable. Toyota customer service said they know of the spiral cable problem but do not have a fix for it now.

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The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated while driving at approximately 35mph, the accelerator cable disconnected causing the vehicle to accelerate. The contact mentioned that the brakes were engaged in to stop the vehicle from moving forward. The dealer stated that the wrong cable was placed in vehicle. The contact stated that the transmission became defective as a result of engaging the brakes while the vehicle was accelerating. The dealer and manufacturer were made aware of the problem. The failure mileage was 200,000.

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The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Highlander. The contact was driving 60 mph when the vehicle suddenly accelerated without any warning. The contact depressed the brake pedal but the vehicle failed to stop. The contact had to completely turn off the engine in order to get the vehicle to stop. The vehicle was towed to a dealer who diagnosed that the accelerator cable was stuck in the forward position and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 210,000.

On February, 18, 2011 at appproximately 1:30 p. M. I got into my 2004 Toyota Highlander, which was parked in a private parking lot at 1 meetinghouse rd. In chelmsford, MA. I turned the key on, started the car, and put the gear in reverse to back out of the parking space. As I touched the accelerator pedal with my right foot, the car accelerated uncontrollably at a speed that did not correspond with the pressure I had put on the pedal. I immediately put my foot on the brakes, but there was no response from the brake system. The steering wheel was turned to back out in a counterclockwise direction, and within no more than 4 seconds, the car crashed into a building approximately 20 feet from where the car was initially parked. The car was totally unresponsive to my efforts to brake subsequent to this sudden and inexplicable acceleration. I’m lucky I wasn’t killed, because my vehicle was totaled.

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Acceleration & DE-acceleration problem: when the vehicle is in forward motion, on a highway, and I press on the accelerator to rapidly speed up, there is an approximately one second time delay in the vehicles response to my request to accelerate. Frequently, this delay has almost caused an accident. On the occasions that I want to speed up to pass a vehicle, or to change lanes or to avoid a potentially serious situation, this delay is very startling. Because of the vehicles response delay, I then sometimes suddenly take my foot of the accelerator to cancel my accelerate request. However, the vehicle, after its initial acceleration delay, will then accelerate for just a moment even though I have now just taken my foot off the accelerator. In my almost 50 years of driving many vehicles, accelerators always responded instantly. That's because there was a linkage cable that mechanically connected the gas pedal to the carburetor. Now, in this Toyota, it is computer controlled. When I complained about this delay to my local Toyota dealer, they tested the vehicle and advised me that everything is operating normally. However, they explained to me that the acceleration is now computer controlled and the computer is operating as intended. I insisted that this was a design flaw and that the computer should not question my decision to accelerate when ==> I <== want to accelerate. I was advised that there is no fix for this and that this is how it is. I purchased this vehicle new from a Toyota dealer. This problem has always existed.

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2002 Toyota Highlander accelerator sticking in the full down position when passing another vehicle. First happened summer of 2008. Second time this happened August 13, 2009. Put on full brake and turned ignition key off. After vehicle stopped, about 5-10 seconds, pedal released. Service appointment with dealership August 18, 2009 to correct problem. Dealership could not find anything wrong with vehicle. Said it was the floor mat that made the accelerator stick in the open position. Don't think Toyota informed of this complaint. Since Toyota recall has taken place, I wanted to get my vehicle back in the dealership to correct my problem. Appointment made 2/09/10 at 10:30 with dealership. Dealership checked throttle body and throttle cable. Said all okay. Dealership continues to tell me rubber mat could catch pedal and cause problem. I disagree with this diagnosis. I asked dealership to please inform Toyota about this problem in my model since the recall is only correcting 2010 models. The only way I will try and pass another vehicle now, especially on mountain roads, is place the car in second gear and accelerate. I don't trust placing the pedal down to floorboard. I offer this as additional information regarding this dangerous problem. I hope Toyota will correct this situation in "all" models of their cars.

Dt: 2004 Toyota Highlander with hesitation problem. For example, when entering interstate and need to accelerate, it hesitates then quickly jolts. Taken to dealer who said there is nothing they can do. Explained vehicle has an electric throttle control and is not controlled by a throttle cable as part of federal emissions regulation, this makes changing gears a little longer to do since the throttle does not open all the way out .