Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Toyota Land Cruiser

Throttle accelerates on its own when cold. This especially happens when vehicle has not fully warmed up in weather below freezing. I will let off the throttle and vehicle will continue to accelerate for several seconds before seemingly getting unstuck. There is no issue with throttle cable, and throttle body has been cleaned since the onset, which changed nothing.

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Car accelerated to about 25 mph and struck a telephone pole. Drivers fault. The indent from the damage of hitting a pole that did not move was 12 to 18 inches directly in the middle of the bumper. No air bags deplolyed.

I recently purchased a 2002 landcruiser from a Toyota dealer in greensboro nc. While driving on the highway going about 60 mph, the vehicles suddenly stopped responding to the gas pedal. . . The engine was still on but the car was no longer getting power. We had to pull over, stop the car. I then restarted the car. . . The engine light came on, but he car was responsive and I drove it to the dealership. They said it was the throttle housing that needed a cleaning. The issue seems similar to the recent Lexus recall . We had the opportunity to pull over but it was frightening nonetheless. Thank you for looking into it. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Land Cruiser. Upon starting the vehicle, there was an unusual increase in engine rpms. The engine was louder than normal and the contact immediately shut off the engine. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for further inspection. The contact confirmed that there were previous instances where the vehicle abnormally accelerated without driver intent. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The failure mileage was 1,200 and the current mileage was 3,000.

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The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Land Cruiser. While driving approximately 65 mph, the vehicle suddenly surged forward. The vehicle would not stop until the contact applied great pressure to the brakes and pulled the accelerator pedal up with his foot. The failure occurred twice. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the floor mats were the cause of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 6,000 and the current mileage was approximately 40,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Land Cruiser. While driving approximately 10 mph, the vehicle accelerated to 40 mph crashing into her spouse who sustained a broken leg. The vehicle was not insured when the crash occurred. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was unknown.

Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6). Perhaps this could shed some light on your discussions regarding the problem with the failure so many people are having with their various Toyotas. Acceleration issues emerged with my 2000 model Toyota-- [xxx] in 2000, I bought a new Toyota Land Cruiser. At around 45,000 miles (still under manufacturer?s warranty) or around the end of the year 2003, I began to experience issues with my Land Cruiser not accelerating?even though the engine was still running, and I was still driving. After turning the engine off and waiting for about 20 minutes, I turned my engine back on and my cruiser was working again. I began to experience this problem consistently, but sporadically over the next 4 years. I never knew when my car would stop accelerating while I was driving. No matter how hard I pressed on the accelerator, the car would not advance forward, even though the engine continued to run. I immediately took my cruiser to the closest Toyota dealership. I described my problem to the service advisor, mr. Brian murphy, and my vehicle was assigned to the master mechanic rohan to evaluate. Rohan kept my vehicle for about two weeks before being able to duplicate the problem and agreed it was a very dangerous problem. Rohan explained to me that when I press my foot on the gas pedal, a sensor controls the acceleration function, and that my sensor was bad, and he had to replace it. The sensor issue was never resolved, and over the course of the next several years, I continued to have this problem with the car losing acceleration? during driving. Rohan continued to try to address the issue? but nothing he did ever resolved the problem. In may 2007, my son [xxx] drove the Land Cruiser a short distance to school . The Land Cruiser lost acceleration while [xxx] was driving and he couldn't control the car and hit an oak tree and totaled the vehicle. Had he been able to accelerate, he could have controlled the car.

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The contact stated while driving, the vehicle stopped. The engine was still running but the vehicle would not go anywhere. The vehicle was towed to the dealership, and they found there was throttle body failure. The throttle body was replaced, and there have been no further problems. Updated 01/11/06.

Driving on highway in early December 2004, 60 mph and car went completely out of control as if a front tire had blown. This happened again 3 days later, under the same conditions. Thoughts were that the automatic traction control system was kicking on (for not apparent reason) due to a wiring/computer malfunction. This malfunction has occured at least 15-20 times with us on the highway - we have the car parked, except to take it back and forth to the dealership, who cannot seem to duplicate the problem. Dealership had it 4 days the first time and 2-3 weeks the second and third times. Took it to local mechanic who duplicated problem within the first 15 miles of driving the vehicle (which is a 2002 Toyota landcruiser). Nothing has been done by the dealership, as they claim they can't "duplicate customer's request". Manufacturer took claim but has done nothing. Local mechanic noted on his work order that this problem may not be fixable and that vehicle is very dangerous and is going to kill someone under the right conditions. He also "diagnosed" problem, as in fact, being a malfunction in the automatic traction control system" and the left front wheel is having the breaks applied (at high speeds, for no reason) and system comes on momentarily, sounding alarm and car swerves out of control.