Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2001 Toyota Prius

On two occasions, I experienced unintended acceleration in my 2001 Toyota Prius. The first time it happened, it happened I thought I might have pressed the accelerator by mistake. I had to slam on the brakes to stop the car. I didn't believe anyone would believe my story because of the Audi 5000 incidents. Then it happened again. Then Toyota began its recalls.

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Prius. While driving between 65-70 mph, the vehicle did not respond when the accelerator pedal was depressed. All of the instrument panel indicators illuminated and the engine suddenly stalled. The vehicle coasted to the side of the road and the engine failed to restart. While the gear shifter was placed in park, the vehicle accelerated unexpectedly and crashed into a guardrail. The driver sustained a whiplash and a police report was filed. The vehicle sustained severe damage and was towed to an authorized dealer. The vehicle was repaired for body structure damages. The technician performed diagnostic tests, but was unable to duplicate the failures. The vehicle was taken back to the authorized dealer on five separate occasions for identical failures, but there were no resolutions. The failure mileage was 42,000 and current mileage was 68,000.

A reader of the san diego union-trib wheels section responded to an article regarding unexpected acceleration from electronic throttles and the editor forwarded the letter to NHTSA. ** answer required***. While parking in a diagonal parking space the consumer's vehicle accelerated suddenly across a sidewalk and hit an electric box. This sudden acceleration problem happened again while the consumer was parking. That time not accident occurred.