Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2002 Toyota RAV4

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota rav 4. The contact stated the vehicle suddendly accelerated independently and immediately the check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician made the contact aware of an unknown manufacturer recall related to the transmission. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 84,000 and the current mileage was 84,329.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Rav4. While sitting idle, he depressed the accelerator pedal when there was an atypical sudden increase in engine rpms of up to 4,000. The vehicle then attempted to stall without warning, however suddenly the vehicle shifted gears and abnormally accelerated. The contact continued to depress the brake pedal in an attempt to decrease vehicle speed. He was able to stop the vehicle and the vehicle was taken to the dealer where they verified the electronic control module (ecm) was the cause of the unintended acceleration. The contact advised this was not the first time he encountered unintended acceleration in this vehicle. There were no repairs made to the vehicle. The failure mileage was 86,900 and the current was 87,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Rav4. While shifting the vehicle in drive the vehicle would not accelerate past 4 mph. Then without warning the vehicle began to rapidly accelerate. Eventually he was able to gain control of the vehicle. The vehicle was then taken to the Toyota dealer and the technician stated that the computer was overriding the transmission. A new computer was installed in the vehicle. All the repairs have been done under the owners expense. The failure has been reported to the office of consumers affairs and to Toyota. The failure mileage was 111000. The current mileage was 111400. Updated 02/18/10. Updated 03/04/10.

At 84,000 miles the car started surging for no reason, stalling while moving on the highway, and stalling while approaching intersections. Happened two to three times daily, causing a number near miss accidents, rear ends. Took it to the dealer who replaced the computer. This was very dangerous and easily could have caused an accident. The consumer stated he experienced sudden acceleration. Updated 07/26/10.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Rav4. While driving 25 mph on a local road the vehicle suddenly accelerated from 25 mph to 85 mph. She quickly made a left turn to avoid a collision and crashed into an island and a cement retaining wall. The insurance company didn't give her a report on what could have caused the failure to occur. The vehicle was destroyed. She broke her right ankle, and her lower back was injured. One of the passengers sustained a broken left hand and injuries to the neck. The other passenger received injuries to the neck. The police report information was not available. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and the current mileages were 60,000.