Car Throttle Stuck Problems of Toyota RAV4

I was on the freeway and entering a freeway ramp to another freeway in a turn and I let my foot off the gas and the throttle stuck and actually my car began to speed up on its own! my foot was not the gas at the time I let it for a sec and than it was like I slammed on the gas going into the turn on the ramp it scared the hell out of me its the first something like that happen to me. It sped up from 65 to around 68 and than it was off to the races so I hit gas pedal and than the breaks and it started to slow down I was at the turn of the ramp witch didnt help it was really bad for a second I was like what the hell and when I noticed I made sure my foot was not on the gas and than it accelerated even more!!!.

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The throttle stuck on the car. I could not stop the car and it went over a 10 foot fall and crashed to the ground. It was a very scary ride. I tried every way to stop the car but could not . I had my foot on the brake the entire time of the unintended event. I am still very sore three weeks later and have some spinal sprain and wrist sprain, cervical sprain and both knees bruised both knees. The car was taken to a collision center for repairs after I consulted my insurance company.

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With the vehicle in park and the brake pedal depressed, the engine reved immediately to around 6000 rpm when started. I turned off the engine without shifting out of park, got out of the car, and visually checked the floormat. It was not touching the throttle pedal and the throttle pedal did not appear to be depressed. After approximately 1 minute I started the engine a second time and the same thing occurred. I then waited approximately 5 minutes, pumped the throttle pedal several times, then started the vehicle a third time. This time the vehicle started normally (engine idling). I then drove home without further reving issues and have not had any reoccurence since the incident date. I took the vehicle to a local Toyota dealership for service the next day and was told that it was a floormat issue, and my driverside floormat was removed by the dealership. I disagree with this assessment. It is important to note that before I had the reving issue upon starting the vehicle, my last interaction with the vehicle was to have my foot completely off the gas pedal as I was steering the car into a parking space, when I was using only the brake pedal to moderate my speed, with no throttle pedal pressure being applied by me, and with the engine idling, as is normal. Do not see how this could be a residual stuck throttle pedal issue when I returned to my automoble and started the engine to drive away. The only other factor which may (or may not) be relevent was that when I turned the engine off after parking, I did not first turn the radio off, which I usually do. I believe I was tuned to a satellite station at that time (xm).

When the news came out regarding the acceleration problems with the Toyotas, I recalled having a similar program with my 2000 rav 4. On July 8,2002 I experienced an acceleration problem while on my way to work. I was going around 55 mph on freeway, when suddenly my car started to accelerate on its own. Despite applying the brakes, the car continued to accelerate to about 70mph from 55mph. I tried putting my foot under the throttle to pull it up without success, I also tried pushing back on the mat, thinking the matt was in the way, but the matt was not stuck up against the throttle. I also put on my flashers to try and warn other drivers that I was having a problem. I kept thinking, "with a gas tank half full, I would need to try and drive to seattle in order for the gas to run out, which would then stop the car". Meanwhile, I continued to keep trying to push the throttle up with my foot and apply the brakes. After what seemed like an eternity, but was probably only a few minutes, because I drove pass my usual exit , the car stopped accelerating on its own and I had control of the car again. I don't know if my pushing under and up on the throttle did it. I took it to the Toyota dealer and they "did not find anything wrong with it". I still have the service invoice , which documents my problem. Naturally I was frightened by the whole situation and it took me awhile to feel comfortable driving the car again. However, I also haven't had any problems with the acceleration since. It seems though that Toyota's acceleration problem started way back. Maybe there are other older Rav4s out there that had the same problem. I tend to keep all my car invoices, so like I said I have the original invoice. Thank you.

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