general problems of the 2006 Toyota Scion Tc

While driving down the highway on the way to work the car suddenly went into idle. The car would not accelerate making it difficult to get it out of the way, luckily I was on the road in the early morning when traffic was sparse. Upon consulting my local Toyota dealer they stated it is the throttle body which is common in this motor. I have found that I am not the only person to have this issue and really think it should be investigated as this is an extreme safety issue and a recall should be issued.

Vincent butto (20) of magnolia, delaware was killed when he lost control of Toyota scion on January 15th, 2009. Preliminary investation by the delaware state police state vincent failed to stop going through an intersection, the car rolled over several times and that excessive speed was a factor in the accident.

In may 2007 I had a rear end accident with another car where my car would not stop when I put on the brake. The other car moved forward and my car still would not stop and hit it again. It finally stopped when I put it in park. It seemed to me the accelerator was overpowering the brake. It happened on two other occasions. I have taken it to the Toyota dealership twice for it to investigated, once after the accident and again last year. They could not duplicate it and told me the car uses drive by wire technology and it was impossible for what I am experiencing to be occurring. Now the service manager will not even return my calls. Calls to Toyota customer relations were met with you need to call scion customer relations and when they transfer me the call disconnects. I own a 2006 Scion Tc. I took the drs. Side floor mat out last summer and now with all the press and Toyota saying there is nothing wrong with my car I am afraid to drive it. I owe more than it is worth, so I am finding difficulty in even replacing it.

Apr 4, 2007 4:06 am us/pacific 3 killed in single-car crash in whittier, California three people were killed when a car lost control in whittier and slammed into a tree. Police said Wednesday that the victims of a solo-vehicle crash in whittier that left three people dead and two others hospitalized ranged in age from 18 to their early 20s. The crash occurred about 7 p. M. Tuesday on colima road north of Mar vista street, whittier police officer diana salazar said. Jennifer unzueta, albert velasquez and josh gutierrez were killed, salazar said. Unzueta was an 18-year-old whittier resident; velasquez, 19, was from whittier; and gutierrez was a 19-year-old pico rivera resident, according to the coroner's office. The driver, an 18-year-old woman identified as xenia guerra, remained hospitalized in stable condition at uci medical center, salazar said. Hector saenz, in his early 20s, was airlifted to county-usc medical center, and was hospitalized in stable condition, salazar said. Guerra, who had four passengers in the Toyota scion, told police she lost control of the compact car. There were no witnesses, but salazar said the Toyota was coming down a hill from a wilderness area when the accident occurred. It was not clear what caused the crash, but drivers often come down the hill at dangerously high speeds, salazar said. The scene was cleared around 3:10 a. M. Wednesday, whittier police sgt. A. Ruiz said.