Three problems related to car accelerates on its own have been reported for the 1998 Toyota Sienna. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
On August 25, 2010, I was taking my grandchildren to rainbow station daycare in our Toyota sports van Sienna xle, 1998. Warrenton Toyota dealer in virginia performed a full 100,000-mile service on van on July 10, 2010. I turned into the parking lot of the day care at a speed of 5 mph with my foot on the brake. While I was about to park the car, there was unintended sudden acceleration of the car and car went from parking lot to sidewalk and began going towards the office of the daycare. I turned the steering to the right as far as I could in order to get away from the entrance of the daycare and the lobby (both have a glass wall) and was trying to get back to the parking lot the car would not stop. I tried to push the brake as hard as I could but the car would not stop instead it left car tire track marks on the sidewalk and the front lawn of the daycare. The car finally hit the brick wall and stopped. Fortunately the grandchildren were safe. My right hand wrist bone (radius) was broken. I had to undergo surgery. Our car was totaled and is beyond repair. Toyota is trying to find out he cause of accident.
The contact owns a 1998 Toyota Sienna. While attempting to start the vehicle, it suddenly accelerated and the engine continued running. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where the contact was informed that the failure could not be duplicated. The current and failure mileages were approximately 100,000. The consumer stated when the vehicle was first started after sitting overnight, the engine would rev high even though the gear was in park. The consumer stated he then removed the key from the ignition. However, the vehicle would continue running. Updated 06/22/10.
My daughter was driving a Toyota Sienna, supervised by my wife. At a traffic light waiting to make a left turn, the van accelerated onto oncoming traffic causing a head-on collision. The van was totalled and the air bags deployed. No one was hurt but the oncoming car was also a Toyota, speeding through the traffic. I asked that both vehicles be inspected for sudden acceleration. However, the insurance company and police found it easier to blame the accident on my daughter than investigate the vehicles.
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