Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2008 Toyota Sienna

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that while driving approximately 1 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and caused the contact to crash into a tree without warning. The contact stated that the brakes were depressed but failed to stop the vehicle. Also, the contact mentioned that the failure recurred on two other occasions. The contact was not taken to a hospital and there were no injuries reported. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic but there was no diagnostic performed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 146,000. The VIN was not available.

Just notified of sudden acceleration. Hindsight - starting fall 2012 remote starter died,no warmup,my boyfriend and I experienced engine racing when van was cold multiple times,only way to stop it was hand control brake,foot brake was not enough. Planned to have checked but Dec. 1 2012 at the tanger outlet mall in canonsburg PA. I am paraplegic,my minivan is modified with foldout ramp- passenger side sliding door for wheelchair and then I transfer into the drivers seat. All the van handicapped parking spaces were filled but it was early so I parked in a regular space with an empty space next to it so I could get out. Few van accessible handicapped spaces is common so I used regular spots before as long as someone was with me who could back the van up far enough for the ramp to deploy. When my mother,my sister-in-law,my friend,and I returned to the vehicle a pickup truck was parked next to us. My sister-in-law got in the vehicle to back it up so the ramp had room to come out as she had done often. We stood behind the pickup truck waiting for her to back up. All of a sudden the vehicle flew backward so fast that before we could yell stop my vehicle had slammed into the SUV parked across the aisle so hard that it pushed the SUV into the car parked in front of it in the next row. My sister-in-law was completely shocked as were we, it was so fast it was almost like watching a cartoon. My sister-in-law kept saying "I don't know what happened", she thought all she did was put her foot on the brake and put it in gear. Not knowing about sudden acceleration in Sienna's all any of us could think was her foot had slipped even though she has been driving for 25 years without a similar incident she couldn't understand how it could happen, was sure it didn't. The police were called and a report filed. Because one of the welds from modification was broken my vehicle was totaled.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated while the brake was depressed and caused the contact to crash into the rear of another vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to have a diagnostic performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 59,687. . . Updated 12/11/12 the consumer stated the dealer was notified. The dealer directed the consumer to a local body shop to have the vehicle diagnosed. There were no failures found in the brakes but the mechanic did notice something unusual. The vehicle was taken for repairs. Updated 12/13/2012.

Making left turn into parking spot. The car was going very slowly then all of a sudden the vehicle exhibited an unintended acceleration. Vehicle was abruptly steered in opposite direction to avoid collision with car parked in front and applied brakes aggressively. Incident happened in elementary school parking lot. Fortunately, no one was in the immediate vicinity. Vehicle taken to Toyota dealer and was unable to find problem or replicate it.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that while traveling approximately 6 mph, the contact experienced erroneous acceleration due to simultaneously depressing the brake and accelerator pedals. The contact crashed into a curb before the vehicle was brought to a stop. There were no injuries. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the pedals could not be adjusted. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact was stopped in a parking space when the brakes were depressed and the vehicle accelerated to approximately 25 mph. The vehicle crashed through the parking sign and into a tree. The contact continued to depress the brakes and shifted into reverse. The vehicle then reversed and crashed into another tree. After the contact activated the emergency brake, the vehicle came to a complete stop. The child in the rear passenger seat sustained bruises to the neck and shoulders. The contact sustained neck and shoulder injuries, and bruises to the right leg. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The technician stated that the floor mat could have possibly caused the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact that an inspector would be sent to inspect the vehicle to determine the cause of the unintended acceleration failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that while attempting to park, the vehicle it suddenly accelerated forward. The contact applied the brakes abruptly and was able to stop the vehicle from moving any further. On a separate occasion while driving 20 mph, the vehicle accelerated independently and caused the contact to crash through a fence, causing damages to the vehicle front end. There were no injuries. The contact called the dealer but no action was taken. The contact believed the vehicle was extremely unsafe to drive. The failure mileage was 25,000.

Pulling 2008 totally Sienna into parking spot. As I was turning my steering wheel towards the left into the parking space, the van suddenly accelerated forward at a high speed and crashed into a car parked adjacent to the space I was attempting to park in. Witnesses observed the event. After appropriate reports were taken, the van was taken to a Toyota dealer where I was told that my vehicle was not involved in the recall. I believe that my car make and model were just entered into a database. Not sure a mechanic even inspected the accelerator.

Vehicle traveling 35mph on a level street. Warm,dry,windy,cloudy afternoon. Sudden acceleration! brief (1-2 seconds) ended before I could depress the brake. No damage,collision or injury occurred. Just startled. Checked for floor mat or other visible obstruction/ impedance, none apparent. This was the first time I was sure of the occurrence. There have been a variety of what appear to be electrical /electronic "glitches" : ac green light on button comes on by itself, summer or winter and sometimes I can not get it to turn off. Seatbelt light sometimes comes on when they are properly in use. (and nothing heavy resting on the seats) also airbag light sometimes. Service light remains on sometimes after oil change service. Brake highly sensitive gas pedal very touchy, especially from stop,ie at light. Hard to not spin wheels on starting. (especially when pavement wet, even on level st. ). Fortunately, having lived in snow territory, I know the importance of slow starts and stops when possible. I have not checked any sites to see if Sienna 2008 has any problems listed yet.

Toyota Sienna 2008 model. Halted to make a turn in a parking lot, less than 5-10mph. Suddenly accelerated and hit another vehicle eventhough I was pressing hard on the brake pedal. Not mentioned in the recent vehicle recall by Toyota.

A Toyota Sienna 2008 was turning slowly on a curve and then it suddenly accelerated very fast and went through a fence hitting a wall. The airbags opened up as well.

This is a follow up to my 2/4/2010 report (odi #10305864) about my 2008 Toyota Sienna. Ever since I bought it new in fall 2008, there is noticeable momentary unintended acceleration briefly whenever I press the brake pedal at speeds of about 30-40 mph. Then the brake takes hold. I had not given my VIN #. This time I will do that. (this is an ongoing problem that Toyota service says is normal, due to the nature of Sienna's transmission).

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated while driving, the rpms increased and the vehicle lunged forward. The failure was intermittent; however, in may 2011, the contact applied the brakes but the vehicle suddenly accelerated. She shifted into neutral and turned the vehicle off in order to stop the vehicle. The same failure occurred 45 minutes later. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer but the dealer could not find anything wrong. The contact called the manufacturer regarding the failure; however, they offered no assistance. The current mileage was approximately 45,000. The failure mileage was 16.