Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Toyota Sienna - part 2

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.

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While parking our 2004 Toyota Sienna Mini van, taking my foot off the accelerator and stepping on the brake pad, the vehicle began to accelerate rapidly. The acceleration was so rapid that the tires squealed as if they were burning rubber. The vehicle stopped when it hit a parked car in front of me.

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9/26 approximately 4:30 p. M. 2006 Toyota Sienna suddenly accelerated in driveway as I was turning left into garage. I could not stop vehicle and it crashed into the garage. The only thing that stopped the vehicle from crashing through the garage was the back left wheel hitting the door frame and metal rail of the garage door opener, pulling it down onto the car. The entire left side of the vehicle was damaged along with the side of the garage. We bought the vehicle new and have had no previous mechanical problems with it. We contacted Toyota on 9/26, and 9/27. They gave us a case manager and case number and on 9/29 stated that a representative would be appointed to look at the vehicle in 10-14 days and it would take another 30 days for the inspection. They stated if the vehicle was moved, it might be considered "tampered with". We had to have our garage repaired, so had vehicle towed to a Toyota dealership on 10/1 with instructions not to start vehicle or do anything to it. Our car insurance adjuster would not give an estimate on the vehicle while it was lodged in the side of the garage and felt that it might incur additional damage when pulled out if the overhead door fell on it. Contractor was present at towing to remove overhead door and jack up door frame. $3,500 damage to garage. Car adjuster will do to dealership to give estimate on vehicle . I was the only occupant and was not hurt. We have been pulling in this garage since 1983 and with Mini-vans since 1987 and know how slowly you have to go - 4 to 5 miles an hour or slower to make the almost 90 degree turn. It suddenly accelerated as I turned. How do we get Toyota to expedite this? my husband and I have jobs in different communities and need our vehicle. We want them to examine, acknowledge problem, put on recall list and cover our expenses. We feel waiting 2 weeks for a representative to come and another 30 days for a determination is not a timely manner.

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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.

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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.

The contact owns a 2011 Toyota Sienna. While driving approximately 10 to 15 mph, the engine revved with an unintended acceleration. The contact applied pressure to the brake pedal and the vehicle came to a stop. The identical failure recurred. The authorized dealer was notified of the acceleration failure and an appointment was scheduled for diagnostic testing. The contact had concerns of the potential safety hazard. The failure mileage was 3,100. The VIN was unavailable.

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Toyota Sienna uncontrolled acceleration. I attempted to slow vehicle by pumping brakes which rendered them temporarily useless. Shifting into neutral didn't work. Then acceleration normalized and brakes regained function.

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Uncontrolled acceleration where depressing the brake pedal was "soft" and did not have any effect in stopping the vehicle. I was pulling into my garage and as I neared the point where I wanted to stop, I pressed on the brake pedal. This had no effect and the vehicle continued to accelerate. The vehicle proceeded through the other end of the garage. There is a drop from the floor of the garage to the ground on the back side of the garage. When the heavy front end of the 2010 Toyota Sienna went through the garage wall, it dropped to the ground and the vehicle was balanced like on a teeter-totter with 1 rear wheel in the air instead of on the garage floor. This position stopped the vehicle from continuing to move forward. I was unable to get out because the doors were locked and did not release when I tried to open the door. I called the local security force who came to my assistance. With the security force pulling on the door from the outside, I was able to get out through the rear passenger door. This has never happened before but the consequence was frightening even at the slow speed that I was going. I contacted my insurance company and though not finalized, it appears that they believe they would be able to repair the vehicle. Their repairs would be body work, painting, and a new front windshield. My concern is that these repairs may not address the root cause of the problem - that the brake pedal did not slow or stop the vehicle as intended.

I was pulling into a parking space in a shopping center parking lot when my 2005 Toyota Sienna suddenly accelerated and my van lurched forward into a tree. This has never happened before to me in this, or any other vehicle. As a result of the crash, my car was not drivable and had to be towed from the scene. I filed a police report, as well as a claim with my insurance carrier. I have since filed a complaint with Toyota, but have not yet heard from the inspector assigned to my case. Currently, the van is at a body shop awaiting inspection by the Toyota representative before anything else is done.

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This happen on may 3, 2010 around 9:50am . My wife , by herself, drive to the parking plaza in front of retail store, before it happens she has fully brake and stop , and waiting for other driver to full out of parking space. She slowly makes right turn to parking space, the car, Sienna 2010 van, suddenly accelerates to high speed and smashes to the front store, causing the damage the whole front store , luckily no body injury in the incident. I think something unusual happen to this car, I had contacted Toyota to further analysis of the car, right now the car is in dealership , awaiting for repair.

I was driving in the middle lane on a three lane road. I arrived at a traffic light and came to a complete stop. I was standing in a traffic light with my foot on the brake. Standing in the same traffic light, there were many cars in front of my vehicle and several cars behind my vehicle. Suddenly, I felt my vehicle was attempting to move and smelled burning rubber from the right front tire. At the same time my foot was still applied firmly to the brakes and my vehicle jumped with a great force colliding with the vehicle in front me, which caused another impact and a third impact. The point of impact on my vehicle was the right side of the front of the vehicle. The left front tire was only two weeks oldand the other three tires were approximately 12,000 miles. The two front air bags deployed and the vehicle was totaled. My daughter was in the front passenger seat and suffered a tiny fracture in the rip cage as a result of the airbag impact. This was the first time we had experienced a case of sudden acceleration.

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.

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Sienna. While driving approximately 5 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated crashing into the front of the contacts home. There was no police report taken. The contact didn't say if there were any injuries. The contact did not report any injuries. The current and failure mileages were approximately 30,000. Updated 05/18/10.

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We own a 2005 Toyota Sienna that has had an ongoing sudden acceleration problem since we bought the car new in 2005. The engine will suddenly accelerate when turning the car at lower speeds. This problem has been documented hundreds and hundreds of times, by Sienna owners on Siennaclub. Com (no longer in use) and on Siennachat. Com. The members on these sites have complained to Toyota for years about this problem. We have taken the car in for "reprogramming" but that did not fix the situation.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Sienna. While the contact was approaching a drive-through window at approximately 2 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning causing the contact to crash into the vehicle in front of him. In order to stop the vehicle from accelerating she had to turn the vehicle off. Two people were injured and a police report was filed. There were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 42600. Updated 5/6/10 updated 06/10/10.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Sienna. While the contact was driving 5 mph attempting to park into a parking space, the vehicle had suddenly accelerated without warning causing the contact to crash into a nearby gate. No one was injured and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the vehicle was operating normally. There were no prior warnings. The VIN was not available. The current and failure mileages were 12,500.

My 2006 Toyota Sienna is making this unintended acceleration even after I make a complete turn, or driving in a school zone. This is starting to get me worried since I am using this to transport my 5-year old daughter.

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The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Sienna. The contact was entering a parking garage at 20 mph when the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into the garage wall. The contact was uninjured. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the failure was unable to be duplicated. The dealer advised the contact that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. On a later date while entering a parking lot, the vehicle abnormally accelerated and crashed into a cement pole. The contact was uninjured and the vehicle was towed to a local garage. A police report was available. The manufacturer advised that an investigator would further inspect the vehicle for the cause of the failure. The contact was awaiting the results but the manufacturer advised that the investigation results would not be disclosed to her. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 19,000 and the current mileage was 22,000.

I was accelerating away from a traffic light, making a left turn from 1300 east onto ft. Union blvd, and the vehicle continued to accelerate rapidly even after I removed my foot from the accelerator. I promptly placed the transmission in neutral, braked rapidly, and narrowly avoided rear-ending the car in front of me. I could not tell if the gas pedal was stuck on the floor mats, but rearranged them quickly and the engine rpms quickly dropped to an idle speed. This was the only time this has occurred. Several days later, I took the car to the local Toyota dealer, larry miller of murray, ut. I spoke with the manager about the problem, he examined my car, informed me that it was not part of the recall, asserted that there had been no reports of issues with the 2004 Sienna, and that the pedal on my car was not of the type implicated in the recalls. He had me take the car to their service department for further inspection and testing. They did not find any failure codes present and no check lights were on. They test drove the car 10 miles, but were unable to replicate the problem. No parts were repaired nor replaced. No further action was taken by them.

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.

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.

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.

Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6) my 1999 Toyota Sienna, at times unintended accelerated. I was involved in an accident in 2002 with this problem. The van accelerated at I hit a pole. Occasionally it appears that still do the same at times. I take to the dealer one time and they did not se anything wrong. I am driving really carefully now keeping always two three car distance. Need assistance [xxx].

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When starting to accelerate from a stop at a light, my Toyota Sienna suddenly bolted forward as if a boulder had been dropped on the accelerator. I braked as hard as I could, but was only able to keep the speed down to about 40-45 mph. Eventually, it either it let up on its own, or I shifted into neutral and slowed, I am not sure which -- it happened so fast. I immediately got out of my car and looked to see if anything was on the accelerator, but there was nothing. I do have floor mats, but they are cut to avoid the pedals and in fact were not caught on the pedals. This is the one and only time it has happened. I reported it to Toyota but they informed me that Siennas do not have the part that is causing the sudden acceleration problem.

Toyota Sienna 2003 I was pulling into a parking space in a parking garage. I believe I had put the car in reverse to back up to straightened the car and I put my foot on the brake. The car suddenly shot forward full force and was stopped by a concrete and wire retaining wall. The engine died at impact. The car was not drivable and was towed. I was stunned. I went into the building and after a short time felt chest pain and shortness of breath. I went to the emergency room and was treated and released. I received a chest wall contusion, probably cracked rib(s), deep tissue contusion and a large bruise from the seat belt. I was given vicodin for pain. The car was towed to a Toyota dealership but the damage has not been estimated yet. I am aware that the problem of uncontrolled acceleration in Toyota Siennas has been reported to both this agency and Toyota before (NHTSA report #10265288). Why has this not been addressed or the vehicle recalled? are you waiting for another tragedy like the one previously reported on by the media? I could have been killed.

Toyota Sienna van appeared to have sudden acceleration problem when stopped at stop sign. Engine revved up as accelerator was about to be applied, so I had to apply brakes as car was making sudden movements. Quickly put car into neutral position.

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Toyota Sienna le 2004 suddenly accelerated while brake pedal was pressed on a parking. Car crashed into the wall because it was only a few feet in front of the vehicle.

Our 2009 Sienna may have had a sudden acceleration problem. When the car was put into reverse, a sudden acceleration sent it down our driveway. Situation: pulling into the carport, which involves a 90 degree turn at the top of a short (10m) steep narrow walled easement, the driver of the Sienna could not make the turn in one motion and was required to put the Sienna in reverse at which time the minivan suddenly accelerated, squealing its wheels. The result was a 5m careen down the driveway. The result was about $4,000 body damage, but no injury to the driver or my 2yr old daughter - although all were shaken. We have since got rid of the car - traded it for a 2010 highlander.

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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.

On October 17th, 2009, while pulling into the parking lot of mcdonald's, my van sudden accelerated as I entered the parking space, the motor was roaring. I would have been turning into my space, my foot would have been over the brake and I may have started to press the brake. When the vehicle surged forward, thinking my foot was on the gas, I immediately moved it further to the left and pressed the brake to the floor. I remember thinking this thing isn't slowing down one bit nor was it stopping, it felt possessed. It slammed into a heavy duty van, rocking it hard and doing considerable damage to our van. I did tell the officer at the scene that I must have had my foot on the gas, it was the only thing that made logical sense to me at the time. In replaying the events in my mind, I was sure my foot was over the brake, and that I didn't press anything hard until after the vehicle accelerated, after I moved my foot further to the left. I have since amended my report with the officer at the scene and my insurance company. The front-end damage on the van has been repaired. On November 17th a technical specialist from Toyota went over the van. They released the van back to us without telling us anything. My past history will show I am a safe driver and I do not panic easily.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Sienna. While driving at approximately 10 mph, the contact eased pressure off the accelerator pedal but the vehicle suddenly accelerated. He depressed the brake pedal to prevent the vehicle from crashing into another vehicle in front. The vehicle continued to accelerate until he turned off the ignition. When he restarted the vehicle, it seemed to function normally. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where he was informed that the problem was caused by the floor mat. The VIN was unavailable at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were unknown. Updated 06/25/10. Updated 06/29/10.

Attempted to accelerate to pass a large truck and vehicle started accelerating out of control. Tried to brake and that didn't work. Applied foot brake and that didn't work. Speed may have increased to approx 70-80 mph. Speedometer show approx 45 mph. Unable to steer vehicle. It was as if the motor had stopped and I had no power steering. After hitting 2-3 vehicles and then the right lane bridge wall the front tire and steering assembly bent inward nd that caused the van to stop. That god that noone was injured but something is seriously wrong. I've seen several complaints of sudden acceleration in Sienna vans and this need much attention.

I had a sudden acceleration experience in a 2004 Toyota Sienna van. I am filing this complaint because I am concerned that the recently announced Toyota recalls do not include the Sienna model. The incident occurred while I was parking my roommate's Sienna van. I pulled into a parking spot. Unhappy with the angle in which I was parked, I put the vehicle into reverse, backed up slowly then put the vehicle into drive and started to ease into the parking spot while straightening the wheel. As the vehicle moved forward, the engine suddenly made a loud roaring noise and leapt forward out of control, jumping a parking curb and up over the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. I placed both feet immediately on the brake but couldn't stop the vehicle. What stopped the vehicle was the brick wall of the restaurant. After the incident, we had the vehicle examined by a Toyota dealer who did diagnostic testing and could not determine a cause for the sudden acceleration. This event occurred prior to news reports of a possible problem with Toyota vehicles. When the Toyota problem became public last fall, I contacted Toyota and officially "registered" my experience with the Sienna van (Toyota reference #0911107062). I also called my Toyota dealer in my town (macomb IL) who admitted there was another Sienna van brought to him that also experienced a sudden acceleration after the one I was driving. My state farm insurance agent is also aware of that other Sienna experience. I am not seeking reimbursement but I am concerned that the Sienna model should also be considered for the pedal assembly recall. At the time, this Sienna had approximately 78,000 miles on it. Just for the record, I am a 2007 Toyota camry owner and have not had any issues with sudden acceleration in this vehicle (approximately 22,000 miles), thank you.

5 months ago my son was driving my car and it suddenly accelerated and he could not get the car to stop even when he put on the brake. When I got the car, I started the engine and it lunged forward, but I put the car in neutral and the engine just raced. I ultimately took the car to my mechanic and he took it somewhere else were they repaired the problem after two attempts. My car did not have any driver side floor mats in it.

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1. Toyota Sienna ce driver's door welded part (inside door) snap off causing loud thud sound when opening & closing the door. I found out in the internet that before there was a lot of complaints about it but Toyota did not order a recall & now they want me fix it in a shop at my own expense. 2. Sudden acceleration from idling during traffic cruising.