general problems of the 1998 Toyota Tacoma

I started my truck and was slowly driving down a driveway, as I changed from 2nd gear to 3rd gear my vehicle acceleration went from 15mph to 67mph within just a few seconds and there was nothing that I could do but swerve to miss the vehicle in front of me. The engine roared out of control. As a swerved to miss the vehicle in front of me, I was forced into a ditch and the truck rolled over.

The contact owns a 1998 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated when driving the vehicle at any speed it would accelerate to over a 200rpm. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they replaced the sensor because of the throddle failure. The repair cost were over $600. The Toyota manufacturer was called and representative stated that they will call him back but no one called up until the time of the complaint . The failure was 200,000.

I have seen in the news, reports of '07 Toyota Tacomas accelerating unintentionally. I bought a used 1998 Tacoma about four years ago and I have experienced perhaps ten or more incidents of my engine running away to the point I have to put it neutral and kick the gas pedal to stop it. At least twice that has not worked , forcing me to turn off the engine. I notice it happens when I'm downshifting from third to second. I called Toyota two years ago and asked if they had heard of this problem from other owners. They said they had not. This is not so much a complaint as it is an fyi to you in case you're still looking into this. Other than that the truck has been very dependable. And since the problem is so intermittent, ( it hasn't happened in a year), I don't feel the need to get rid of it. But I can imagine in the right circumstances this could be a serious safety problem. Please let me know if you or Toyota is looking into this. Thank you, john t. Pope.

Throtel position sensor failed. Yh.

Throttle position sensor failed.

Vehicle experiencing hard acceleration. Nlm.

When the brakes were applied at 40mph on dry pavement, the vehicle accelerated, resulting in a collision. The dealer notified.

Throttle sensor failed. Yh.

Vehicle was at complete stop with air condtioner on, idle kicked in & lurched the vehicle forward. Took vehicle to dealer twice. The trottle sensor was replaced the first time. The second time consumer was informed by mechanic it was the normal operation of the vehicle.