Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2006 Toyota Tacoma

Accelerated by itself. Unintended acceleration. My wife was driving our 2006 4x4 Toyota Tacoma on a 55mph road with or 3 year old and 1 year old children on March 2017 at around 12:00 noon, when she started to decelerate to turn onto side road she depressed the brakes but they didn't work, she pressed harder and there was no change; then the truck accelerated on its own while she still only applied the brake pedal, the brakes finally worked and she was able to navigate the turn, yet much too fast. Overt the next two miles to our house on a 35mph road, she stopped the truck fine (once at a stop sign, and once at our mailbox). However, as she pulled into our garage she stepped on the brake pedal and again the brakes did not work, and the truck again accelerated on its own and hit a tool cabinet which hit the garage wall. Thankfully she and the kids were ok. The truck has a push-bar on the front and that was pushed into the front bumper and grill, the Tacoma's front bumper is concaved in the middle and the ends are broken from where the join the front fenders, the lower grill area also broke. I immediately called three different Toyota dealerships to explain what had happened and ask if there was a recall. Two claimed to never have heard of this, and one of those told me to make sure a floor mat wasn't in the way (which it wasn't). One service advisor stated that this was similar symptoms to a national recall that had been issued for other Toyota models, but not our Tacoma was not one of those. I took to the internet and instantly found thousands of similar complaints by Tacoma owners, and even verbiage that nhsta has had thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of similar complaints for this generation Tacoma. I tested the truck later in the day and it worked as it should, however it's clear that Toyota, and this Tacoma, have unintended acceleration issues.

Car at approximately 2 mph at indoor parking garage. My foot was not on the gas pedal when car accelerated suddenly. Turned ignition off and was able to stop car before impact with several other vehicles.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration causing the driver to loose control of the vehicle and make contact with a guard rail before crashing into a brick wall. During the incident, the vehicle sustained significant damage to the front end but the air bags did not deploy. The driver suffered an injury to the left eye. A police report was filed. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 110,000.

As I was rolling down hill and applying the brakes, the truck suddenly accelerated. As I pressed the brakes harder the anti-lock brakes activated and the truck continued to move forward for a short distance, almost into on coming traffic, while the engine could be heard loud as if the gas peddle was being pushed although the brakes were being applied only. Scary! uncontrollable forward movement and acceleration while braking.

Letter submitting a copy of letter he sent to the Toyota claims department for reimbursement of repair expenses to the used 2006 Toyota Tacoma he recently purchased; vehicle was in crash previous owner ignored two recalls on vehicle the consumer stated when he applied the brake, to stop a traffic light, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into the rear of a vehicle, that was already sitting at the light.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while stopped at a traffic light, the engine roared loudly as the tires began squealing. As the contact turned to see if there was something behind the vehicle, his foot haphazardly slipped off the brake pedal and the vehicle rapidly accelerated. As a result, the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The driver of the second vehicle was injured. The vehicle was not inspected to determine the cause of the failure. The failure recurred two months later. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 132,000.

Tl - the contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that immediately after starting the vehicle and while secured in park, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact mentioned that although the brakes were engaged the vehicle was able to accelerate to abnormally high speeds. The contact was unable to stop the vehicle and crashed into three different cement embankments in a parking lot. The contact sustained injuries to his spine. The vehicle was destroyed and a police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection of the acceleration failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 50,000. Kmj.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while at a complete stop, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact stated that the vehicle crashed into a gate although he had engaged the brakes. A police report was filed and the contact sustained bruising and a contusion to the chest. As a result, the contact was hospitalized to treat his injuries. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 39,525. Updated 04/06/lj the consumer stated Toyota inspected the vehicle on March 20, 2012, but has not made a decision. Repairs should be completed by April 4, 2012 updated 04/6/12.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated while parking his foot became stuck between the accelerator pedal and the floor mat; as a result the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a pole. A police report was filed and the driver did not sustained any injuries. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing nor was the manufacturer made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 67,000.

Tl - the contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while pulling in into a parking lot the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The vehicle was stopped when it impacted a house. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was contacted who stated that they would send someone to inspect the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 54,000. Pm.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for repair for recall 09v388000 (vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal). The dealer repaired the vehicle by shortening the pedal. After the contact picked the vehicle up, she was shifting from drive to park when the vehicle suddenly accelerated into the garage. The contact injured her back. There was no police report filed. The contact called the dealer in regards to the failure (what was discussed was unknown). The manufacturer had not been notified. The failure mileage was 64,703. Updated 1/25/11.

Hi, I have owned my 2006 Tacoma 4x4 trd auto v6 for almost 5 yrs, problem free, and have been a big skeptic of the sudden acceleration thing in the news till this morning, I was going to the post office around ten as usual to mail some packages, turned into parking lot of post office, pulled into a space facing away from post office thankfully, as I pulled in, foot on brake only, coming up to curb about to put into park and turn off key, suddenly the vehicle floored itself spinning the rear wheels, jumping front of vehicle over tall curb, taking out a shrub in the median, vehicle was headed towards some new Mini mall buildings 25 ft away, all the while as this started I was pressing on brakes hard, the vehicle didn't stop until I threw shifter into park and turned ignition off, immediately I saw that I was ok and nothing damaged, I started the truck and put in reverse and backed off the median into the space and parked, did my business, came back out, started up and drove home with no further problems, I have not contacted Toyota yet about the incident.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The contact came to a stop and when he took his foot off the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and the rpms increased to 7000. The contact shifted into neutral, pulled over and shut off the engine. However, the engine continued to run. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealership where the aftermarket floor mat was found to be the cause of the problem. The contact did not believe that the floor mat was the problem. The failure mileage was 112,714. The current mileage was 116,740.

When I was coasting to park my truck at my parking space outside of my house parking garage, my p/u truck suddenly accelerated very fast and the truck hit the fence and stopped. I remember clearly my sense that I pushed the brake while the car accelerating for a split second but do not remember if the engine was stopped after hitting the fence with steel pole. I somehow reversed back about 8 feet from the fence and stopped the engine. I came out of the car and checked if the accelerating pedal was depressed. It was not. I had experienced the truck engine racing a little fast as I tried to park at work in the mornings also. I felt something unusual but ignored the feeling, since my car was running high rpm since new. I remember that I asked about the high rpm to the salesman. He mentioned some new design feature that I could not understand. After this incident within 30 minutes I went to Toyota of plano and reported my incident, and then I went to my car/home insurance company (state farm insurance CO. ) to report the incident. My car was towed to Toyota of plano. I hope some one checks the engine electronics, not just mechanical problem of my car. This is very odd and dangerous. I asked myself about the state of my own mind and attitude at the moment but I was very normal. I am an electrical engineer and have driven the cars for last 50 years and have lived and parked at the same parking space for last 17 years. I have heard about the Toyota problems but not about my truck model. Updated 03/30/10.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. While coasting at approximately 5 mph in a parking lot the vehicle suddenly exhibited an unusual increase in engine rpms. The contacts foot was neither on the accelerator or brake pedal and the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. He instinctively placed the vehicle in neutral and abruptly depressed the brake pedal. He did not remove his foot from the brake pedal until the vehicle came to a stop. The dealer could not duplicate the failure and no repairs were made to the vehicle. The failure mileage was 19,200 and the current was 19,225.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while he was at a traffic light, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into the rear end the vehicle in front of him. He suppressed the brakes but the vehicle did not stop. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. He noted that in April 2008, he had issues with sudden acceleration but was able to control the vehicle. He contacted the manufacturer, was given a case number and was informed that someone would inspect it on January 26, 2010. The current mileage was approximately 55,250. The failure mileage was approximately 54,190. Updated 05/14/10.

2006 Tacoma has been in dealership on 3 different occasions for out of control sudden acceleration problems. The first event was in 2009, I was taking a friend home at approx. 11 pm when vehicle suddenly accelerated itself to maximum speed and we were fortunately able to avoid collision and vehicle rollover and bring vehicle to a stop. The second even happened on labor day weekend 2010. Vehicle was backing a trailer onto property with guidance of friend and sudden acceleration occurred. My friend had to jump out of harms way. The truck suddenly accelerated two more times on this day backing the truck back into the driveway. Toyota dealership towed the vehicle away. The vehicle had been modified on two recalls for sudden acceleration before the accidents on labor day weekend. The vehicle was kept by Toyota for 6 weeks and they said they could not duplicate the problem and said nothing was wrong with it. I have to pay for this vehicle, I drive it and I am scared to death to drive it because I don't know when it's going to happen again and possibly hurt or even kill myself or somebody else. This vehicle should not be on the road. I avoid and continue to avoid driving with any passengers including my wife and son. I have written testimonies from both the passenger and the person I almost run over.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 mph the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 65 mph. The contact was able to stop the vehicle by applying extreme pressure to the brake pedals. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor was it repaired. The dealer was contacted and advised him that the floor mat may have caused the failure. The driver changed the floor mats to a flatter version. The failure continued to occur on an intermittent basis for three years. The failure mileage was approximately 3,000.

My '06 Toyota Tacoma experienced unintended and sudden acceleration will entering i65 the truck fishtailed and did a 180 slamming into the concrete guard rail.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. While driving approximately 65 mph, the vehicle spontaneously accelerated to 100 mph without voluntary application of the accelerator pedal. When the failure occurred, the rpms abnormally increased and the braking system became inoperative. The contact had to depress the parking brake in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to a dealer because the technician could not duplicate the failure or locate any diagnostic error codes. The failure and current mileages were 65,000. 4/01/09 updated 04/06/09.

I was pulling out of a parking lot with my Toyota Tacoma when it suddenly accelerated to a high speed. I tried braking but I could not stop the truck. I finally cut the ignition off to stop the acceleration. It was night and had there been traffic I would of wrecked.

2006 Toyota Tacoma. 2006 and 2007 Toyota Tacoma with sudden acceleration. Consumer is asking that a formal investigation be issued for this problem on these vehicles. The consumer stated he experienced sudden acceleration with his vehicle. See also 10214130.

The vehicle experienced two spontaneous and uncontrolled accelerations within about two hours. The first was on the highway. I turned into a pullout to allow a faster car to pass on a snow-slicked road. While turning back toward the highway at slow speed, about 5 mph, tapping on my brake pedal, the car suddenly accelerated and I was forced to stand on the brakes to keep it from running away. Because of the anti-skid brakes engaging, the car still made it 3-4 feet into the traffic lane before I was able to stop. The second incident occurred about an hour later when I arrived home. I was backing the truck down a curved, gravel driveway toward a tuck-under garage. The total distance to be traveled was about 30 feet. Easing down in the turn, I had traveled about 20 feet with my foot on the brake (idling power was all that was needed to back down at 1-2 mph; no gas was applied). The vehicle suddenly lurched backwards. Again, I had to stand on the brakes while the engine revved and the rear tires spun and threw gravel, digging 3-4 inches deep into the gravel surface, before I was able to turn off the engine. The following Monday, I took the truck to my Toyota dealer. They were unable to find any defect or recreate the problem, but said they were opening a case file with Toyota on the incidents and hoped to gain more information from the manufacturer. See also 10216086 consumer sent a letter with new information. Updated 7/2/08. Updated 07/02/08.

Several problems with lurching, sudden acceleration, and high idle. When stopped with foot squarely on the brake (and only the brake), there will be a sudden lurch that is often strong enough to overcome the brake, nearly causing several accidents with the car in front of me. Always seem to be pressing the brake hard to stop motion and stay stopped. When I let off the brake, the truck accelerates about 100 rpm before even touching the accelerator pedal, and begins moving significantly. When decelerating to a stop, have had several instances of sudden rpm and acceleration. This also occurs when gently pulling into my garage - the engine suddenly lurches, and has nearly caused me to damage my garage. Have had several instances where braking to stop, but the engine lurches greatly (several hundred rpm), I almost can't get the truck to stop, and has nearly caused several accidents. I have been fortunate so far, but afraid it won't last. All of this is worsened when the ac/compressor is running - the idle rpm increases about 300 rpm (way more than necessary), and also contributes to worsening the lurch. Sometimes it seems that the lurching occurs while down-shifting during deceleration. These problems happen to me regularly - and always occur when running the ac/compressor. Please address ASAP. Thanks.

Toyota Tacoma 2006 sudden and uncontrolled acceleration.

Approximately September 12, 2007, I was approaching a stoplight and applied the brake of my 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The vehicle began revving out of control and started moving forward. I stepped harder on the brake pedal as the vehicle began to inch forward - I had all my weight on the brake pedal. Knowing the truck was going to move, I turned the wheel to the right to avoid the stopped cars in front of me; however the truck clipped the passenger-side rear bumper of the car in front of me, pushing it into the car in front of it. The truck then shot off the road into the grassy area next to an interstate on-ramp, where I was able to push the shift into park - which is what made the truck stop and then it died. No injuries were incurred; however, the sudden acceleration could have sent me into interstate traffic. Though stopped at a light, I received a ticket for "following too closely" and our insurance paid out damages to two other vehicles. I have damage to my front bumper that has not yet been fixed. At that time, I had the 2006 Toyota Tacoma towed to old mill Toyota to assess what had occurred; they stated they could find nothing wrong with the truck.

Ltr fwd on behalf of (al) her son who drives a 2006 Toyota Tacoma truck she purchased for his use has experienced sudden unintended acceleration as early as August 2007, reply attn. Bryan parker (envelope only) when the consumers son depressed the brake, the pedal went to the floor and it felt soft. After pumping the brakes and running off the road, he finally was able to get the truck stopped and shut it off. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, however they were unable to find any problems.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The contact was backing out of a parking space. The engine began to rev excessively high and crashed into a utility pole. The gear was then placed into the "drive" position. An unintended acceleration occurred without warning. The vehicle crashed into a parked trailer and pushed the trailer into another parked vehicle. The police was called to the scene. There were no personal injuries. The vehicle was towed to an auto body collision shop. The vehicle was repaired for the body damages. There was an investigation performed by the manufacturer. The cause of failure has not been determined. Updated 05/07/10 updated 06/03/bf updated 06/07/10 updated 06/22/10 resend 06/24/lj updated 06/24/10 updated 07/19/10 updated 07/21/10. Updated 8/9/10 Toyota's field technical specialist found no mechanical defects. Updated 08/17/10.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while the vehicle was coming to a stop, an odd noise was heard coming from the driveshaft. The contact also stated that acceleration suddenly increased up to 7 mph higher than what the speed control was set to. In addition, when the wind shifted the vehicle, the front stabilizer bar rubbed against the tires and caused a loud noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated there was no failure with the vehicle. The dealer gave him another vehicle to test drive and stated if that vehicle has the same issue then that was the design of all of the vehicles. The contact test drove the vehicle and experienced the same failure. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 102,000. Updated 03/07/lj the consumer the driveshaft was replaced. . The failure felt like the vehicle was rear-ended by another vehicle.

S10 appropriate handling re Toyota throttle control problem fm owner of a 2006 Toyota Tacoma truck. The consumer stated twice within the past year, he experienced sudden acceleration. In both instances, his foot was on the brake and he was moving less that 5 mph. Both times, the vehicle surged forward as the abs activated, and the front of the vehicle impacted the garage wall. The consumer believed the problem involved the electronic control system that activated and operated the abs and throttle. He noticed that the abs tends to activate too often and too early, even in dry conditions.