Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2007 Toyota Tacoma

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. While driving 35 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning, causing her to crash into a tree. The vehicle continued to accelerate until the contact placed the vehicle into park. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure, nor was the vehicle diagnosed or repaired. The current and failure mileages were 41,000. Updated 11/03/2011.

While on a camping trip my 2007 Toyota Tacoma suffered a sudden unintended acceleration event. While applying the brakes and coming to a stop the Tacoma suddenly accelerated and flew over two good size boulders a cast iron fire pit and came to a rest after hitting a solid concrete picnic table. A report was filed with coho campground hosts acting as to go on file with the washington state forestry department. This even occurred at the wynoochee dam and reservoir located in the pacific northwest of washington state. The truck was remanded to Toyota of olympia washington and the insurance carrier was notified. The truck was due for the well documented Toyota floor mat, gas pedal and braking acceleration override modification. Now listen carefully here. . . The floor mats were heavy duty rubber non-Toyota brand mats. They were not impeding the gas pedal in any way shape or form. The truck accelerated instantly while braking and almost at a dead stop. Review of NHTSA findings on this issue are shocking. I did not hit the accelerator by mistake, there is a huge difference in the size, feel and consistency of these two incredibly different pedals. Many children and campers were present in this campground, the sheer luck that no one was killed is a matter of fate. The fact I am writing you from my living room and not a jail cell while being held for vehicular manslaughter is a miracle. This is not driver error, you have a bunch of 4 wheel time bombs out there traversing the nations highways. With over 30 years in technical electronic systems I assure you this truck accelerated from an almost dead stop while my right foot was on the gigantic break pedal, not the little tiny gas pedal. Hear me, believe me. . . . . End of story.

2007 Toyota Tacoma sua (sudden unintended acceleration) my incident started from a near standstill with my right foot firmly on the brake. As a formally trained observer and troubleshooter of aircraft electronic systems, it is my opinion that this vehicle delivered uninitiated stimulus to the electronic throttle control system. I am 100% positive about this finding as I personally experienced this failure with a clear mind and excellent vantage point. I was finally able to stop this vehicle after violent and aggressive braking was applied while contacting a cement picnic table. This finally occurred just short of a 267 foot cliff/hill pointing into a reservoir. This is my second entry into the NHTSA database concerning the unintended acceleration of a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. I have now been through the entire Toyota process and have had all recalls and investigations performed. Damage from the accident due to sua has been repaired. Toyota findings were conclusive. "could not duplicate". This means they do not have to do anything at all. I have to date engaged in extensive research of this phenomenon and I am shocked as to the findings recently announced by ray lahood and nasa that exonerates electronics as a possible issue. I have been supporting, maintaining and troubleshooting electronic problems since 1980 and consider myself a credible professional technician. This was definitely an electronic ghost in the machine.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated when the brakes were applied to stop the vehicle, the rpms increased excessively and the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for a diagnostic test. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 67,724.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while at a complete stop, the vehicle erroneously accelerated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure could not be replicated. The vehicle wa not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 35,000. Updated 02/11/lj the consumer traded the vehicle on December 18, 2013. Updated 02/14/14.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tacoma s45. The contact stated that while sitting idle and waiting with his foot on the brake pedal the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a pole. The driver did not sustain any injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and inspected by a manufacturers engineer who had not provided a response. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was approximately 71,900.

1. Stopping at red light. 2. Engine suddenly accelerated while my right foot was on the brake. I have felt it kind of jump in the past but this was the first time I can say with confidence that the engine revved on its on own beyond my control. 3. After trying to shift it to neutral and park, I cut off the engine and started it again; engine stilled revved beyond my control. I cut off the engine again, pumped the accelerator, and restarted. This time the engine started normal rpm. Plan to take it to local dealership to have diagnostics performed.

We were pulling into a covered carport, and there was a bbq grill and house addition in front of us. My husband applied the brakes to his 2007 Toyota Tacoma and the vehicle accelerated causing us to hit the grill/addition that was in front of us. He had both feet jammed on the brake pedal and the vehicle did not stop until after we hit the grill/addition. This is the last time it happened because the vehicle is still sitting at the scene of the accident, we are too scared to drive it. Toyota and the insurance company have been contacted. Toyota recorded the complaint, told me that someone would call back in one business day. . . That did not happen I had to call them back. After reaching a person in the second claim department, he then took my statement again and said that the case was being transferred yet again and that someone would contact me in 10-14 business days. After that contact they will set up an inspection of the vehicle and Toyota will issue a ruling 30 days after the inspection takes place. The gentleman said that he does not recommend that we fix the vehicle or drive it until the inspection takes place, but it is our choice. Well the dealership refuses to fix the vehicle until Toyota resolves the claim so our hands are tied. We are hoping that the vehicle gets repaired and that Toyota can guarantee that this will not happen again. But for now we are just waiting, and paying on a vehicle we cannot drive while they take their good old time to call us and set up an investigation. . . . Very frustrating. We received the recall floormat notice on or about the week of 8/30/2010 but were moving on 9/17 so decided to wait until after the move to schedule the appt. Needless to say that we didn't make it that far. I also feel it important to note that the floor mat is rubber has teeth on the back of it and was and is no where near the accelerator pedal. I do not believe that this is a floor mat issue I believe that this is a sudden acceleration issue.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. While the vehicle was at a complete stop, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and rear ended a vehicle in front. The vehicle continued to accelerate although the contact had his foot on the brake pedal. The contact called the dealership and was told that they would diagnose the problem and repair it. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were approximately 42,000.

2007 Toyota Tacoma - suddenly accelerated when approaching a traffic light. Would not stop when brakes were applied. After putting truck into neutral, brakes began to slow the truck enough to where the driver was able to put the truck into park and turn the truck off. Truck stopped before intersection; thankfully no accident or injuries occurred. Immediately called Toyota dealership where truck was purchased new in 2007. Since it was a Saturday afternoon (Feb 20, 2010, about 5pm), we were advised to bring truck to the service dept on Monday morning. Truck was inspected by service mechanics on mon, Feb 22, 2010. No problems were found. The mechanic "road tested the truck, could not duplicate any throttle problems. All scan tool data is normal. All throttle values are normal. Found nothing sticking or binding. No fault codes current or pending. No TSB found. Carpet mats are secure on their clips. Found no problems with the pedal. " we are still driving the vehicle because we have no other alternative. Toyota will not investigate further into the problem since there is no active recall notice on the Tacomas for sudden acceleration. This is the first time the problem occurred. It has not occurred again since Feb 20. Nothing was done to correct the problem.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tacoma which was purchased brank new in 2007. She stated while traveling at speeds under 25 mph and attempting to stop her vehicle in front of her home, the brakes would not operate and did not respond to her depressing the brake pedal. The vehicle proceeded to crash into a parked a vehicle. Later in the week, the contact received an interim recall letter from Toyota pertaining to unintended acceleration of her vehicle. She believed this was the cause of the crash. No repairs were made to the vehicle to date. The failure and current mileages were under 35,000.

On November 27, 2009, my boyfriend and I were driving my 2007 Toyota Tacoma home after attending a football game at auburn university. My boyfriend was driving and as he was accelerating to pass a semi, my Tacomas accelerator sucked to the floor, pushing my vehicle to dangerous speeds nearly causing us to rear-end the vehicle in front of us. He was unable to get the vehicle to stop using the brake and was unable to pry the accelerator up with the toe of his shoe. He resorted to putting the vehicle in neutral and turning it off. We were terrified, in heavy traffic and in a vehicle we no longer felt safe driving. Approximately an hour after the first incident, the truck suddenly accelerated again. As we were speeding up after being stopped at a red light, the vehicle surged pulling the accelerator away from my boyfriend's foot to the floor. He resorted, again, to putting the vehicle in neutral in order to stop it. We took the Tacoma to Toyota of dothan the next morning to determine what the problem was. The dealership kept the vehicle nearly a week to determine the problem. They reported that the floor mat must have been caught under the gas pedal. I know for a fact the mat was not under the accelerator. I had read reports prior to the incident where misplaced floor mats were causing the accelerator to hang and I had pulled the mat in my vehicle back into a secure location. I talked to my boyfriend; he reported that the mat was in its proper place when the incident occurred.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that when attempted to pull out of his driveway, the vehicle suddenly accelerated when he depressed the accelerator pedal. The ground was wet so the contact was unable to control the vehicle and it stopped in a ditch. The vehicle was destroyed but not inspected. The currrent and failure mileages were 70,429.

Driving my 2007 Toyota Tacoma (v6, 4-wd, automatic, access cab), I experienced sudden unintended acceleration as I was turning from w. Seventh avenue in eugene, oregon onto northbound interstate-105. I was traveling at a safe rate of speed (approx. 20 mph) as I made the turn from the surface street to the left-hand, curving, on-ramp which is the beginning of an elevated freeway structure. It was mid-morning and, although there had been some light rain overnight, the pavement was dry. About halfway through the curve the Tacoma inexplicably accelerated. The rear of the truck swung out to the left at which point it was moving sideways up the on-ramp. The front of the truck jumped the curb and the truck proceeded 20-30 feet sideways along the curb and eventually slid up a concrete wall where the curb transitions to the bridge rail of the elevated structure. Just short of the start of the actual bridge railing the front right wheel and fender struck a tree. At this point, the vehicle bounced back, continued to rotate to the left and came to a rest, straddling the transition wall, having turned 150-170 degrees. At this point I realized the motor was still racing and I switched the engine off. My foot was on the brake pedal. The air bags did not deploy. No one was injured, no other vehicles were involved. Police were called to provide traffic control while the vehicle was removed from the scene but no report was filed. I have lived within two-and-a-half miles of this intersection for more than 36 years. I have been through this intersection thousands of times as a private citizen and in my role as a transportation planner. I have been and am baffled by this incident. The collision damage was repaired. Other than that all parts are original. Original equipment Toyota floor mats had been removed previously.

I was pulling into a parking space when the 4 door Tacoma truck surged ahead hard enough to run over the curb before I got it stopped. I wasn't sure originally what happened but assumed that I must have pushed on the accelerator pedal as I was depressing the brake. But, after reading concerns about other Tacoma problems with sudden acceleration I am rethinking what happened. I am 56 years old with an excellent driving record. I hope Toyota takes this more seriously than it seems they have up to this point.

Sudden acceleration of my 2007 Tacoma, more then once when I came to a stop, the truck would suddenly accelerate, it happened at a stop just before my accident and a school bus was going though the intersection. When I got out of my truck at a public storage gate a minute latter and got back in and waited for the gate to open I suddenly had a unintended acceleration of my 2007 Toyota Tacoma, when I hit the break it went faster, I had to put it in park to stop the back wheels from spinning, the gate was totaled from my truck. I was not even driving and it took off on its own! I had Toyota inspect it and they could not find anything wrong, I have not had any accidents for 20 years, now my insurance rates are high, please investigate this, it is not a wrong peddle problem. It also happened once before and I had less then 5000 miles on the Tacoma, but the road was wet so I was not sure if it was the road. It was less then a year old when it happened again, and I was gone to take it to the dealer after I almost hit the school bus, but didn't get the chance. I had to stop at the storage place and that was where I ran into the gate. I since had a voluntary repo and gave it back, I would not drive it and feel safe again.

2007 Toyota Tacoma accelerating unexpectedly. Consumer stated that this defect caused him to lose control of the vehicle and crash. Consumer also states that there are multiple complaints of this problem. See also 10225651 the consumer was injured in the roll over. (lawyer wrote in on behalf of consumer).

In my Tacoma truck, after stopping at an urban intersection I depressed the gas pedal and the truck accelerated to a safe speed normally. I then removed my foot from the petal and the truck continued to accelerate reaching a very unsafe speed. I began to brake with all of my strength and finally got the truck to stop with the engine still running at some awesome rpm. I turned off the ignition and after waiting 5-10 min. Restarted the truck and it responded normally. This problem has not happened again probably because I drive very slowly, never accelerate rapidly. This malfunction occurred when the truck was new with only 250 mi. On the odometer. After three years I have only 2,500 mi. On the odometer so you can see how much I trust this Toyota !.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. The contact was driving approximately 10 mph in a parking lot. A sudden acceleration occurred unexpectedly, and pressure was applied to the brake pedal. The vehicle continued to accelerate. When the accelerator and brake pedal were depressed the vehicle came to a stop. The contact stated the brake and accelerator pedals were positioned extremely close together, 2 â½ inches apart which could possibly cause interference during application with a large foot. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and current mileages were 40,000.