One problem related to car throttle stuck has been reported for the 2009 Toyota Tacoma. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Toyota Tacoma based on all problems reported for the 2009 Tacoma.
On Tuesday, November 3, 2009, I was coming out of a stop light and the throttle went to full open and stuck. (2009 Tacoma - just a year old) I am a conservative driver and do not gun the engine. I was pulling into the intersection gradually and hadn't even let the clutch out all the way yet to shift out of first when the throttle when to full. (thank goodness I have a standard!) I babied the clutch to give me just enough gas to move through the intersection and stop on the other side. I turned off the truck and when I turned it back on, it was fine. The engine smelled awful! I checked the floor mat when I stopped because I know it can cause problems and I had a non-conforming mat, so I keep an eye on it, but the mat wasn't the problem. Also, I never had the accelerator down very far at all when the throttle opened up, so I don't see how the mat could cause the throttle to open full, stick yes, but open full by itself? I drove it the rest of the way to work (less than 2 miles) and the smell blew away and all seemed ok. I had it in the shop today and they could find nothing wrong and told me to remove the mats. Fine, I can do that, but meanwhile it makes me nervous that it could happen again. The service department representative agreed with me that he didn't see how the mats could have caused the problem I did not know about this being a general problem and in the news right now (I don't watch tv and if I miss the npr story or it isn't front page, I may not hear things). When I found out others were having the problem, I thought I should write about mine.