Accelerator Stuck Problems of Toyota Tacoma - part 1

Was at the beach on Feb. 13 th at around 11:00 pm and the gas pedal seemed stuck and couldn't get it stopped had to run it in sand bank.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated while driving 25 mph, a crash occurred. The contact stated that the floor mat caused the accelerator pedal to get stuck. The driver applied the brake pedal and the vehicle crashed into a tree. The driver and passenger sustained injuries. The vehicle was destroyed and the air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 55,000. Rvk.

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Gas pedal sticks. Notified Toyota 9/26/11 who stated there is no recall and they would not take care of the problem. Case number [xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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While driving my 2006 Tacoma double cab 4x4 automatic with 4x4 engaged and travelling 10 mph the truck suddenly lunged forward as the accelerator stuck causing the vehicle to crash into a building. I have no floormats and did not have my foot on the gas pedal. Dealer checked and said no problem could be found.

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2nd time a gas pedal stuck on my 2005 Toyota Tacoma truck leading to a 2nd collision with property damage to my truck & the car in front of me. Coming up to a red light with plenty of room to stop on a flat rd. There where skid marks from my truck and I had both feet on the brake and the engine increased inspeed. The dealer still does not have the parts to repair this problem even after my first accident in June of last year and again in July of this year. Toyota said they would turn it over to there legal dept. And the truck was to be inspected by a engineering firm from the west. The inspection firm was in a hurry to inspect the truck and called in July now they won't return my calls. This firm was hired by Toyota. Also during the repair it was found that the air bag had shorted out and did not deploy. If you have one of Toyota's trucks on the recall list be very careful and don't expect any help from the dealer or Toyota fixing the problem. As I said it is the 2nd time for both items to fail.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. While driving at 65 mph, the accelerator pedal became stuck in the open throttle position. The contact attempted to dislodge the pedal to no avail. She began to apply steady yet firm pressure to the brake pedal and the accelerator released itself as the vehicle decreased in speed. The dealer was testing the accelerator pedal for vibrations when the failure recurred. The manufacturer sent two investigators to further assess the failure. The accelerator pedal was replaced. The failure and current mileages were 100,000.

2009 Toyota Tacoma gas pedal stuck on freeway on our 16 year old son. We had taught him from seeing Toyota on the news to put it in neutral and get to the side of the road, which he did successfully. The truck was towed to thousand oaks Toyota, they stated nothing was wrong and asked for my son to "drive it with a technician and try to replicate the problem". We sold it back to them, lost $8500 dollars, the dealer was unhelpful and other imho rude and Toyota corporate 800 number didn't answer after 5 attempts and 3 hours on the phone. We are extremely upset about this.

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I received a recall notice from Toyota around September of last year. In this letter they said they would contact me about the accelerator problem with this vehicle. Now I am hearing about people with the accelerators sticking in the wide open position and other problems, so I don't know if I even want to drive this truck anymore. Should I park this truck until I hear from them? this is crazy.

The accelerator was stuck in our 2006 Toyota Tacoma on several occasions. Almost causing an accident each time. We do not feel safe driving it. We have removed the mats. Toyota isn't offering replacement mats to fix the problems for their mistake. Toyota also hasn't included my truck in this supposed voluntary recall.

This is a follow - up complaint. Stuck accelerator - again. Even after removing the floor mat. Has happened on average 2- 3 times a month. Car dealer does not know of a fix,, they can not replicate the situation that causes the malfunction. This problem is still ongoing and is my only means of transportation to work. An accident waiting to happen.

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The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Tacoma purchased brand new less than a year ago. She stated the driver was traveling at speeds of less than 20 mph approaching a parking garage when he released his foot from the accelerator pedal in an attempt to brake. The pedal became stuck in position causing the vehicle to accelerate at speeds of up to 70 mph. The contact attempted to depress the brakes, to no avail. He then reached down and forced the accelerator pedal back into the idle position by yanking it with tremendous force. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where they advised the vehicle was operating as it was designed and that although the floor mats were installed correctly, they should be removed. The contact did not feel this would remedy the fact that the accelerator pedal became stuck in the open throttle position without any interference from the floor mats. There were no repairs made to the vehicle to date. The failure and current mileages were approximatley 19,419. The VIN was not available.

Sunday after 2009 christmas, we went to church. As we pull into the church parking lot and getting ready to back in one of the parking lot and our car Toyota Tacoma accelerate all of sudden with rapid speed and slam into the rear bumper of another parked vehicle (Honda accord). No one was hurt but our Tacoma front bumper and Honda's rear bumper was damaged. After that our truck brake light remain blinking and we can hear some clicking noise. We called police and reported the incident. We also left a note for Honda's owner to call police for further claim to fix they bumper. The following Monday, we took our truck to nearest Toyota dealer (lakenorman Toyota dealer over huntersville, nc) to have them check on our truck. The technician had to adjust something with brake and he told us that, the accident was likely caused by brake or gas pedal being stuck. I requested him to put that in writing and he was not willing to do so. We requested statefarm claim adjuster to file the claim to Toyota's claim department and they sent letter.

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The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. While driving above 45 mph the vehicle began to rapidly accelerate and would not slow down. As a consequence she crashed and went into a ditch. Her front fender, hood and driver side door were damaged. There was a police report available. The Toyota manufacturer has not been contacted. The failure mileage was 10,000. Updated 03/10/10 the consumer stated the accelerator pedal would stick sporadically and infrequently. Updated 10/12/jb.

Stuck accelerator pedal in 2006 Toyota Tacoma. No floor mats installed. Truck reached 110mph before I was able to get truck under control. No crash. Had reported to Toyota several times that I was having problems from the start. They said there were no problems or they could not re-create them. I have stopped driving the truck.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. While attempting to accelerate past another vehicle, the accelerator became stuck to the floor-board. He had to turn the ignition to accessory, which caused the engine to stall. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership. The current and failure mileages were 53995.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. While driving 40 mph the consumer accelerated the vehicle and accelerator pedal became stuck. The vehicle was shifted into neutral, but the engine revved so he shifted it back into drive. Recalling recent news broadcasts he then pulled the floor mat away from the pedals, and then the vehicle returned to a normal state. A technician from the dealer stated that the floor mats were not hooked onto the clips. The floor mats are original equipment all weather mats. The current mileage was 6700. The failure mileage was 6680.

I received a recall notification from Toyota in October of 2009 for accelerator pedals sticking to carpet. The letter from Toyota stated they would contact me on what to do next to get it fixed. Its February 12, 2010 and I have heard nothing from them about what to do on this issue.

2006 Toyota Tacoma involved to accident on 10/22/09 where during the accident the accelerator stuck wide open on the ice. My foot was on the brake when truck stopped & the rear tires where still spinning. I had to turn off the ignition to get the wheels to stop spinning. The car I hit Honda accord was totaled. It got knocked into the drainage ditch. Luckily no one was injured. At the time I didn't tell police about the accelerator problem. Not on the police report. I did advise the party I hit & the tow truck drivers. Also advised the body shop. Now my insurance went up[ $50 a month. I have a ticket and have to pay a fine. I immediately removed the floor mat when I got my truck back from the body shop. I believe Toyota is partially to blame for my accident. I started to slide on the ice & at some point the accelerator stuck wide open. This I'm sure made the accident much worse. Imagine being on ice with your accelerator stuck wide open. I was lucky no one was killed.

I was have accident in oct 2009 ,I was drive my 2006 Toyota Tacoma when my gas pedal was stuck in the carpet.

Accident on a four way street, gas pedal and steering wheel stuck.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. Whenever the contact attempted to switch gears from 4th to 5th he noticed that the rpm's would remain constant or rise for a period of 10 seconds. The failure occurred at various speeds. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the vehicle was working properly. The contact has noticed the failure since the day the vehicle was purchased. The failure mileage was 26,041 updated 4/26/10 the consumer stated during 4th and 5th shifting, the accelerator pedal would stick. He also experienced erratic idling while in 1st gear. The throttle would stick from 8-14 seconds. Updated 08/24/10.

My accelerator stuck two different times during a recent drive to work. Though I believe it was due to the floor mat problem that has prompted the recent recall, my attempt to get answers from the local Toyota dealership prompted a response that Toyota hadn't figured out how to fix it yet and they were drilling holes in the back of the mat and using zip ties to secure the mat to the front of the seat frame. That was not how I wanted if fixed. Attempts to contact Toyota of America resulted in lots of recorded messages and nothing more. I have yet to receive any official recall notice, but, having had the two frightening experiences, I feel the problem needs to be addressed immediately by the manufacturer. And it needs to be more than instructions to remove the mat.

Gas pedal stuck.

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The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. She stated while accelerating from a complete stop making a right turn, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The driver removed his foot from the accelerator pedal and the vehicle continued to increase in rpms. The dealer manufacturer was contacted and the contact was told her vehicle was not included with the Toyota acceleration recall (see NHTSA campaign id number: 09v388000). No repairs were made to the vehicle to date. The failure and current mileages were under 54,000. Updated 3/30/10 the consumer stated the accelerator became stuck on several occasions. Updated 06/28/jb.

I was driving westbound on I-90 (kennedy expressway) at approximately 9:40 am on Saturday, August 8, 2009, in my 2008 Toyota Tacoma. I was traveling at approximately 40 mph when I applied the brakes as a car in front of me slowed to exit the expressway. When the vehicle in front of me exited, I stepped on the gas pedal and my truck immediately began to accelerate at a high rate of speed. I slammed on the brakes but the truck continued to accelerate, eventually reaching 80 mph. I steered the truck into the far right lane and was now pressing as hard as I could with both feet on the brake pedal. I was able to get the truck down to approximately 25 mph, at which point I drove onto the shoulder and put the truck in neutral and then park, where the truck finally came to a stop. The entire incident lasted less than 30 seconds. Within 15 minutes an idiot truck pulled up behind me and towed me a short distance up the expressway to a safety area, where I waited for the aaa tow truck to arrive. I had the vehicle towed to the Toyota dealer where I had purchased it less than 2 years before. The dealer kept my truck until August 13, and I was told that the reason the truck accelerated was because the gas pedal got stuck under the heavy duty floor mats which I had purchased from the dealer at the time I bought my truck. I told the service manager there was absolutely no way the pedal had gotten stuck underneath the floor mat, because the floor mat was not positioned so far forward that the pedal could have gotten stuck on it. The service manager told me the only way they got the truck to replicate what had happened to me was when the gas pedal got stuck on the floor mat, but I let him know that I strongly disagreed with what he was telling me. I know the gas pedal did not get stuck under the floor mat in this incident. I told the service manager to remove my floor mats, because if this ever happened again I did not want Toyota to be able to use the floor mats as an excuse.

Accelerator sticks when I let off the gas pedal. Pedal does not stay physically depressed, it just doesn't slow down. If I push in clutch, engine races and rpm stays high. Dealer told me this was engineered into the vehicle to "assist with shifting".

Gas pedal got stuck on my Toyota Tacoma when passing. Reported to Toyota dealership 7/17/09.

I was dring 40mph and the throttle/accelerator got stuck as I tried to pass another car. I had to slam on the brakes as I almost crashed against another vheicle. Even then, the truck continued until I slammed on the brakes a second time and shifted the gear into parking in the middle of the street.

I was traveling to a training op on hwy 301 south with 2 CO-workers in my vehicle. I eased out to pass a vehicle and punched to gas to get on around him. The gas pedal stuck in the wide open position (or felt like wide open). It acelerated from about 50 mph to 100 mpg in such a short time, it seemed like seconds. I had heard a rumor that the floor mat may be the issue, so. . While accelerating at an absolutely unbelievable speed, I attempted to re arrange my floor mat. I was scared to death, bent over, traveling at over 100 mph. Omg. Finally something happened and the vehicle pedal let go. I was visibly shaken as were my passengers. It scared my to death.

Stuck gas pedal on my Tacoma truck.

I was on my way to work when the vehicle in front of me stopped to turn. I hit my brake at which time the accelerator stuck and I hit the vehicle.

While driving on I-95 south of jacksonville florida in my 2006 Toyota Tacoma I was forced to accelerate rapidly to avoid an accident. The vehicle kept accelerating until I doing almost a 100 mph weaving through traffic until I could get into the right hand lane and shut the engine off. Once stopped the first thing I checked was the floor mat as I had a problem with previous vehicle causing the accelerator to stick but the floor mat was no where near the accelerator pedal. I restarted the vehicle but it just revved wide open so I turned it back off and called arlington Toyota. I was advised to call a wrecker as they said they had not experienced this issue before. They had it for three days but could not find any problems as it run perfectly when off loaded off the wrecker. I was advised to install mat retaining pins. Then I received a recall for the floor mats and when I took it to the dealer for recall I was advised to removed the drivers side floormat. I was told nothing more that Toyota as to what was being attempted to correct the issue. Is that a viable recall? I know for a fact it was not the floor mat that caused the issue but was advised by Toyota there was no documented instances of unexplained acceleration with Tacoma's. My vehicle is a 2006 Tacoma prerunner access cab, v6, automatic transmission with towing package. I really thought that Toyota would rapidly get fix in place but that has not been the case and for this reason I am submitting this complaint.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Tacoma . While attempting to pass a vehicle at 55 mph, the accelerator pedal became stuck. The vehicle then accelerated to 100 mph. After repeated brake application he was able to decelerate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. After two days of inspection, the technicians could not duplicate the failure. The failure mileage was 3000. The current mileage was 23000. Updated 12/9/09 updated 12/10/09.

Accelerator seemed to stick under normal driving conditions. . . Engine revs would not go to normal idle even in neutral. . . Brakes would not stop the vehicle at the high revs. . . Only solution was to put the car in neutral and shut the engine off. . . After working the gas pedal while in park, the engine idle speed went back to normal. . .

I was passing on a two lane highway and the accelerator stuck. It has happened twice in three and a half years. Both times I tried putting the truck in neutral and had to shut the engine off. When it restarted both times the pedal was working normally.