Car Throttle Stuck Problems of Toyota Tacoma

While driving in traffic the throttle stuck at above normal idle and the check engine light came on. I was able to exit the traffic but the idle would not come back to normal curb idle. What my mechanic has told me is that the throttle body assembly has failed and they can only get the part from the dealer. If this had happened on the freeway the outcome could have not been so good. I hope Toyota is aware of this problem and going to address the situation.

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I own a 2008 Toyota Tacoma truck. I have had problems with the throttle surging when the air conditioner is turned off. I took it to the dealership and they could not find anything wrong. I still continued to have problems but then, on may 11, 2010, I was going to park the truck behind our motorhome which had a car caddy attached to it. As I turn into the space, the throttle stuck and I ran into the car dolly. I immediately shoved into neutral and turned it off. My car dolly took the impact. I looked down to make sure my foot was on the brake and it was. I then had the truck towed to the dealership on may 12 and it has been sitting there since.

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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.

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On June 10, 2009 I was driving my 2006 Toyota Tacoma, as I started to decrease my speed at a traffic light the engine began to race. I attempted to stop;however, the engine raced and I was unable to stop my truck. As a result I caused an accident - myself and another truck. No one was injured, however there was damage to both vehicles. At the time of the accident I was unaware of any possible recalls or safety warnings regarding a throttle problem. This was the second time the throttle "stuck" - I was fortunate that time, no one else was on the road I was driving. I'm extremely concerned that this will happen again. Now Toyota is issuing a recall on specific vehicles.

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Throttle got stuck while driving and would not stop going faster until I turned off engine. It was not the floor mat that caused but something in the throttle assy. I did take it to Toyota to document it.

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The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated while driving at unknown speeds, the accelerator pedal fell into the floorboard and became stuck in the open throttle position. The vehicle began to abnormally accelerate up to 120 mph. The contact attempted to engage the emergency brake but to no avail. He then shifted into neutral and was able to maintain control of the vehicle until stopping. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The failure recurred four additional times. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the accelerator pedal was replaced. The failure persisted. The contact stated the vehicle was left with the dealer and he did not feel safe operating the vehicle after the failure continued to recur. The contact refused to drive the vehicle. The manufacturer would not provide any assistance. The vehicle was not further repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was approximately 4,000 and the current mileage was approximately 25,000.

Throttle stuck. Truck wanted to lunge in traffic.