Speed Control Linkage Problems of Toyota Tacoma

I was on my way to work in my new (3 months old) 2009 Toyota Tacoma. I was about one block from home when I was approaching a red light. As I was braking for the red light and the engine suddenly sped up on it's own. I had to press down very hard on the brakes to stop the car, but wheels were still spinning cause the brakes to smoke. (I could see the smoke in my rear view mirror. I had to put the car in park to completely stop the forward movement of the car. The engine continued to run at very high rpm. I then shut the vehicle off. I started the car again in park, the engine again raced up much higher than normal. I shut the car off again and restarted and every thing was normal. I had the car towed to the Toyota dealer as I felt it was unsafe to drive. Prior it being towed I checked the gas pedal and their were no obstructions around it. The dealer could not find any fault codes or sticking linkage etc. They also took it for a test drive. The service manager suggested I accidentally put my foot on the gas instead of the brake, which I truly believe is not the case here. I saw other reports on the internet similar to this for the Tacoma so I felt compelled to notify you. Kindly request that you look into this matter as someone could eventually get seriously hurt or killed. Note: I was not using cruise control at the time of the incident. See also 10329722.

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On 08/24/08, my husband and I purchased a 2008 Toyota Tacoma truck. On 12/22/2008, he was coming to a stop at a traffic light behind another vehicle. Suddenly, without warning, the engine seemed to engage at full throttle. His right foot was not on the gas pedal, but on the brake pedal as it should be while waiting for the light to change to green. Startled, he put both feet on the brake pedal as the acceleration of the engine seemed to overtake the ability to brake. The truck lurched forward and hit the car in front which stopped the momentum and killed the engine. The acceleration and power of the engine was so great that this all happened in about 3-5 seconds. When he restarted the engine, everything seemed to be fine as the trucks computer seemed to reset itself. He reported this to Toyota and asked that the truck be checked out. When we went to pick up the truck at hooman Toyota, where a factory tech came to inspect it, he was told that the braking system was fine and acceleration system (pedal linkage) was fine as well. He was even told that the floor mat was unhooked and probably got stuck on top of the accelerator pedal. The floor mats were not unhooked when we dropped off the truck. My husband tried the floor mat on top of the pedal while stepping on the brake and the rpm did not go up much at all, certainly not enough to overpower the braking system as the tech suggested. We believe there was a computer malfunction and not a mechanical malfunction which was that the tech checked out. The case manager was informed of this before and after the inspection. After the recall notice on tv in August, we removed the floor mats from the truck, a second incident occurred 10/19/09 (with no floor mats) which did not result in an accident. We, again, brought the truck into the dealer and it was, once again, cleared to drive with no issues. There is clearly a huge problem with the vehicle and we are scared to drive it. Please help!.

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I was initially traveling on a two lane country road and had the cruise control set at 55 mph. As I approached a four lane divided highway ahead I was required to stop, thus disengaging the cruise control. I pulled onto the four lane highway and floored the accelerator to quickly reach the 65 mph speed limit. When I was at the speed limit I eased off of the pedal in order to cruise at 65. The vehicle continued to accelerate. At this point I realized that the accelerator pedal was "glued" to the floor. Thinking it was stuck, I stomped on it a couple of times hoping to free it. This was to no avail. In these few seconds I had reached approximately 95 mph. I had forgotten that the cruise control was still on but not set. I turned off the ignition and coasted to the side of the road. I have no idea if the cruise control was the culprit ,however, my impression was that the throttle linkage was not binding, but again, I do not really know. I can think of no circumstances where this could be considered normal. I tried to duplicate the condition with the cruise both on and off but was unable to. I plan on notifying Toyota also.

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My in car gps system shows it doing 75 mph when the speedometer (in dash)shows it doing 80, 66 mph when doing 70 on the speedometer. So if doing a minimum speed posting of 45 mph I would be doing only 43 mph on the speedometer. Toyota claims that the speedometer is with in tollerance and will not address the issue.

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Engine normally idles at 550 rpms and suddenly and unexpectedly increased to 1050 rpms. When pulling into a garage or service station this sudden acceleration can cause an accident. Vehicle accelerated with no warning. Dealer sais all Tacomas do this.

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